diff --git a/src/Scaffolding/VS.Web.CG.Utils/TemplateFoldersUtilities.cs b/src/Scaffolding/VS.Web.CG.Utils/TemplateFoldersUtilities.cs
index 29c58343f..9387869ac 100644
--- a/src/Scaffolding/VS.Web.CG.Utils/TemplateFoldersUtilities.cs
+++ b/src/Scaffolding/VS.Web.CG.Utils/TemplateFoldersUtilities.cs
@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Scaffolding.Shared.ProjectModel;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Utils;
+// ConsoleLogger
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Scaffolding.Shared;
 
 namespace Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration
 {
     public static class TemplateFoldersUtilities
     {
+        static readonly ConsoleLogger _logger = new ConsoleLogger();
         public static List<string> GetTemplateFolders(
             string containingProject,
             string applicationBasePath,
@@ -75,6 +78,7 @@ public static List<string> GetTemplateFolders(
                 {
                     string templatesFolderName = "Templates";
                     var candidateTemplateFolders = Path.Combine(rootFolder, templatesFolderName, baseFolderName);
+                    _logger.LogMessage($"Considering candidate template folder { candidateTemplateFolders }", LogMessageLevel .Trace);
                     if (Directory.Exists(candidateTemplateFolders))
                     {
                         templateFolders.Add(candidateTemplateFolders);