diff --git a/Framework/DataObjects/src/PeaksWorkspace.cpp b/Framework/DataObjects/src/PeaksWorkspace.cpp
index 8f8ecd91dc2bfc665388b13f836e1c27a17621c2..a4708efa97b393b349f6880997cf9c5600f87aa5 100644
--- a/Framework/DataObjects/src/PeaksWorkspace.cpp
+++ b/Framework/DataObjects/src/PeaksWorkspace.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ namespace DataObjects {
 /// Register the workspace as a type
 DECLARE_WORKSPACE(PeaksWorkspace)
 
+Mantid::Kernel::Logger g_log("PeaksWorkspace");
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /** Constructor. Create a table with all the required columns.
  *
@@ -296,6 +298,9 @@ Peak *PeaksWorkspace::createPeakQSample(const V3D &position) const {
       wavelength = props->getPropertyValueAsType<double>("wavelength");
     }
     goniometer.calcFromQSampleAndWavelength(position, wavelength);
+    g_log.information() << "Found goniometer rotation to be "
+                        << goniometer.getEulerAngles()[0]
+                        << " degrees for Q sample = " << position << "\n";
   } else {
     goniometer = run().getGoniometer();
   }
diff --git a/Framework/Geometry/src/Instrument/Goniometer.cpp b/Framework/Geometry/src/Instrument/Goniometer.cpp
index 57180430481abc95db1a4e5a79af2e0cebf47f9b..1002fd2ed07877a088b42ea910ef460aa4520cc9 100644
--- a/Framework/Geometry/src/Instrument/Goniometer.cpp
+++ b/Framework/Geometry/src/Instrument/Goniometer.cpp
@@ -204,8 +204,6 @@ void Goniometer::calcFromQSampleAndWavelength(
   std::vector<double> B{Q_lab[0], Q_lab[2]};
   std::vector<double> X = A * B;
   double rot = atan2(X[1], X[0]);
-  g_log.information() << "Found goniometer rotation to be " << rot * 180 / M_PI
-                      << " degrees for Q sample = " << Q << "\n";
 
   Matrix<double> goniometer(3, 3, true);
   goniometer[0][0] = cos(rot);
diff --git a/Framework/MDAlgorithms/src/FindPeaksMD.cpp b/Framework/MDAlgorithms/src/FindPeaksMD.cpp
index 7c19297f430d340381f1a6fb6d2ba42f81c8a2c6..b71032b5f837448c74b838ba9d35c720bdd9bcd2 100644
--- a/Framework/MDAlgorithms/src/FindPeaksMD.cpp
+++ b/Framework/MDAlgorithms/src/FindPeaksMD.cpp
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ FindPeaksMD::createPeak(const Mantid::Kernel::V3D &Q, const double binCount,
       double wavelength = getProperty("Wavelength");
       Geometry::Goniometer goniometer;
       goniometer.calcFromQSampleAndWavelength(Q, wavelength);
+      g_log.information() << "Found goniometer rotation to be "
+                          << goniometer.getEulerAngles()[0]
+                          << " degrees for Q sample = " << Q << "\n";
       p = boost::make_shared<Peak>(inst, Q, goniometer.getR());
 
     } else {