diff --git a/nima/tests/integration/webserver/access-log/src/test/java/io/helidon/nima/tests/integration/server/accesslog/AccessLogTest.java b/nima/tests/integration/webserver/access-log/src/test/java/io/helidon/nima/tests/integration/server/accesslog/AccessLogTest.java
index de943ee9e86..0aada7c1b84 100644
--- a/nima/tests/integration/webserver/access-log/src/test/java/io/helidon/nima/tests/integration/server/accesslog/AccessLogTest.java
+++ b/nima/tests/integration/webserver/access-log/src/test/java/io/helidon/nima/tests/integration/server/accesslog/AccessLogTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package io.helidon.nima.tests.integration.server.accesslog;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -86,8 +88,14 @@ void testRequestsAndValidateAccessLog() throws IOException {
 
         assertThat(response.status(), is(Http.Status.BAD_REQUEST_400));
 
-        List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(ACCESS_LOG);
-        assertThat(lines, contains("127.0.0.1 - [03/Dec/2007:10:15:30 +0000] \"GET /access HTTP/1.1\" 200",
-                                   "127.0.0.1 - [03/Dec/2007:10:15:30 +0000] \"GET /wrong HTTP/1.1\" 404"));
+        try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(ACCESS_LOG.toString(), true)) {
+            fos.getFD().sync();     // force buffer sync
+            List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(ACCESS_LOG);
+            System.out.println("=== BEGIN access.log ===");
+            lines.forEach(System.out::println);
+            System.out.println("=== END access.log ===");
+            assertThat(lines, contains("127.0.0.1 - [03/Dec/2007:10:15:30 +0000] \"GET /access HTTP/1.1\" 200",
+                    "127.0.0.1 - [03/Dec/2007:10:15:30 +0000] \"GET /wrong HTTP/1.1\" 404"));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/nima/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/nima/webserver/ListenerConfiguration.java b/nima/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/nima/webserver/ListenerConfiguration.java
index b794dcffeba..918c38c79d7 100644
--- a/nima/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/nima/webserver/ListenerConfiguration.java
+++ b/nima/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/nima/webserver/ListenerConfiguration.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public static class Builder implements io.helidon.common.Builder<Builder, Listen
         private int backlog = 1024;
         private Tls tls;
         private SocketOptions connectionOptions;
-        private int writeQueueLength = 32;
+        private int writeQueueLength = 0;
         private long maxPayloadSize = -1;
 
         private Builder(String socketName) {
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public Builder connectionOptions(Consumer<SocketOptions.Builder> builderConsumer
         /**
          * Number of buffers queued for write operations.
          *
-         * @param writeQueueLength maximal number of queued writes, defaults to 32
+         * @param writeQueueLength maximal number of queued writes, defaults to 0
          * @return updated builder
          */
         public Builder writeQueueLength(int writeQueueLength) {
diff --git a/nima/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/nima/webserver/LoomServer.java b/nima/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/nima/webserver/LoomServer.java
index d241e332219..bca884a6b46 100644
--- a/nima/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/nima/webserver/LoomServer.java
+++ b/nima/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/nima/webserver/LoomServer.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
+import io.helidon.common.Version;
 import io.helidon.nima.webserver.http.DirectHandlers;
 import io.helidon.nima.webserver.spi.ServerConnectionProvider;
 
@@ -181,7 +182,8 @@ private void startIt() {
         now = System.currentTimeMillis() - now;
         long uptime = ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean().getUptime();
 
-        LOGGER.log(System.Logger.Level.INFO, "Níma server started all channels in "
+        LOGGER.log(System.Logger.Level.INFO, "Helidon Níma " + Version.VERSION);
+        LOGGER.log(System.Logger.Level.INFO, "Started all channels in "
                 + now + " milliseconds. "
                 + uptime + " milliseconds since JVM startup. "
                 + "Java " + Runtime.version());