diff --git a/src/android/CommandSystem/build.gradle b/src/android/CommandSystem/build.gradle
index 6c020faf..d12b075e 100644
--- a/src/android/CommandSystem/build.gradle
+++ b/src/android/CommandSystem/build.gradle
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ android {
 
     buildTypes {
         release {
-            minifyEnabled true
+            minifyEnabled false
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'consumer-rules.pro'
             testCoverageEnabled true
         }
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ publishing {
         release(MavenPublication) {
             groupId = 'com.azure.android'
             artifactId = 'azure-ai-speech-commandsystem'
-            version = '0.0.1'
+            version = '0.0.6-tarekDebug'
 
             afterEvaluate {
                 from components.release
diff --git a/src/android/CommandSystem/src/main/jni/myjni.cpp b/src/android/CommandSystem/src/main/jni/myjni.cpp
index e0aa800a..19cdf65d 100644
--- a/src/android/CommandSystem/src/main/jni/myjni.cpp
+++ b/src/android/CommandSystem/src/main/jni/myjni.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Java_com_azure_android_ai_speech_commandsystem_CommandSystemBuilderJNI_00024Comp
         JNIEnv *env, jobject thiz, jstring j_filesDir) {
 
     // Mono Debugging settings
-//    setenv("MONO_LOG_LEVEL", "debug", true);
-//    setenv("MONO_LOG_MASK", "all", true);
+    setenv("MONO_LOG_LEVEL", "debug", true);
+    setenv("MONO_LOG_MASK", "all", true);
 
     // Set our singleton bundlePath
     BundlePath::getInstance()->setPath(env, j_filesDir);
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/com/microsoft/commandsystemsample/MainActivity.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/com/microsoft/commandsystemsample/MainActivity.kt
index 43d716b1..9052f707 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/com/microsoft/commandsystemsample/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/com/microsoft/commandsystemsample/MainActivity.kt
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
                 //.useKeyVault("uri","tenant","client")
 //                    .addSecret("SPEECH_KEY") {
 //                        Log.i(LOGTAG, "SPEECH_KEY callback called")
-//                        "2b68d45cadbb4f0f8862b963deedfdee"
+//                        "YOUR_KEY"
 //                    }
             }
             .configureMessage { messages: ConfigureMessageBuilder ->
diff --git a/src/cs/CommandSystemBuilder/CommandSystemBuilder.cs b/src/cs/CommandSystemBuilder/CommandSystemBuilder.cs
index e31eaaba..34e68569 100644
--- a/src/cs/CommandSystemBuilder/CommandSystemBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/cs/CommandSystemBuilder/CommandSystemBuilder.cs
@@ -18,24 +18,52 @@ internal CommandSystemBuilder()
 
     public ICommandSystem Build()
     {
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("CommandSystemBuilder.Build ... started!");
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigComponentBuilder.Build ... started!");
         var components = ConfigComponentBuilder.Build(_componentBuilders);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigComponentBuilder.Build ... done!");
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigComponentBuilder.Configure ... started!");
         components.Configure(this);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigComponentBuilder.Configure ... done!");
 
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigLoggingBuilder.Build ... started!");
         var logging = ConfigLoggingBuilder.Build(_loggingBuilders);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigLoggingBuilder.Build ... done!");
 
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSourceBuilder.Build ... started!");
         var source = ConfigSourceBuilder.Build(_sourceBuilders);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSourceBuilder.Build ... done!");
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSecretBuilder.Build ... started!");
         var secret = ConfigSecretBuilder.Build(_secretBuilders);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSecretBuilder.Build ... done!");
 
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSecretBuilder.Build ... started!");
         var resolver = ConfigResolverBuilder.Build(_resolverBuilders);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSecretBuilder.Build ... done!");
+
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSecretBuilder.Build ... started!");
         var message = ConfigMessageBuilder.Build(_messageBuilders);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSecretBuilder.Build ... done!");
 
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSecretBuilder.Build ... started!");
         var ui = ConfigUiBuilder.Build(_uiBuilders);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSecretBuilder.Build ... done!");
+
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSecretBuilder.Build ... started!");
         var media = ConfigMediaBuilder.Build(_mediaBuilders);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSecretBuilder.Build ... done!");
+
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSecretBuilder.Build ... started!");
         var speech = ConfigSpeechBuilder.Build(_speechBuilders);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigSecretBuilder.Build ... done!");
 
