diff --git a/backend/app/api/app.go b/backend/app/api/app.go
index 8e1f742..7176758 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/app.go
+++ b/backend/app/api/app.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type app struct {
 	services *services.AllServices
 }
 
-func NewApp(conf *config.Config) *app {
+func new(conf *config.Config) *app {
 	s := &app{
 		conf: conf,
 	}
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func NewApp(conf *config.Config) *app {
 	return s
 }
 
-func (a *app) StartBgTask(t time.Duration, fn func()) {
+func (a *app) startBgTask(t time.Duration, fn func()) {
 	for {
 		a.server.Background(fn)
 		time.Sleep(t)
diff --git a/backend/app/api/logger.go b/backend/app/api/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b410cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/api/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/hay-kot/content/backend/internal/config"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+)
+
+// setupLogger initializes the zerolog config
+// for the shared logger.
+func (a *app) setupLogger() {
+	// Logger Init
+	// zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
+	if a.conf.Mode != config.ModeProduction {
+		log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr})
+	}
+
+	log.Level(getLevel(a.conf.Log.Level))
+}
+
+func getLevel(l string) zerolog.Level {
+	switch strings.ToLower(l) {
+	case "debug":
+		return zerolog.DebugLevel
+	case "info":
+		return zerolog.InfoLevel
+	case "warn":
+		return zerolog.WarnLevel
+	case "error":
+		return zerolog.ErrorLevel
+	case "fatal":
+		return zerolog.FatalLevel
+	case "panic":
+		return zerolog.PanicLevel
+	default:
+		return zerolog.InfoLevel
+	}
+}
diff --git a/backend/app/api/main.go b/backend/app/api/main.go
index 7519ee7..d06faa0 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/main.go
+++ b/backend/app/api/main.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hay-kot/content/backend/app/api/docs"
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hay-kot/content/backend/internal/services"
 	"github.com/hay-kot/content/backend/pkgs/server"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
@@ -27,10 +25,6 @@ import (
 // @name                        Authorization
 // @description                 "Type 'Bearer TOKEN' to correctly set the API Key"
 func main() {
-	// Logger Init
-	// zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
-	log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr})
-	log.Level(zerolog.DebugLevel)
 
 	cfgFile := "config.yml"
 
@@ -47,8 +41,9 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func run(cfg *config.Config) error {
-	app := NewApp(cfg)
+	app := new(cfg)
 
+	app.setupLogger()
 	// =========================================================================
 	// Initialize Database & Repos
 
@@ -75,20 +70,19 @@ func run(cfg *config.Config) error {
 
 	// =========================================================================
 	// Start Server
-
-	app.conf.Print()
-
 	app.server = server.NewServer(app.conf.Web.Host, app.conf.Web.Port)
-
 	routes := app.newRouter(app.repos)
-	app.LogRoutes(routes)
+
+	if app.conf.Mode != config.ModeDevelopment {
+		app.logRoutes(routes)
+	}
 
 	log.Info().Msgf("Starting HTTP Server on %s:%s", app.server.Host, app.server.Port)
 
 	// =========================================================================
 	// Start Reoccurring Tasks
 
-	go app.StartBgTask(time.Duration(24)*time.Hour, func() {
+	go app.startBgTask(time.Duration(24)*time.Hour, func() {
 		_, err := app.repos.AuthTokens.PurgeExpiredTokens(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error().
diff --git a/backend/app/api/routes.go b/backend/app/api/routes.go
index 1abed0b..1ff79f0 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/routes.go
+++ b/backend/app/api/routes.go
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ func (a *app) newRouter(repos *repo.AllRepos) *chi.Mux {
 	return r
 }
 
-// LogRoutes logs the routes of the server that are registered within Server.registerRoutes(). This is useful for debugging.
+// logRoutes logs the routes of the server that are registered within Server.registerRoutes(). This is useful for debugging.
 // See https://github.com/go-chi/chi/issues/332 for details and inspiration.
-func (a *app) LogRoutes(r *chi.Mux) {
+func (a *app) logRoutes(r *chi.Mux) {
 	desiredSpaces := 10
 
 	walkFunc := func(method string, route string, handler http.Handler, middleware ...func(http.Handler) http.Handler) error {
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ func registerMimes() {
 	}
 }
 
+// notFoundHandler perform the main logic around handling the internal SPA embed and ensuring that
+// the client side routing is handled correctly.
 func notFoundHandler() http.HandlerFunc {
 	tryRead := func(fs embed.FS, prefix, requestedPath string, w http.ResponseWriter) error {
 		f, err := fs.Open(path.Join(prefix, requestedPath))