diff --git a/lib/application_logger.rb b/lib/application_logger.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9f953f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/application_logger.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class ApplicationLogger
+  def info(message)
+    logger.info(message)
+  end
+
+  def logger
+    @logger ||= Logger.new(STDOUT).tap do |logger|
+      logger.formatter = proc { |severity, _datetime, _progname, msg| "#{severity} #{msg}\n" }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/budgets.rake b/lib/tasks/budgets.rake
index 4e2961198..d9fc8f50f 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/budgets.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/budgets.rake
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 namespace :budgets do
   desc "Regenerate ballot_lines_count cache"
   task calculate_ballot_lines: :environment do
-    Budget::Ballot.find_each do |ballot|
+    ApplicationLogger.new.info "Calculating ballot lines"
+
+    Budget::Ballot.find_each.with_index do |ballot, index|
       Budget::Ballot.reset_counters ballot.id, :lines
+      print "." if (index % 10_000).zero?
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/polls.rake b/lib/tasks/polls.rake
index 0e689e00c..2bd16c46f 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/polls.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/polls.rake
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 namespace :poll do
   desc "Generate slugs polls"
   task generate_slugs: :environment do
+    ApplicationLogger.new.info "Generating poll slugs"
+
     Poll.find_each do |poll|
       poll.update_columns(slug: poll.generate_slug, updated_at: Time.current) if poll.generate_slug?
     end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/settings.rake b/lib/tasks/settings.rake
index c206af98d..5c4a4db19 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/settings.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/settings.rake
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ namespace :settings do
 
   desc "Remove deprecated settings"
   task remove_deprecated_settings: :environment do
+    ApplicationLogger.new.info "Removing deprecated settings"
+
     deprecated_keys = [
       "place_name",
       "banner-style.banner-style-one",
diff --git a/lib/tasks/stats.rake b/lib/tasks/stats.rake
index a454d88cd..2d68613c5 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/stats.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/stats.rake
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 namespace :stats do
   desc "Generates stats which are not cached yet"
   task generate: :environment do
+    ApplicationLogger.new.info "Updating budget and poll stats"
+
     Budget.find_each do |budget|
       Budget::Stats.new(budget).generate
       print "."
diff --git a/lib/tasks/stats_and_results.rake b/lib/tasks/stats_and_results.rake
index 5aa8f7e39..bc4cdacca 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/stats_and_results.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/stats_and_results.rake
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 namespace :stats_and_results do
   desc "Migrates stats_enabled and results_enabled data to enabled reports"
   task migrate_to_reports: :environment do
+    ApplicationLogger.new.info "Migrating stats and results"
     Migrations::Reports.new.migrate
   end
 end