diff --git a/plume-cli/src/main.rs b/plume-cli/src/main.rs
index cc4b85d7..a6d1b7db 100644
--- a/plume-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/plume-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ fn main() {
         .subcommand(users::command());
     let matches = app.clone().get_matches();
 
-    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+    match dotenv::dotenv() {
+        Ok(path) => println!("Configuration read from {}", path.display()),
+        Err(ref e) if e.not_found() => eprintln!("no .env was found"),
+        e => e.map(|_| ()).unwrap(),
+    }
     let conn = Conn::establish(CONFIG.database_url.as_str());
     let _ = conn.as_ref().map(|conn| Instance::cache_local(conn));
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 136f6a63..7701917e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ compile_i18n!();
 
 /// Initializes a database pool.
 fn init_pool() -> Option<DbPool> {
-    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+    match dotenv::dotenv() {
+        Ok(path) => println!("Configuration read from {}", path.display()),
+        Err(ref e) if e.not_found() => eprintln!("no .env was found"),
+        e => e.map(|_| ()).unwrap(),
+    }
 
     let manager = ConnectionManager::<Connection>::new(CONFIG.database_url.as_str());
     let pool = DbPool::builder()