diff --git a/packages/cli/medusa-cli/src/reporter/index.ts b/packages/cli/medusa-cli/src/reporter/index.ts
index 43e4d266c5..661fffb8ba 100644
--- a/packages/cli/medusa-cli/src/reporter/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/medusa-cli/src/reporter/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { ulid } from "ulid"
 import winston from "winston"
 import { panicHandler } from "./panic-handler"
 
-const LOG_LEVEL = process.env.LOG_LEVEL || "info"
+const LOG_LEVEL = process.env.LOG_LEVEL || "http"
 const LOG_FILE = process.env.LOG_FILE || ""
 const NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || "development"
 const IS_DEV = NODE_ENV.startsWith("dev")
diff --git a/packages/core/framework/src/http/express-loader.ts b/packages/core/framework/src/http/express-loader.ts
index 8902c57956..94738b662f 100644
--- a/packages/core/framework/src/http/express-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/core/framework/src/http/express-loader.ts
@@ -76,12 +76,17 @@ export async function expressLoader({ app }: { app: Express }): Promise<{
    * The middleware to use for logging. We write the log messages
    * using winston, but rely on morgan to hook into HTTP requests
    */
-  const loggingMiddleware = morgan(IS_DEV ? "dev" : "tiny", {
-    skip: shouldSkipHttpLog,
-    stream: {
-      write: (message: string) => logger.http(message),
-    },
-  })
+  const loggingMiddleware = morgan(
+    IS_DEV
+      ? ":method :url ← :referrer (:status) - :response-time ms"
+      : "combined",
+    {
+      skip: shouldSkipHttpLog,
+      stream: {
+        write: (message: string) => logger.http(message.trim()),
+      },
+    }
+  )
 
   app.use(loggingMiddleware)
   app.use(cookieParser())