diff --git a/internal/backer/loadConfig.go b/internal/backer/loadConfig.go
index a51ed6b..0677526 100644
--- a/internal/backer/loadConfig.go
+++ b/internal/backer/loadConfig.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func LoadConfig(path string) error {
 
 	switch C.DefaultCompression {
 	case "gzip", "pgzip", "bzip2", "xz", "lz4", "zstd":
-		log.Infof("Using %s as default compression algorithm", C.DefaultCompression)
+		// No-op: compression algorithm validated.
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("Config option default_compression must be gzip, bzip2, zstd, lz4, xz or pgzip, got %s", C.DefaultCompression)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/backer/newServer.go b/internal/backer/newServer.go
index b85e3b6..d841fdf 100644
--- a/internal/backer/newServer.go
+++ b/internal/backer/newServer.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ func NewServer(configPath string) (*http.Server, error) {
 		log.Errorf("Failed to initialize logger: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	log.Infof("Using %s as default compression algorithm", C.DefaultCompression)
+
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 
 	mux.HandleFunc(C.Location, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {