diff --git a/src/common/commands.ts b/src/common/commands.ts
index bdb4539..01229cf 100644
--- a/src/common/commands.ts
+++ b/src/common/commands.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { QuickPickItem, window } from 'vscode';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
+import { QuickPickItem, window } from 'vscode';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+
 import { getWorkspaceFolders } from './vscodeapi';
 import { LanguageClient, LanguageClientOptions, ServerOptions, State, integer } from 'vscode-languageclient/node';
 export async function selectEnvironment() {
@@ -97,3 +98,4 @@ export async function executeServerDefinitionCommand(lsClient: LanguageClient |
         });
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/src/common/status_bar.ts b/src/common/status_bar.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c52ed41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/status_bar.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import {
+    getWorkspaceSettings,
+} from './settings';
+import { getProjectRoot } from './utilities';
+
+export async function createStatusBar(commandName: string, serverId:string): Promise<vscode.StatusBarItem>{
+    // Create a status bar item
+    const statusBarItem = vscode.window.createStatusBarItem(vscode.StatusBarAlignment.Right, 100);
+    statusBarItem.command = commandName;
+    // https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/vscode-api#WorkspaceConfiguration
+    const projectRoot = await getProjectRoot();
+    const workspaceSetting = await getWorkspaceSettings(serverId, projectRoot, true);
+    let environment = 'base'; // todo: Assume base, better to take this from server as it could be changed in project settings.
+
+    if (workspaceSetting.environment) {
+    environment = workspaceSetting.environment;
+    }
+
+    statusBarItem.text = `$(kedro-logo) ${environment}`;
+    statusBarItem.show();
+    return statusBarItem;
+}
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index fd47b75..4d85062 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
-import { selectEnvironment, executeServerCommand, executeServerDefinitionCommand } from './common/commands';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { selectEnvironment, executeServerCommand, executeServerDefinitionCommand } from './common/commands';
 import { LanguageClient } from 'vscode-languageclient/node';
 import { registerLogger, traceError, traceLog, traceVerbose } from './common/log/logging';
 import {
@@ -12,15 +12,10 @@ import {
     resolveInterpreter,
 } from './common/python';
 import { restartServer } from './common/server';
-import {
-    checkIfConfigurationChanged,
-    getExtensionSettings,
-    getGlobalSettings,
-    getInterpreterFromSetting,
-    getWorkspaceSettings,
-} from './common/settings';
+import { checkIfConfigurationChanged, getInterpreterFromSetting } from './common/settings';
 import { loadServerDefaults } from './common/setup';
-import { getLSClientTraceLevel, getProjectRoot } from './common/utilities';
+import { createStatusBar } from './common/status_bar';
+import { getLSClientTraceLevel } from './common/utilities';
 import { createOutputChannel, onDidChangeConfiguration, registerCommand } from './common/vscodeapi';
 import KedroVizPanel from './webview/vizWebView';
 import { runKedroVizServer } from './webview/vizServer';
@@ -35,10 +30,19 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<void>
     const serverName = serverInfo.name;
     const serverId = serverInfo.module;
 
+    // Log Server information
+    traceLog(`Name: ${serverInfo.name}`);
+    traceLog(`Module: ${serverInfo.module}`);
+    traceVerbose(`Full Server Info: ${JSON.stringify(serverInfo)}`);
+
     // List of commands
     const CMD_RESTART_SERVER = `${serverId}.restart`;
     const CMD_SELECT_ENV = `${serverId}.selectEnvironment`;
 
+    // Status Bar
+    const statusBarItem = await createStatusBar(CMD_SELECT_ENV, serverId);
+    context.subscriptions.push(statusBarItem);
+
     // Setup logging
     const outputChannel = createOutputChannel(serverName);
     context.subscriptions.push(outputChannel, registerLogger(outputChannel));
@@ -108,22 +112,6 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): Promise<void>
         );
     };
 
-    // Create a status bar item
-    const statusBarItem = vscode.window.createStatusBarItem(vscode.StatusBarAlignment.Right, 100);
-    statusBarItem.command = CMD_SELECT_ENV;
-    // https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/vscode-api#WorkspaceConfiguration
-    const projectRoot = await getProjectRoot();
-    const workspaceSetting = await getWorkspaceSettings(serverId, projectRoot, true);
-    let environment = 'base'; // todo: Assume base, better to take this from server as it could be changed in project settings.
-
-    if (workspaceSetting.environment) {
-        environment = workspaceSetting.environment;
-    }
-
-    statusBarItem.text = `$(kedro-logo) ${environment}`;
-    statusBarItem.show();
-    context.subscriptions.push(statusBarItem);
-
     context.subscriptions.push(
         onDidChangePythonInterpreter(async () => {
             await runServer();