diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/BeansSymbolProvider.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/BeansSymbolProvider.java
index 0570a4ca6..d00ed80cf 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/BeansSymbolProvider.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/BeansSymbolProvider.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Annotation;
-import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.IExtendedModifier;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ITypeBinding;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.MethodDeclaration;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Modifier;
@@ -52,9 +51,9 @@ public class BeansSymbolProvider implements SymbolProvider {
 	@Override
 	public Collection<EnhancedSymbolInformation> getSymbols(Annotation node, ITypeBinding annotationType, Collection<ITypeBinding> metaAnnotations, TextDocument doc) {
 		if (isMethodAbstract(node)) return null;
-		
+
 		ImmutableList.Builder<EnhancedSymbolInformation> symbols = ImmutableList.builder();
-		
+
 		boolean isFunction = isFunctionBean(node);
 		String beanType = getBeanType(node);
 		for (Tuple2<String, DocumentRegion> nameAndRegion : getBeanNames(node, doc)) {
@@ -155,8 +154,8 @@ public class BeansSymbolProvider implements SymbolProvider {
 		ASTNode parent = node.getParent();
 		if (parent instanceof MethodDeclaration) {
 			MethodDeclaration method = (MethodDeclaration) parent;
-
 			String returnType = null;
+
 			if (method.getReturnType2().isParameterizedType()) {
 				ParameterizedType paramType = (ParameterizedType) method.getReturnType2();
 				Type type = paramType.getType();
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ public class BeansSymbolProvider implements SymbolProvider {
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
-	
+
 	private boolean isMethodAbstract(Annotation node) {
 		if (node != null && node.getParent() != null && node.getParent() instanceof MethodDeclaration) {
 			MethodDeclaration method = (MethodDeclaration) node.getParent();
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/handlers/BootJavaHoverProvider.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/handlers/BootJavaHoverProvider.java
index 1908b3036..d5b2cc69e 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/handlers/BootJavaHoverProvider.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/handlers/BootJavaHoverProvider.java
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.java.IJavaProject;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.java.JavaProjectFinder;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.util.HoverHandler;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.util.SimpleTextDocumentService;
-import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.Log;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.DocumentRegion;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.IDocument;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.TextDocument;
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ public class BootJavaHoverProvider implements HoverHandler {
 								extractLiveHintsForType(node, document, runningBootApps, result);
 							}
 							catch (Exception e) {
-								e.printStackTrace();
+								logger.error("error extracting live hint information for docURI '" + document.getUri() + "' - on node: " + node.toString(), e);
 							}
 							return super.visit(node);
 						}
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ public class BootJavaHoverProvider implements HoverHandler {
 							try {
 								extractLiveHintsForAnnotation(node, document, runningBootApps, result);
 							} catch (Exception e) {
-								Log.log(e);
+								logger.error("error extracting live hint information for docURI '" + document.getUri() + "' - on node: " + node.toString(), e);
 							}
 
 							return super.visit(node);
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ public class BootJavaHoverProvider implements HoverHandler {
 							try {
 								extractLiveHintsForAnnotation(node, document, runningBootApps, result);
 							} catch (Exception e) {
-								Log.log(e);
+								logger.error("error extracting live hint information for docURI '" + document.getUri() + "' - on node: " + node.toString(), e);
 							}
 
 							return super.visit(node);
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ public class BootJavaHoverProvider implements HoverHandler {
 							try {
 								extractLiveHintsForAnnotation(node, document, runningBootApps, result);
 							} catch (Exception e) {
-								Log.log(e);
+								logger.error("error extracting live hint information for docURI '" + document.getUri() + "' - on node: " + node.toString(), e);
 							}
 
 							return super.visit(node);
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ public class BootJavaHoverProvider implements HoverHandler {
 							try {
 								extractLiveHintsForMethod(node, document, runningBootApps, result);
 							} catch (Exception e) {
-								Log.log(e);
+								logger.error("error extracting live hint information for docURI '" + document.getUri() + "' - on node: " + node.toString(), e);
 							}
 
 							return super.visit(node);
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ public class BootJavaHoverProvider implements HoverHandler {
 					});
 				}
 			} catch (Exception e) {
-				Log.log(e);
+				logger.error("error extracting live hint information for docURI '" + document.getUri(), e);
 			}
 			return result.toArray(new Range[result.size()]);
 		});
@@ -337,7 +336,7 @@ public class BootJavaHoverProvider implements HoverHandler {
 				});
 			}
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-			Log.log(e);
+			logger.error("error identifying actuator dependency on project '" + project.getElementName() + "'", e);
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -350,7 +349,7 @@ public class BootJavaHoverProvider implements HoverHandler {
 		try {
 			return RunningAppMatcher.getAllMatchingApps(runningAppProvider.getAllRunningSpringApps(), project).toArray(new SpringBootApp[0]);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
-			Log.log(e);
+			logger.error("error getting all matching projects for project'" + project.getElementName() + "'", e);
 			return new SpringBootApp[0];
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/SpringIndexer.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/SpringIndexer.java
index a1667059e..87820e646 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/SpringIndexer.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/SpringIndexer.java
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ public class SpringIndexer {
 					extractSymbolInformation(project, node, docURI, docRef, content);
 				}
 				catch (Exception e) {
-					e.printStackTrace();
+					log.error("error extracting symbol information in project '" + project.getElementName() + "' - for docURI '" + docURI + "' - on node: " + node.toString(), e);
 				}
 				return super.visit(node);
 			}
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ public class SpringIndexer {
 					extractSymbolInformation(project, node, docURI, docRef, content);
 				}
 				catch (Exception e) {
-					e.printStackTrace();
+					log.error("error extracting symbol information in project '" + project.getElementName() + "' - for docURI '" + docURI + "' - on node: " + node.toString(), e);
 				}
 				return super.visit(node);
 			}
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ public class SpringIndexer {
 					extractSymbolInformation(project, node, docURI, docRef, content);
 				}
 				catch (Exception e) {
-					e.printStackTrace();
+					log.error("error extracting symbol information in project '" + project.getElementName() + "' - for docURI '" + docURI + "' - on node: " + node.toString(), e);
 				}
 
 				return super.visit(node);
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ public class SpringIndexer {
 					extractSymbolInformation(project, node, docURI, docRef, content);
 				}
 				catch (Exception e) {
-					e.printStackTrace();
+					log.error("error extracting symbol information in project '" + project.getElementName() + "' - for docURI '" + docURI + "' - on node: " + node.toString(), e);
 				}
 
 				return super.visit(node);
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ public class SpringIndexer {
 					extractSymbolInformation(project, node, docURI, docRef, content);
 				}
 				catch (Exception e) {
-					e.printStackTrace();
+					log.error("error extracting symbol information in project '" + project.getElementName() + "' - for docURI '" + docURI + "' - on node: " + node.toString(), e);
 				}
 
 				return super.visit(node);
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ public class SpringIndexer {
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
-				SymbolInformation symbol = provideDefaultSymbol(node, docURI, docRef, content);
+				SymbolInformation symbol = provideDefaultSymbol(project, node, docURI, docRef, content);
 				if (symbol != null) {
 					addSymbol(project, docURI, new EnhancedSymbolInformation(symbol, null));
 				}
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ public class SpringIndexer {
 		return doc;
 	}
 
-	private SymbolInformation provideDefaultSymbol(Annotation node, String docURI, AtomicReference<TextDocument> docRef, String content) {
+	private SymbolInformation provideDefaultSymbol(IJavaProject project, Annotation node, String docURI, AtomicReference<TextDocument> docRef, String content) {
 		try {
 			ITypeBinding type = node.resolveTypeBinding();
 			if (type != null) {
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ public class SpringIndexer {
 			}
 		}
 		catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
+			log.error("error creating default symbol in project '" + project.getElementName() + "' - for docURI '" + docURI + "' - on node: " + node.toString(), e);
 		}
 
 		return null;