diff --git a/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/RemoteTaskRunner.java b/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/RemoteTaskRunner.java
index 06dd63730ccb598e789768ead4d09b30e5dd071a..12a07979489a33e67c694bbc8e700c480de192b1 100644
--- a/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/RemoteTaskRunner.java
+++ b/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/RemoteTaskRunner.java
@@ -414,8 +414,9 @@ public class RemoteTaskRunner implements TaskRunner
             @Override
             public void childEvent(CuratorFramework client, PathChildrenCacheEvent event) throws Exception
             {
-
               try {
+                log.info("Event[%s]: %s", event.getType(), event.getData().getPath());
+
                 if (event.getType().equals(PathChildrenCacheEvent.Type.CHILD_ADDED) ||
                     event.getType().equals(PathChildrenCacheEvent.Type.CHILD_UPDATED)) {
                   final String taskId = ZKPaths.getNodeFromPath(event.getData().getPath());
diff --git a/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/TaskMasterLifecycle.java b/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/TaskMasterLifecycle.java
index b9fefecf013fb2da79122c558c80138ab68072d8..0eb3a335bc4d0e5df1046dc3ad4fee6fcd25200b 100644
--- a/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/TaskMasterLifecycle.java
+++ b/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/TaskMasterLifecycle.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class TaskMasterLifecycle
           leaderLifecycle.addManagedInstance(taskRunner);
           Initialization.makeServiceDiscoveryClient(curator, serviceDiscoveryConfig, leaderLifecycle);
           leaderLifecycle.addManagedInstance(taskConsumer);
+          leaderLifecycle.addManagedInstance(scheduler);
 
           leading = true;
 
diff --git a/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/scaling/ResourceManagementScheduler.java b/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/scaling/ResourceManagementScheduler.java
index 45c0060fda6414f3d82af2f57a0083f0d852deb2..2473e9d6e4121d41af5a66792d3d17b6d05cc15f 100644
--- a/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/scaling/ResourceManagementScheduler.java
+++ b/merger/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/merger/coordinator/scaling/ResourceManagementScheduler.java
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ public class ResourceManagementScheduler
         return;
       }
 
+      log.info("Started Resource Management Scheduler");
+
       ScheduledExecutors.scheduleAtFixedRate(
           exec,
           config.getProvisionResourcesDuration(),
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ public class ResourceManagementScheduler
             @Override
             public void run()
             {
+              log.info("Running resource management strategy");
               resourceManagementStrategy.doProvision(
                   taskRunner.getPendingTasks(),
                   taskRunner.getWorkers()
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ public class ResourceManagementScheduler
       if (!started) {
         return;
       }
+      log.info("Stopping Resource Management Scheduler");
       exec.shutdown();
       started = false;
     }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee0e0a85493ac73b63746327de1da93104b96ea1..d14760ba5c158c2c09b90bf257a8625fc3e451ad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -115,22 +115,22 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.netflix.curator</groupId>
                 <artifactId>curator-client</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.2</version>
+                <version>1.3.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.netflix.curator</groupId>
                 <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.2</version>
+                <version>1.3.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.netflix.curator</groupId>
                 <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.2</version>
+                <version>1.3.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.netflix.curator</groupId>
                 <artifactId>curator-x-discovery</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.2</version>
+                <version>1.3.2</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.netflix.curator</groupId>