diff --git a/ProjectPlugins/CodexPlugin/CodexSetup.cs b/ProjectPlugins/CodexPlugin/CodexSetup.cs
index 6ab4d20..0f9f37f 100644
--- a/ProjectPlugins/CodexPlugin/CodexSetup.cs
+++ b/ProjectPlugins/CodexPlugin/CodexSetup.cs
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@ namespace CodexPlugin
         ICodexSetup At(ILocation location);
         ICodexSetup WithBootstrapNode(ICodexNode node);
         ICodexSetup WithLogLevel(CodexLogLevel level);
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Sets the log level for codex. The default level is INFO and the
-        /// log level is applied only to the supplied topics.
-        /// </summary>
-        ICodexSetup WithLogLevel(CodexLogLevel level, params string[] topics);
+        ICodexSetup WithLogLevel(CodexLogLevel level, CodexLogCustomTopics customTopics);
         ICodexSetup WithStorageQuota(ByteSize storageQuota);
         ICodexSetup WithBlockTTL(TimeSpan duration);
         ICodexSetup WithBlockMaintenanceInterval(TimeSpan duration);
@@ -28,6 +24,18 @@ namespace CodexPlugin
         ICodexSetup WithSimulateProofFailures(uint failEveryNProofs);
     }
 
+    public class CodexLogCustomTopics
+    {
+        public CodexLogCustomTopics(CodexLogLevel discV5, CodexLogLevel libp2p)
+        {
+            DiscV5 = discV5;
+            Libp2p = libp2p;
+        }
+
+        public CodexLogLevel DiscV5 { get; set; }
+        public CodexLogLevel Libp2p { get; set; }
+    }
+
     public class CodexSetup : CodexStartupConfig, ICodexSetup
     {
         public int NumberOfNodes { get; }
@@ -61,10 +69,10 @@ namespace CodexPlugin
             return this;
         }
 
-        public ICodexSetup WithLogLevel(CodexLogLevel level, params string[] topics)
+        public ICodexSetup WithLogLevel(CodexLogLevel level, CodexLogCustomTopics customTopics)
         {
             LogLevel = level;
-            LogTopics = topics;
+            CustomTopics = customTopics;
             return this;
         }
 
diff --git a/ProjectPlugins/CodexPlugin/CodexStartupConfig.cs b/ProjectPlugins/CodexPlugin/CodexStartupConfig.cs
index a3b6314..7a68bc7 100644
--- a/ProjectPlugins/CodexPlugin/CodexStartupConfig.cs
+++ b/ProjectPlugins/CodexPlugin/CodexStartupConfig.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace CodexPlugin
         public string? NameOverride { get; set; }
         public ILocation Location { get; set; } = KnownLocations.UnspecifiedLocation;
         public CodexLogLevel LogLevel { get; set; }
-        public string[]? LogTopics { get; set; }
+        public CodexLogCustomTopics? CustomTopics { get; set; }
         public ByteSize? StorageQuota { get; set; }
         public bool MetricsEnabled { get; set; }
         public MarketplaceInitialConfig? MarketplaceConfig { get; set; }
@@ -22,9 +22,30 @@ namespace CodexPlugin
         public string LogLevelWithTopics()
         {
             var level = LogLevel.ToString()!.ToUpperInvariant();
-            if (LogTopics != null && LogTopics.Count() > 0)
+            if (CustomTopics != null)
             {
-                level = $"INFO;{level}: {string.Join(",", LogTopics.Where(s => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(s)))}";
+                var discV5Topics = new[]
+                {
+                    "discv5",
+                    "providers",
+                    "manager",
+                    "cache",
+                };
+                var libp2pTopics = new[]
+                {
+                    "libp2p",
+                    "multistream",
+                    "switch",
+                    "transport",
+                    "tcptransport",
+                    "semaphore",
+                    "asyncstreamwrapper",
+                    "lpstream"
+                };
+
+                level = $"{level};" +
+                    $"{CustomTopics.DiscV5.ToString()!.ToLowerInvariant()}:{string.Join(",", discV5Topics)};" +
+                    $"{CustomTopics.Libp2p.ToString()!.ToLowerInvariant()}:{string.Join(",", libp2pTopics)}";
             }
             return level;
         }
diff --git a/Tests/CodexTests/BasicTests/ExampleTests.cs b/Tests/CodexTests/BasicTests/ExampleTests.cs
index 4049b9a..0db9bbb 100644
--- a/Tests/CodexTests/BasicTests/ExampleTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/CodexTests/BasicTests/ExampleTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using CodexContractsPlugin;
+using CodexPlugin;
 using DistTestCore;
 using GethPlugin;
 using MetricsPlugin;
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Tests.BasicTests
         [Test]
         public void CodexLogExample()
         {
-            var primary = AddCodex();
+            var primary = AddCodex(s => s.WithLogLevel(CodexLogLevel.Trace, new CodexLogCustomTopics(CodexLogLevel.Warn, CodexLogLevel.Warn)));
 
             primary.UploadFile(GenerateTestFile(5.MB()));