diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ddef04ab49..b60b073dfd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ $(FCITX5_QT): | check-qt-dir deps
 			.. $(HANDLE_OUTPUT) && \
 		$(FCITX5_QT_BUILD_CMD)
 
-PRODUCTION_PARAMETERS := -d:production -d:chronicles_sinks=textlines[stdout],textlines[nocolors,dynamic]
+PRODUCTION_PARAMETERS := -d:production
 
 $(STATUS_CLIENT_APPIMAGE): override RESOURCES_LAYOUT := $(PRODUCTION_PARAMETERS)
 $(STATUS_CLIENT_APPIMAGE): nim_status_client $(APPIMAGE_TOOL) nim-status.desktop $(FCITX5_QT)
diff --git a/src/app/boot/app_controller.nim b/src/app/boot/app_controller.nim
index b20cfe7991..ce1eb34768 100644
--- a/src/app/boot/app_controller.nim
+++ b/src/app/boot/app_controller.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import NimQml, sequtils, sugar, chronicles
+import NimQml, sequtils, sugar, chronicles, os
 
 import ../../app_service/service/general/service as general_service
 import ../../app_service/service/keychain/service as keychain_service
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ proc connect(self: AppController) =
     # not sure, but maybe we should take some actions when node stops
     discard
 
+  # Handle runtime log level settings changes
+  if not existsEnv("LOG_LEVEL"):
+    self.statusFoundation.events.on(node_configuration_service.SIGNAL_NODE_LOG_LEVEL_UPDATE) do(a: Args):
+      let args = NodeLogLevelUpdatedArgs(a)
+      if args.logLevel == LogLevel.DEBUG:
+        setLogLevel(LogLevel.DEBUG)
+      elif defined(production):
+        setLogLevel(LogLevel.INFO)
+
 proc newAppController*(statusFoundation: StatusFoundation): AppController =
   result = AppController()
   result.storeKeyPair = false
@@ -345,6 +354,11 @@ proc load(self: AppController) =
   self.tokenService.init()
   self.walletAccountService.init()
 
+  # Apply runtime log level settings
+  if not existsEnv("LOG_LEVEL"):
+    if self.nodeConfigurationService.isDebugEnabled():
+      setLogLevel(LogLevel.DEBUG)
+
   # load main module
   self.mainModule.load(
     self.statusFoundation.events,
diff --git a/src/app/modules/main/profile_section/advanced/controller.nim b/src/app/modules/main/profile_section/advanced/controller.nim
index 7045aca47d..4004a0afcc 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/main/profile_section/advanced/controller.nim
+++ b/src/app/modules/main/profile_section/advanced/controller.nim
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ proc setWakuV2LightClientEnabled*(self: Controller, enabled: bool) =
 proc enableDeveloperFeatures*(self: Controller) =
   discard self.settingsService.saveTelemetryServerUrl(DEFAULT_TELEMETRY_SERVER_URL)
   discard self.settingsService.saveAutoMessageEnabled(true)
-  discard self.nodeConfigurationService.setDebugLevel(LogLevel.DEBUG)
+  discard self.nodeConfigurationService.setLogLevel(LogLevel.DEBUG)
 
   quit(QuitSuccess) # quits the app TODO: change this to logout instead when supported
 
@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@ proc isAutoMessageEnabled*(self: Controller): bool =
   return self.settingsService.autoMessageEnabled()
 
 proc isDebugEnabled*(self: Controller): bool =
-  return self.nodeConfigurationService.getDebugLevel() == $LogLevel.DEBUG
+  return self.nodeConfigurationService.isDebugEnabled()
   
 proc toggleDebug*(self: Controller) =
   var logLevel = LogLevel.DEBUG
   if(self.isDebugEnabled()):
     logLevel = LogLevel.INFO
 
-  if(not self.nodeConfigurationService.setDebugLevel(logLevel)):
+  if(not self.nodeConfigurationService.setLogLevel(logLevel)):
     # in the future we may do a call from here to show a popup about this error
     error "an error occurred, we couldn't toggle debug level"
     return
diff --git a/src/app_service/service/node_configuration/service.nim b/src/app_service/service/node_configuration/service.nim
index f4a10d705a..ba1c059328 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/node_configuration/service.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/node_configuration/service.nim
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ const BLOOM_LEVEL_NORMAL* = "normal"
 const BLOOM_LEVEL_FULL* = "full"
 const BLOOM_LEVEL_LIGHT* = "light"
 
+const SIGNAL_NODE_LOG_LEVEL_UPDATE* = "nodeLogLevelUpdated"
+
+type
+  NodeLogLevelUpdatedArgs* = ref object of Args
+    logLevel*: LogLevel
+
 type
   ErrorArgs* = ref object of Args
     msg*: string
@@ -244,13 +250,20 @@ proc setV2LightMode*(self: Service, enabled: bool): bool =
   newConfiguration.WakuV2Config.LightClient = enabled
   return self.saveConfiguration(newConfiguration)
 
-proc getDebugLevel*(self: Service): string =
+proc getLogLevel(self: Service): string =
   return self.configuration.LogLevel
 
-proc setDebugLevel*(self: Service, logLevel: LogLevel): bool =
+proc isDebugEnabled*(self: Service): bool =
+  return self.getLogLevel() == $LogLevel.DEBUG
+
+proc setLogLevel*(self: Service, logLevel: LogLevel): bool =
   var newConfiguration = self.configuration
   newConfiguration.LogLevel = $logLevel
-  return self.saveConfiguration(newConfiguration)
+  if self.saveConfiguration(newConfiguration):
+    self.events.emit(SIGNAL_NODE_LOG_LEVEL_UPDATE, NodeLogLevelUpdatedArgs(logLevel: logLevel))
+    return true
+  else:
+    return false
 
 proc isV2LightMode*(self: Service): bool =
    return self.configuration.WakuV2Config.LightClient
diff --git a/src/nim_status_client.nim b/src/nim_status_client.nim
index 023e63dee9..8549f763b6 100644
--- a/src/nim_status_client.nim
+++ b/src/nim_status_client.nim
@@ -52,17 +52,16 @@ proc prepareLogging() =
         except:
           logLoggingFailure(cstring(msg), getCurrentException())
 
-  # do not create log file
-  when not defined(production):
-    # log level can be overriden by LOG_LEVEL env parameter
-    let logLvl = try: parseEnum[LogLevel](getEnv("LOG_LEVEL"))
-                      except: NONE
+  let defaultLogLvl = if defined(production): LogLevel.INFO else: LogLevel.DEBUG
+  # default log level can be overriden by LOG_LEVEL env parameter
+  let logLvl = try: parseEnum[LogLevel](getEnv("LOG_LEVEL"))
+               except: defaultLogLvl
 
-    setLogLevel(logLvl)
+  setLogLevel(logLvl)
 
-    let formattedDate = now().format("yyyyMMdd'_'HHmmss")
-    let logFile = fmt"app_{formattedDate}.log"
-    discard defaultChroniclesStream.outputs[1].open(LOGDIR & logFile, fmAppend)
+  let formattedDate = now().format("yyyyMMdd'_'HHmmss")
+  let logFile = fmt"app_{formattedDate}.log"
+  discard defaultChroniclesStream.outputs[1].open(LOGDIR & logFile, fmAppend)
 
 proc setupRemoteSignalsHandling() =
   # Please note that this must use the `cdecl` calling convention because