diff --git a/ZitiUpdateService/App.config b/ZitiUpdateService/App.config
index bc30bb6b..bcacd1c9 100644
--- a/ZitiUpdateService/App.config
+++ b/ZitiUpdateService/App.config
@@ -2,7 +2,28 @@
 <configuration>
   <appSettings>
     <add key="UpdateUrl" value="https://netfoundry.jfrog.io/netfoundry/ziti-maven-snapshot/ziti-tunnel-win/amd64/windows/ziti-tunnel-win/maven-metadata.xml"/>
+      
+    <!-- 
+    Format for UpdateTimer is "hours:minutes:seconds" - none of the values can exceed the normal range of each tuple.
+    For example this is invalid: "0:60:0" because 60 is > 59. To represent every hour you would use "1:0:0"
+    
+    This example shows a value that would check for updates every one hour, two minutes and three seconds
+    <add key="UpdateTimer" value="1:2:3"/>
+    -->
+    <add key="UpdateTimer" value="0:0:5"/><!--default to verify the service is running every five seconds-->
+      
     <add key="Version" value="latest"/>
+      
+    <!--
+    Format for ServiceTimer is "hours:minutes:seconds" - none of the values can exceed the normal range of each tuple.
+    For example this is invalid: "0:60:0" because 60 is > 59. To represent every hour you would use "1:0:0"
+    
+    This example shows a value that would check for the health of the service every one hour, two minutes and three seconds
+    <add key="ServiceTimer" value="1:2:3"/>
+    
+    This operation is fast and should probably remain low such as "0:1:0" (every minute) or "0:0:15" (every 15 seconds)
+    -->
+    <add key="ServiceTimer" value="0:1:0"/><!--default to look for updates once a minute-->
   </appSettings>
   <startup> 
     <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.8" />
diff --git a/ZitiUpdateService/Program.cs b/ZitiUpdateService/Program.cs
index d9bdd216..449ad561 100644
--- a/ZitiUpdateService/Program.cs
+++ b/ZitiUpdateService/Program.cs
@@ -11,12 +11,18 @@ namespace ZitiUpdateService {
 		/// The main entry point for the application.
 		/// </summary>
 		static void Main() {
+			UpdateService updateSvc = new UpdateService();
+#if DEBUG
+			updateSvc.Debug();
+			System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(System.Threading.Timeout.Infinite);
+#else
 			ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;
 			ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[]
 			{
-				new UpdateService()
+				updateSvc
 			};
 			ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun);
+#endif
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ZitiUpdateService/UpdateService.cs b/ZitiUpdateService/UpdateService.cs
index 40b05921..61279ac9 100644
--- a/ZitiUpdateService/UpdateService.cs
+++ b/ZitiUpdateService/UpdateService.cs
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ namespace ZitiUpdateService {
 		}
 
 		public void Debug()
-        {
+		{
 			OnStart(null);
-        }
+		}
 
 		protected override void OnStart(string[] args) {
 			try {
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ namespace ZitiUpdateService {
 			_logDirectory = Path.Combine(_rootDirectory, "Logs");
 			if (!Directory.Exists(_logDirectory)) Directory.CreateDirectory(_logDirectory);
 			Log("Setup Watchers");
-			SetupServiceWatcher(); 
+			SetupServiceWatchers(); 
 		}
 
 		protected override void OnStop() {
 			Log("Stopping update Service");
 		}
 
-		private void SetupWatcher() {
+		private void SetupServiceWatchers() {
 			Log("Setting Up Watchers");
 
 			var serviceTimerInterval = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("ServiceTimer");
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ namespace ZitiUpdateService {
 					Log("Starting Service");
 					controller.Start();
 					controller.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
-					SetupWatcher();
+					SetupServiceWatchers();
 				} catch (Exception e) {
 					Log("Cannot Start Service - " + e.ToString());
 				}