diff --git a/applications/stomp-chat/src/main/resources/application.properties b/applications/stomp-chat/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6bef1941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/stomp-chat/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+logging.level.org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.transport.session=trace
+server.session.timeout=60
diff --git a/applications/stomp-chat/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/samples/chat/stomp/server/stomp-server.xml b/applications/stomp-chat/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/samples/chat/stomp/server/stomp-server.xml
index 0d5299c9..50a254e9 100644
--- a/applications/stomp-chat/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/samples/chat/stomp/server/stomp-server.xml
+++ b/applications/stomp-chat/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/samples/chat/stomp/server/stomp-server.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 	<bean id="stompSubProtocolHandler" class="org.springframework.web.socket.messaging.StompSubProtocolHandler"/>
 
 	<int-websocket:server-container id="serverWebSocketContainer" path="/chat">
-		<int-websocket:sockjs/>
+		<int-websocket:sockjs heartbeat-time="10000"/>
 	</int-websocket:server-container>
 
 	<int-event:inbound-channel-adapter event-types="org.springframework.web.socket.messaging.AbstractSubProtocolEvent"
diff --git a/applications/stomp-chat/src/main/resources/static/index.html b/applications/stomp-chat/src/main/resources/static/index.html
index 9add0e0f..1c9c7112 100644
--- a/applications/stomp-chat/src/main/resources/static/index.html
+++ b/applications/stomp-chat/src/main/resources/static/index.html
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
             if (userValue.value != "") {
                 currentUser = userValue.value;
                 sock = new SockJS('http://localhost:8080/chat');
+                sock.onheartbeat = function() {
+                    console.log('heartbeat');
+                };
                 stompClient = Stomp.over(sock);
                 stompClient.connect({login: currentUser}, function (frame) {
                     document.getElementById("welcome").style.display = "none";