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/events/events.go b/events/events.go
index 8bb4a5ad..513f866a 100644
--- a/events/events.go
+++ b/events/events.go
@@ -23,21 +23,21 @@ func NewEventPublisher() *eventPublisher {
 	return eventPublisher
 }
 
-func (el *eventPublisher) RegisterSubscriber(listener EventSubscriber) {
-	el.subscriberMtx.Lock()
-	defer el.subscriberMtx.Unlock()
-	el.listeners = append(el.listeners, listener)
+func (ep *eventPublisher) RegisterSubscriber(listener EventSubscriber) {
+	ep.subscriberMtx.Lock()
+	defer ep.subscriberMtx.Unlock()
+	ep.listeners = append(ep.listeners, listener)
 }
 
-func (el *eventPublisher) RemoveSubscriber(listenerToRemove EventSubscriber) {
-	el.subscriberMtx.Lock()
-	defer el.subscriberMtx.Unlock()
+func (ep *eventPublisher) RemoveSubscriber(listenerToRemove EventSubscriber) {
+	ep.subscriberMtx.Lock()
+	defer ep.subscriberMtx.Unlock()
 
-	for i, listener := range el.listeners {
+	for i, listener := range ep.listeners {
 		// delete the listener from the listeners array
 		if listener == listenerToRemove {
-			el.listeners[i] = el.listeners[len(el.listeners)-1]
-			el.listeners = slices.Delete(el.listeners, len(el.listeners)-1, len(el.listeners))
+			ep.listeners[i] = ep.listeners[len(ep.listeners)-1]
+			ep.listeners = slices.Delete(ep.listeners, len(ep.listeners)-1, len(ep.listeners))
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (el *eventPublisher) RemoveSubscriber(listenerToRemove EventSubscriber) {
 func (ep *eventPublisher) Publish(event *Event) {
 	ep.subscriberMtx.Lock()
 	defer ep.subscriberMtx.Unlock()
-	logger.Logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"event": event}).Info("Publishing event")
+	logger.Logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"event": event, "global": ep.globalProperties}).Info("Publishing event")
 	for _, listener := range ep.listeners {
 		// events are consumed in sequence as some listeners depend on earlier consumers
 		// (e.g. NIP-47 notifier depends on transactions service updating transactions)
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ func (ep *eventPublisher) Publish(event *Event) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (el *eventPublisher) SetGlobalProperty(key string, value interface{}) {
-	el.globalProperties[key] = value
+func (ep *eventPublisher) SetGlobalProperty(key string, value interface{}) {
+	ep.globalProperties[key] = value
 }
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{