diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uid2/shared/health/PodTerminationMonitor.java b/src/main/java/com/uid2/shared/health/PodTerminationMonitor.java
index 4b6ef50c..fc4e7115 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/uid2/shared/health/PodTerminationMonitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uid2/shared/health/PodTerminationMonitor.java
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class PodTerminationMonitor implements IHealthComponent{
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PodTerminationMonitor.class);
     private AtomicReference<Boolean> cachedPodTerminating = new AtomicReference<>(false);
     private long lastPodCheckTime = 0;
     private long fileCheckIntervalMs = 3000;
@@ -33,8 +36,11 @@ public boolean isHealthy() {
     private boolean checkPodTerminating() {
         long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
         if (currentTime - lastPodCheckTime >= fileCheckIntervalMs) {
-            File file = new File(File.separator + "app" + File.separator + "pod_terminating");
+            File file = new File(File.separator + "app" + File.separator + "pod_terminating" + File.separator +"pod_terminating");
             boolean newStatus = file.exists();
+            if (newStatus) {
+                LOGGER.info("pod will terminate soon");
+            }
             cachedPodTerminating.set(newStatus);
             lastPodCheckTime = currentTime;
         }