diff --git a/build/repo.targets b/build/repo.targets
index 54b7931cfa..075b60d384 100644
--- a/build/repo.targets
+++ b/build/repo.targets
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 
     <HasJdk Condition="Exists('$(JavacPath)')">true</HasJdk>
 
+    <!-- Pass the Java Package Version down to Gradle -->
+    <GradleOptions>-PpackageVersion="$(JavaPackageVersion)"</GradleOptions>
     <!-- Disable gradle daemon on CI since the CI seems to try to wait for the daemon to shut down, which it doesn't do :) -->
-    <GradleOptions Condition="'$(CI)' == 'true'">-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false</GradleOptions>
+    <GradleOptions Condition="'$(CI)' == 'true'">$(GradleOptions) -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false</GradleOptions>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@
 
   <Target Name="RunJavaTests" Condition="'$(HasJdk)' == 'true'">
     <Message Text="Running Java client tests" Importance="high" />
+    <Message Text="> gradlew $(GradleOptions) test" Importance="high" />
     <Exec Command="./gradlew $(GradleOptions) test" WorkingDirectory="$(RepositoryRoot)clients/java/signalr" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="true" />
   </Target> 
 
@@ -109,6 +112,7 @@
 
   <Target Name="BuildJavaClient" Condition="'$(HasJdk)' == 'true'" DependsOnTargets="GetJavaArtifactInfo">
     <Message Text="Building Java client" Importance="high" />
+    <Message Text="> gradlew $(GradleOptions) compileJava" Importance="high" />
     <Exec Command="./gradlew $(GradleOptions) compileJava" WorkingDirectory="$(RepositoryRoot)clients/java/signalr" />
   </Target>
 
@@ -126,14 +130,15 @@
   </Target>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Jars Include="signalr-$(JavaClientVersion).jar;signalr-$(JavaClientVersion)-javadoc.jar;signalr-$(JavaClientVersion)-sources.jar;" />
-    <PomFile Include="signalr-$(JavaClientVersion).pom" />
+    <Jars Include="signalr-$(JavaPackageVersion).jar;signalr-$(JavaPackageVersion)-javadoc.jar;signalr-$(JavaPackageVersion)-sources.jar;" />
+    <PomFile Include="signalr-$(JavaPackageVersion).pom" />
     <JavaBuildFiles Include="@(Jars);@(PomFile)"/>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <Target Name="PackJavaClient" Condition="'$(HasJdk)' == 'true'">
     <Message Text="Packing Java client" Importance="high" />
-    <Exec Command="./gradlew $(GradleOptions) jar sourceJar javadocJar generatePOM" WorkingDirectory="$(RepositoryRoot)clients/java/signalr" />
+    <Message Text="> gradlew $(GradleOptions) createPackage" Importance="high" />
+    <Exec Command="./gradlew $(GradleOptions) createPackage" WorkingDirectory="$(RepositoryRoot)clients/java/signalr" />
     <Copy SourceFiles="$(RepositoryRoot)clients/java/signalr\build\libs\%(JavaBuildFiles.Identity)" DestinationFolder="$(BuildDir)" />
   </Target>
 
diff --git a/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle b/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle
index 00b71ef1c5..0c8a4d6d1a 100644
--- a/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle
+++ b/clients/java/signalr/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group 'com.microsoft.aspnet'
-version '0.1.0-preview1'
+
+// If we're run from outside MSBuild, just assign a bogus dev version.
+version project.findProperty('packageVersion') ?: "99.99.99-dev"
 
 sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 
@@ -54,8 +56,7 @@ task generatePOM {
                 }
             }
         }
-    }.writeTo("signalr-0.1.0-preview1.pom")
-
-    ant.move file: "signalr-0.1.0-preview1.pom",
-            todir: "${buildDir}/libs"
+    }.writeTo("${buildDir}/libs/signalr-${project.version}.pom")
 }
+
+task createPackage(dependsOn: [jar,sourceJar,javadocJar,generatePOM])
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.Client/Internal/WebSocketsTransport.Log.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.Client/Internal/WebSocketsTransport.Log.cs
index 13ce089d6c..4ea783774f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.Client/Internal/WebSocketsTransport.Log.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.Client/Internal/WebSocketsTransport.Log.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.Client.Internal
             private static readonly Action<ILogger, Exception> _cancelMessage =
                 LoggerMessage.Define(LogLevel.Debug, new EventId(18, "CancelMessage"), "Canceled passing message to application.");
 
+            private static readonly Action<ILogger, Exception> _startedTransport =
+                LoggerMessage.Define(LogLevel.Debug, new EventId(19, "StartedTransport"), "Started transport.");
+
             public static void StartTransport(ILogger logger, TransferFormat transferFormat, Uri webSocketUrl)
             {
                 _startTransport(logger, transferFormat, webSocketUrl, null);
@@ -155,6 +158,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.Client.Internal
             {
                 _cancelMessage(logger, null);
             }
+
+            public static void StartedTransport(ILogger logger)
+            {
+                _startedTransport(logger, null);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.Client/Internal/WebSocketsTransport.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.Client/Internal/WebSocketsTransport.cs
index 0a78e0e17a..054e32c5bc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.Client/Internal/WebSocketsTransport.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.Client/Internal/WebSocketsTransport.cs
@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.Client.Internal
 
             var resolvedUrl = ResolveWebSocketsUrl(url);
 
-            Log.StartTransport(_logger, transferFormat, resolvedUrl);
-
             // We don't need to capture to a local because we never change this delegate.
             if (_accessTokenProvider != null)
             {
@@ -119,8 +117,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.Client.Internal
                 }
             }
 
+            Log.StartTransport(_logger, transferFormat, resolvedUrl);
+
             await _webSocket.ConnectAsync(resolvedUrl, CancellationToken.None);
 
+            Log.StartedTransport(_logger);
+
             // Create the pipe pair (Application's writer is connected to Transport's reader, and vice versa)
             var options = ClientPipeOptions.DefaultOptions;
             var pair = DuplexPipe.CreateConnectionPair(options, options);
diff --git a/version.props b/version.props
index 4ef0f74454..91f581a4ce 100644
--- a/version.props
+++ b/version.props
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <JavaClientVersion>0.1.0-preview1</JavaClientVersion>
     <VersionPrefix>3.0.0</VersionPrefix>
     <VersionSuffix>alpha1</VersionSuffix>
+    <JavaVersionPrefix>0.1.0</JavaVersionPrefix>
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' == 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)</PackageVersion>
     <PackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' != 'rtm' ">$(VersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix)-final</PackageVersion>
     <BuildNumber Condition="'$(BuildNumber)' == ''">t000</BuildNumber>
+    <JavaPackageVersion>$(JavaVersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix)-$(BuildNumber)</JavaPackageVersion>
+    <JavaPackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' == 'rtm' ">$(JavaVersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix)</JavaPackageVersion>
+    <JavaPackageVersion Condition="'$(IsFinalBuild)' == 'true' AND '$(VersionSuffix)' != 'rtm' ">$(JavaVersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix)-final</JavaPackageVersion>
     <FeatureBranchVersionPrefix Condition="'$(FeatureBranchVersionPrefix)' == ''">a-</FeatureBranchVersionPrefix>
     <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)' != '' And '$(FeatureBranchVersionSuffix)' != ''">$(FeatureBranchVersionPrefix)$(VersionSuffix)-$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Replace('$(FeatureBranchVersionSuffix)', '[^\w-]', '-'))</VersionSuffix>
     <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)' != '' And '$(BuildNumber)' != ''">$(VersionSuffix)-$(BuildNumber)</VersionSuffix>