diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/BootLanguageServerBootApp.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/BootLanguageServerBootApp.java
index cfea0156e..a9c91959b 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/BootLanguageServerBootApp.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/BootLanguageServerBootApp.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import org.eclipse.lsp4j.CodeActionKind;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.CodeActionOptions;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.InitializeParams;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.ServerCapabilities;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
@@ -126,6 +128,8 @@ import reactor.core.publisher.Hooks;
 public class BootLanguageServerBootApp {
 	
 	private static final String SERVER_NAME = "boot-language-server";
+	
+	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BootLanguageServerBootApp.class);
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
 		Hooks.onOperatorDebug();
@@ -392,6 +396,7 @@ public class BootLanguageServerBootApp {
 						scheduleValidation(project);
 					}
 				});
+				log.info("Started Boot Version reconciler");
 			}
 			
 		};
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/BootLanguageServerInitializer.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/BootLanguageServerInitializer.java
index 3750a97a2..83fbb8daf 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/BootLanguageServerInitializer.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/BootLanguageServerInitializer.java
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ public class BootLanguageServerInitializer implements InitializingBean {
 		
 		components.getDocumentSymbolProvider().ifPresent(documents::onDocumentSymbol);
 		
-		server.doOnInitialized(() -> {
+		// TODO: seems to hang tests if done on server initialize. Test Harness Server is likely to be initialized already by this point
+//		server.doOnInitialized(() -> {
 			if (recipesRepo != null) {
 				recipesRepo.onRecipesLoaded(v -> {
 					// Recipes will start loading only after config has been received. Therefore safe to start listening to config changes now
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ public class BootLanguageServerInitializer implements InitializingBean {
 				startListeningToPerformReconcile();	
 				reconcile();
 			}
-		});
+//		});
 		
 		server.onShutdown(() -> {
 			for (TextDocument d : documents.getAll()) {
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/handlers/BootJavaProjectReconcilerScheduler.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/handlers/BootJavaProjectReconcilerScheduler.java
index 023bcdc05..4219eb3f8 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/handlers/BootJavaProjectReconcilerScheduler.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/handlers/BootJavaProjectReconcilerScheduler.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.TextDocumentIdentifier;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.app.BootJavaConfig;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.common.IJavaProjectReconcileEngine;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.common.ProjectReconcileScheduler;
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.util.SimpleLanguage
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.TextDocument;
 
 public class BootJavaProjectReconcilerScheduler extends ProjectReconcileScheduler {
+	
+	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BootJavaProjectReconcilerScheduler.class);
 
 	private static final List<String> FILES_TO_WATCH_GLOB = List.of("**/*.java");
 
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ public class BootJavaProjectReconcilerScheduler extends ProjectReconcileSchedule
 
 	@Override
 	protected void init() {
+		log.info("Starting project reconciler for Java sources");
 		super.init();
 		if (recipesRepo != null) {
 			recipesRepo.onRecipesLoaded(v -> {
@@ -52,10 +57,12 @@ public class BootJavaProjectReconcilerScheduler extends ProjectReconcileSchedule
 				// and launch initial project reconcile since both config and recipes are present
 				startListeningToPerformReconcile();			
 				scheduleValidationForAllProjects();
+				log.info("Started project reconciler for Java sources");
 			});
 		} else {
 			startListeningToPerformReconcile();			
 			scheduleValidationForAllProjects();
+			log.info("Started project reconciler for Java sources");
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
index b246bdc42..03c48b38f 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@
     </encoder>
   </appender>
 
-<!--
   <root level="info">
     <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
   </root>
--->
 
 </configuration>
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