diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
index 7154444..0a3462f 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/LauncherInstrumentation.java
@@ -1208,6 +1208,7 @@
         mTimeBeforeFirstLogEvent = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS")
                 .format(new Date())
                 .replaceAll(" ", "");
+        log("startRecordingEvents: " + mTimeBeforeFirstLogEvent);
     }
 
     private void stopRecordingEvents() {