diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/Essentials/ConfigReader.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/Essentials/ConfigReader.cs
index b3fc7d89..8de89ab1 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/Essentials/ConfigReader.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Config/Essentials/ConfigReader.cs	
@@ -12,8 +12,27 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Loads the ConfigObject from the file
 	/// </summary>
-	public class ConfigReader
-	{
+	public class ConfigReader
+	{
+	    public const string LocalConfigPresent =
+	        @"
+ _                     _   _____              __ _       
+| |                   | | /  __ \            / _(_)      
+| |     ___   ___ __ _| | | /  \/ ___  _ __ | |_ _  __ _ 
+| |    / _ \ / __/ _` | | | |    / _ \| '_ \|  _| |/ _` |
+| |___| (_) | (_| (_| | | | \__/\ (_) | | | | | | | (_| |
+\_____/\___/ \___\__,_|_|  \____/\___/|_| |_|_| |_|\__, |
+                                                    __/ |
+                                                   |___/ 
+______                         _     _ _ _               
+| ___ \                       | |   | | | |              
+| |_/ / __ ___  ___  ___ _ __ | |_  | | | |              
+|  __/ '__/ _ \/ __|/ _ \ '_ \| __| | | | |              
+| |  | | |  __/\__ \  __/ | | | |_  |_|_|_|              
+\_|  |_|  \___||___/\___|_| |_|\__| (_|_|_)              
+                                                         
+                                                         ";
+
 		public static EssentialsConfig ConfigObject { get; private set; }
 
 		public static bool LoadConfig2()
@@ -44,6 +63,8 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config
                     {
                         localConfigFound = true;
                         Debug.Console(0, Debug.ErrorLogLevel.Notice, "Found Local config file: '{0}'", filePath);
+                        Debug.Console(0, LocalConfigPresent);
+                        Debug.Console(0, "Local config files are valid, but be sure this is your intention.  Spinning your wheels chasing down a configuration issue is not fun!");
                     }
                 }
                 else