diff --git a/src/sessionmanagerplugin/session/portsession/basicportforwarding.go b/src/sessionmanagerplugin/session/portsession/basicportforwarding.go
index 65f1057c..8e2d032c 100644
--- a/src/sessionmanagerplugin/session/portsession/basicportforwarding.go
+++ b/src/sessionmanagerplugin/session/portsession/basicportforwarding.go
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ func (p *BasicPortForwarding) startLocalConn(log log.T) (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 	log.Infof("Connection accepted for session %s.", p.sessionId)
-	fmt.Printf("Connection accepted for session %s.\n", p.sessionId)
 
 	p.listener = &listener
 	p.stream = &tcpConn
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ func (p *BasicPortForwarding) startLocalListener(log log.T, portNumber string) (
 	}
 
 	log.Info(displayMessage)
-	fmt.Println(displayMessage)
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sessionmanagerplugin/session/portsession/muxportforwarding.go b/src/sessionmanagerplugin/session/portsession/muxportforwarding.go
index 85fe0ce6..faa70adf 100644
--- a/src/sessionmanagerplugin/session/portsession/muxportforwarding.go
+++ b/src/sessionmanagerplugin/session/portsession/muxportforwarding.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func (p *MuxPortForwarding) initialize(log log.T, agentVersion string) (err erro
 			smuxConfig := smux.DefaultConfig()
 			if version.DoesAgentSupportDisableSmuxKeepAlive(log, agentVersion) {
 				// Disable smux KeepAlive or else it breaks Session Manager idle timeout.
-				smuxConfig.KeepAliveDisabled = true
+				smuxConfig.KeepAliveDisabled = false
 			}
 			if muxSession, err := smux.Client(muxConn, smuxConfig); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -252,10 +252,8 @@ func (p *MuxPortForwarding) handleClientConnections(log log.T, ctx context.Conte
 	defer listener.Close()
 
 	log.Infof(displayMsg)
-	fmt.Printf(displayMsg)
 
 	log.Infof("Waiting for connections...\n")
-	fmt.Printf("\nWaiting for connections...\n")
 
 	var once sync.Once
 	for {
diff --git a/src/sessionmanagerplugin/session/session.go b/src/sessionmanagerplugin/session/session.go
index 6f4d154b..5ea2a24e 100644
--- a/src/sessionmanagerplugin/session/session.go
+++ b/src/sessionmanagerplugin/session/session.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func ValidateInputAndStartSession(args []string, out io.Writer) {
 
 // Execute create data channel and start the session
 func (s *Session) Execute(log log.T) (err error) {
-	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "\nStarting session with SessionId: %s\n", s.SessionId)
+	log.Infof("\nStarting session with SessionId: %s\n", s.SessionId)
 
 	// sets the display mode
 	s.DisplayMode = sessionutil.NewDisplayMode(log)