diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 1ab53df85..0cb722def 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ COPY --from=build /app ./
 EXPOSE 5000
 
 COPY --from=dynatrace_repo / /
-RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/dynatrace/oneagent/agent/config/ && touch /var/lib/dynatrace/oneagent/agent/config/hostname.conf ; echo "CONCEPTAPP-${environment}" > /var/lib/dynatrace/oneagent/agent/config/hostname.conf
+RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/dynatrace/oneagent/agent/config/ && touch /var/lib/dynatrace/oneagent/agent/config/hostname.conf ; echo "CONCEPTAPP-${environment}" > /var/lib/dynatrace/oneagent/agent/config/hostname.conf && mkdir /logs && chown -R 1001:1001 /logs
 ENV LD_PRELOAD /opt/dynatrace/oneagent/agent/lib64/liboneagentproc.so
 
 #Dynatrace config
diff --git a/backend/api/appsettings.json b/backend/api/appsettings.json
index 8c0bee96f..b13af1fce 100644
--- a/backend/api/appsettings.json
+++ b/backend/api/appsettings.json
@@ -103,7 +103,13 @@
     },
     "Serilog": {
         "Using":  [ "Serilog.Sinks.Console", "Serilog.Sinks.File" ],
-        "MinimumLevel": "Debug",
+        "MinimumLevel": {
+            "Default": "Verbose",
+            "Override": {
+              "Microsoft": "Warning",
+              "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Database.Command": "Warning"
+            }
+        },
         "WriteTo": [
             {"Name": "Console", 
                 "Args": {
@@ -112,9 +118,9 @@
             },
             {"Name": "File", 
                 "Args": { 
-                    "path": "logs/log-.txt",
+                    "path": "/logs/log-.txt",
                     "rollingInterval": "Day",
-                    "restrictedToMinimumLevel": "Information"
+                    "restrictedToMinimumLevel": "Warning"
                 }
             }
         ]