diff --git a/src/harness/harnessLanguageService.ts b/src/harness/harnessLanguageService.ts
index 202a167f089..55b3464a384 100644
--- a/src/harness/harnessLanguageService.ts
+++ b/src/harness/harnessLanguageService.ts
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ module Harness.LanguageService {
             return true;
         }
 
-        verbose() {
+        isVerbose() {
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/server/editorServices.ts b/src/server/editorServices.ts
index 3cb66fed297..970286f29fa 100644
--- a/src/server/editorServices.ts
+++ b/src/server/editorServices.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 module ts.server {
     export interface Logger {
         close(): void;
-        verbose(): boolean;
+        isVerbose(): boolean;
         enabled(): boolean;
         perftrc(s: string): void;
         info(s: string): void;
diff --git a/src/server/server.ts b/src/server/server.ts
index e5cc0fd398d..1735a2dddec 100644
--- a/src/server/server.ts
+++ b/src/server/server.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module ts.server {
             return !!this.logFilename;
         }
 
-        verbose() {
+        isVerbose() {
             return this.enabled() && (this.level == "verbose");
         }
         
@@ -191,15 +191,15 @@ module ts.server {
         }
     }
 
-    interface LogEnv {
+    interface LogOptions {
         file?: string;
-        level?: string;
+        detailLevel?: string;
     }
 
-    function parseLogEnv(logEnvStr: string): LogEnv {
-        var logEnv: LogEnv = {};
+    function parseLogEnv(logEnvStr: string): LogOptions {
+        var logEnv: LogOptions = {};
         var args = logEnvStr.split(' ');
-        for (var i = 0, len = args.length; i < len; i++) {
+        for (var i = 0, len = args.length; i < (len - 1); i += 2) {
             var option = args[i];
             var value = args[i + 1];
             if (option && value) {
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ module ts.server {
                         logEnv.file = value;
                         break;
                     case "-level":
-                        logEnv.level = value;
+                        logEnv.detailLevel = value;
                         break;
                 }
             }
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ module ts.server {
     // TSS_LOG "{ level: "normal | verbose | terse", file?: string}"
     function createLoggerFromEnv() {
         var fileName: string = undefined;
-        var level = "normal";
+        var detailLevel = "normal";
         var logEnvStr = process.env["TSS_LOG"];
         if (logEnvStr) {
             var logEnv = parseLogEnv(logEnvStr);
@@ -229,12 +229,11 @@ module ts.server {
             else {
                 fileName = __dirname + "/.log" + process.pid.toString();
             }
-            if (logEnv.level) {
-                level = logEnv.level;
+            if (logEnv.detailLevel) {
+                detailLevel = logEnv.detailLevel;
             }
         }
-        var logger = new Logger(fileName, level);
-        return logger;
+        return new Logger(fileName, detailLevel);
     }
     // This places log file in the directory containing editorServices.js
     // TODO: check that this location is writable
diff --git a/src/server/session.ts b/src/server/session.ts
index 59a049a18e9..ee828642830 100644
--- a/src/server/session.ts
+++ b/src/server/session.ts
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ module ts.server {
 
         send(msg: NodeJS._debugger.Message) {
             var json = JSON.stringify(msg);
-            if (this.logger.verbose()) {
-                this.logger.info(msg.type+": " + json);
+            if (this.logger.isVerbose()) {
+                this.logger.info(msg.type + ": " + json);
             }
             this.sendLineToClient('Content-Length: ' + (1 + Buffer.byteLength(json, 'utf8')) +
                 '\r\n\r\n' + json);
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ module ts.server {
         }
 
         onMessage(message: string) {
-            if (this.logger.verbose()) {
+            if (this.logger.isVerbose()) {
                 this.logger.info("request: " + message);
                 var start = process.hrtime();                
             }
@@ -829,14 +829,16 @@ module ts.server {
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (this.logger.verbose()) {
+                if (this.logger.isVerbose()) {
                     var elapsed = process.hrtime(start);
-                    var elapsedms = ((1e9 * elapsed[0]) + elapsed[1])/1000000.0;
+                    var seconds = elapsed[0]
+                    var nanoseconds = elapsed[1];
+                    var elapsedMs = ((1e9 * seconds) + nanoseconds)/1000000.0;
                     var leader = "Elapsed time (in milliseconds)";
                     if (!responseRequired) {
                         leader = "Async elapsed time (in milliseconds)";
                     }
-                    this.logger.msg(leader+": " + elapsedms.toFixed(4).toString(), "Perf");
+                    this.logger.msg(leader + ": " + elapsedMs.toFixed(4).toString(), "Perf");
                 }
                 if (response) {
                     this.output(response, request.command, request.seq);