diff --git a/files/graphdb.env b/files/graphdb.env
index 9fd428f..5802dd3 100644
--- a/files/graphdb.env
+++ b/files/graphdb.env
@@ -1 +1 @@
-GDB_JAVA_OPTS="-Dgraphdb.home=/var/opt/graphdb/node -Dgraphdb.home.conf=/etc/graphdb -Dhttp.socket.keepalive=true -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=85.0 -XX:-UseCompressedOops"
+GDB_JAVA_OPTS="-javaagent:/opt/graphdb/applicationinsights-agent.jar -Dgraphdb.home=/var/opt/graphdb/node -Dgraphdb.home.conf=/etc/graphdb -Dhttp.socket.keepalive=true -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=85.0 -XX:-UseCompressedOops"
diff --git a/files/graphdb_backup b/files/graphdb_backup
index 4dbd197..52ca5a7 100644
--- a/files/graphdb_backup
+++ b/files/graphdb_backup
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ retry_count=0
 
 perform_backup() {
   while [ "$retry_count" -lt "$max_retries" ]; do
+    current_time=$(date +"%T %Y-%m-%d")
+    echo "#####################################"
+    echo "Begin backup creation ${current_time}"
+    echo "#####################################"
     start_time=$(date +%s)
 
     response_code=$(curl -X POST --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null \
@@ -62,11 +66,11 @@ IS_CLUSTER=$(
 if [ "$IS_CLUSTER" == 200 ]; then
   # Checks if the current GraphDB instance is Leader, otherwise exits.
   if [ "$NODE_STATE" != "LEADER" ]; then
-    echo "The current node is not the leader, but $NODE_STATE"
+    echo "The current node is not the leader, but $NODE_STATE. Exiting"
     exit 0
   fi
-  perform_backup
+  perform_backup | tee -a /var/opt/graphdb/node/graphdb_backup.log
 elif [ "$IS_CLUSTER" == 503 ]; then
-  perform_backup
+  perform_backup | tee -a /var/opt/graphdb/node/graphdb_backup.log
 fi
 
diff --git a/files/install_graphdb.sh b/files/install_graphdb.sh
index b25eb79..7098dbe 100644
--- a/files/install_graphdb.sh
+++ b/files/install_graphdb.sh
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ echo 'fs.file-max = 262144' | tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
 
 sysctl -p
 
+echo "##################################################"
+echo "#    Setting Azure Application Insights agent    #"
+echo "##################################################"
+
+wget -P /opt/graphdb/ https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-Java/releases/download/3.4.19/applicationinsights-agent-3.4.19.jar
+ln -s /opt/graphdb/applicationinsights-agent-3.4.19.jar /opt/graphdb/applicationinsights-agent.jar
+chown graphdb:graphdb /opt/graphdb/applicationinsights-agent.jar
+
 echo "###################################"
 echo "#    Provisioning Backup Script   #"
 echo "###################################"