diff --git a/guacamole-common/pom.xml b/guacamole-common/pom.xml
index 9ce28c816..514f9140b 100644
--- a/guacamole-common/pom.xml
+++ b/guacamole-common/pom.xml
@@ -24,38 +24,25 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
-
-        <extensions>
-            <!-- Required for SSH deploy -->
-            <extension>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
-                <artifactId>wagon-ssh-external</artifactId>
-            </extension>
-        </extensions>
-
     </build>
 
     <dependencies>
+
+        <!-- Java servlet API -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
             <version>2.5</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- SLF4J - logging -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>1.6.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        
     </dependencies>
 
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>guac-dev</id>
-            <url>http://guac-dev.org/repo</url>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <repository>
-            <id>guac-dev</id>
-            <url>${guac-dev.dist.repo}</url>
-        </repository>
-    </distributionManagement>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/guacamole-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/InetGuacamoleSocket.java b/guacamole-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/InetGuacamoleSocket.java
index d966f2c2b..28add9689 100644
--- a/guacamole-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/InetGuacamoleSocket.java
+++ b/guacamole-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/net/InetGuacamoleSocket.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.SocketAddress;
 import net.sourceforge.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 
 /**
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ import net.sourceforge.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
  */
 public class InetGuacamoleSocket implements GuacamoleSocket {
 
+    private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(InetGuacamoleSocket.class);
+    
     private GuacamoleReader reader;
     private GuacamoleWriter writer;
 
@@ -63,6 +67,8 @@ public class InetGuacamoleSocket implements GuacamoleSocket {
 
         try {
 
+            logger.debug("Connecting to guacd at {}:{}.", hostname, port);
+            
             // Get address
             SocketAddress address = new InetSocketAddress(
                     InetAddress.getByName(hostname),
@@ -90,6 +96,7 @@ public class InetGuacamoleSocket implements GuacamoleSocket {
     @Override
     public void close() throws GuacamoleException {
         try {
+            logger.debug("Closing socket to guacd.");
             sock.close();
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/guacamole-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/servlet/GuacamoleSession.java b/guacamole-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/servlet/GuacamoleSession.java
index 32c8468fb..762775372 100644
--- a/guacamole-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/servlet/GuacamoleSession.java
+++ b/guacamole-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/servlet/GuacamoleSession.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 import net.sourceforge.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
 import net.sourceforge.guacamole.net.GuacamoleTunnel;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Provides abstract access to the tunnels associated with a Guacamole session.
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ import net.sourceforge.guacamole.net.GuacamoleTunnel;
  */
 public class GuacamoleSession {
 
+    private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GuacamoleSession.class);
+    
     private ConcurrentMap<String, GuacamoleTunnel> tunnels;
 
     /**
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ public class GuacamoleSession {
      */
     public void attachTunnel(GuacamoleTunnel tunnel) {
         tunnels.put(tunnel.getUUID().toString(), tunnel);
+        logger.debug("Attached tunnel {}.", tunnel.getUUID());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -77,6 +82,7 @@ public class GuacamoleSession {
      */
     public void detachTunnel(GuacamoleTunnel tunnel) {
         tunnels.remove(tunnel.getUUID().toString());
+        logger.debug("Detached tunnel {}.", tunnel.getUUID());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/guacamole-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/servlet/GuacamoleTunnelServlet.java b/guacamole-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/servlet/GuacamoleTunnelServlet.java
index 728afb237..3e7a34433 100644
--- a/guacamole-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/servlet/GuacamoleTunnelServlet.java
+++ b/guacamole-common/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/guacamole/servlet/GuacamoleTunnelServlet.java
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@ import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
-
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 import net.sourceforge.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
 import net.sourceforge.guacamole.io.GuacamoleReader;
 import net.sourceforge.guacamole.io.GuacamoleWriter;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * A HttpServlet implementing and abstracting the operations required by the
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ import net.sourceforge.guacamole.io.GuacamoleWriter;
  */
 public abstract class GuacamoleTunnelServlet extends HttpServlet {
 
+    private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GuacamoleTunnelServlet.class);
+    
     @Override
     protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException {
         handleTunnelRequest(request, response);
@@ -75,13 +78,19 @@ public abstract class GuacamoleTunnelServlet extends HttpServlet {
 
                 GuacamoleTunnel tunnel = doConnect(request);
                 if (tunnel != null) {
+
+                    logger.info("Connection from {} succeeded.", request.getRemoteAddr());
+                
                     try {
                         response.getWriter().println(tunnel.getUUID().toString());
                     }
                     catch (IOException e) {
                         throw new GuacamoleException(e);
                     }
+                    
                 }
+                else
+                    logger.info("Connection from {} failed.", request.getRemoteAddr());
 
             }
 
@@ -207,6 +216,10 @@ public abstract class GuacamoleTunnelServlet extends HttpServlet {
 
             } while ((message = reader.read()) != null);
 
+            // Close tunnel immediately upon EOF
+            if (message == null)
+                tunnel.close();
+            
             // End-of-instructions marker
             out.write(';');
             out.flush();