diff --git a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/persistence/DBCheckpointStorage.kt b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/persistence/DBCheckpointStorage.kt
index dd5d1c4998..f58357abe0 100644
--- a/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/persistence/DBCheckpointStorage.kt
+++ b/node/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/node/services/persistence/DBCheckpointStorage.kt
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ class DBCheckpointStorage : CheckpointStorage {
 
             @Type(type = "corda-blob")
             @Column(name = "checkpoint_value", nullable = false)
-            var checkpoint: ByteArray = EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY
-    )
+            var checkpoint: ByteArray = EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY          
+    ) {
+	    override fun toString() = "DBCheckpoint(checkpointId = ${checkpointId}, checkpointSize = ${checkpoint.size})"
+      }
 
     override fun addCheckpoint(id: StateMachineRunId, checkpoint: SerializedBytes<Checkpoint>) {
         currentDBSession().save(DBCheckpoint().apply {