diff --git a/extensions/kusto/config.json b/extensions/kusto/config.json
index 8c0f497834..49e3a7e3dc 100644
--- a/extensions/kusto/config.json
+++ b/extensions/kusto/config.json
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 {
 	"downloadUrl": "https://github.com/Microsoft/sqltoolsservice/releases/download/v{#version#}/microsoft.sqltools.servicelayer-{#fileName#}",
-	"version": "2.0.0-release.15",
+	"version": "3.0.0-release.23",
 	"downloadFileNames": {
-		"Windows_86": "win-x86-netcoreapp2.2.zip",
-		"Windows_64": "win-x64-netcoreapp2.2.zip",
-		"OSX": "osx-x64-netcoreapp2.2.tar.gz",
-		"CentOS_7": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp2.2.tar.gz",
-		"Debian_8": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp2.2.tar.gz",
-		"Fedora_23": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp2.2.tar.gz",
-		"OpenSUSE_13_2": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp2.2.tar.gz",
-		"RHEL_7": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp2.2.tar.gz",
-		"SLES_12_2": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp2.2.tar.gz",
-		"Ubuntu_14": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp2.2.tar.gz",
-		"Ubuntu_16": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp2.2.tar.gz"
+		"Windows_86": "win-x86-netcoreapp3.1.zip",
+		"Windows_64": "win-x64-netcoreapp3.1.zip",
+		"OSX": "osx-x64-netcoreapp3.1.tar.gz",
+		"CentOS_7": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp3.1.tar.gz",
+		"Debian_8": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp3.1.tar.gz",
+		"Fedora_23": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp3.1.tar.gz",
+		"OpenSUSE_13_2": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp3.1.tar.gz",
+		"RHEL_7": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp3.1.tar.gz",
+		"SLES_12_2": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp3.1.tar.gz",
+		"Ubuntu_14": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp3.1.tar.gz",
+		"Ubuntu_16": "rhel-x64-netcoreapp3.1.tar.gz"
 	},
 	"installDirectory": "../sqltoolsservice/{#platform#}/{#version#}",
 	"executableFiles": ["MicrosoftKustoServiceLayer.exe", "MicrosoftKustoServiceLayer"],
diff --git a/extensions/kusto/src/kustoServer.ts b/extensions/kusto/src/kustoServer.ts
index 5f05cb38cf..e9baf275b0 100644
--- a/extensions/kusto/src/kustoServer.ts
+++ b/extensions/kusto/src/kustoServer.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ export class KustoServer {
 	public async start(context: AppContext): Promise<SqlOpsDataClient> {
 		try {
 			const installationStart = Date.now();
-			const path = await this.download(context); // TodoKusto: Remove this commented line once the Kusto service layer has been published to Github. Until then copy manually for debugging.
-			// const path = "e:\\repos\\azuredatastudio\\extensions\\kusto\\sqltoolsservice\\Windows\\2.0.0-release.15\\MicrosoftKustoServiceLayer.exe";
+			const path = await this.download(context);
 			const installationComplete = Date.now();
 			let serverOptions = generateServerOptions(context.extensionContext.logPath, path);
 			let clientOptions = getClientOptions(context);
diff --git a/extensions/kusto/src/main.ts b/extensions/kusto/src/main.ts
index 63717a99d0..cfcae1d2d7 100644
--- a/extensions/kusto/src/main.ts
+++ b/extensions/kusto/src/main.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<IExten
 	// initialize client last so we don't have features stuck behind it
 	const server = new KustoServer();
 	context.subscriptions.push(server);
-	// await server.start(appContext);		// Commented out until we have Kusto binaries properly setup in Blob location.
+	await server.start(appContext);		// Commented out until we have Kusto binaries properly setup in Blob location.
 
 	return createKustoApi(appContext);
 }