diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 664baa08..a4239df8 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# only enable event logging in production
+LOG_EVENTS=false
+
 #WORK_DIR=.data
 #DATABASE_URI=nwc.db
 #NOSTR_PRIVKEY=
@@ -8,9 +11,6 @@
 #FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:5173
 #AUTO_LINK_ALBY_ACCOUNT=false
 
-# set LDK_GOSSIP_SOURCE as empty to not use RGS
-#LDK_GOSSIP_SOURCE=
-
 # Alby OAuth configuration
 #ALBY_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=
 #ALBY_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=
diff --git a/config/models.go b/config/models.go
index 8df1ad43..13277840 100644
--- a/config/models.go
+++ b/config/models.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type AppConfig struct {
 	AlbyOAuthAuthUrl      string `envconfig:"ALBY_OAUTH_AUTH_URL" default:"https://getalby.com/oauth"`
 	BaseUrl               string `envconfig:"BASE_URL" default:"http://localhost:8080"`
 	FrontendUrl           string `envconfig:"FRONTEND_URL"`
-	LogEvents             bool   `envconfig:"LOG_EVENTS" default:"false"`
+	LogEvents             bool   `envconfig:"LOG_EVENTS" default:"true"`
 	AutoLinkAlbyAccount   bool   `envconfig:"AUTO_LINK_ALBY_ACCOUNT" default:"true"`
 	PhoenixdAddress       string `envconfig:"PHOENIXD_ADDRESS"`
 	PhoenixdAuthorization string `envconfig:"PHOENIXD_AUTHORIZATION"`
diff --git a/service/start.go b/service/start.go
index 7b27f1c1..457b7468 100644
--- a/service/start.go
+++ b/service/start.go
@@ -202,8 +202,9 @@ func (svc *service) launchLNBackend(ctx context.Context, encryptionKey string) e
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Logger.WithError(err).Error("Failed to fetch node info")
 	}
-	if info != nil && info.Pubkey != "" {
+	if info != nil {
 		svc.eventPublisher.SetGlobalProperty("node_id", info.Pubkey)
+		svc.eventPublisher.SetGlobalProperty("network", info.Network)
 	}
 
 	svc.eventPublisher.Publish(&events.Event{