diff --git a/selfdrive/athena/athenad.py b/selfdrive/athena/athenad.py
index 5d6a64b49a..5d308f7a77 100755
--- a/selfdrive/athena/athenad.py
+++ b/selfdrive/athena/athenad.py
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ def main():
   conn_retries = 0
   while 1:
     try:
+      cloudlog.event("athenad.main.connecting_ws", ws_uri=ws_uri)
       ws = create_connection(ws_uri,
                              cookie="jwt=" + api.get_token(),
                              enable_multithread=True,