diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/HeartbeatProperties.java b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/HeartbeatProperties.java
index 74025e5e..08be4f85 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/HeartbeatProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/HeartbeatProperties.java
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
 import lombok.Data;
 
+import lombok.extern.apachecommons.CommonsLog;
 import org.joda.time.Period;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 
 @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "consul.heartbeat")
 @Data
+@CommonsLog
 public class HeartbeatProperties {
 	@Min(1)
 	private int ttlValue = 30;
@@ -43,14 +45,22 @@ public class HeartbeatProperties {
 	private Period heartbeatInterval;
 
 	@PostConstruct
-	public void computeHeartbeatInterval() {
-		// heartbeat rate at ratio * ttl, but no later than ttl -1s and, (under lesser
-		// priority), no sooner than 1s from now
-		heartbeatInterval = new Period(Math.round(1000 * Math.max(ttlValue - 1,
-				Math.min(ttlValue * intervalRatio, 1))));
+	public void init() {
+        this.heartbeatInterval = computeHearbeatInterval();
+        log.debug("Computed heartbeatInterval: " + heartbeatInterval);
 	}
 
-	public String getTtl() {
+    protected Period computeHearbeatInterval() {
+        // heartbeat rate at ratio * ttl, but no later than ttl -1s and, (under lesser
+        // priority), no sooner than 1s from now
+        double interval = ttlValue * intervalRatio;
+        double max = Math.max(interval, 1);
+        int ttlMinus1 = ttlValue - 1;
+        double min = Math.min(ttlMinus1, max);
+        return new Period(Math.round(1000 * min));
+    }
+
+    public String getTtl() {
 		return ttlValue + ttlUnit;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/TtlScheduler.java b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/TtlScheduler.java
index c24ac0e7..faec79ca 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/TtlScheduler.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/TtlScheduler.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class TtlScheduler {
 					checkId = "service:" + checkId;
 				}
 				client.agentCheckPass(checkId);
-				log.info("Sending consul heartbeat for: " + serviceId);
+				log.debug("Sending consul heartbeat for: " + serviceId);
 				serviceHeartbeats.put(serviceId, DateTime.now());
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/HeartbeatPropertiesTests.java b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/HeartbeatPropertiesTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bfdb5023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/HeartbeatPropertiesTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2015 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+
+import org.joda.time.Period;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @author Spencer Gibb
+ */
+public class HeartbeatPropertiesTests {
+
+    @Test
+    public void computeHeartbeatIntervalWorks() {
+        HeartbeatProperties properties = new HeartbeatProperties();
+        Period period = properties.computeHearbeatInterval();
+
+        assertThat(period, is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(period.getSeconds(), is(20));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void computeShortHeartbeat() {
+        HeartbeatProperties properties = new HeartbeatProperties();
+        properties.setTtlValue(2);
+        Period period = properties.computeHearbeatInterval();
+
+        assertThat(period, is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(period.getSeconds(), is(1));
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-sample/src/main/resources/application.yml b/spring-cloud-consul-sample/src/main/resources/application.yml
index d3542bfd..c8d3ccb3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-sample/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-sample/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ endpoints:
   restart:
     enabled: true
   shutdown:
-    enabled: true
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+    enabled: true
+
+logging:
+  level:
+    org.springframework.cloud.consul: DEBUG
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