diff --git a/ceph-nvmeof.conf b/ceph-nvmeof.conf
index 481afa8e..05f385ff 100644
--- a/ceph-nvmeof.conf
+++ b/ceph-nvmeof.conf
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ tgt_path = /usr/local/bin/nvmf_tgt
 #rpc_socket_name = spdk.sock
 #tgt_cmd_extra_args = --env-context="--no-huge -m1024" --iova-mode=va
 timeout = 60.0
-#log_level = WARNING
+#log_level =
+#protocol_log_level = WARNING
 
 # Example value: -m 0x3 -L all
 # tgt_cmd_extra_args =
diff --git a/control/grpc.py b/control/grpc.py
index ff0994d8..59b17c35 100644
--- a/control/grpc.py
+++ b/control/grpc.py
@@ -822,6 +822,9 @@ def get_peer_message(self, context) -> str:
         if not context:
             return ""
 
+        if not hasattr(context, 'peer'):
+            return ""
+
         try:
             peer = context.peer().split(":", 1)
             addr_fam = peer[0].lower()
diff --git a/control/server.py b/control/server.py
index 3c15df29..4a2f92a0 100644
--- a/control/server.py
+++ b/control/server.py
@@ -414,7 +414,9 @@ def _start_spdk(self, omap_state):
 
         # Initialization
         timeout = self.config.getfloat_with_default("spdk", "timeout", 60.0)
-        protocol_log_level = self.config.get_with_default("spdk", "log_level", "WARNING")
+        protocol_log_level = self.config.get_with_default("spdk", "protocol_log_level", None)
+        if not protocol_log_level or not protocol_log_level.strip():
+            protocol_log_level = self.config.get_with_default("spdk", "log_level", "WARNING")
         if not protocol_log_level or not protocol_log_level.strip():
             protocol_log_level = "WARNING"
         else: