diff --git a/pkg/epp/backend/metrics/logger.go b/pkg/epp/backend/metrics/logger.go
index 74735755..8c73d488 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/backend/metrics/logger.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/backend/metrics/logger.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func StartMetricsLogger(ctx context.Context, datastore Datastore, refreshPrometh
 						return time.Since(pm.GetMetrics().UpdateTime) > metricsValidityPeriod
 					})
 					s := fmt.Sprintf("Current Pods and metrics gathered. Fresh metrics: %+v, Stale metrics: %+v", podsWithFreshMetrics, podsWithStaleMetrics)
-					logger.Info(s)
+					logger.V(logutil.VERBOSE).Info(s)
 				}
 			}
 		}()
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func flushPrometheusMetricsOnce(logger logr.Logger, datastore Datastore) {
 	pool, err := datastore.PoolGet()
 	if err != nil {
 		// No inference pool or not initialize.
-		logger.V(logutil.VERBOSE).Info("pool is not initialized, skipping flushing metrics")
+		logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Info("pool is not initialized, skipping flushing metrics")
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/epp/handlers/response.go b/pkg/epp/handlers/response.go
index 79ad7a6a..cf64f4a4 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/handlers/response.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/handlers/response.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func (s *Server) HandleStreaming(
 ) error {
 	responseText := string(body.ResponseBody.Body)
 	if strings.Contains(responseText, streamingEndMsg) {
-		parsedResp := ParseRespForUsage(ctx, responseText, loggerVerbose)
+		parsedResp := ParseRespForUsage(ctx, responseText)
 		reqCtx.Usage = parsedResp.Usage
 	}
 
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ func (s *Server) HandleStreaming(
 func ParseRespForUsage(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	responseText string,
-	loggerVerbose logr.Logger,
 ) Response {
 	response := Response{}
 
@@ -246,7 +245,8 @@ func ParseRespForUsage(
 
 		byteSlice := []byte(content)
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(byteSlice, &response); err != nil {
-			loggerVerbose.Error(err, "unmarshaling response body")
+			logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
+			logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Error(err, "unmarshaling response body")
 			continue
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/epp/handlers/streamingserver.go b/pkg/epp/handlers/streamingserver.go
index 64f9c03b..d704578a 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/handlers/streamingserver.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/handlers/streamingserver.go
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ type StreamingServer struct {
 func (s *StreamingServer) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer) error {
 	ctx := srv.Context()
 	logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
-	loggerVerbose := logger.V(logutil.VERBOSE)
-	loggerVerbose.Info("Processing")
+	loggerTrace := logger.V(logutil.TRACE)
+	loggerTrace.Info("Processing")
 
 	// Create request context to share states during life time of an HTTP request.
 	// See https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/17540.
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer)
 		if recvErr != nil {
 			// This error occurs very frequently, though it doesn't seem to have any impact.
 			// TODO Figure out if we can remove this noise.
-			loggerVerbose.Error(err, "Cannot receive stream request")
+			logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Error(err, "Cannot receive stream request")
 			return status.Errorf(codes.Unknown, "cannot receive stream request: %v", err)
 		}
 
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer)
 		case *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_RequestHeaders:
 			err = s.HandleRequestHeaders(ctx, reqCtx, v)
 		case *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_RequestBody:
-			loggerVerbose.Info("Incoming body chunk", "body", string(v.RequestBody.Body), "EoS", v.RequestBody.EndOfStream)
+			loggerTrace.Info("Incoming body chunk", "EoS", v.RequestBody.EndOfStream)
 			// In the stream case, we can receive multiple request bodies.
 			body = append(body, v.RequestBody.Body...)
 
 			// Message is buffered, we can read and decode.
 			if v.RequestBody.EndOfStream {
-				loggerVerbose.Info("decoding")
+				loggerTrace.Info("decoding")
 				err = json.Unmarshal(body, &requestBody)
 				if err != nil {
 					logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Error(err, "Error unmarshaling request body")
@@ -133,22 +133,19 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer)
 					metrics.RecordRequestCounter(reqCtx.Model, reqCtx.ResolvedTargetModel)
 					metrics.RecordRequestSizes(reqCtx.Model, reqCtx.ResolvedTargetModel, reqCtx.RequestSize)
 				}
-				loggerVerbose.Info("Request context after HandleRequestBody", "context", reqCtx)
 			}
 		case *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_RequestTrailers:
 			// This is currently unused.
 		case *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_ResponseHeaders:
-			loggerVerbose.Info("got response headers", "headers", v.ResponseHeaders.Headers.GetHeaders())
 			for _, header := range v.ResponseHeaders.Headers.GetHeaders() {
 				value := string(header.RawValue)
 
