diff --git a/config/default.json b/config/default.json
index f8cdc1ca..2b06f70a 100644
--- a/config/default.json
+++ b/config/default.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		"PublishUploadPath": "none"
 	},
 	"Logging": {
-		"LogLevel": "silly",
-		"LogDirectory": "C:\\lbry\\speech\\logs\\"
+		"LogLevel": "none",
+		"LogDirectory": "none"
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/development.json b/config/development.json
index bfec5f3b..2c64d379 100644
--- a/config/development.json
+++ b/config/development.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 		"PublishUploadPath": "C:\\lbry\\speech\\hosted_content"
 	},
 	"Logging": {
-		"LogLevel": "debug"
+		"LogLevel": "debug",
+		"LogDirectory": "C:\\lbry\\speech\\logs\\"
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/production.json b/config/production.json
index 77b5b5b4..7e7e70bb 100644
--- a/config/production.json
+++ b/config/production.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 		"PublishUploadPath": "/home/lbry/Downloads/"
 	},
 	"Logging": {
-		"LogLevel": "verbose"
+		"LogLevel": "debug",
+		"LogDirectory": "/home/lbry/Logs"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/config/test.json b/config/test.json
index 674075f1..c20a8c16 100644
--- a/config/test.json
+++ b/config/test.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 		"PublishUploadPath": "/home/ubuntu/Downloads/"
 	},
 	"Logging": {
-		"LogLevel": "info"
+		"LogLevel": "debug",
+		"LogDirectory": "/home/ubuntu/Logs"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/controllers/publishController.js b/controllers/publishController.js
index 09482648..eb1d7660 100644
--- a/controllers/publishController.js
+++ b/controllers/publishController.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ module.exports = {
     lbryApi
       .publishClaim(publishParams, fileName, fileType)
       .then(result => {
+        logger.info(`Successfully published ${fileName}`);
         visitor.event('Publish Route', 'Publish Success', filePath).send();
         socket.emit('publish-complete', { name: claim, result });
       })
diff --git a/controllers/serveController.js b/controllers/serveController.js
index 8faa7af5..e00daf46 100644
--- a/controllers/serveController.js
+++ b/controllers/serveController.js
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ module.exports = {
             .then(claim => {
               // if a matching claim is found locally...
               if (claim) {
+                logger.debug(`A mysql record was found for ${claimId}`);
                 // if the outpoint's match return it
                 if (claim.dataValues.outpoint === freePublicClaimOutpoint) {
-                  logger.debug(`local outpoint matched for ${name} ${claimId} `);
+                  logger.debug(`local outpoint matched for ${claimId}`);
                   resolve(claim.dataValues);
                 // if the outpoint's don't match, fetch updated claim
                 } else {
-                  logger.debug(`local outpoint did not match ${name} ${claimId}`);
+                  logger.debug(`local outpoint did not match for ${claimId}`);
                   getClaimAndHandleResponse(freePublicClaimUri, resolve, reject);
                 }
               // ... otherwise use daemon to retrieve it
@@ -73,14 +74,14 @@ module.exports = {
             .then(claim => {
               // if a found locally...
               if (claim) {
-                logger.debug(`A File record was found for ${claimName}/${claimId}`);
+                logger.debug(`A mysql record was found for ${claimId}`);
                 // if the outpoint's match return it
                 if (claim.dataValues.outpoint === resolvedOutpoint) {
-                  logger.debug('local outpoint matched');
+                  logger.debug(`local outpoint matched for ${claimId}`);
                   resolve(claim.dataValues);
                   // if the outpoint's don't match, fetch updated claim
                 } else {
-                  logger.debug('local outpoint did not match');
+                  logger.debug(`local outpoint did not match for ${claimId}`);
                   getClaimAndHandleResponse(uri, resolve, reject);
                 }
                 // ... otherwise use daemon to retrieve it
diff --git a/helpers/logging/loggerSetup.js b/helpers/logging/loggerSetup.js
index ce3194d0..cf4fb602 100644
--- a/helpers/logging/loggerSetup.js
+++ b/helpers/logging/loggerSetup.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
-const tsFormat = () => (new Date()).toLocaleTimeString();
 
 module.exports = (winston, logLevel, logDir) => {
   if (!fs.existsSync(logDir)) {
@@ -15,21 +14,18 @@ module.exports = (winston, logLevel, logDir) => {
         prettyPrint: true,
       }),
       new (winston.transports.File)({
-        filename   : `${logDir}speechLogs.log`,
-        level      : logLevel,
-        json       : false,
-        timestamp  : tsFormat,
-        colorize   : true,
-        prettyPrint: true,
+        filename                       : `${logDir}speechLogs.log`,
+        level                          : logLevel,
+        json                           : false,
+        timestamp                      : true,
+        colorize                       : true,
+        prettyPrint                    : true,
+        handleExceptions               : true,
+        humanReadableUnhandledException: true,
       }),
     ],
   });
 
-  winston.handleExceptions(new winston.transports.File({
-    filename                       : `${logDir}uncaughtExceptions.log`,
-    humanReadableUnhandledException: true,
-  }));
-
   winston.error('Level 0');
   winston.warn('Level 1');
   winston.info('Level 2');
diff --git a/routes/serve-routes.js b/routes/serve-routes.js
index 5da294df..c3d25814 100644
--- a/routes/serve-routes.js
+++ b/routes/serve-routes.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const serveController = require('../controllers/serveController.js');
 const logger = require('winston');
 
 function serveFile ({ fileName, fileType, filePath }, res) {
-  logger.info(`serving file ${fileName} from ${filePath}`);
+  logger.info(`serving file ${fileName}`);
   // set default options
   const options = {
     headers: {
diff --git a/routes/sockets-routes.js b/routes/sockets-routes.js
index 4610cba7..0589a58b 100644
--- a/routes/sockets-routes.js
+++ b/routes/sockets-routes.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module.exports = (app, siofu, hostedContentPath, ua, googleAnalyticsId) => {
     uploader.dir = hostedContentPath;
     uploader.listen(socket);
     uploader.on('start', ({ file }) => {
-      logger.info('Client started an upload', file);
+      logger.info('client started an upload:', file.name);
       // server side test to make sure file is not a bad file type
       if (/\.exe$/.test(file.name)) {
         uploader.abort(file.id, socket);
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module.exports = (app, siofu, hostedContentPath, ua, googleAnalyticsId) => {
     });
     uploader.on('saved', ({ file }) => {
       if (file.success) {
-        logger.info(`Client successfully uploaded ${file.name}`);
+        logger.debug(`Client successfully uploaded ${file.name}`);
         socket.emit('publish-status', 'file upload successfully completed');
         publishController.publish(file.meta.name, file.name, file.pathName, file.meta.type, file.meta.license, file.meta.nsfw, socket, visitor);
       } else {