diff --git a/gga_init.py b/gga_init.py
index 9a73c8d0b759c1f11f9801efc5f71dcbe0492404..1ae0ce4bb7f9916336fe3646ac8512bf3f84dcb8 100755
--- a/gga_init.py
+++ b/gga_init.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ class DeploySpeciesStack(speciesData.SpeciesData):
                 if not os.path.isfile(banner_dest_path) and not os.path.islink(banner_dest_path):
                     os.symlink(os.path.abspath(self.config[constants.CONF_TRIPAL_BANNER_PATH]), banner_dest_path)
                     logging.info("Custom banner added: symlink from %s" % self.config[constants.CONF_TRIPAL_BANNER_PATH])
+                else:
+                    logging.info("Banner already exists at %s. The banner defined in config is not added." % banner_dest_path)
             else:
                 logging.debug("Using default banner for Tripal pages because %s is not valid in 'config' file" % constants.CONF_TRIPAL_BANNER_PATH)
                 self.config.pop(constants.CONF_TRIPAL_BANNER_PATH, None)