diff --git a/Tree Tracker/Services/ProtectEarth/ProtectEarthTreeService.swift b/Tree Tracker/Services/ProtectEarth/ProtectEarthTreeService.swift
index ebe6e3a..3ca4837 100644
--- a/Tree Tracker/Services/ProtectEarth/ProtectEarthTreeService.swift	
+++ b/Tree Tracker/Services/ProtectEarth/ProtectEarthTreeService.swift	
@@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ class ProtectEarthTreeService: TreeService {
             )
             .continueWith { (task) -> AnyObject? in
                 // stuff we want to do once the task is *STARTED*
+                Rollbar.infoMessage("S3 upload started", data: [
+                    "bucket-path": "\(Secrets.awsBucketPrefix)/\(tree.treeId)",
+                    "x-amz-meta-planted-at": tree.createDate?.ISO8601Format(),
+                    "x-amz-meta-supervisor": tree.supervisor,
+                    "x-amz-meta-latitude": latitude,
+                    "x-amz-meta-longitude": longitude,
+                    "x-amz-meta-site": tree.site,
+                    "x-amz-meta-species": tree.species,
+                    "x-amz-meta-phimageid": tree.phImageId,
+                    "x-amz-meta-md5": md5
+                ])
                 return nil
             }
         }