diff --git a/tools/src/tester/TestRunner.ts b/tools/src/tester/TestRunner.ts
index 6317ef392..77fe2df6d 100644
--- a/tools/src/tester/TestRunner.ts
+++ b/tools/src/tester/TestRunner.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import type StoryValidator from "./StoryValidator";
 import { OpenSearchHttpClient } from 'OpenSearchHttpClient'
 import * as ansi from './Ansi'
 import _ from 'lodash'
+import { Logger } from 'Logger'
 
 export default class TestRunner {
   private readonly _http_client: OpenSearchHttpClient
@@ -26,12 +27,14 @@ export default class TestRunner {
   private readonly _story_evaluator: StoryEvaluator
   private readonly _result_logger: ResultLogger
   private readonly _story_files: Record<string, StoryFile[]> = {}
+  private readonly _logger: Logger
 
-  constructor (http_client: OpenSearchHttpClient, story_validator: StoryValidator, story_evaluator: StoryEvaluator, result_logger: ResultLogger) {
+  constructor (http_client: OpenSearchHttpClient, story_validator: StoryValidator, story_evaluator: StoryEvaluator, result_logger: ResultLogger, logger: Logger) {
     this._http_client = http_client
     this._story_validator = story_validator
     this._story_evaluator = story_evaluator
     this._result_logger = result_logger
+    this._logger = logger
   }
 
   async run (story_path: string, version?: string, distribution?: string, dry_run: boolean = false): Promise<{ results: StoryEvaluations, failed: boolean }> {
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ export default class TestRunner {
     }
 
     for (const story_file of story_files) {
+      this._logger.info(`Evaluating ${story_file.display_path} ...`)
       const evaluation = this._story_validator.validate(story_file) ?? await this._story_evaluator.evaluate(story_file, version, distribution, dry_run)
       results.evaluations.push(evaluation)
       this._result_logger.log(evaluation)
diff --git a/tools/src/tester/test.ts b/tools/src/tester/test.ts
index e781e343c..77351fe75 100644
--- a/tools/src/tester/test.ts
+++ b/tools/src/tester/test.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ const supplemental_chapter_evaluator = new SupplementalChapterEvaluator(chapter_
 const story_validator = new StoryValidator()
 const story_evaluator = new StoryEvaluator(chapter_evaluator, supplemental_chapter_evaluator)
 const result_logger = new ConsoleResultLogger(opts.tabWidth, opts.verbose)
-const runner = new TestRunner(http_client, story_validator, story_evaluator, result_logger)
+const runner = new TestRunner(http_client, story_validator, story_evaluator, result_logger, logger)
 
 runner.run(opts.testsPath, spec.api_version(), opts.opensearchDistribution, opts.dryRun)
   .then(
diff --git a/tools/tests/tester/helpers.ts b/tools/tests/tester/helpers.ts
index 354fcabe4..399c1359e 100644
--- a/tools/tests/tester/helpers.ts
+++ b/tools/tests/tester/helpers.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function construct_tester_components (spec_path: string): {
   const story_validator = new StoryValidator()
   const story_evaluator = new StoryEvaluator(chapter_evaluator, supplemental_chapter_evaluator)
   const result_logger = new NoOpResultLogger()
-  const test_runner = new TestRunner(opensearch_http_client, story_validator, story_evaluator, result_logger)
+  const test_runner = new TestRunner(opensearch_http_client, story_validator, story_evaluator, result_logger, logger)
   return {
     specification,
     operation_locator,