diff --git a/src/Features/LanguageServer/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.LanguageServer/LanguageServer/LanguageServerHost.cs b/src/Features/LanguageServer/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.LanguageServer/LanguageServer/LanguageServerHost.cs
index 03803c10aad83..b3681184fb566 100644
--- a/src/Features/LanguageServer/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.LanguageServer/LanguageServer/LanguageServerHost.cs
+++ b/src/Features/LanguageServer/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.LanguageServer/LanguageServer/LanguageServerHost.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ public LanguageServerHost(Stream inputStream, Stream outputStream, ExportProvide
 
     public void Start()
     {
-        _logger.LogInformation("Starting server...");
         _jsonRpc.StartListening();
 
         // Now that the server is started, update the our instance reference
diff --git a/src/Features/LanguageServer/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.LanguageServer/Program.cs b/src/Features/LanguageServer/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.LanguageServer/Program.cs
index 3b6d2e1901f2f..d43a140492411 100644
--- a/src/Features/LanguageServer/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.LanguageServer/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Features/LanguageServer/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.LanguageServer/Program.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ static async Task RunAsync(ServerConfiguration serverConfiguration, Cancellation
         ));
     });
 
+    var logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<Program>();
+
     if (serverConfiguration.LaunchDebugger)
     {
         if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
@@ -60,7 +62,6 @@ static async Task RunAsync(ServerConfiguration serverConfiguration, Cancellation
         }
         else
         {
-            var logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<Program>();
             var timeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1);
             logger.LogCritical($"Server started with process ID {Environment.ProcessId}");
             logger.LogCritical($"Waiting {timeout:g} for a debugger to attach");
@@ -103,6 +104,8 @@ static async Task RunAsync(ServerConfiguration serverConfiguration, Cancellation
     var server = new LanguageServerHost(Console.OpenStandardInput(), Console.OpenStandardOutput(), exportProvider, loggerFactory.CreateLogger(nameof(LanguageServerHost)));
     server.Start();
 
+    logger.LogInformation("Language server initialized");
+
     try
     {
         await server.WaitForExitAsync();