-				logger.V(logutil.TRACE).Info("header", "key", header.Key, "value", value)
+				loggerTrace.Info("header", "key", header.Key, "value", value)
 				if header.Key == "status" && value != "200" {
 					reqCtx.ResponseStatusCode = errutil.ModelServerError
 				} else if header.Key == "content-type" && strings.Contains(value, "text/event-stream") {
 					reqCtx.modelServerStreaming = true
-					loggerVerbose.Info("model server is streaming response")
-					logger.Error(nil, "made it here")
+					loggerTrace.Info("model server is streaming response")
 				}
 			}
 			reqCtx.RequestState = ResponseRecieved
@@ -179,7 +176,7 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer)
 				responseText := string(v.ResponseBody.Body)
 				s.HandleResponseBodyModelStreaming(ctx, reqCtx, responseText)
 				if v.ResponseBody.EndOfStream {
-					loggerVerbose.Info("streaming is completed")
+					loggerTrace.Info("stream completed")
 
 					reqCtx.ResponseCompleteTimestamp = time.Now()
 					metrics.RecordRequestLatencies(ctx, reqCtx.Model, reqCtx.ResolvedTargetModel, reqCtx.RequestReceivedTimestamp, reqCtx.ResponseCompleteTimestamp)
@@ -207,6 +204,7 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer)
 
 				// Message is buffered, we can read and decode.
 				if v.ResponseBody.EndOfStream {
+					loggerTrace.Info("stream completed")
 					// Don't send a 500 on a response error. Just let the message passthrough and log our error for debugging purposes.
 					// We assume the body is valid JSON, err messages are not guaranteed to be json, and so capturing and sending a 500 obfuscates the response message.
 					// using the standard 'err' var will send an immediate error response back to the caller.
@@ -226,7 +224,6 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer)
 						metrics.RecordInputTokens(reqCtx.Model, reqCtx.ResolvedTargetModel, reqCtx.Usage.PromptTokens)
 						metrics.RecordOutputTokens(reqCtx.Model, reqCtx.ResolvedTargetModel, reqCtx.Usage.CompletionTokens)
 					}
-					loggerVerbose.Info("Request context after HandleResponseBody", "context", reqCtx)
 				}
 			}
 		case *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_ResponseTrailers:
@@ -246,8 +243,8 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer)
 			}
 			return nil
 		}
-		loggerVerbose.Info("checking", "request state", reqCtx.RequestState)
-		if err := reqCtx.updateStateAndSendIfNeeded(srv, loggerVerbose); err != nil {
+		loggerTrace.Info("checking", "request state", reqCtx.RequestState)
+		if err := reqCtx.updateStateAndSendIfNeeded(srv, logger); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -255,18 +252,19 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer)
 
