diff --git a/env.md b/env.md
index f21064171..b401f80ce 100644
--- a/env.md
+++ b/env.md
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Environmental variables are also tracked in `ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES` within `src/
 - `MAX_REQ_PER_SECOND`: Number of requests per second allowed by the same client. Example: `3`
 - `MAX_CHECKSUM_LENGTH`: Define the maximum length for a file if checksum is required (Mb). Example: `10`
 - `LOG_LEVEL`: Define the default log level. Example: `debug`
+- `LOG_CONSOLE`: Write logs to the console. Default is `false`
+- `LOG_FILES`: Write logs to files. Default is `false`
+- `LOG_DB`: Write logs to noSQL database. Default is `true`
 
 ## HTTP
 
diff --git a/src/components/database/index.ts b/src/components/database/index.ts
index 508751f4a..c9fae137b 100644
--- a/src/components/database/index.ts
+++ b/src/components/database/index.ts
@@ -1014,11 +1014,10 @@ export class Database {
     // once we create a DB instance, the logger will be using this transport as well
     // we cannot have this the other way around because of the dependencies cycle
     if (USE_DB_TRANSPORT) {
-      console.log('DB USE_DB_TRANSPORT ', USE_DB_TRANSPORT)
       configureCustomDBTransport(this, DATABASE_LOGGER)
     } else {
       DATABASE_LOGGER.warn(
-        '"NODE_ENV" is set to "development". This means logs will be saved to console and file(s) only.'
+        'Property "LOG_DB" is set to "false". This means logs will NOT be saved to database!'
       )
     }
     return (async (): Promise<Database> => {
diff --git a/src/test/integration/logs.test.ts b/src/test/integration/logs.test.ts
index fc83c2d93..840b04f1b 100644
--- a/src/test/integration/logs.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/integration/logs.test.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ describe('LogDatabase CRUD', () => {
       'meta'
     )
     logId = result?.id // Save the auto-generated id for further operations
-    console.log('log id: ' + logId)
   })
 
   it('retrieve log', async () => {
@@ -72,14 +71,12 @@ describe('LogDatabase CRUD', () => {
 
     // Retrieve the latest log entry
     const logs = await database.logs.retrieveMultipleLogs(startTime, endTime, 1)
-    console.log('logs are: ', logs)
 
     expect(logs?.length).to.equal(1)
-    expect(logs?.[0].id).to.equal(String(Number(logId) + 1))
+    expect(logs?.[0].id).to.greaterThan(Number(logId))
     expect(logs?.[0].level).to.equal(newLogEntry.level)
     expect(logs?.[0].message).to.equal(newLogEntry.message)
     expect(logs?.[0].moduleName).to.equal('HTTP')
-    console.log('end debug')
   })
 
   it('should save a log in the database when a log.logMessage is called', async () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/constants.ts b/src/utils/constants.ts
index 491bf0d47..3b34f6988 100644
--- a/src/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/src/utils/constants.ts
@@ -275,6 +275,24 @@ export const ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES: Record<any, EnvVariable> = {
     name: 'LOG_LEVEL',
     value: process.env.LOG_LEVEL,
     required: false
+  },
+  LOG_CONSOLE: {
+    // log to console output?
+    name: 'LOG_CONSOLE',
+    value: process.env.LOG_CONSOLE,
+    required: false
+  },
+  LOG_FILES: {
+    // log to files?
+    name: 'LOG_FILES',
+    value: process.env.LOG_FILES,
+    required: false
+  },
+  LOG_DB: {
+    // log to DB?
+    name: 'LOG_DB',
+    value: process.env.LOG_DB,
+    required: false // default is true
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/logging/Logger.ts b/src/utils/logging/Logger.ts
index ef3d34e18..35729dd0f 100644
--- a/src/utils/logging/Logger.ts
+++ b/src/utils/logging/Logger.ts
@@ -141,9 +141,10 @@ const USE_CONSOLE_TRANSPORT: boolean =
   process.env.LOG_CONSOLE && process.env.LOG_CONSOLE !== 'false'
 const USE_FILE_TRANSPORT: boolean =
   process.env.LOG_FILES && process.env.LOG_FILES !== 'false'
-// can be affected by configuration
-export const USE_DB_TRANSPORT: boolean =
-  true || (process.env.LOG_DB && process.env.LOG_DB !== 'false')
+// default to true, if not explicitly set otherwise
+export const USE_DB_TRANSPORT: boolean = !(
+  process.env.LOG_DB && process.env.LOG_DB === 'false'
+)
 
 // if not set, then gets default 'development' level & colors
 export function isDevelopmentEnvironment(): boolean {