diff --git a/types/module/module.go b/types/module/module.go
index 37f1bf97f..9b8dde314 100644
--- a/types/module/module.go
+++ b/types/module/module.go
@@ -298,10 +298,12 @@ func (m *Manager) RegisterServices(cfg Configurator) {
 // InitGenesis performs init genesis functionality for modules
 func (m *Manager) InitGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, cdc codec.JSONCodec, genesisData map[string]json.RawMessage) abci.ResponseInitChain {
 	var validatorUpdates []abci.ValidatorUpdate
+	ctx.Logger().Info("initializing blockchain state from genesis.json")
 	for _, moduleName := range m.OrderInitGenesis {
 		if genesisData[moduleName] == nil {
 			continue
 		}
+		ctx.Logger().Debug("running initialization for module", "module", moduleName)
 
 		moduleValUpdates := m.Modules[moduleName].InitGenesis(ctx, cdc, genesisData[moduleName])
 
diff --git a/types/module/module_test.go b/types/module/module_test.go
index 4f2dcdeed..37fedd9d6 100644
--- a/types/module/module_test.go
+++ b/types/module/module_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
+	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
+	tmproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ func TestManager_InitGenesis(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotNil(t, mm)
 	require.Equal(t, 2, len(mm.Modules))
 
-	ctx := sdk.Context{}
+	ctx := sdk.NewContext(nil, tmproto.Header{}, false, log.NewNopLogger())
 	interfaceRegistry := types.NewInterfaceRegistry()
 	cdc := codec.NewProtoCodec(interfaceRegistry)
 	genesisData := map[string]json.RawMessage{"module1": json.RawMessage(`{"key": "value"}`)}