diff --git a/build/all.bash b/build/all.bash
index 0264154..c622653 100755
--- a/build/all.bash
+++ b/build/all.bash
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@
 .displayName="Go Nightly" |
 .publisher="golang" |
 .description="Rich Go language support for Visual Studio Code (Nightly)" |
-.author.name="Go Team at Google" |
-.repository.url="https://github.com/golang/vscode-go" |
-.bugs.url="https://github.com/golang/vscode-go/issues"
+.contributes.configuration.properties."go.useLanguageServer".default=true
 ') > /tmp/package.json && mv /tmp/package.json package.json
 
   # Replace CHANGELOG.md with CHANGELOG.md + Release commit info.
diff --git a/src/goLanguageServer.ts b/src/goLanguageServer.ts
index b577ae4..80c0797 100644
--- a/src/goLanguageServer.ts
+++ b/src/goLanguageServer.ts
@@ -1212,3 +1212,25 @@
 	}
 	return '';
 }
+
+export async function promptForLanguageServerDefaultChange(cfg: vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration) {
+	const promptedForLSDefaultChangeKey = `promptedForLSDefaultChange`;
+	if (getFromGlobalState(promptedForLSDefaultChangeKey, false)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const useLanguageServer = cfg.inspect<boolean>('useLanguageServer');
+	if (useLanguageServer.globalValue !== undefined || useLanguageServer.workspaceValue !== undefined) {
+		return;  // user already explicitly set the field.
+	}
+
+	const selected = await vscode.window.showInformationMessage(
+		`"go.useLanguageServer" is enabled by default. If you need to disable it, please configure in the settings.`,
+		'Open Settings', 'OK');
+	switch (selected) {
+		case 'Open Settings':
+			vscode.commands.executeCommand('workbench.action.openSettings', 'go.useLanguageServer');
+		default:
+	}
+	updateGlobalState(promptedForLSDefaultChangeKey, true);
+}
diff --git a/src/goLogging.ts b/src/goLogging.ts
index d032f1f..52bcdeb 100644
--- a/src/goLogging.ts
+++ b/src/goLogging.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
 export function logVerbose(...args: any[]) {
-	log(LogLevel.Info, ...args);
+	log(LogLevel.Verbose, ...args);
 }
 
 // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
diff --git a/src/goMain.ts b/src/goMain.ts
index 9104b37..1e707b2 100644
--- a/src/goMain.ts
+++ b/src/goMain.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import * as path from 'path';
 import vscode = require('vscode');
+import { extensionId } from './const';
 import { browsePackages } from './goBrowsePackage';
 import { buildCode } from './goBuild';
 import { check, notifyIfGeneratedFile, removeTestStatus } from './goCheck';
@@ -29,7 +30,10 @@
 	installAllTools, installTools, offerToInstallTools, promptForMissingTool,
 	updateGoVarsFromConfig
 } from './goInstallTools';
-import { sendToggleCommand, startLanguageServerWithFallback, watchLanguageServerConfiguration } from './goLanguageServer';
+import {
+	promptForLanguageServerDefaultChange, sendToggleCommand,
+	startLanguageServerWithFallback, watchLanguageServerConfiguration
+} from './goLanguageServer';
 import { lintCode } from './goLint';
 import { logVerbose, setLogConfig } from './goLogging';
 import { GO_MODE } from './goMode';
@@ -73,13 +77,17 @@
 export let restartLanguageServer = () => { return; };
 
 export function activate(ctx: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
-	const logConfig = getGoConfig()['logging'];
-	setLogConfig(logConfig);
+	const cfg = getGoConfig();
+	setLogConfig(cfg['logging']);
 
 	setGlobalState(ctx.globalState);
 	setWorkspaceState(ctx.workspaceState);
 	setEnvironmentVariableCollection(ctx.environmentVariableCollection);
 
+	if (extensionId === 'golang.go-nightly') {
+		promptForLanguageServerDefaultChange(cfg);
+	}
+
 	const configGOROOT = getGoConfig()['goroot'];
 	if (!!configGOROOT) {
 		logVerbose(`go.goroot = '${configGOROOT}'`);