diff --git a/appdatabase/migrations/sql/1733335056_default_log_namespaces.up.sql b/appdatabase/migrations/sql/1733335056_default_log_namespaces.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9001e2e5d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appdatabase/migrations/sql/1733335056_default_log_namespaces.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+UPDATE log_config
+SET
+    log_namespaces = 'wakunode:info'
+WHERE
+    log_namespaces IS NULL
+    OR log_namespaces = '';
diff --git a/wakuv2/message_publishing.go b/wakuv2/message_publishing.go
index 93543bc6e39..c49532ec04f 100644
--- a/wakuv2/message_publishing.go
+++ b/wakuv2/message_publishing.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (w *Waku) publishEnvelope(envelope *protocol.Envelope) {
 	var err error
 	// only used in testing to simulate going offline
 	if w.cfg.SkipPublishToTopic {
-		logger.Info("skipping publish to topic")
+		logger.Debug("skipping publish to topic")
 		err = errors.New("test send failure")
 	} else {
 		err = w.messageSender.Send(publish.NewRequest(w.ctx, envelope))
diff --git a/wakuv2/persistence/dbstore.go b/wakuv2/persistence/dbstore.go
index 4d75c0a56a0..5d5d889abe9 100644
--- a/wakuv2/persistence/dbstore.go
+++ b/wakuv2/persistence/dbstore.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (d *DBStore) Query(query *storepb.HistoryQuery) (*storepb.Index, []gowakuPe
 	start := time.Now()
 	defer func() {
 		elapsed := time.Since(start)
-		d.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Loading records from the DB took %s", elapsed))
+		d.log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Loading records from the DB took %s", elapsed))
 	}()
 
 	sqlQuery := `SELECT id, receiverTimestamp, senderTimestamp, contentTopic, pubsubTopic, payload, version 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ func (d *DBStore) GetAll() ([]gowakuPersistence.StoredMessage, error) {
 	start := time.Now()
 	defer func() {
 		elapsed := time.Since(start)
-		d.log.Info("loading records from the DB", zap.Duration("duration", elapsed))
+		d.log.Debug("loading records from the DB", zap.Duration("duration", elapsed))
 	}()
 
 	rows, err := d.db.Query("SELECT id, receiverTimestamp, senderTimestamp, contentTopic, pubsubTopic, payload, version FROM store_messages ORDER BY senderTimestamp ASC")
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ func (d *DBStore) GetAll() ([]gowakuPersistence.StoredMessage, error) {
 		result = append(result, record)
 	}
 
-	d.log.Info("DB returned records", zap.Int("count", len(result)))
+	d.log.Debug("DB returned records", zap.Int("count", len(result)))
 
 	err = rows.Err()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/wakuv2/waku.go b/wakuv2/waku.go
index 1fc541bd2f7..8df2a430f76 100644
--- a/wakuv2/waku.go
+++ b/wakuv2/waku.go
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func New(nodeKey *ecdsa.PrivateKey, fleet string, cfg *Config, logger *zap.Logge
 		node.WithConnectionNotification(waku.connectionNotifChan),
 		node.WithTopicHealthStatusChannel(waku.topicHealthStatusChan),
 		node.WithKeepAlive(randomPeersKeepAliveInterval, allPeersKeepAliveInterval),
-		node.WithLogger(logger),
+		node.WithLogger(logger.Named("wakunode")),
 		node.WithLogLevel(logger.Level()),
 		node.WithClusterID(cfg.ClusterID),
 		node.WithMaxMsgSize(1024 * 1024),
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ func (w *Waku) runPeerExchangeLoop() {
 			w.logger.Debug("Peer exchange loop stopped")
 			return
 		case <-ticker.C:
-			w.logger.Info("Running peer exchange loop")
+			w.logger.Debug("Running peer exchange loop")
 
 			// We select only the nodes discovered via DNS Discovery that support peer exchange
 			// We assume that those peers are running peer exchange according to infra config,
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ func (w *Waku) GetFilter(id string) *common.Filter {
 // Unsubscribe removes an installed message handler.
 func (w *Waku) UnsubscribeMany(ids []string) error {
 	for _, id := range ids {
-		w.logger.Info("cleaning up filter", zap.String("id", id))
+		w.logger.Debug("cleaning up filter", zap.String("id", id))
 		ok := w.filters.Uninstall(id)
 		if !ok {
 			w.logger.Warn("could not remove filter with id", zap.String("id", id))
@@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ func (w *Waku) OnNewEnvelopes(envelope *protocol.Envelope, msgType common.Messag
 
 	_, err := w.add(recvMessage, processImmediately)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Info("invalid envelope received", zap.Error(err))
+		logger.Debug("invalid envelope received", zap.Error(err))
 		trouble = true
 	}