diff --git a/Installer/ZitiDesktopEdge.aip b/Installer/ZitiDesktopEdge.aip
index a6cccd04..0f1cfe56 100644
--- a/Installer/ZitiDesktopEdge.aip
+++ b/Installer/ZitiDesktopEdge.aip
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     <ROW File="collectlogs.ps1" Component_="App.config" FileName="COLLEC~1.PS1|collect-logs.ps1" Attributes="0" SourcePath="collect-logs.ps1" SelfReg="false"/>
     <ROW File="ZitiDesktopEdge.Client.dll" Component_="ZitiDesktopEdge.Client.dll" FileName="ZITIDE~1.DLL|ZitiDesktopEdge.Client.dll" Attributes="0" SourcePath="..\ZitiDesktopEdge.Client\bin\Release\ZitiDesktopEdge.Client.dll" SelfReg="false"/>
     <ROW File="NLog.dll" Component_="NLog.dll" FileName="NLog.dll" Attributes="0" SourcePath="..\ZitiUpdateService\bin\Release\NLog.dll" SelfReg="false"/>
+    <ROW File="zitimonitorlog.config" Component_="App.config" FileName="ZITI-M~1.CON|ziti-monitor-log.config" Attributes="0" SourcePath="..\ZitiUpdateService\bin\Release\ziti-monitor-log.config" SelfReg="false"/>
   </COMPONENT>
   <COMPONENT cid="caphyon.advinst.msicomp.AppPathsComponent">
     <ROW Name="AI_APPPATH_PERBUILD_ZitiDesktopEdge.exe" Path="[|AI_PROPPATH_PERBUILD_ZitiDesktopEdge.exe]" Type="2" Content="0"/>
diff --git a/ZitiUpdateService/NLog.config b/ZitiUpdateService/NLog.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 4115bea8..00000000
--- a/ZitiUpdateService/NLog.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"
-      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-
-    <targets>
-        <target name="logfile" xsi:type="File" fileName="file.txt" />
-    </targets>
-
-    <rules>
-        <logger name="*" minlevel="Info" writeTo="logfile" />
-    </rules>
-</nlog>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ZitiUpdateService/Program.cs b/ZitiUpdateService/Program.cs
index 6c482650..47b17a83 100644
--- a/ZitiUpdateService/Program.cs
+++ b/ZitiUpdateService/Program.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.ServiceProcess;
 using NLog;
 using NLog.Config;
@@ -13,26 +15,33 @@ namespace ZitiUpdateService {
 		/// </summary>
 		static void Main() {
 			//Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("ZITI_EXTENDED_DEBUG", "true");
+			var curdir = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
+			string nlogFile = Path.Combine(curdir, "ziti-monitor-log.config");
 
-			var config = new LoggingConfiguration();
-			var logname = "ziti-montior";
-			// Targets where to log to: File and Console
-			var logfile = new FileTarget("logfile") { 
-				FileName = $"{logname}.log",
-				ArchiveEvery = FileArchivePeriod.Day,
-				ArchiveNumbering = ArchiveNumberingMode.Rolling,
-				MaxArchiveFiles = 7,
-				//ArchiveAboveSize = 10000,
+			if (File.Exists(nlogFile)) {
+				LogManager.Configuration = new XmlLoggingConfiguration(nlogFile);
+			} else {
+				var config = new LoggingConfiguration();
+				var logname = "ziti-montior";
+				// Targets where to log to: File and Console
+				var logfile = new FileTarget("logfile") {
+					FileName = $"{logname}.log",
+					ArchiveEvery = FileArchivePeriod.Day,
+					ArchiveNumbering = ArchiveNumberingMode.Rolling,
+					MaxArchiveFiles = 7,
+					Layout = "${longdate}|${level:uppercase=true:padding=5}|${logger}|${message}",
+					//ArchiveAboveSize = 10000,
 			};
-			var logconsole = new ConsoleTarget("logconsole");
+				var logconsole = new ConsoleTarget("logconsole");
 
-			// Rules for mapping loggers to targets            
-			config.AddRule(LogLevel.Info, LogLevel.Fatal, logconsole);
-			config.AddRule(LogLevel.Debug, LogLevel.Fatal, logfile);
-
-			// Apply config           
-			LogManager.Configuration = config;
+				// Rules for mapping loggers to targets            
+				config.AddRule(LogLevel.Info, LogLevel.Fatal, logconsole);
+				config.AddRule(LogLevel.Debug, LogLevel.Fatal, logfile);
 
