diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/PathInfoDatabaseFeedingTask.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/PathInfoDatabaseFeedingTask.java
index 36c6c6127dc81cae0be2245338693bc166d87d47..1729ecddd252263030ad9ede4cef49f5ce69f58b 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/PathInfoDatabaseFeedingTask.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/PathInfoDatabaseFeedingTask.java
@@ -150,6 +150,16 @@ public class PathInfoDatabaseFeedingTask implements IMaintenanceTask, IPostRegis
                 PropertyUtils.getInt(properties, MAX_NUMBER_OF_CHUNKS_KEY,
                         DEFAULT_MAX_NUMBER_OF_DATA_SETS);
         timeLimit = DateTimeUtils.getDurationInMillis(properties, TIME_LIMIT_KEY, 0);
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(pluginName);
+        builder.append(" intialized with chunk size = ").append(chunkSize).append(".");
+        if (timeLimit > 0)
+        {
+            builder.append(" Time limit: ").append(DateTimeUtils.renderDuration(timeLimit));
+        } else if (maxNumerOfChunks > 0)
+        {
+            builder.append(" Maximum number of chunks: ").append(maxNumerOfChunks);
+        }
+        operationLog.info(builder.toString());
     }
 
     private static boolean getComputeChecksumFlag(Properties properties)
diff --git a/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/DatabaseBasedDataSetPathsInfoFeederTest.java b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/DatabaseBasedDataSetPathsInfoFeederTest.java
index 4fdd15625973adca0fc715891c2cd774a091f9b7..f285d7c5bef839da9b13a5c06af57e3640ef9623 100644
--- a/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/DatabaseBasedDataSetPathsInfoFeederTest.java
+++ b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/DatabaseBasedDataSetPathsInfoFeederTest.java
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.common.io.hierarchical_content.DefaultFileBasedH
  */
 public class DatabaseBasedDataSetPathsInfoFeederTest extends AbstractFileSystemTestCase
 {
-    private static final Date TIME_STAMP = new Date(4711);
-
     private static final String ROOT_PATH = DatabaseBasedDataSetPathsInfoFeederTest.class.getName();
 
     private Mockery context;
diff --git a/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/PathInfoDatabaseFeedingTaskTest.java b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/PathInfoDatabaseFeedingTaskTest.java
index 3a7beb19cdb7528be964b65c43c99239f1101959..d50de359250cdf7f08f05eb2fd0eb6d1994a6818 100644
--- a/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/PathInfoDatabaseFeedingTaskTest.java
+++ b/datastore_server/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/etlserver/path/PathInfoDatabaseFeedingTaskTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.jmock.Expectations;
 import org.jmock.Mockery;