diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 928dae262..a0a08dcaa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ yarn-error.log*
 .yarn-integrity
 .eslintcache
 kubeconfig.yaml
+backup-cron-job.log
 
 node_modules/
 cypress/videos
diff --git a/deployment/scripts/cluster.backup.sh b/deployment/scripts/cluster.backup.sh
index 93c29dd92..7da493e4b 100755
--- a/deployment/scripts/cluster.backup.sh
+++ b/deployment/scripts/cluster.backup.sh
@@ -27,13 +27,16 @@ mkdir -p ${BACKUP_FOLDER}
 ${SCRIPT_DIR}/cluster.neo4j.sh maintenance on
 
 # database backup
+echo "Dumping database ..."
 kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} -n default exec -it \
     $(kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} -n default get pods | grep ocelot-neo4j | awk '{ print $1 }') \
     -- neo4j-admin dump --database=neo4j --to=/var/lib/neo4j/$BACKUP_DATE-neo4j-dump
 # copy neo4j backup to local drive
+echo "Coping database ..."
 kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} cp \
     default/$(kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} -n default get pods | grep ocelot-neo4j |awk '{ print $1 }'):/var/lib/neo4j/$BACKUP_DATE-neo4j-dump $BACKUP_FOLDER/neo4j-dump
 # copy image data
+echo "Coping public uploads ..."
 kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} cp \
     default/$(kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} -n default get pods | grep ocelot-backend |awk '{ print $1 }'):/app/public/uploads $BACKUP_FOLDER/public-uploads
 
diff --git a/deployment/scripts/cluster.maintenance.sh b/deployment/scripts/cluster.maintenance.sh
index b64994e9b..33c52254d 100755
--- a/deployment/scripts/cluster.maintenance.sh
+++ b/deployment/scripts/cluster.maintenance.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ KUBECONFIG=${KUBECONFIG:-${SCRIPT_DIR}/../configurations/${CONFIGURATION}/kubeco
 
 case $1 in
     on)
+        echo "Network maintenance:  on"
         kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} patch ingress ingress-ocelot-webapp --type merge --patch-file ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../src/kubernetes/patches/patch.ingress.maintenance.on.yaml
     ;;
     off)
+        echo "Network maintenance:  off"
         kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} patch ingress ingress-ocelot-webapp --type merge --patch-file ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../src/kubernetes/patches/patch.ingress.maintenance.off.yaml
     ;;
     *)
diff --git a/deployment/scripts/cluster.neo4j.sh b/deployment/scripts/cluster.neo4j.sh
index 41ebe4227..ae539b314 100755
--- a/deployment/scripts/cluster.neo4j.sh
+++ b/deployment/scripts/cluster.neo4j.sh
@@ -21,20 +21,24 @@ case $1 in
                 ${SCRIPT_DIR}/cluster.maintenance.sh on
 
                 # set Neo4j in offline mode (maintenance)
+                echo "Neo4j maintenance:  on"
                 kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} get deployment ocelot-neo4j -o json \
                     | jq '.spec.template.spec.containers[] += {"command": ["tail", "-f", "/dev/null"]}' \
                     | kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} apply -f -
 
                 # wait for the container to restart
+                echo "Wait 60s ..."
                 sleep 60
             ;;
             off)
                 # set Neo4j in online mode
+                echo "Neo4j maintenance:  off"
                 kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} get deployment ocelot-neo4j -o json \
                     | jq 'del(.spec.template.spec.containers[].command)' \
                     | kubectl --kubeconfig=${KUBECONFIG} apply -f -
 
                 # wait for the container to restart
+                echo "Wait 60s ..."
                 sleep 60
 
                 # maintenance mode off