diff --git a/parse_loadmon.pl b/parse_loadmon.pl
index 1ae32a5e..31c3bbdf 100755
--- a/parse_loadmon.pl
+++ b/parse_loadmon.pl
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ while (my $line=<STDIN>) {
     my $lc_pos = index($line, '[{');
     # print "lc at $lc_pos\n";
     next if ($lc_pos < 0);
+    print `date`;
     my $loadmon_line = substr($line, $lc_pos);
     my $ra_loadmon = parse_json($loadmon_line);
     #print Dumper($ra_loadmon);