diff --git a/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/LocalProcessor.java b/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/LocalProcessor.java
index d23cfae6a73ad09f7a6ad2ba569d5e58c3513c60..4278a3957a5c624a12f22e0a2a846af638b7ef17 100644
--- a/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/LocalProcessor.java
+++ b/datamover/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/datamover/LocalProcessor.java
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ public final class LocalProcessor implements IPathHandler, IRecoverableTimerTask
             // transformation step
             if (transformatorOrNull != null)
             {
-                operationLog.info(String
-                        .format("START_TRANSFORMATION '%s'", path.getAbsolutePath()));
+                operationLog.info(String.format("STARTED_TRANSFORMATION '%s'", path
+                        .getAbsolutePath()));
                 Status transformationStatus = transformatorOrNull.transform(path);
                 if (transformationStatus.isError())
                 {