diff --git a/internal/app/category.go b/internal/app/category.go
index ce7f40e..40f3a63 100644
--- a/internal/app/category.go
+++ b/internal/app/category.go
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ func synchronizeCategories(context *AppContext, filesystemNodes map[string]*loca
 
 	missingCategories := findMissingCategories(filesystemNodes, existingCategories)
 
+	if len(missingCategories) == 0 {
+		logrus.Infof("No categories missing!")
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	return createMissingCategories(context, missingCategories, existingCategories)
 }
 
@@ -50,6 +55,8 @@ func createMissingCategories(context *AppContext, missingCategories []string, ex
 	// in the right order and we have the parent available while creating the children
 	sort.Strings(missingCategories)
 
+	logrus.Infof("Creating %d categories", len(missingCategories))
+
 	for _, categoryKey := range missingCategories {
 		logrus.Infof("Creating category %s", categoryKey)