diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0c5c8f90..75923b1c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -328,3 +328,5 @@ tags
 .ionide
 
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/ros2,ros,cmake,c++,python,visualstudiocode,vim
+
+.vscode/
diff --git a/drone_sensors/src/height_sensor.cpp b/drone_sensors/src/height_sensor.cpp
index 909c558a..a771d0ff 100644
--- a/drone_sensors/src/height_sensor.cpp
+++ b/drone_sensors/src/height_sensor.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #include <chrono> //time measurement
+#include <iostream> // reading from serial port
 
 #include "rclcpp/rclcpp.hpp"
 #include "std_msgs/msg/string.hpp"
 
-using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+using namespace std::chrono_literals; // for time measurements
 
 class HeightSensorPublisher : public rclcpp::Node
 {
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ class HeightSensorPublisher : public rclcpp::Node
 				publisher_ = this->create_publisher<std_msgs::msg::String>("height_sensor", 10);
 				timer_ = this->create_wall_timer(
 					500ms, std::bind(&HeightSensorPublisher::timer_callback, this));
+				RCLCPP_INFO(this->get_logger(), "Constructor of height sensor publisher");	
 
 			}
 	private: