diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryService.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryService.java
index 67355e5768..8c824a1f5f 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryService.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryService.java
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ package sonia.scm.repository.api;
 
 //~--- non-JDK imports --------------------------------------------------------
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import sonia.scm.cache.CacheManager;
 import sonia.scm.repository.PreProcessorUtil;
 import sonia.scm.repository.Repository;
@@ -58,6 +61,14 @@ import sonia.scm.repository.spi.RepositoryServiceProvider;
 public final class RepositoryService
 {
 
+  /**
+   * the logger for RepositoryService
+   */
+  private static final Logger logger =
+    LoggerFactory.getLogger(RepositoryService.class);
+
+  //~--- constructors ---------------------------------------------------------
+
   /**
    * Constructs a new {@link RepositoryService}. This constructor should only
    * be called from the {@link RepositoryServiceFactory}.
@@ -88,6 +99,12 @@ public final class RepositoryService
    */
   public BlameCommandBuilder getBlameCommand()
   {
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+    {
+      logger.debug("create blame command for repository {}",
+                   repository.getName());
+    }
+
     return new BlameCommandBuilder(cacheManager, provider.getBlameCommand(),
                                    repository);
   }
@@ -101,6 +118,12 @@ public final class RepositoryService
    */
   public BrowseCommandBuilder getBrowseCommand()
   {
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+    {
+      logger.debug("create browse command for repository {}",
+                   repository.getName());
+    }
+
     return new BrowseCommandBuilder(cacheManager, provider.getBrowseCommand(),
                                     repository, preProcessorUtil);
   }
@@ -114,6 +137,12 @@ public final class RepositoryService
    */
   public CatCommandBuilder getCatCommand()
   {
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+    {
+      logger.debug("create cat command for repository {}",
+                   repository.getName());
+    }
+
     return new CatCommandBuilder(provider.getCatCommand());
   }
 
@@ -127,6 +156,12 @@ public final class RepositoryService
    */
   public DiffCommandBuilder getDiffCommand()
   {
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+    {
+      logger.debug("create diff command for repository {}",
+                   repository.getName());
+    }
+
     return new DiffCommandBuilder(provider.getDiffCommand());
   }
 
@@ -139,6 +174,12 @@ public final class RepositoryService
    */
   public LogCommandBuilder getLogCommand()
   {
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+    {
+      logger.debug("create log command for repository {}",
+                   repository.getName());
+    }
+
     return new LogCommandBuilder(cacheManager, provider.getLogCommand(),
                                  repository, preProcessorUtil);
   }
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryServiceFactory.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryServiceFactory.java
index 4da2d1d7f3..fd5904b1ec 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryServiceFactory.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryServiceFactory.java
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Provider;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import sonia.scm.cache.CacheManager;
 import sonia.scm.repository.PermissionType;
 import sonia.scm.repository.PermissionUtil;
@@ -90,6 +93,14 @@ import java.util.Set;
 public final class RepositoryServiceFactory
 {
 
+  /**
+   * the logger for RepositoryServiceFactory
+   */
+  private static final Logger logger =
+    LoggerFactory.getLogger(RepositoryServiceFactory.class);
+
+  //~--- constructors ---------------------------------------------------------
+
   /**
    * Constructs a new {@link RepositoryServiceFactory}. This constructor
    * should not be called manually, it should only be used by the injection
@@ -223,6 +234,13 @@ public final class RepositoryServiceFactory
 
       if (provider != null)
       {
+        if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+          logger.debug(
+              "create new repository service for repository {} of type {}",
+              repository.getName(), repository.getType());
+        }
+
         service = new RepositoryService(cacheManager, provider, repository,
                                         preProcessorUtil);