diff --git a/lib/tasks/backup.rake b/lib/tasks/backup.rake
index 787892fa5..967f00947 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/backup.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/backup.rake
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
 namespace :backup do
   desc "Backup Mongo"
   task :mongo do
+    require File.join(Rails.root, 'config', 'initializers', '_load_app_config.rb')
     require 'cloudfiles'
 
     if APP_CONFIG[:cloudfiles_username] && APP_CONFIG[:cloudfiles_api_key]
+      puts "Loginning into Cloud Files"
       cf = CloudFiles::Connection.new(:username => APP_CONFIG[:cloudfiles_username], :api_key => APP_CONFIG[:cloudfiles_api_key])
       mongo_container = cf.container("Mongo Backup")
 
+      puts "Dumping Mongo"
       `mongodump -o /tmp/backup/mongo`
+      puts "Taring the archive"
       tar_name = "mongo_#{Time.now.to_i}.tar"
       `tar cfP /tmp/backup/#{tar_name} /tmp/backup/mongo`
+      
       file = mongo_container.create_object(tar_name)
+      puts "uploading"
       success = file.write File.open("/tmp/backup/" + tar_name)
+      puts "Successfully uploaded?: #{success}"
       if success
         `rm /tmp/backup/#{tar_name}`
         `rm -rf /tmp/backup/mongo/`