diff --git a/XrmToolBox.Extensibility/LogManager.cs b/XrmToolBox.Extensibility/LogManager.cs
index 089d7d73..99b6a15e 100644
--- a/XrmToolBox.Extensibility/LogManager.cs
+++ b/XrmToolBox.Extensibility/LogManager.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ public void LogInfo(string message, params object[] args)
             Log(Level.Info, args.Length == 0 ? message : string.Format(message, args));
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writes a verbose message in the log
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="message"></param>
+        /// <param name="args"></param>
+        public void LogVerbose(string message, params object[] args)
+        {
+            Log(Level.Verbose, args.Length == 0 ? message : string.Format(message, args));
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Writes a warning message in the log
         /// </summary>
@@ -112,6 +122,10 @@ public void SetConnection(ConnectionDetail connectionDetail)
         /// <param name="message">Content of the message</param>
         private void Log(Level level, string message)
         {
+            if (LogLevel > level)
+            {   // No logging for this level since it's less than the settings level
+                return;
+            }
             var parentFolder = Path.GetDirectoryName(_filePath);
             if (parentFolder != null && !Directory.Exists(parentFolder))
             {
@@ -124,7 +138,7 @@ private void Log(Level level, string message)
             {
                 using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(_filePath, true))
                 {
-                    writer.WriteLine("{0:yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.fff tt}\t{1}\t{2}\t{3}", DateTime.Now,
+                    writer.WriteLine("{0:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff}\t{1}\t{2}\t{3}", DateTime.Now,
                         _connection?.ConnectionName, level, message);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/XrmToolBox.Extensibility/PluginControlBase.cs b/XrmToolBox.Extensibility/PluginControlBase.cs
index b030aab2..d1f24179 100644
--- a/XrmToolBox.Extensibility/PluginControlBase.cs
+++ b/XrmToolBox.Extensibility/PluginControlBase.cs
@@ -390,6 +390,16 @@ public void LogInfo(string message, params object[] args)
             logManager.LogInfo(message, args);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writes a verbose message in the log
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="message"></param>
+        /// <param name="args"></param>
+        public void LogVerbose(string message, params object[] args)
+        {
+            logManager.LogVerbose(message, args);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Writes a warning message in the log
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/XrmToolBox/AppCode/AppInsights/AppInsights.cs b/XrmToolBox/AppCode/AppInsights/AppInsights.cs
index 16550ae8..fda0e7e0 100644
--- a/XrmToolBox/AppCode/AppInsights/AppInsights.cs
+++ b/XrmToolBox/AppCode/AppInsights/AppInsights.cs
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
-using System.Text;
 using XrmToolBox.AppCode.AppInsights;
+using XrmToolBox.Extensibility;
 
 public static class Extensions
 {
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ private static string GetLastDotPart(string identifier)
 
 public class AppInsights
 {
+    private readonly PluginControlBase _tool;
     private readonly AiConfig _aiConfig;
     private int seq = 1;
 
@@ -93,6 +94,21 @@ public class AppInsights
     /// <param name="ikey">Instrumentation Key for the AppInsights instance in the Azure portal</param>
     /// <param name="loggingassembly">Assembly info to include in logging, usually pass Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()</param>
     /// <param name="toolname">Override name of the tool, defaults to last part of the logging assembly name</param>
+    public AppInsights(PluginControlBase tool, string endpoint, string ikey, Assembly loggingassembly, string toolname = null)
+    {
+        _tool = tool;
+        _aiConfig = new AiConfig(endpoint, ikey, loggingassembly, toolname);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes Application Insights instance.
+    /// When called from a tool, make sure to pass Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly() as loggingassembly parameter!!
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="endpoint">AppInsights endpoint, usually https://dc.services.visualstudio.com/v2/track</param>
+    /// <param name="ikey">Instrumentation Key for the AppInsights instance in the Azure portal</param>
+    /// <param name="loggingassembly">Assembly info to include in logging, usually pass Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()</param>
+    /// <param name="toolname">Override name of the tool, defaults to last part of the logging assembly name</param>
+    [Obsolete("Use constructor accepting PluginControlBase tool, endpoint, ikey, loggingassembly and toolname instead.", false)]
     public AppInsights(string endpoint, string ikey, Assembly loggingassembly, string toolname = null)
     {
         _aiConfig = new AiConfig(endpoint, ikey, loggingassembly, toolname);
@@ -110,6 +126,7 @@ public AppInsights(AiConfig aiConfig)
 
     public void WriteEvent(string eventName, double? count = null, double? duration = null, Action<string> resultHandler = null)
     {
+        _tool?.LogVerbose($"{eventName}{(count != null ? $" Count: {count}" : "")}{(duration != null ? $" Duration: {duration}" : "")}");
         if (!_aiConfig.LogEvents) return;
         var logRequest = GetLogRequest("Event");
         logRequest.Data.BaseData.Name = eventName;