diff --git a/guestfs-inspectd.c b/guestfs-inspectd.c
index 50a619a..452b56f 100644
--- a/guestfs-inspectd.c
+++ b/guestfs-inspectd.c
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ static void init_guestfs(guestfs_h *g, char *disk_path) {
       free(root);
   }
   free(roots);
+
+  printf("Finished initializing guestfs\n");
 }
 
 static void *worker_task(zsock_t *pipe, char *disk_path) {