diff --git a/script/monitoring.py b/script/monitoring.py
index 38d8c6bc..f3a899db 100644
--- a/script/monitoring.py
+++ b/script/monitoring.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ print "Monitoring"
 if  Scienta.state.isInitialized():    
     retries = 3
     for i in range(retries):
-        try:   
+        try:
+            print "Communication ok"     
             Scienta.getImageCounter().read()
             print "Communication ok"           
             break