diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Context.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Context.java
index 9ba80ead6a4a..5437b0fbc0b2 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Context.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Context.java
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ protected void init() {
             if (dbConnection == null) {
                 log.fatal("Cannot obtain the bean which provides a database connection. " +
                               "Check previous entries in the dspace.log to find why the db failed to initialize.");
+            } else {
+                if (isTransactionAlive()) {
+                    log.debug("Initializing a context while an active transaction exists. Context with hash: {}.",
+                              getHash());
+                }
             }
         }