diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/ABoxUpdater.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/ABoxUpdater.java
index 91b3c17d0..750888ddf 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/ABoxUpdater.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/ABoxUpdater.java
@@ -370,7 +370,8 @@ public class ABoxUpdater {
 		   }
 		   
 		   if (count > 0) {
-			   logger.log("Removed " + count + "  subject reference" + ((count > 1) ? "s" : "") + " to the "  + deletedClass.getURI() + " class");
+			   //logger.log("Removed " + count + "  subject reference" + ((count > 1) ? "s" : "") + " to the "  + deletedClass.getURI() + " class");
+			   logger.log(count + "  subject reference" + ((count > 1) ? "s" : "") + " to the "  + deletedClass.getURI() + " class " + ((count > 1) ? "were" : "was") + " removed.");
 		   }
 		} finally {
 			aboxModel.leaveCriticalSection();
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/ChangeLogger.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/ChangeLogger.java
index 5b5cca500..d72c7a36e 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/ChangeLogger.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/ChangeLogger.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ public interface ChangeLogger {
 
 	public void log(String logMessage) throws IOException;
 	
+	public void logWithDate(String logMessage) throws IOException;
+	
 	public void logError(String errorMessage) throws IOException;
 	
 	public void closeLogs() throws IOException;
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java
index f98cc4354..eddef1318 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -59,6 +61,10 @@ public class KnowledgeBaseUpdater {
 				this.logger = new SimpleChangeLogger(settings.getLogFile(),	settings.getErrorLogFile());
 			}
 			
+			
+			long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            System.out.println("Migrating the knowledge base");
+			
 			try {
 			     performUpdate();
 			} catch (Exception e) {
@@ -75,6 +81,9 @@ public class KnowledgeBaseUpdater {
 			record.writeChanges();
 			logger.closeLogs();
 
+			long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+			System.out.println("Finished knowledge base migration in " + (endTime - startTime)/1000 + " seconds");
+
 		}
 		
 		return updateRequired;
@@ -312,13 +321,12 @@ public class KnowledgeBaseUpdater {
 		try {
 			
 		    Model m = settings.getOntModelSelector().getApplicationMetadataModel();
-		    File successAssertionsFile = 
-		    	new File(settings.getSuccessAssertionsFile()); 
+		    File successAssertionsFile = new File(settings.getSuccessAssertionsFile()); 
 		    InputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(successAssertionsFile);
 		    m.enterCriticalSection(Lock.WRITE);
 		    try {
 		    	m.read(inStream, null, settings.getSuccessRDFFormat());
-		    	logger.log("Successfully finished processing ontology changes.");
+		    	logger.logWithDate("Successfully finished processing ontology changes.");
 		    } finally {
 		    	m.leaveCriticalSection();
 		    }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/SimpleChangeLogger.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/SimpleChangeLogger.java
index 6009b1c8b..cc297acd7 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/SimpleChangeLogger.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/SimpleChangeLogger.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Writer;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
 
 public class SimpleChangeLogger implements ChangeLogger {
 
@@ -27,18 +29,31 @@ public class SimpleChangeLogger implements ChangeLogger {
 										"files for writing", ioe);
 		}
 	}
-					
+
 	public void log(String logMessage) throws IOException {
+		Exception e = new Exception();
+		StackTraceElement[] elements = e.getStackTrace();
+		String className = ((StackTraceElement)elements[1]).getClassName();
+		className = className.substring(className.lastIndexOf('.') + 1 );
+		//String methodName = ((StackTraceElement)elements[1]).getMethodName();
+		//logWriter.write(className + "." + methodName +  ":  " + logMessage + "\n\n");
+		
+		Date now = new Date();
+		SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
+		logWriter.write(formatter.format(now) + " " + className + ":  " + logMessage + "\n\n");
+		logWriter.flush();		
+	}
+
+	public void logWithDate(String logMessage) throws IOException {
 		
 		Exception e = new Exception();
 		StackTraceElement[] elements = e.getStackTrace();
 		String className = ((StackTraceElement)elements[1]).getClassName();
 		className = className.substring(className.lastIndexOf('.') + 1 );
-		String methodName = ((StackTraceElement)elements[1]).getMethodName();
-		
-		logWriter.write(className + ":  " + logMessage + "\n\n");
-		//logWriter.write(className + "." + methodName +  ":  " + logMessage + "\n\n");
-		logWriter.flush();
+		Date now = new Date();
+		SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss");
+		logWriter.write(formatter.format(now) + " " + className + ":  " + logMessage + "\n\n");
+		logWriter.flush();		
 	}
 
 	public void logError(String errorMessage) throws IOException {