diff --git a/src/deployment/registration.py b/src/deployment/registration.py
index 9cc34ba05a..ddb0d33a81 100644
--- a/src/deployment/registration.py
+++ b/src/deployment/registration.py
@@ -231,8 +231,12 @@ def add_application_password(app_object_id: UUID) -> Tuple[str, str]:
     wait_duration = 10
     while count < tries:
         count += 1
+        if count > 1:
+            logging.info("retrying app password creation")
         try:
-            return add_application_password_impl(app_object_id)
+            password = add_application_password_impl(app_object_id)
+            logging.info("app password created")
+            return password
         except GraphQueryError as err:
             error = err
             # modeled after AZ-CLI's handling of missing application