diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d2f9e00..d5404f6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <groupId>com.bealetech</groupId>
     <artifactId>metrics-statsd</artifactId>
     <name>Metrics Statsd Support</name>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-CAPGEMINI</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <url>http://github.com/organicveggie/metrics-statsd/</url>
     <description>Statsd reporter for codahale/metrics.</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bealetech/metrics/reporting/Statsd.java b/src/main/java/com/bealetech/metrics/reporting/Statsd.java
index 5e1bdec..1c48e98 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bealetech/metrics/reporting/Statsd.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bealetech/metrics/reporting/Statsd.java
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ public void send(String name, String value, StatType statType) throws IOExceptio
     public void close() throws IOException {
         DatagramPacket packet = newPacket(outputData);
 
+        logger.trace("Sending {} bytes of data to StatsD ", outputData.size());
         packet.setData(outputData.toByteArray());
+        logger.trace("Monitoring data to be sent to StatsD is :: {}", outputData.toString());
         datagramSocket.send(packet);
 
         if(datagramSocket != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bealetech/metrics/reporting/StatsdReporter.java b/src/main/java/com/bealetech/metrics/reporting/StatsdReporter.java
index c9d2bf5..a3d6195 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bealetech/metrics/reporting/StatsdReporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bealetech/metrics/reporting/StatsdReporter.java
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ public void report(SortedMap<String, Gauge> gauges,
                        SortedMap<String, Timer> timers) {
 
         try {
+            LOGGER.trace("StatsD reporter triggered");
             statsd.connect();
 
             for (Map.Entry<String, Gauge> entry : gauges.entrySet()) {
@@ -283,6 +284,8 @@ private String format(Object o) {
             return format(((Integer) o).longValue());
         } else if (o instanceof Long) {
             return format(((Long) o).longValue());
+        } else if (o instanceof Boolean) {
+            return ((Boolean) o)? "1": "0";
         }
         return null;
     }