diff --git a/server/models/AnalyticsLogEvent.coffee b/server/models/AnalyticsLogEvent.coffee
index 49d0b71be..9f6c20aa9 100644
--- a/server/models/AnalyticsLogEvent.coffee
+++ b/server/models/AnalyticsLogEvent.coffee
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ AnalyticsLogEventSchema.statics.logEvent = (user, event, properties={}) ->
 unless config.proxy
   analyticsMongoose = mongoose.createConnection()
   analyticsMongoose.open config.mongo.analytics_replica_string, (error) ->
-    log.error "Couldn't connect to analytics", error if error
+    if error
+      log.error "Couldn't connect to analytics", error
+    else
+      log.info "Connected to analytics mongo at #{config.mongo.analytics_replica_string}"
 
   module.exports = AnalyticsLogEvent = analyticsMongoose.model('analytics.log.event', AnalyticsLogEventSchema, config.mongo.analytics_collection)