 // updateStateAndSendIfNeeded checks state and can send mutiple responses in a single pass, but only if ordered properly.
 // Order of requests matter in FULL_DUPLEX_STREAMING. For both request and response, the order of response sent back MUST be: Header->Body->Trailer, with trailer being optional.
-func (r *RequestContext) updateStateAndSendIfNeeded(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer, loggerVerbose logr.Logger) error {
+func (r *RequestContext) updateStateAndSendIfNeeded(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer, logger logr.Logger) error {
+	loggerTrace := logger.V(logutil.TRACE)
 	// No switch statement as we could send multiple responses in one pass.
 	if r.RequestState == RequestReceived && r.reqHeaderResp != nil {
-		loggerVerbose.Info("Request header response", "obj", r.reqHeaderResp)
+		loggerTrace.Info("Sending request header response", "obj", r.reqHeaderResp)
 		if err := srv.Send(r.reqHeaderResp); err != nil {
-			loggerVerbose.Error(err, "error sending response")
+			logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Error(err, "error sending response")
 			return status.Errorf(codes.Unknown, "failed to send response back to Envoy: %v", err)
 		}
 		r.RequestState = HeaderRequestResponseComplete
 	}
 	if r.RequestState == HeaderRequestResponseComplete && r.reqBodyResp != nil {
-		loggerVerbose.Info("Request body response", "obj", r.reqBodyResp)
+		loggerTrace.Info("Sending request body response")
 		if err := srv.Send(r.reqBodyResp); err != nil {
 			return status.Errorf(codes.Unknown, "failed to send response back to Envoy: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -281,14 +279,14 @@ func (r *RequestContext) updateStateAndSendIfNeeded(srv extProcPb.ExternalProces
 		}
 	}
 	if r.RequestState == ResponseRecieved && r.respHeaderResp != nil {
-		loggerVerbose.Info("Response header response", "obj", r.respHeaderResp)
+		loggerTrace.Info("Sending response header response", "obj", r.respHeaderResp)
 		if err := srv.Send(r.respHeaderResp); err != nil {
 			return status.Errorf(codes.Unknown, "failed to send response back to Envoy: %v", err)
 		}
 		r.RequestState = HeaderResponseResponseComplete
 	}
 	if r.RequestState == HeaderResponseResponseComplete && r.respBodyResp != nil {
-		loggerVerbose.Info("Response body response", "obj", r.respBodyResp)
+		loggerTrace.Info("Sending response body response")
 		if err := srv.Send(r.respBodyResp); err != nil {
 			return status.Errorf(codes.Unknown, "failed to send response back to Envoy: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -298,7 +296,7 @@ func (r *RequestContext) updateStateAndSendIfNeeded(srv extProcPb.ExternalProces
 			r.RequestState = BodyResponseResponsesComplete
 		}
 		// Dump the response so a new stream message can begin
-		r.reqBodyResp = nil
+		r.respBodyResp = nil
 	}
 	if r.RequestState == BodyResponseResponsesComplete && r.respTrailerResp != nil {
 		// Trailers in requests are not guaranteed
@@ -318,15 +316,13 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) HandleRequestBody(
 ) (*RequestContext, error) {
 	var requestBodyBytes []byte
 	logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
-	loggerVerbose := logger.V(logutil.VERBOSE)
-	loggerVerbose.Info("Handling request body")
 
 	// Resolve target models.
 	model, ok := requestBodyMap["model"].(string)
 	if !ok {
 		return reqCtx, errutil.Error{Code: errutil.BadRequest, Msg: "model not found in request"}
 	}
-	loggerVerbose.Info("Model requested", "model", model)
+
 	modelName := model
 
 	// NOTE: The nil checking for the modelObject means that we DO allow passthrough currently.
@@ -347,7 +343,7 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) HandleRequestBody(
 		ResolvedTargetModel: modelName,
 		Critical:            datastore.IsCritical(modelObj),
 	}
-	loggerVerbose.Info("LLM request assembled", "request", llmReq)
+	logger.V(logutil.DEBUG).Info("LLM request assembled", "model", llmReq.Model, "targetModel", llmReq.ResolvedTargetModel, "critical", llmReq.Critical)
 
 	var err error
 	// Update target models in the body.
@@ -360,7 +356,6 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) HandleRequestBody(
 		logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Error(err, "Error marshaling request body")
 		return reqCtx, errutil.Error{Code: errutil.Internal, Msg: fmt.Sprintf("error marshaling request body: %v", err)}
 	}
-	loggerVerbose.Info("Updated request body marshalled", "body", string(requestBodyBytes))
 
 	target, err := s.scheduler.Schedule(ctx, llmReq)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -377,7 +372,8 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) HandleRequestBody(
 	endpoint := targetPod.Address + ":" + strconv.Itoa(int(pool.Spec.TargetPortNumber))
 
 	logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Info("Request handled",
-		"model", llmReq.Model, "targetModel", llmReq.ResolvedTargetModel, "endpoint", targetPod)
+		"model", llmReq.Model, "targetModel", llmReq.ResolvedTargetModel, "endpoint", targetPod, "endpoint metrics",
+		fmt.Sprintf("%+v", target))
 
 	reqCtx.Model = llmReq.Model
 	reqCtx.ResolvedTargetModel = llmReq.ResolvedTargetModel
@@ -385,7 +381,7 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) HandleRequestBody(
 	reqCtx.TargetPod = targetPod.NamespacedName.String()
 	reqCtx.TargetEndpoint = endpoint
 
