diff --git a/backend/src/xfd_django/xfd_api/tasks/bastion.py b/backend/src/xfd_django/xfd_api/tasks/bastion.py
index d03bc736..2d520114 100644
--- a/backend/src/xfd_django/xfd_api/tasks/bastion.py
+++ b/backend/src/xfd_django/xfd_api/tasks/bastion.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ def handle_db_query(query):
         cursor.execute(query)
         result = cursor.fetchall()
 
-    return {"statusCode": 200, "body": {"result": result}}
+    print(str(result))
+    return {"statusCode": 200, "body": str(result)}
 
 
 def handle_es_query(query):
diff --git a/backend/src/xfd_django/xfd_django/middleware/middleware.py b/backend/src/xfd_django/xfd_django/middleware/middleware.py
index dceddcc6..b3c7832d 100644
--- a/backend/src/xfd_django/xfd_django/middleware/middleware.py
+++ b/backend/src/xfd_django/xfd_django/middleware/middleware.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 from pythonjsonlogger import jsonlogger
 from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
 from starlette.requests import Request
+from datetime import datetime
+
 
 class LoggingMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
     def __init__(self, app):
@@ -10,13 +12,14 @@ def __init__(self, app):
 
     def _configure_logger(self):
         logger = logging.getLogger("fastapi")
-        log_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-        formatter = jsonlogger.JsonFormatter(
-            '%(levelname)s RequestId: %(request_id)s %(asctime)s Request Info: %(message)s'
-        )
-        log_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-        logger.addHandler(log_handler)
-        logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        if not logger.handlers:  # Avoid duplicate handlers
+            log_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+            formatter = jsonlogger.JsonFormatter(
+                '%(levelname)s RequestId: %(request_id)s %(asctime)s Request Info: %(message)s'
+            )
+            log_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+            logger.addHandler(log_handler)
+            logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
         return logger
 
     async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next):
@@ -27,14 +30,17 @@ async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next):
         protocol = request.url.scheme
         original_url = str(request.url)
 
-         # Get request ID from scope
+        # Get request ID from scope or set it to "undefined"
         aws_context = request.scope.get("aws.context", None)
         request_id = getattr(aws_context, "aws_request_id", "undefined") if aws_context else "undefined"
 
         # Default to "undefined" for userEmail if not provided
         user_email = request.state.user_email if hasattr(request.state, "user_email") else "undefined"
 
-        # Log the request details
+        # Proceed with the request and capture the response
+        response = await call_next(request)
+
+        # Log details in the desired format
         log_info = {
             "httpMethod": method,
             "protocol": protocol,
@@ -42,13 +48,9 @@ async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next):
             "path": path,
             "headers": headers,
             "userEmail": user_email,
-            "requestId": request_id
+            "requestId": request_id,
+            "statusCode": response.status_code,
         }
-
-        # Proceed with the request and capture the response
-        response = await call_next(request)
-        log_info["statusCode"] = response.status_code
-
-        # Log response with updated status code
-        self.logger.info(log_info)
+        # Log in the desired format
+        self.logger.info("", extra={"request_id": request_id, "asctime": datetime.utcnow().isoformat(), "message": log_info})
         return response