diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Hosting/Contracts/HostingErrorEvent.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Hosting/Contracts/HostingErrorEvent.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d221acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Hosting/Contracts/HostingErrorEvent.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+//
+
+using Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Hosting.Protocol.Contracts;
+
+namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Hosting.Contracts
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parameters to be used for reporting hosting-level errors, such as protocol violations
+    /// </summary>
+    public class HostingErrorParams
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Message { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class HostingErrorEvent
+    {
+        public static readonly 
+            EventType<HostingErrorParams> Type =
+            EventType<HostingErrorParams>.Create("hostingError");
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Hosting/Protocol/MessageDispatcher.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Hosting/Protocol/MessageDispatcher.cs
index 7cf1f2dd..d7e5812d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Hosting/Protocol/MessageDispatcher.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Hosting/Protocol/MessageDispatcher.cs
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Hosting.Protocol
                 // previous message.  In this case, do not try to dispatch it.
                 if (newMessage != null)
                 {
+                    // Verbose logging
+                    string logMessage = String.Format("Received message of type[{0}] and method[{1}]",
+                        newMessage.MessageType, newMessage.Method);
+                    Logger.Write(LogLevel.Verbose, logMessage);
+
                     // Process the message
                     await this.DispatchMessage(newMessage, this.MessageWriter);
                 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Hosting/Protocol/MessageReader.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Hosting/Protocol/MessageReader.cs
index 4351361f..17d4b5e0 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Hosting/Protocol/MessageReader.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Hosting/Protocol/MessageReader.cs
@@ -112,13 +112,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Hosting.Protocol
             // Get the JObject for the JSON content
             JObject messageObject = JObject.Parse(messageContent);
 
-            // Load the message
-            Logger.Write(
-                LogLevel.Verbose,
-                string.Format(
-                    "READ MESSAGE:\r\n\r\n{0}",
-                    messageObject.ToString(Formatting.Indented)));
-
             // Return the parsed message
             return this.messageSerializer.DeserializeMessage(messageObject);
         }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Test/Messaging/TestMessageTypes.cs b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Test/Messaging/TestMessageTypes.cs
index 0ba08056..89238098 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Test/Messaging/TestMessageTypes.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Test/Messaging/TestMessageTypes.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Hosting.Protocol;
 
-namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Test.Message
+namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Test.Messaging
 {
     #region Request Types