diff --git a/igor-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/igor/config/EchoConfig.groovy b/igor-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/igor/config/EchoConfig.groovy
index afac09f9c..d7a44507c 100644
--- a/igor-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/igor/config/EchoConfig.groovy
+++ b/igor-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/igor/config/EchoConfig.groovy
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class EchoConfig {
         new RestAdapter.Builder()
             .setEndpoint(Endpoints.newFixedEndpoint(address))
             .setClient(new OkClient(okHttpClientConfig.create()))
-            .setLogLevel(RestAdapter.LogLevel.BASIC)
+            .setLogLevel(RestAdapter.LogLevel.NONE)
             .build()
             .create(EchoService)
 
diff --git a/igor-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/igor/config/JenkinsConfig.groovy b/igor-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/igor/config/JenkinsConfig.groovy
index de5703189..ebdf416a4 100644
--- a/igor-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/igor/config/JenkinsConfig.groovy
+++ b/igor-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/igor/config/JenkinsConfig.groovy
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.netflix.spinnaker.igor.config
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.igor.jenkins.client.JenkinsClient
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.igor.jenkins.service.JenkinsService
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.igor.service.BuildMasters
+import com.squareup.okhttp.ConnectionPool
 import com.squareup.okhttp.Credentials
 import com.squareup.okhttp.OkHttpClient
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ class JenkinsConfig {
     static JenkinsClient jenkinsClient(String address, String username, String password, int timeout = 30000) {
         OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient()
         client.setReadTimeout(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+        client.setConnectionPool(new ConnectionPool(0, 5 * 60 * 1000));
 
         new RestAdapter.Builder()
             .setEndpoint(Endpoints.newFixedEndpoint(address))
diff --git a/igor-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/igor/jenkins/JenkinsBuildMonitor.groovy b/igor-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/igor/jenkins/JenkinsBuildMonitor.groovy
index 8ae5905d0..47d0f1300 100644
--- a/igor-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/igor/jenkins/JenkinsBuildMonitor.groovy
+++ b/igor-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/igor/jenkins/JenkinsBuildMonitor.groovy
@@ -140,12 +140,16 @@ class JenkinsBuildMonitor implements PollingMonitor {
         log.info('Checking for new builds for ' + master)
         List<Map> results = []
 
+        lastPoll = System.currentTimeMillis()
+        long thisPoll = lastPoll
         try {
-            lastPoll = System.currentTimeMillis()
             List<String> cachedBuilds = cache.getJobNames(master)
 
             def startTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
             List<Project> builds = buildMasters.map[master].projects?.list
+
+            log.info( "finding new builds in ${master} : ${ builds.size() } items" )
+
             log.info("Took ${System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime}ms to retrieve projects (master: ${master})")
 
             List<String> buildNames = builds*.name
@@ -234,7 +238,7 @@ class JenkinsBuildMonitor implements PollingMonitor {
             log.error("failed to update master $master", e)
         }
 
-        log.info("Last poll took ${System.currentTimeMillis() - lastPoll}ms (master: ${master})")
+        log.info("Last poll took ${System.currentTimeMillis() - thisPoll}ms (master: ${master})")
         results
     }