diff --git a/R/ResamplingSptCVCstf.R b/R/ResamplingSptCVCstf.R
index 69ba9e432..97f32d3cb 100644
--- a/R/ResamplingSptCVCstf.R
+++ b/R/ResamplingSptCVCstf.R
@@ -104,6 +104,17 @@ ResamplingSptCVCstf = R6Class("ResamplingSptCVCstf",
 )
 
 sample_cast = function(task, stratify = FALSE, folds) {
+
+  if (length(task$col_roles$time) && length(task$col_roles$space)) {
+    lg$info(sprintf("Using column roles 'space' (var. '%s') and 'time' (var. '%s') for partitioning", task$col_roles$space, task$col_roles$time))
+
+  } else if (length(task$col_roles$time)) {
+    lg$info(sprintf("Using column role 'time' (var. '%s') for partitioning", task$col_roles$time))
+  }
+  else if (length(task$col_roles$space)) {
+    lg$info(sprintf("Using column role 'space' (var. '%s') for partitioning", task$col_roles$space))
+  }
+
   target = if (stratify) task$target_names else NULL
   space = task$col_roles$space
   time = task$col_roles$time
diff --git a/R/autoplot_spcv_cstf.R b/R/autoplot_spcv_cstf.R
index 9b3a1f41c..f849e5500 100644
--- a/R/autoplot_spcv_cstf.R
+++ b/R/autoplot_spcv_cstf.R
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ autoplot.ResamplingSptCVCstf = function( # nolint
     resampling_sub$instance = resampling_sub$instance[[repeats_id]]
   }
 
+  # FIXME: check space and time var from column roles!
   # check if we are in a 2D or 3D scenario
   if (is.null(plot3D)) {
     if (!is.null(resampling_sub$space_var) &&
diff --git a/R/zzz.R b/R/zzz.R
index f848f5875..148e06eaa 100644
--- a/R/zzz.R
+++ b/R/zzz.R
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ register_mlr3 = function() { # nocov start
 
 .onLoad = function(libname, pkgname) { # nolint
   register_mlr3()
+  assign("lg", lgr::get_logger("mlr3spatiotempcv"), envir = parent.env(environment()))
   setHook(packageEvent("mlr3", "onLoad"), function(...) register_mlr3(),
     action = "append")
 }