diff --git a/headless-services/commons/commons-gradle/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/gradle/GradleProjectFinderStrategy.java b/headless-services/commons/commons-gradle/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/gradle/GradleProjectFinderStrategy.java
index 1addc54e0..bde90e35a 100644
--- a/headless-services/commons/commons-gradle/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/gradle/GradleProjectFinderStrategy.java
+++ b/headless-services/commons/commons-gradle/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/gradle/GradleProjectFinderStrategy.java
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ public class GradleProjectFinderStrategy implements IJavaProjectFinderStrategy {
 		File gradlebuild = FileUtils.findFile(file, GradleCore.GRADLE_BUILD_FILE);
 		if (gradlebuild != null) {
 			return cache.get(gradlebuild.getParentFile(), () -> {
-				return new GradleJavaProject(gradle, gradlebuild.getParentFile());
+				System.out.println("create gradle project: " + file.getAbsolutePath());
+				GradleJavaProject project = new GradleJavaProject(gradle, gradlebuild.getParentFile());
+				System.out.println("gradle project created");
+				return project;
 			});
 		}
 		return null;
diff --git a/headless-services/commons/commons-maven/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/maven/MavenProjectFinderStrategy.java b/headless-services/commons/commons-maven/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/maven/MavenProjectFinderStrategy.java
index 3088714f1..42929c308 100644
--- a/headless-services/commons/commons-maven/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/maven/MavenProjectFinderStrategy.java
+++ b/headless-services/commons/commons-maven/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/maven/MavenProjectFinderStrategy.java
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ public class MavenProjectFinderStrategy implements IJavaProjectFinderStrategy {
 		File pomFile = FileUtils.findFile(file, MavenCore.POM_XML);
 		if (pomFile != null) {
 			return cache.get(pomFile, () -> {
-				return new MavenJavaProject(maven, pomFile);
+				System.out.println("create maven project: " + file.getAbsolutePath());
+				MavenJavaProject project = new MavenJavaProject(maven, pomFile);
+				System.out.println("maven project created");
+				return project;
 			});
 		}
 		return null;