diff --git a/src/performance/performance.module.ts b/src/performance/performance.module.ts
index 58d94a9..6793571 100644
--- a/src/performance/performance.module.ts
+++ b/src/performance/performance.module.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { MongooseModule } from '@nestjs/mongoose';
 import { PerformanceSchema } from './models/performance.model';
 import { PerformanceService } from './performance.service';
 import { VersioningModule } from '../versioning/versioning.module';
+import { LoggingModule } from 'src/logging/logging.module';
 
 @Module({
   imports: [
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import { VersioningModule } from '../versioning/versioning.module';
       { name: 'performance', schema: PerformanceSchema },
     ]),
     VersioningModule,
+    LoggingModule,
   ],
   providers: [PerformanceService],
   exports: [MongooseModule, PerformanceService],
diff --git a/src/performance/performance.service.ts b/src/performance/performance.service.ts
index cdded03..6d037f4 100644
--- a/src/performance/performance.service.ts
+++ b/src/performance/performance.service.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,17 @@ import { Model } from 'mongoose';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { SemanticVersionDto } from 'src/versioning/dto/semanticversion.dto';
 import { VersioningService } from '../versioning/versioning.service';
+import { LoggingService } from 'src/logging/logging.service';
 import { PerformanceDocument } from './models/performance.model';
 
 const COMPONENT_NAME = 'performance';
 
+enum UpdateReturnCodes {
+  Updated,
+  Ignored,
+  Failure,
+}
+
 @Injectable()
 export class PerformanceService {
   private static readPerformanceFile(): Record<string, any> {
@@ -69,11 +76,35 @@ export class PerformanceService {
     });
   }
 
-  private async validateAndUpdatePerformanceData(): Promise<string[]> {
+  private async validateAndUpdatePerformanceData(): Promise<{
+    status: UpdateReturnCodes;
+    ignored: string[];
+  }> {
     // read the performance file and validate the version length
     const data = PerformanceService.readPerformanceFile();
+    if (data['FILEINFO'] === undefined) {
+      this.loggingService.addInfoMessage(
+        COMPONENT_NAME,
+        `The fileinfo block is missing`,
+      );
+      return { status: UpdateReturnCodes.Failure, ignored: [] };
+    }
+    if (data['FILEINFO']['createdAt'] === undefined) {
+      this.loggingService.addInfoMessage(
+        COMPONENT_NAME,
+        `The createdAt of the fileinfo block is missing`,
+      );
+      return { status: UpdateReturnCodes.Failure, ignored: [] };
+    }
+
     const versionParts = (data['FILEINFO']['version'] as string).split('.');
-    if (versionParts.length !== 3) return [];
+    if (versionParts.length !== 3) {
+      this.loggingService.addInfoMessage(
+        COMPONENT_NAME,
+        `The version of fileinfo is missing or wrong: ${data['FILEINFO']['version']}. Expected: x.y.z`,
+      );
+      return { status: UpdateReturnCodes.Failure, ignored: [] };
+    }
 
     // create the fileversion
     const fileversion: SemanticVersionDto = {
@@ -84,7 +115,7 @@ export class PerformanceService {
 
     return this.versioningService
       .findComponent(COMPONENT_NAME)
-      .then((resp) => {
+      .then(async (resp) => {
         if (
           resp === null ||
           VersioningService.newerVersion(
@@ -96,19 +127,45 @@ export class PerformanceService {
             fileversion,
           )
         ) {
-          return this.updatePerformanceData(data, fileversion);
+          return {
+            status: UpdateReturnCodes.Updated,
+            ignored: await this.updatePerformanceData(data, fileversion),
+          };
         }
 
-        return [];
+        return { status: UpdateReturnCodes.Ignored, ignored: [] };
       })
-      .catch(() => this.updatePerformanceData(data, fileversion));
+      .catch(async () => ({
+        status: UpdateReturnCodes.Updated,
+        ignored: await this.updatePerformanceData(data, fileversion),
+      }));
   }
 
   constructor(
     @InjectModel('performance')
     private readonly performanceModel: Model<PerformanceDocument>,
     private readonly versioningService: VersioningService,
+    private readonly loggingService: LoggingService,
   ) {
-    this.validateAndUpdatePerformanceData();
+    this.validateAndUpdatePerformanceData().then(async (response) => {
+      response.ignored.forEach(async (entry) => {
+        await this.loggingService.addInfoMessage(
+          COMPONENT_NAME,
+          `Ignored ${entry}. Required entries: speedabovefl240, rodabovefl240, speedabovefl100, rodabovefl100, speedbelowfl100, rodbelowfl100, speedapproach`,
+        );
+      });
+
+      if (response.status === UpdateReturnCodes.Ignored) {
+        await this.loggingService.addInfoMessage(
+          COMPONENT_NAME,
+          `Ignored the performance file due to the file version`,
+        );
+      } else if (response.status === UpdateReturnCodes.Failure) {
+        await this.loggingService.addInfoMessage(
+          COMPONENT_NAME,
+          `Wasn't able to update the performance database`,
+        );
+      }
+    });
   }
 }