diff --git a/lib/vagrant/environment.rb b/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
index b9967de74..d36f6e2da 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
@@ -107,12 +107,15 @@ module Vagrant
       return @_home_path if defined?(@_home_path)
 
       @_home_path ||= Pathname.new(File.expand_path(ENV["VAGRANT_HOME"] || DEFAULT_HOME))
+      logger.info "Home path: #{@_home_path}"
 
       # This is the old default that Vagrant used to be put things into
       # up until Vagrant 0.8.0. We keep around an automatic migration
       # script here in case any old users upgrade.
       old_home = File.expand_path("~/.vagrant")
       if File.exists?(old_home) && File.directory?(old_home)
+        logger.info "Found both an old and new Vagrantfile. Migration initiated."
+
         # We can't migrate if the home directory already exists
         if File.exists?(@_home_path)
           ui.warn I18n.t("vagrant.general.home_dir_migration_failed",
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/ui.rb b/lib/vagrant/ui.rb
index 1b7cfc3f8..bbca04db8 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/ui.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/ui.rb
@@ -9,8 +9,15 @@ module Vagrant
       @env = env
     end
 
-    [:warn, :error, :info, :confirm, :say_with_vm, :report_progress, :ask, :no?, :yes?].each do |method|
-      # By default these methods don't do anything. A silent UI.
+    [:warn, :error, :info, :confirm].each do |method|
+      define_method(method) do |message|
+        # Log normal console messages
+        env.logger.info(message)
+      end
+    end
+
+    [:report_progress, :ask, :no?, :yes?].each do |method|
+      # By default do nothing, these aren't logged
       define_method(method) { |*args| }
     end
 
@@ -26,6 +33,7 @@ module Vagrant
       [[:warn, :yellow], [:error, :red], [:info, nil], [:confirm, :green]].each do |method, color|
         class_eval <<-CODE
           def #{method}(message, opts=nil)
+            super(message)
             @shell.say("\#{line_reset}\#{format_message(message, opts)}", #{color.inspect})
           end
         CODE
@@ -34,6 +42,7 @@ module Vagrant
       [:ask, :no?, :yes?].each do |method|
         class_eval <<-CODE
           def #{method}(message, opts=nil)
+            super(message)
             opts ||= {}
             @shell.send(#{method.inspect}, format_message(message, opts), opts[:color])
           end