diff --git a/phagetermvirome/IData_handling.py b/phagetermvirome/IData_handling.py
index 8c68a05ea06b540c984ef4a2f1c2804e7817e2bb..dc7d31a24eb234ac81baebf68099cce3b46e834c 100755
--- a/phagetermvirome/IData_handling.py
+++ b/phagetermvirome/IData_handling.py
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ def totReads(filin):
     d=d/1000000000
     d=d//60
     print("spent ", d," minutes to get the number of reads from input file")
+    print("found ", line," lines")
     return seq
 
 ### SEQUENCE parsing function