diff --git a/libs/common/src/logger/services/winston.logger.ts b/libs/common/src/logger/services/winston.logger.ts
index 34b6a75..9e8fa11 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/logger/services/winston.logger.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/logger/services/winston.logger.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,43 @@
 import { utilities as nestWinstonModuleUtilities } from 'nest-winston';
 import * as winston from 'winston';
+const environment = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'local';
 
 export const winstonLoggerOptions: winston.LoggerOptions = {
   level:
-    process.env.AZURE_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE === 'development' ? 'debug' : 'error',
+    environment === 'local'
+      ? 'debug'
+      : environment === 'development'
+        ? 'warn'
+        : 'error',
   transports: [
     new winston.transports.Console({
+      level:
+        environment === 'local'
+          ? 'debug'
+          : environment === 'development'
+            ? 'warn'
+            : 'error',
       format: winston.format.combine(
         winston.format.timestamp(),
         nestWinstonModuleUtilities.format.nestLike('MyApp', {
-          prettyPrint: true,
+          prettyPrint: environment === 'local',
         }),
       ),
     }),
-    new winston.transports.File({
-      filename: 'logs/error.log',
-      level: 'error',
-      format: winston.format.json(),
-    }),
-    new winston.transports.File({
-      filename: 'logs/combined.log',
-      format: winston.format.json(),
-    }),
+    // Only create file logs if NOT local
+    ...(environment !== 'local'
+      ? [
+          new winston.transports.File({
+            filename: 'logs/error.log',
+            level: 'error',
+            format: winston.format.json(),
+          }),
+          new winston.transports.File({
+            filename: 'logs/combined.log',
+            level: 'info',
+            format: winston.format.json(),
+          }),
+        ]
+      : []),
   ],
 };