diff --git a/src/NLog.Targets.Splunk/Splunk.Logging.Common/HttpEventCollectorResendMiddleware.cs b/src/NLog.Targets.Splunk/Splunk.Logging.Common/HttpEventCollectorResendMiddleware.cs
index 3cdc169..3618916 100644
--- a/src/NLog.Targets.Splunk/Splunk.Logging.Common/HttpEventCollectorResendMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/NLog.Targets.Splunk/Splunk.Logging.Common/HttpEventCollectorResendMiddleware.cs
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Plugin(
             }
             if (statusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK || webException != null)
             {
+                // when splunk connectivity is failed then set status to failed.This status  help to switch target in nlog config file
+                GlobalDiagnosticsContext.Set("splunkstatus", "failed");
                 throw new HttpEventCollectorException(
                     code: statusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK ? HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError : statusCode,
                     webException: webException,
@@ -123,7 +125,11 @@ public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Plugin(
                     serializedEvents: System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(serializedEvents)
                 );
             }
+            else{
+                // when splunk connectivity is failed then set status to failed
+                GlobalDiagnosticsContext.Set("splunkstatus", "success");
+            }  
             return response;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/build-nuget-packages.ps1 b/src/build-nuget-packages.ps1
index 29d4e7c..c728412 100644
--- a/src/build-nuget-packages.ps1
+++ b/src/build-nuget-packages.ps1
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Param(
 )
 cd .\NLog.Targets.Splunk
 Write-Output "Building release $versionSuffix nuget packages..."
+Write-Output "Restoring NuGet packages..."
+dotnet restore
 dotnet pack --configuration Release --include-symbols --version-suffix $versionSuffix
 Write-Output "Moving $versionSuffix nuget packages to releases folder..."
 Move-Item .\bin\Release\*.nupkg ..\..\releases -Force