diff --git a/cmd/csaf_downloader/forwarder.go b/cmd/csaf_downloader/forwarder.go
index 689f0d5f..6efdfbe2 100644
--- a/cmd/csaf_downloader/forwarder.go
+++ b/cmd/csaf_downloader/forwarder.go
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ type forwarder struct {
 	cfg    *config
 	cmds   chan func(*forwarder)
 	client util.Client
+
+	failed    int
+	succeeded int
 }
 
 // newForwarder creates a new forwarder.
@@ -75,6 +78,15 @@ func (f *forwarder) close() {
 	close(f.cmds)
 }
 
+// log logs the current statistics.
+func (f *forwarder) log() {
+	f.cmds <- func(f *forwarder) {
+		slog.Info("Forward statistics",
+			"succeeded", f.succeeded,
+			"failed", f.failed)
+	}
+}
+
 // httpClient returns a cached HTTP client used for uploading
 // the advisories to the configured HTTP endpoint.
 func (f *forwarder) httpClient() util.Client {
@@ -204,6 +216,7 @@ func (f *forwarder) storeFailedAdvisory(filename, doc, sha256, sha512 string) er
 
 // storeFailed is a logging wrapper around storeFailedAdvisory.
 func (f *forwarder) storeFailed(filename, doc, sha256, sha512 string) {
+	f.failed++
 	if err := f.storeFailedAdvisory(filename, doc, sha256, sha512); err != nil {
 		slog.Error("Storing advisory failed forwarding failed",
 			"error", err)
@@ -248,6 +261,7 @@ func (f *forwarder) forward(
 				"status_code", res.StatusCode)
 			f.storeFailed(filename, doc, sha256, sha512)
 		} else {
+			f.succeeded++
 			slog.Debug(
 				"forwarding succeeded",
 				"filename", filename)
diff --git a/cmd/csaf_downloader/main.go b/cmd/csaf_downloader/main.go
index 8e4b1781..5840791c 100644
--- a/cmd/csaf_downloader/main.go
+++ b/cmd/csaf_downloader/main.go
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ func run(cfg *config, domains []string) error {
 	if cfg.ForwardURL != "" {
 		f := newForwarder(cfg)
 		go f.run()
-		defer f.close()
+		defer func() {
+			f.log()
+			f.close()
+		}()
 		d.forwarder = f
 	}