+				// Apply config           
+				LogManager.Configuration = config;
+			}
+			Logger.Info("service started - logger initialized");
 			UpdateService updateSvc = new UpdateService();
 #if DEBUG
 
diff --git a/ZitiUpdateService/UpdateCheckers.cs b/ZitiUpdateService/UpdateCheckers.cs
index d478cff9..34c265b1 100644
--- a/ZitiUpdateService/UpdateCheckers.cs
+++ b/ZitiUpdateService/UpdateCheckers.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ namespace ZitiUpdateService {
 			} else if (compare > 0) {
 				Logger.Info("the version installed is newer than the released version");
 				return false;
+			} else {
+				Logger.Debug("current version {0} is the same as the latest release {0}", current, published);
+				return false;
 			}
 			JArray assets = JArray.Parse(json.Property("assets").Value.ToString());
 			foreach (JObject asset in assets.Children<JObject>()) {
diff --git a/ZitiUpdateService/UpdateService.cs b/ZitiUpdateService/UpdateService.cs
index 2df6928c..637a80b1 100644
--- a/ZitiUpdateService/UpdateService.cs
+++ b/ZitiUpdateService/UpdateService.cs
@@ -76,15 +76,6 @@ namespace ZitiUpdateService {
 		}
 
 		private void SetupServiceWatchers() {
-			Logger.Info("setting up watches");
-
-			try {
-				svc.Connect();
-			} catch {
-				//svc.Reconnect();
-			}
-
-			//svc.WaitForConnection();
 
 			var updateTimerInterval = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("UpdateTimer");
 			var upInt = TimeSpan.Zero;
@@ -92,8 +83,6 @@ namespace ZitiUpdateService {
 				upInt = new TimeSpan(0, 1, 0);
 			}
 
-			Logger.Info("Ziti Update Setting Up Watchers");
-
 			_updateTimer = new System.Timers.Timer();
 			_updateTimer.Elapsed += CheckUpdate;
 			_updateTimer.Interval = upInt.TotalMilliseconds;
@@ -101,13 +90,21 @@ namespace ZitiUpdateService {
 			_updateTimer.Start();
 			Logger.Info("Version Checker is running");
 			CheckUpdate(null, null); //check immediately
+
+			try {
+				svc.Connect();
+			} catch {
+				svc.Reconnect();
+			}
+
+			svc.WaitForConnection();
 		}
 
 		private void CheckUpdate(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e) {
 			if (inUpdateCheck) return;
 			inUpdateCheck = true; //simple semaphone
 			try {
-				Logger.Info("checking for update");
+				Logger.Debug("checking for update");
 				var updateUrl = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("UpdateUrl");
 				if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(updateUrl)) {
 					updateUrl = "https://api.github.com/repos/openziti/desktop-edge-win/releases/latest";
diff --git a/ZitiUpdateService/ZitiUpdateService.csproj b/ZitiUpdateService/ZitiUpdateService.csproj
index 9b676c36..52a43b79 100644
--- a/ZitiUpdateService/ZitiUpdateService.csproj
+++ b/ZitiUpdateService/ZitiUpdateService.csproj
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
     <Resource Include="ziti.ico" />
+    <None Include="ziti-monitor-log.config">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
     <None Include="Properties\app.manifest" />
     <None Include="ZitiUpdateService_TemporaryKey.pfx" />
diff --git a/ZitiUpdateService/ziti-monitor-log.config b/ZitiUpdateService/ziti-monitor-log.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21d526a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ZitiUpdateService/ziti-monitor-log.config
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"
+      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+
+    <targets>
+        <target name="logconsole" xsi:type="Console" />
+        <target name="LogFile" xsi:type="File"
+          layout="${longdate}|${level:uppercase=true:padding=5}|${logger}|${message}"
+          fileName="ziti-monitor.log"
+          archiveEvery="Day"
+          archiveNumbering="Date"
+          archiveDateFormat="yyyyMMdd"
+          maxArchiveFiles="14" />
+    </targets>
+
+    <rules>
+        <logger name="*" minlevel="Info" writeTo="logconsole" />
+        <logger name="*" minlevel="Debug" writeTo="logfile" />
+    </rules>
+</nlog>
diff --git a/version b/version
index 3a3cd8cc..1892b926 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.3.1
+1.3.2