diff --git a/app/models/project_repository.rb b/app/models/project_repository.rb
index c11ceb039b8f1b9dc43477d6bd7f350ac2547e30..0b88219b0ab3292d1c4441a616ce55178845cd38 100644
--- a/app/models/project_repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_repository.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ class ProjectRepository < ApplicationRecord
 
   belongs_to :project, inverse_of: :project_repository
 
+  def initialize(*args)
+    super
+    puts "#{self.class.name} initialized" # rubocop:disable Rails/Output -- testing
+  end
+
   class << self
     def find_project(disk_path)
       find_by(disk_path: disk_path)&.project