diff --git a/waku.nimble b/waku.nimble
index bef2e52aa..082987b6f 100644
--- a/waku.nimble
+++ b/waku.nimble
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ task wakusim, "Build Waku simulation tools":
   buildBinary "start_network", "waku/node/v1/", "-d:chronicles_log_level=DEBUG"
 
 task protocol2, "Build the experimental Waku protocol":
-  buildBinary "waku_protocol", "waku/protocol/v2/", "-d:chronicles_log_level=DEBUG"
+  buildBinary "waku_protocol", "waku/protocol/v2/", "-d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE"
 
 task wakutest2, "Build Experimental Waku tests":
   let name = "v2/test_waku"
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ task wakutest2, "Build Experimental Waku tests":
   exec "build/" & name
 
 task wakunode2, "Build Experimental Waku cli":
-  buildBinary "wakunode", "waku/node/v2/", "-d:chronicles_log_level=DEBUG"
+  buildBinary "wakunode", "waku/node/v2/", "-d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE"
 
 task wakusim2, "Build Experimental Waku simulation tools":
   buildBinary "quicksim", "waku/node/v2/", "-d:chronicles_log_level=DEBUG"
-  buildBinary "start_network", "waku/node/v2/", "-d:chronicles_log_level=DEBUG"
+  buildBinary "start_network", "waku/node/v2/", "-d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE"
diff --git a/waku/node/v2/nim.cfg b/waku/node/v2/nim.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05570603f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/node/v2/nim.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-d:chronicles_line_numbers
+-d:"chronicles_runtime_filtering=on"
+-d:nimDebugDlOpen
+# Results in empty output for some reason
+#-d:"chronicles_enabled_topics=GossipSub:TRACE,WakuSub:TRACE"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/waku/node/v2/start_network.nim b/waku/node/v2/start_network.nim
index 392dfdc69..ed62e4d1e 100644
--- a/waku/node/v2/start_network.nim
+++ b/waku/node/v2/start_network.nim
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import
 import strutils except fromHex
 
 const
-  defaults ="--log-level:DEBUG --log-metrics --metrics-server --rpc"
+  defaults ="--log-level:TRACE --log-metrics --metrics-server --rpc"
   wakuNodeBin = "build" / "wakunode"
   portOffset = 2