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigureLogging.Configure ... started!");
         _builder.ConfigureLogging(logging => logging.ClearProviders());
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigureLogging.Configure ... done!");
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigureServices.Configure ... started!");
         _builder.ConfigureServices((context, services) =>
         {
+            MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("_builder.ConfigureServices ... started!");
             logging.ConfigureServices(context, services);
 
             source.ConfigureServices(context, services);
@@ -46,24 +74,47 @@ public ICommandSystem Build()
             ui.ConfigureServices(context, services);
             media.ConfigureServices(context, services);
             speech.ConfigureServices(context, services);
+            MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("_builder.ConfigureServices ... done!");
         });
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ConfigureServices.Configure ... done!");
 
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("Building Host ... started!");
         var host = _builder.Build();
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("Building Host ... done!");
 
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("logging.ConfigureServices ... started!");
         logging.ConfigureServices(host.Services);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("logging.ConfigureServices ... done!");
 
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("source.ConfigureServices ... started!");
         source.ConfigureServices(host.Services);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("source.ConfigureServices ... done!");
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("secret.ConfigureServices ... started!");
         secret.ConfigureServices(host.Services);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("secret.ConfigureServices ... done!");
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("resolver.ConfigureServices ... started!");
         resolver.ConfigureServices(host.Services);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("resolver.ConfigureServices ... done!");
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("message.ConfigureServices ... started!");
         message.ConfigureServices(host.Services);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("message.ConfigureServices ... done!");
 
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ui.ConfigureServices ... started!");
         ui.ConfigureServices(host.Services);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("ui.ConfigureServices ... done!");
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("media.ConfigureServices ... started!");
         media.ConfigureServices(host.Services);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("media.ConfigureServices ... done!");
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("speech.ConfigureServices ... started!");
         speech.ConfigureServices(host.Services);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("speech.ConfigureServices ... done!");
 
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("Building CommandSystem ... started!");
         var commandSystem = new CommandSystem(host);
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("Building CommandSystem ... done!");
         components.SetCommandSystem(commandSystem);
 
+        MR.DBG_TRACE_INFO("CommandSystemBuilder.Build ... done!");
         return commandSystem;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/cs/CommandSystemServices/SpeechConfigService.cs b/src/cs/CommandSystemServices/SpeechConfigService.cs
index 0248963e..089cff45 100644
--- a/src/cs/CommandSystemServices/SpeechConfigService.cs
+++ b/src/cs/CommandSystemServices/SpeechConfigService.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ public SpeechConfig GetSpeechConfig(SpeechConfigKind kind)
 
         config.SetProperty(PropertyId.Speech_SegmentationSilenceTimeoutMs, GetSegmentationTimeout());
 
+        if (kind == SpeechConfigKind.SpeechSynthesis)
+        {
+            config.SetProperty(PropertyId.SpeechServiceConnection_SynthEnableCompressedAudioTransmission, "false");
+            config.SetSpeechSynthesisOutputFormat(SpeechSynthesisOutputFormat.Riff48Khz16BitMonoPcm);
+        }
+
         var endpointId = kind == SpeechConfigKind.SpeechRecognition
             ? _settings.Get("SPEECH_CUSTOM_RECOGNITION_ENDPOINT_ID", string.Empty)
             : _settings.Get("SPEECH_CUSTOM_SYNTHESIS_ENDPOINT_ID", string.Empty);
@@ -44,6 +50,11 @@ public SpeechConfig GetSpeechConfig(SpeechConfigKind kind)
         var language = GetDefaultLanguage();
         if (language != null && kind == SpeechConfigKind.SpeechRecognition) config.SpeechRecognitionLanguage = language;
 
+        // TODO: This is to investigate TTS issue. Need to confirm this is needed.
+        config.SetProperty(PropertyId.SpeechServiceConnection_SynthEnableCompressedAudioTransmission, "false");
+        // TODO: Figure out how to expose this
+        config.SetServiceProperty("X-FD-Features", "kwsgm,", ServicePropertyChannel.HttpHeader);
+
         return config;
     }