diff --git a/host/platform/Windows/src/mousehook.c b/host/platform/Windows/src/mousehook.c
index a4ef4b9b..1617ea1d 100644
--- a/host/platform/Windows/src/mousehook.c
+++ b/host/platform/Windows/src/mousehook.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void mouseHook_install(MouseHookFn callback)
 {
   if (!mouseHook.event)
   {
-    mouseHook.event = CreateEventA(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
+    mouseHook.event = CreateEventA(NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
     if (!mouseHook.event)
     {
       DEBUG_WINERROR("Failed to create mouse hook uninstall event",
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ void mouseHook_remove(void)
   SetEvent(mouseHook.event);
   WaitForSingleObject(mouseHook.thread      , INFINITE);
   WaitForSingleObject(mouseHook.updateThread, INFINITE);
+  ResetEvent(mouseHook.event);
   CloseHandle(mouseHook.thread);
   CloseHandle(mouseHook.updateThread);
 }
diff --git a/host/platform/Windows/src/service.c b/host/platform/Windows/src/service.c
index 22e95796..568d7c55 100644
--- a/host/platform/Windows/src/service.c
+++ b/host/platform/Windows/src/service.c
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ VOID WINAPI SvcMain(DWORD dwArgc, LPTSTR *lpszArgv)
     {
       case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
         service.running = false;
+        doLog("Host application exited gracefully\n");
         break;
       case WAIT_TIMEOUT:
         doLog("Host application failed to exit in 1 second\n");
diff --git a/host/src/app.c b/host/src/app.c
index ee2208d9..0dbc3e06 100644
--- a/host/src/app.c
+++ b/host/src/app.c
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ fail_lgmp:
 fail_ivshmem:
   ivshmemClose(&shmDev);
   ivshmemFree(&shmDev);
+  DEBUG_INFO("Host application exited");
   return exitcode;
 }