diff --git a/app/models/concerns/contact/archivable.rb b/app/models/concerns/contact/archivable.rb
index 842efa775..656e86a6a 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/contact/archivable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/contact/archivable.rb
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ module Concerns
         end
       end
 
-      def archivable?
-        inactive?
+      def archivable?(post: false)
+        inactive = inactive?
+
+        log("Found archivable contact id(#{id}), code (#{code})") if inactive && !post
+
+        inactive
       end
 
       def archive
-        raise 'Contact cannot be archived' unless archivable?
+        raise 'Contact cannot be archived' unless archivable?(post: true)
 
         destroy!
       end
@@ -32,6 +36,11 @@ module Concerns
       def inactivity_period
         Setting.orphans_contacts_in_months.months
       end
+
+      def log(msg)
+        @logger ||= Logger.new(STDOUT)
+        @logger.info(msg)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/inactive_contacts.rb b/app/models/inactive_contacts.rb
index a4123c8de..948b1f0bf 100644
--- a/app/models/inactive_contacts.rb
+++ b/app/models/inactive_contacts.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@ class InactiveContacts
 
   def archive
     contacts.each do |contact|
+      log("Archiving contact: id(#{contact.id}), code(#{contact.code})")
+
       contact.archive
       yield contact if block_given?
     end
   end
+
+  def log(msg)
+    @logger ||= Logger.new(STDOUT)
+    @logger.info(msg)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/contacts/archive.rake b/lib/tasks/contacts/archive.rake
index 80ace6ce0..6ed29969f 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/contacts/archive.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/contacts/archive.rake
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@ namespace :contacts do
   desc 'Archives inactive contacts'
 
   task archive: :environment do
+    puts 'Starting to gather archivable contacts'
     inactive_contacts = InactiveContacts.new
     archived_contacts = inactive_contacts.archive
 
-    archived_contacts.each do |contact|
-      puts "Contact ##{contact.id} (code: #{contact.code}) is archived"
-    end
-
     puts "Archived total: #{archived_contacts.count}"
   end
 end