diff --git a/components/odh-notebook-controller/Dockerfile b/components/odh-notebook-controller/Dockerfile
index 996900f882f..4533dec3328 100644
--- a/components/odh-notebook-controller/Dockerfile
+++ b/components/odh-notebook-controller/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ ARG SOURCE_CODE
 # Set building workdir
 WORKDIR /workspace
 
+RUN echo "Building the kf-notebook-controller"
+
 # Copy the Go Modules manifests
 COPY ${SOURCE_CODE}/notebook-controller ./notebook-controller
 COPY ${SOURCE_CODE}/odh-notebook-controller ./odh-notebook-controller