diff --git a/Src/Compilers/Core/VBCSCompiler/App.config b/Src/Compilers/Core/VBCSCompiler/App.config
index 222013fe23fb9bdb9b9689bbc64a7a09d9b4550f..59c9d471da8c489b278d342ad65b6974b3db9a24 100644
--- a/Src/Compilers/Core/VBCSCompiler/App.config
+++ b/Src/Compilers/Core/VBCSCompiler/App.config
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <gcConcurrent enabled="false"/>
   </runtime>
   <appSettings>
-    <!-- Nubmer of seconds with no activity before the server times out and closes. 
+    <!-- Number of seconds with no activity before the server times out and closes. 
          Set to 0 to shut down the server after the first connection is finished
          or -1 to never shut down the server. -->
     <add key="dieTimeout" value="10800"/>
diff --git a/Src/Compilers/Core/VBCSCompiler/ServerDispatcher.cs b/Src/Compilers/Core/VBCSCompiler/ServerDispatcher.cs
index 4d3359e5cc72ab082867e6c119934467f09bb602..0755acaee682bdbe1a96983c55dcc01b47f9c16e 100644
--- a/Src/Compilers/Core/VBCSCompiler/ServerDispatcher.cs
+++ b/Src/Compilers/Core/VBCSCompiler/ServerDispatcher.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ partial class ServerDispatcher
         /// </summary>
         public static int Main(string[] args)
         {
+            CompilerServerLogger.Initialize("SRV");
+            CompilerServerLogger.Log("Process started");
+
             int dieTimeout;
             // Try to get the die timeout from the app.config file.
             // Set to default if any failures
@@ -58,16 +61,16 @@ public static int Main(string[] args)
                     // seconds, not milliseconds
                     dieTimeout *= 1000;
                 }
+                CompilerServerLogger.Log("Die timeout is: " + dieTimeout + "milliseconds.");
             }
-            catch (ConfigurationErrorsException)
+            catch (ConfigurationErrorsException e)
             {
                 dieTimeout = DefaultServerDieTimeout;
+                CompilerServerLogger.LogException(e, "Could not read AppSettings");
             }
 
             CompilerFatalError.Handler = FailFast.OnFatalException;
 
-            CompilerServerLogger.Initialize("SRV");
-            CompilerServerLogger.Log("Process started");
             var dispatcher = new ServerDispatcher(BuildProtocolConstants.PipeName,
                                                   new CompilerRequestHandler(),
                                                   dieTimeout);