diff --git a/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp b/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
index 7475d729a722ef880b90a50971fe775b58183bb0..7295de7eea78f8045f22b5426066d9632d4d8a4e 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ int sbbs_t::external(char* cmdline, long mode, char* startup_dir)
 	sbbsexec_start_t start;
 	OPENVXDHANDLE OpenVxDHandle;
 
+	if(online==ON_LOCAL)
+		eprintf("Executing external: %s",cmdline);
+
 	XTRN_LOADABLE_MODULE;
 	XTRN_LOADABLE_JS_MODULE;