diff --git a/apps/server/src/middleware/exception-logger.ts b/apps/server/src/middleware/exception-logger.ts
index 00e17e6fa..e1a2a97eb 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/middleware/exception-logger.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/middleware/exception-logger.ts
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@ export class ExceptionLogger implements ExceptionFilter {
     );
     this.logger.error(
       new Error(
-        `${requestId ? `requestId-${requestId}:` : ''}${exception.message}`,
+        `${requestId ? `requestId-${requestId}: ` : ''}${exception.message}${
+          shouldVerboseLog ? '\n' + exception.stack : ''
+        }}`,
         { cause: exception }
       )
     );
-    if (shouldVerboseLog) {
-      this.logger.error(exception.stack);
-    }
 
     if (host.getType<GqlContextType>() === 'graphql') {
       return;
diff --git a/apps/server/src/modules/auth/next-auth.controller.ts b/apps/server/src/modules/auth/next-auth.controller.ts
index a0eae5c7b..b71c30d15 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/modules/auth/next-auth.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/modules/auth/next-auth.controller.ts
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export class NextAuthController {
     }
 
     if (redirect?.endsWith('api/auth/error?error=AccessDenied')) {
-      this.logger.log('Early access redirect headers ', req.headers);
+      this.logger.log(`Early access redirect headers: ${req.headers}`);
       this.metrics.authFailCounter(1, {
         reason: 'no_early_access_permission',
       });
diff --git a/apps/server/src/modules/doc/manager.ts b/apps/server/src/modules/doc/manager.ts
index ff30539ee..928359d8e 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/modules/doc/manager.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/modules/doc/manager.ts
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ export class DocManager implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
         }
       } catch (e) {
         this.logger.error(
-          `Failed to apply updates, index: ${i}`,
-          updates.map(u => u.toString('hex'))
+          `Failed to apply updates, index: ${i}\nUpdate: ${updates
+            .map(u => u.toString('hex'))
+            .join('\n')}`
         );
       }
     });
@@ -109,13 +110,12 @@ export class DocManager implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
         }
       } catch (e) {
         this.metrics.jwstCodecFail(1, {});
-        this.logger.warn(`jwst apply update failed for :${guid}`, e);
+        this.logger.warn(`jwst apply update failed for ${guid}: ${e}`);
         log = true;
       } finally {
         if (log) {
           this.logger.warn(
-            'Updates:',
-            updates.map(u => u.toString('hex'))
+            `Updates: ${updates.map(u => u.toString('hex')).join('\n')}`
           );
         }
       }
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ export class DocManager implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
       .catch(
         // transaction failed, it's safe to ignore
         e => {
-          this.logger.error('Failed to fetch updates', e);
+          this.logger.error(`Failed to fetch updates: ${e}`);
         }
       );
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ export class DocManager implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
       await this.upsert(workspaceId, id, merged);
     } catch (e) {
       // failed to merge updates, put them back
-      this.logger.error('Failed to merge updates', e);
+      this.logger.error(`Failed to merge updates: ${e}`);
 
       await this.db.update
         .createMany({
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ export class DocManager implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
         })
         .catch(e => {
           // failed to recover, fallback TBD
-          this.logger.error('Fetal: failed to put updates back to db', e);
+          this.logger.error(`Fetal: failed to put updates back to db: ${e}`);
         });
     }
   }
diff --git a/apps/server/src/modules/doc/redis-manager.ts b/apps/server/src/modules/doc/redis-manager.ts
index 6651394ec..e8270cfa4 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/modules/doc/redis-manager.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/modules/doc/redis-manager.ts
@@ -140,12 +140,11 @@ export class RedisDocManager extends DocManager {
         .ltrim(updateKey, updates.length, -1)
         // safe, fallback to mergeUpdates
         .catch(e => {
-          this.logger.error('Failed to remove merged updates from Redis', e);
+          this.logger.error(`Failed to remove merged updates from Redis: ${e}`);
         });
     } catch (e) {
       this.logger.error(
-        `Failed to merge updates with snapshot for ${pendingDoc}`,
-        e
+        `Failed to merge updates with snapshot for ${pendingDoc}: ${e}`
       );
       await this.redis.sadd(pending, `${workspaceId}:${id}`).catch(() => null); // safe
     } finally {
diff --git a/apps/server/src/modules/workspaces/controller.ts b/apps/server/src/modules/workspaces/controller.ts
index 58d7daf40..d453a0256 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/modules/workspaces/controller.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/modules/workspaces/controller.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ export class WorkspacesController {
     const blob = await this.storage.getBlob(workspaceId, name);
 
     if (!blob) {
-      throw new NotFoundException('Blob not found');
+      throw new NotFoundException(
+        `Blob not found in workspace ${workspaceId}: ${name}`
+      );
     }
 
     res.setHeader('content-type', blob.contentType);
@@ -78,6 +80,6 @@ export class WorkspacesController {
 
     res.setHeader('content-type', 'application/octet-stream');
     res.send(update);
-    this.logger.debug('workspaces doc api: ', format(process.hrtime(start)));
+    this.logger.debug(`workspaces doc api: ${format(process.hrtime(start))}`);
   }
 }