diff --git a/examples/bin/run_ec2.sh b/examples/bin/run_ec2.sh
index 4c8fd2d7ff4..8aab7e4187b 100755
--- a/examples/bin/run_ec2.sh
+++ b/examples/bin/run_ec2.sh
@@ -109,15 +109,20 @@ ssh -i ~/.ssh/druid-keypair -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ubuntu@${INSTANCE_ADDRES
   tar -xvzf druid-services-*-bin.tar.gz
   cd druid-services-*
   
+  mkdir logs
+  
   # Now start a realtime node
-  nohup java -Xmx256m -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Ddruid.realtime.specFile=config/realtime/realtime.spec -classpath lib/druid-services-0.5.5-SNAPSHOT-selfcontained.jar:config/realtime com.metamx.druid.realtime.RealtimeMain &
+  nohup java -Xmx256m -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Ddruid.realtime.specFile=config/realtime/realtime.spec -classpath lib/druid-services-0.5.5-SNAPSHOT-selfcontained.jar:config/realtime com.metamx.druid.realtime.RealtimeMain 2>&1 > logs/realtime.log &
 
   # And a master node
-  nohup java -Xmx256m -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath lib/druid-services-0.5.5-SNAPSHOT-selfcontained.jar:config/master com.metamx.druid.http.MasterMain &
+  nohup java -Xmx256m -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath lib/druid-services-0.5.5-SNAPSHOT-selfcontained.jar:config/master com.metamx.druid.http.MasterMain 2>&1 > logs/master.log &
 
   # And a compute node
-  nohup java -Xmx256m -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath lib/druid-services-0.5.5-SNAPSHOT-selfcontained.jar:config/compute com.metamx.druid.http.ComputeMain &
+  nohup java -Xmx256m -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath lib/druid-services-0.5.5-SNAPSHOT-selfcontained.jar:config/compute com.metamx.druid.http.ComputeMain 2>&1 > logs/compute.log &
 
   # And a broker node
-  nohup java -Xmx256m -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath lib/druid-services-0.5.5-SNAPSHOT-selfcontained.jar:config/broker com.metamx.druid.http.BrokerMain &
+  nohup java -Xmx256m -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath lib/druid-services-0.5.5-SNAPSHOT-selfcontained.jar:config/broker com.metamx.druid.http.BrokerMain 2>&1 > logs/broker.log &
 EOI2
+
+echo "Druid booting complete!"
+echo "ssh -i ~/.ssh/druid-keypair ubuntu@${INSTANCE_ADDRESS} #to connect"