diff --git a/bin/zeppelin-daemon.sh b/bin/zeppelin-daemon.sh
index c1d5ef20715..6bdc1d245d3 100755
--- a/bin/zeppelin-daemon.sh
+++ b/bin/zeppelin-daemon.sh
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ function upstart() {
   # where the service manager starts and stops the process
   initialize_default_directories
 
+  echo "ZEPPELIN_CLASSPATH: ${ZEPPELIN_CLASSPATH_OVERRIDES}:${CLASSPATH}" >> "${ZEPPELIN_OUTFILE}"
+
   $ZEPPELIN_RUNNER $JAVA_OPTS -cp $ZEPPELIN_CLASSPATH_OVERRIDES:$CLASSPATH $ZEPPELIN_MAIN >> "${ZEPPELIN_OUTFILE}"
 }
 
@@ -177,6 +179,8 @@ function start() {
 
   initialize_default_directories
 
+  echo "ZEPPELIN_CLASSPATH: ${ZEPPELIN_CLASSPATH_OVERRIDES}:${CLASSPATH}" >> "${ZEPPELIN_OUTFILE}"
+
   nohup nice -n $ZEPPELIN_NICENESS $ZEPPELIN_RUNNER $JAVA_OPTS -cp $ZEPPELIN_CLASSPATH_OVERRIDES:$CLASSPATH $ZEPPELIN_MAIN >> "${ZEPPELIN_OUTFILE}" 2>&1 < /dev/null &
   pid=$!
   if [[ -z "${pid}" ]]; then
@@ -254,6 +258,7 @@ case "${1}" in
     start
     ;;
   restart)
+    echo "${ZEPPELIN_NAME} is restarting" >> "${ZEPPELIN_OUTFILE}"
     stop
     start
     ;;
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java
index 864b149d379..75efe3956f8 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.XMLConfiguration;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.tree.ConfigurationNode;
 import org.apache.zeppelin.notebook.repo.VFSNotebookRepo;
+import org.apache.zeppelin.util.Util;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -102,6 +103,11 @@ public static synchronized ZeppelinConfiguration create() {
         conf = new ZeppelinConfiguration();
       }
     }
+    
+    LOG.info("Server Host: " + conf.getServerAddress());
+    LOG.info("Server Port: " + conf.getServerPort());
+    LOG.info("Context Path: " + conf.getServerContextPath());
+    LOG.info("Zeppelin Version: " + Util.getVersion());
 
     return conf;
   }