diff --git a/api/configs/grafana-logs.config.river b/api/configs/grafana-logs.config.river
index 596fe783..258f1129 100644
--- a/api/configs/grafana-logs.config.river
+++ b/api/configs/grafana-logs.config.river
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ loki.source.file "logs" {
 }
 
 loki.write "logs" {
+    external_labels = {
+        environment = env("ENVIRONMENT"),
+    }
     endpoint {
         url = "https://logs-prod-us-central1.grafana.net/loki/api/v1/push"
         basic_auth {
diff --git a/api/src/handlers/compile.rs b/api/src/handlers/compile.rs
index 6e33bfa4..20da3e27 100644
--- a/api/src/handlers/compile.rs
+++ b/api/src/handlers/compile.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use tracing::{error, info};
 
 pub(crate) const COMPILATION_LABEL_VALUE: &str = "compilation";
 
-#[instrument]
+#[instrument(skip(request_json, _rate_limited, engine))]
 #[post("/compile", format = "json", data = "<request_json>")]
 pub async fn compile(
     request_json: Json<CompilationRequest>,
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub async fn compile(
         })
 }
 
-#[instrument]
+#[instrument(skip(request_json, _rate_limited, engine))]
 #[post("/compile-async", format = "json", data = "<request_json>")]
 pub async fn compile_async(
     request_json: Json<CompilationRequest>,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub async fn compile_async(
     do_process_command(ApiCommand::Compile(request_json.0), engine)
 }
 
-#[instrument]
+#[instrument(skip(engine))]
 #[get("/compile-result/<process_id>")]
 pub async fn get_compile_result(process_id: String, engine: &State<WorkerEngine>) -> String {
     info!("/compile-result/{:?}", process_id);
diff --git a/api/src/handlers/process.rs b/api/src/handlers/process.rs
index 6f36968b..95b58c7e 100644
--- a/api/src/handlers/process.rs
+++ b/api/src/handlers/process.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use rocket::State;
 use tracing::{info, instrument};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-#[instrument]
+#[instrument(skip(engine))]
 #[get("/process_status/<process_id>")]
 pub async fn get_process_status(process_id: String, engine: &State<WorkerEngine>) -> String {
     info!("/process_status/{:?}", process_id);
diff --git a/api/src/handlers/verify.rs b/api/src/handlers/verify.rs
index 6653f073..d104253c 100644
--- a/api/src/handlers/verify.rs
+++ b/api/src/handlers/verify.rs
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ use crate::worker::WorkerEngine;
 
 pub(crate) const VERIFICATION_LABEL_VALUE: &str = "compilation";
 
-#[instrument]
+#[instrument(skip(verification_request_json, _rate_limited, engine))]
 #[post("/verify", format = "json", data = "<verification_request_json>")]
 pub async fn verify(
     verification_request_json: Json<VerificationRequest>,
     _rate_limited: RateLimited,
     engine: &State<WorkerEngine>,
 ) -> Json<VerifyResponse> {
-    info!("/verify");
+    info!("/verify/{:?}", verification_request_json.config);
 
     do_verify(verification_request_json.0, &engine.metrics)
         .await
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@ pub async fn verify(
         })
 }
 
-#[instrument]
+#[instrument(skip(_rate_limited, engine))]
 #[post("/verify-async", format = "json", data = "<verification_request_json>")]
 pub fn verify_async(
     verification_request_json: Json<VerificationRequest>,
     _rate_limited: RateLimited,
     engine: &State<WorkerEngine>,
 ) -> String {
-    info!("/verify-async",);
+    info!("/verify-async/{:?}", verification_request_json.config);
 
     do_process_command(ApiCommand::Verify(verification_request_json.0), engine)
 }
 
-#[instrument]
+#[instrument(skip(engine))]
 #[get("/verify-result/<process_id>")]
 pub async fn get_verify_result(process_id: String, engine: &State<WorkerEngine>) -> String {
     info!("/verify-result/{:?}", process_id);
diff --git a/api/src/metrics.rs b/api/src/metrics.rs
index 1b2c240c..9663467f 100644
--- a/api/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/api/src/metrics.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pub(crate) fn create_metrics(registry: Registry) -> Result<Metrics, CoreError> {
     })
 }
 
-#[instrument]
+#[instrument(skip(registry))]
 #[get("/metrics")]
 pub(crate) async fn metrics(registry: &State<Registry>) -> String {
     let metric_families = registry.gather();
diff --git a/api/src/tracing_log.rs b/api/src/tracing_log.rs
index 225fcf55..becd1a81 100644
--- a/api/src/tracing_log.rs
+++ b/api/src/tracing_log.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ pub fn filter_layer(level: LogLevel) -> EnvFilter {
         LogLevel::Off => "off",
     };
 
-    tracing_subscriber::filter::EnvFilter::try_new(filter_str).expect("filter string must parse")
+    EnvFilter::try_new(filter_str).expect("filter string must parse")
 }
 
 pub fn init_logger() -> Result<(), CoreError> {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ pub fn init_logger() -> Result<(), CoreError> {
     let log_type = LogType::from(std::env::var("LOG_TYPE").unwrap_or_else(|_| "json".to_string()));
     let log_level = LogLevel::from(
         std::env::var("LOG_LEVEL")
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| "debug".to_string())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| "normal".to_string())
             .as_str(),
     );