-	s.populateRequestHeaderResponse(ctx, reqCtx, endpoint, len(requestBodyBytes))
+	s.populateRequestHeaderResponse(reqCtx, endpoint, len(requestBodyBytes))
 
 	reqCtx.reqBodyResp = &extProcPb.ProcessingResponse{
 		// The Endpoint Picker supports two approaches to communicating the target endpoint, as a request header
@@ -416,8 +412,6 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) HandleResponseBody(
 	response map[string]interface{},
 ) (*RequestContext, error) {
 	logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
-	loggerVerbose := logger.V(logutil.VERBOSE)
-	loggerVerbose.Info("Processing HandleResponseBody")
 	responseBytes, err := json.Marshal(response)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Error(err, "error marshalling responseBody")
@@ -431,7 +425,7 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) HandleResponseBody(
 			TotalTokens:      int(usg["total_tokens"].(float64)),
 		}
 		reqCtx.Usage = usage
-		loggerVerbose.Info("Response generated", "usage", reqCtx.Usage)
+		logger.V(logutil.VERBOSE).Info("Response generated", "usage", reqCtx.Usage)
 	}
 	reqCtx.ResponseSize = len(responseBytes)
 	// ResponseComplete is to indicate the response is complete. In non-streaming
@@ -469,12 +463,8 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) HandleResponseBodyModelStreaming(
 	reqCtx *RequestContext,
 	responseText string,
 ) {
-	logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
-	loggerVerbose := logger.V(logutil.VERBOSE)
-	loggerVerbose.Info("Processing HandleResponseBody")
-
 	if strings.Contains(responseText, streamingEndMsg) {
-		resp := ParseRespForUsage(ctx, responseText, loggerVerbose)
+		resp := ParseRespForUsage(ctx, responseText)
 		metrics.RecordInputTokens(reqCtx.Model, reqCtx.ResolvedTargetModel, resp.Usage.PromptTokens)
 		metrics.RecordOutputTokens(reqCtx.Model, reqCtx.ResolvedTargetModel, resp.Usage.CompletionTokens)
 	}
@@ -495,13 +485,12 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) HandleRequestHeaders(ctx context.Context, reqCtx *Requ
 			return err
 		}
 		endpoint := pod.Address + ":" + strconv.Itoa(int(pool.Spec.TargetPortNumber))
-		s.populateRequestHeaderResponse(ctx, reqCtx, endpoint, 0)
+		s.populateRequestHeaderResponse(reqCtx, endpoint, 0)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *StreamingServer) populateRequestHeaderResponse(ctx context.Context, reqCtx *RequestContext, endpoint string, requestBodyLength int) {
-	logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
+func (s *StreamingServer) populateRequestHeaderResponse(reqCtx *RequestContext, endpoint string, requestBodyLength int) {
 	headers := []*configPb.HeaderValueOption{
 		{
 			Header: &configPb.HeaderValue{
@@ -520,10 +509,6 @@ func (s *StreamingServer) populateRequestHeaderResponse(ctx context.Context, req
 			},
 		})
 	}
-	// Print headers for debugging
-	for _, header := range headers {
-		logger.V(logutil.DEBUG).Info("Request body header", "key", header.Header.Key, "value", header.Header.RawValue)
-	}
 
 	targetEndpointValue := &structpb.Struct{
 		Fields: map[string]*structpb.Value{
diff --git a/pkg/epp/scheduling/scheduler.go b/pkg/epp/scheduling/scheduler.go
index c861996a..63d829a1 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/scheduling/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/scheduling/scheduler.go
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ func (s *Scheduler) Schedule(ctx context.Context, req *LLMRequest) (targetPod ba
 	logger := log.FromContext(ctx).WithValues("request", req)
 	podMetrics := s.datastore.PodGetAll()
 
-	logger.V(logutil.VERBOSE).Info(fmt.Sprintf("Scheduling a request. Metrics: %+v", podMetrics))
+	logger.V(logutil.DEBUG).Info(fmt.Sprintf("Scheduling a request. Metrics: %+v", podMetrics))
 	pods, err := s.filter.Filter(logger, req, podMetrics)
 	if err != nil || len(pods) == 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
 			"failed to apply filter, resulted %v pods, this should never happen: %w", len(pods), err)
 	}
-	logger.V(logutil.VERBOSE).Info(fmt.Sprintf("Selecting a random pod from %d candidates: %+v", len(pods), pods))
+	logger.V(logutil.DEBUG).Info(fmt.Sprintf("Selecting a random pod from %d candidates: %+v", len(pods), pods))
 	i := rand.Intn(len(pods))
 	return pods[i], nil
 }