diff --git a/examples/ASP.NET Core 3/ASP.NET Core 3 - VS2019/NLog.config b/examples/ASP.NET Core 3/ASP.NET Core 3 - VS2019/NLog.config
index af7839ae..9afbbfb3 100644
--- a/examples/ASP.NET Core 3/ASP.NET Core 3 - VS2019/NLog.config	
+++ b/examples/ASP.NET Core 3/ASP.NET Core 3 - VS2019/NLog.config	
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@
 
   <!-- the targets to write to -->
   <targets>
-    <!-- write logs to file  -->
+    <!-- File Target for all log messages with basic details -->
     <target xsi:type="File" name="allfile" fileName="c:\temp\nlog-AspNetCore3-all-${shortdate}.log"
             layout="${longdate}|${event-properties:item=EventId_Id:whenEmpty=0}|${uppercase:${level}}|${logger}|${message} ${exception:format=tostring}" />
 
-    <!-- another file log, only own logs. Uses some ASP.NET core renderers -->
+    <!-- File Target for own log messages with extra web details using some ASP.NET core renderers -->
     <target xsi:type="File" name="ownFile-web" fileName="c:\temp\nlog-AspNetCore3-own-${shortdate}.log"
             layout="${longdate}|${event-properties:item=EventId_Id:whenEmpty=0}|${uppercase:${level}}|${logger}|${message} ${exception:format=tostring}|url: ${aspnet-request-url}|action: ${aspnet-mvc-action}|${callsite}| body: ${aspnet-request-posted-body}" />
+
+    <!--Console Target for hosting lifetime messages to improve Docker / Visual Studio startup detection -->
+    <target xsi:type="Console" name="lifetimeConsole" layout="${level:truncate=4:tolower=true}\: ${logger}[0]${newline}      ${message}${exception:format=tostring}" />
   </targets>
 
   <!-- rules to map from logger name to target -->
@@ -27,6 +30,9 @@
     <!--All logs, including from Microsoft-->
     <logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="allfile" />
 
+    <!--Output hosting lifetime messages to console target for faster startup detection -->
+    <logger name="Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime" minlevel="Info" writeTo="lifetimeConsole, ownFile-web" final="true" />
+
     <!--Skip non-critical Microsoft logs and so log only own logs-->
     <logger name="Microsoft.*" maxlevel="Info" final="true" />  <!-- BlackHole -->