diff --git a/src/axolotl/core/trainers/base.py b/src/axolotl/core/trainers/base.py
index 3427a0b86..627f8e3f8 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/core/trainers/base.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/trainers/base.py
@@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(
             num_items_in_batch=num_items_in_batch,
         )
 
+    @override
+    def evaluate(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        LOG.info("Running evaluation step...")
+        return super().evaluate(*args, **kwargs)
+
     @staticmethod
     def orpo_concatenate_inputs(inputs, label_pad_token=-100, pad_token=0, device=None):
         concatenated_batch = {}