diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index e0213e9..9e35023 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func (h *httpHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	logFrameHeader(r)
+	log.Println("Request started")
 
 	h.handler.Serve(ctx, r.Body, &resp)
 
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ func (h *httpHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// copy response from user back up now with headers in place...
 	io.Copy(w, buf)
 
+	log.Println("Request completed")
+
 	// XXX(reed): handle streaming, we have to intercept headers but not necessarily body (ie no buffer)
 }
 
diff --git a/images/init/boilerplate/func.go b/images/init/boilerplate/func.go
index 6cea350..5036e67 100644
--- a/images/init/boilerplate/func.go
+++ b/images/init/boilerplate/func.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log"
 
 	fdk "github.com/fnproject/fdk-go"
 )
@@ -25,5 +26,6 @@ func myHandler(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, out io.Writer) {
 	}{
 		Msg: fmt.Sprintf("Hello %s", p.Name),
 	}
+	log.Print("Inside Go Hello World function")
 	json.NewEncoder(out).Encode(&msg)
 }