diff --git a/cogs/startup.py b/cogs/startup.py
index 0e179caac..06c30dee6 100644
--- a/cogs/startup.py
+++ b/cogs/startup.py
@@ -141,3 +141,9 @@ async def on_ready(self) -> None:
                 await self.bot.close()
 
         logger.info("Ready! Logged in as %s", self.bot.user)
+
+        try:
+            log_channel: discord.TextChannel = await self.bot.fetch_log_channel()
+            await log_channel.send("TeX-Bot is now running!")
+        except ValueError:
+            logger.debug("Unable to send startup message to log channel!")
diff --git a/utils/tex_bot.py b/utils/tex_bot.py
index 1b1902d84..9baf9de8f 100644
--- a/utils/tex_bot.py
+++ b/utils/tex_bot.py
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ def __init__(self, *args: object, **options: object) -> None:
 
     @override
     async def close(self) -> NoReturn:  # type: ignore[misc]
+
+        try:
+            log_channel: discord.TextChannel = await self.fetch_log_channel()
+            await log_channel.send("TeX-Bot is shutting down...")
+        except ValueError:
+            logger.debug("Unable to send shutdown message to log channel!")
+
         await super().close()
 
         logger.info("TeX-Bot manually terminated.")