diff --git a/src/frontend/org/voltdb/RealVoltDB.java b/src/frontend/org/voltdb/RealVoltDB.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/frontend/org/voltdb/RealVoltDB.java
+++ b/src/frontend/org/voltdb/RealVoltDB.java
@@ -1031,6 +1031,7 @@ public class RealVoltDB implements VoltDBInterface, RestoreAgent.Callback {
             hostLog.info(String.format("Host id of this node is: %d", m_myHostId));
             hostLog.info("URL of deployment info: " + m_config.m_pathToDeployment);
             hostLog.info("Cluster uptime: " + MiscUtils.formatUptime(getClusterUptime()));
+            hostLog.info("VoltDB version: " + VoltDB.instance().getVersionString());
             logDebuggingInfo(m_config.m_adminPort, m_config.m_httpPort, m_httpPortExtraLogMessage, m_jsonEnabled);
             // log system setting information
             logSystemSettingFromCatalogContext();
@@ -1204,6 +1205,7 @@ public class RealVoltDB implements VoltDBInterface, RestoreAgent.Callback {
         private void logCatalogAndDeployment() {
             File voltDbRoot = CatalogUtil.getVoltDbRoot(m_catalogContext.getDeployment().getPaths());
             String pathToConfigInfoDir = voltDbRoot.getPath() + File.separator + "config_log";
+
             new File(pathToConfigInfoDir).mkdirs();
 
             try {
add db version to periodic work log