diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java
index d05b85ba7..7c5f14f84 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/WhisperServerService.java
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ public class WhisperServerService extends Application<WhisperServerConfiguration
     }
 
     if (reportSpamTokenProvider == null) {
+      log.warn("No spam-reporting token providers found; using default (no-op) provider as a default");
       reportSpamTokenProvider = ReportSpamTokenProvider.noop();
     }