diff --git a/source/src/tools.cpp b/source/src/tools.cpp
index 3d8912eb..b27c4fc1 100644
--- a/source/src/tools.cpp
+++ b/source/src/tools.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ const char *findfile(const char *filename, const char *mode)
 FILE *openfile(const char *filename, const char *mode)
 {
     const char *found = findfile(filename, mode);
+    if(mode && mode[0]=='w' || mode[0]=='a') conoutf("writing to file: %s", found);
     if(!found) return NULL;
     return fopen(found, mode);
 }
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ FILE *openfile(const char *filename, const char *mode)
 gzFile opengzfile(const char *filename, const char *mode)
 {
     const char *found = findfile(filename, mode);
+    if(mode && mode[0]=='w' || mode[0]=='a') conoutf("writing to file: %s", found);
     if(!found) return NULL;
     return gzopen(found, mode);
 }