diff --git a/headless-services/commons/commons-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/languageserver/LanguageServerRunner.java b/headless-services/commons/commons-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/languageserver/LanguageServerRunner.java
index 440e948c7..68dad817e 100644
--- a/headless-services/commons/commons-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/languageserver/LanguageServerRunner.java
+++ b/headless-services/commons/commons-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/languageserver/LanguageServerRunner.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ public class LanguageServerRunner implements CommandLineRunner {
 	public void start() throws Exception {
 		System.setProperty(SYSPROP_LANGUAGESERVER_NAME, name); //makes it easy to recognize language server processes.
 		LanguageServerRunner app = this;
+		log.info("Server ready to start after {} ms", ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean().getUptime());
 		if (properties.isStandalone()) {
 			app.startAsServer();
 		} else {
diff --git a/headless-services/commons/commons-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/languageserver/util/SimpleLanguageServer.java b/headless-services/commons/commons-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/languageserver/util/SimpleLanguageServer.java
index 7fbcb7ed3..9f39a7ff5 100644
--- a/headless-services/commons/commons-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/languageserver/util/SimpleLanguageServer.java
+++ b/headless-services/commons/commons-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/languageserver/util/SimpleLanguageServer.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ package org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.util;
 
 import static org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.AsyncRunner.thenLog;
 
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ public final class SimpleLanguageServer implements Sts4LanguageServer, LanguageC
 
 	@Override
 	public CompletableFuture<InitializeResult> initialize(InitializeParams params) {
-		log.debug("Initializing: "+params);
+		log.info("Initializing");
 
 		// multi-root workspace handling
 		List<WorkspaceFolder> workspaceFolders = getWorkspaceFolders(params);
@@ -273,6 +274,7 @@ public final class SimpleLanguageServer implements Sts4LanguageServer, LanguageC
 		RegistrationParams registrationParams = new RegistrationParams(Collections.singletonList(registration));
 		getClient().registerCapability(registrationParams);
 		this.initialized.complete(null); // triggers onInitialized handlers.
+		log.info("Initialization completed after {} ms", ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean().getUptime());
 	  });
 	}