diff --git a/api/src/server.ts b/api/src/server.ts
index 30ef89dd842..c846c60e197 100644
--- a/api/src/server.ts
+++ b/api/src/server.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ const envToLogger = {
         ignore: 'pid,hostname'
       }
     },
-    level: FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL
+    level: FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL || 'info'
+  },
+  production: {
+    level: FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL || 'info'
   },
-  production: { level: FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL },
   test: undefined
 };
 
diff --git a/docker/api/docker-compose.yml b/docker/api/docker-compose.yml
index 416086f6ec6..fd4e927a44a 100644
--- a/docker/api/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/api/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@ services:
       - ../../.env
     ports:
       - '3000:3000'
+    logging:
+      driver: 'local'
+      options:
+        max-size: '10m'
+        max-file: '3'
+        compress: 'true'
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 0a80a69f83c..9c6d208cbfe 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ FCC_ENABLE_DEV_LOGIN_MODE=true
 FCC_ENABLE_SHADOW_CAPTURE=false
 FCC_ENABLE_EXAM_ENVIRONMENT=false
 FCC_ENABLE_SENTRY_ROUTES=false
-FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL=debug
+FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL=info
 
 # Email
 # use ses in production