diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4989a2e51a2..c8a3285e239 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,15 +63,15 @@
     "-- CI SCRIPTS ": "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------",
     "build": "./scripts/build/build-ci.sh",
     "ci-compile": "node scripts/ci/check-versions.js && node scripts/build/cli npmCiModules && npm run lint && npm run unit-nginx && npm run unit-haproxy && npm run unit-haproxy-healthcheck && npm run unit-cht-deploy && npm run build && npm run integration-api && npm run unit",
-    "ci-integration-all": "mocha --config tests/integration/.mocharc-all.js",
-    "ci-integration-replication": "mocha --config tests/integration/.mocharc-replication.js",
-    "ci-integration-all-k3d": "mocha --config tests/integration/.mocharc-k3d.js",
-    "ci-integration-sentinel": "mocha --config tests/integration/.mocharc-sentinel.js",
-    "ci-integration-sentinel-k3d": "mocha --config tests/integration/.mocharc-sentinel-k3d.js",
-    "ci-webdriver-default": "wdio run ./tests/e2e/default/wdio.conf.js",
-    "ci-webdriver-default-mobile": "wdio run ./tests/e2e/default-mobile/wdio.conf.js",
-    "ci-webdriver-visual-desktop": "wdio run ./tests/e2e/visual/wdio.conf.js --suite=desktopTests",
-    "ci-webdriver-visual-mobile": "wdio run ./tests/e2e/visual/wdio.conf.js --suite=mobileTests",
+    "ci-integration-all": "LOG_LEVEL=debug mocha --config tests/integration/.mocharc-all.js",
+    "ci-integration-replication": "LOG_LEVEL=debug mocha --config tests/integration/.mocharc-replication.js",
+    "ci-integration-all-k3d": "LOG_LEVEL=debug mocha --config tests/integration/.mocharc-k3d.js",
+    "ci-integration-sentinel": "LOG_LEVEL=debug mocha --config tests/integration/.mocharc-sentinel.js",
+    "ci-integration-sentinel-k3d": "LOG_LEVEL=debug mocha --config tests/integration/.mocharc-sentinel-k3d.js",
+    "ci-webdriver-default": "LOG_LEVEL=debug wdio run ./tests/e2e/default/wdio.conf.js",
+    "ci-webdriver-default-mobile": "LOG_LEVEL=debug wdio run ./tests/e2e/default-mobile/wdio.conf.js",
+    "ci-webdriver-visual-desktop": "LOG_LEVEL=debug wdio run ./tests/e2e/visual/wdio.conf.js --suite=desktopTests",
+    "ci-webdriver-visual-mobile": "LOG_LEVEL=debug wdio run ./tests/e2e/visual/wdio.conf.js --suite=mobileTests",
     "publish-for-testing": "./scripts/build/build-service-images.sh && mkdir -p images && node scripts/build/cli publishServiceImages && node ./scripts/build/ddoc-compile.js staging && node ./scripts/build/push-ddoc-to-staging.js",
     "test-config-covid-19": "cd config/covid-19 && npm run test",
     "test-config-default": "cd config/default && npm run test",
diff --git a/scripts/build/helm/templates/api/deployment.yaml b/scripts/build/helm/templates/api/deployment.yaml
index 3d50e406a68..da68bbbe389 100644
--- a/scripts/build/helm/templates/api/deployment.yaml
+++ b/scripts/build/helm/templates/api/deployment.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ spec:
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
       containers:
         - env:
+            - name: LOG_LEVEL
+              value: '{{ .Values.api.log_level | default "info" }}'
             - name: BUILDS_URL
               value: {{ .Values.upstream_servers.builds_url | default "https://staging.dev.medicmobile.org/_couch/builds_4" }}
             - name: COUCH_URL
diff --git a/scripts/build/helm/templates/sentinel/deployment.yaml b/scripts/build/helm/templates/sentinel/deployment.yaml
index 13a05b91455..03f7479ae79 100644
--- a/scripts/build/helm/templates/sentinel/deployment.yaml
+++ b/scripts/build/helm/templates/sentinel/deployment.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - env:
+            - name: LOG_LEVEL
+              value: '{{ .Values.sentinel.log_level | default "info" }}'
             - name: API_HOST
               value: api.{{ .Values.namespace }}.svc.cluster.local
             - name: COUCH_URL
diff --git a/scripts/build/helm/tests/integration-k3d-values.yaml.template b/scripts/build/helm/tests/integration-k3d-values.yaml.template
index c14c8fa1fb9..722f7a56197 100644
--- a/scripts/build/helm/tests/integration-k3d-values.yaml.template
+++ b/scripts/build/helm/tests/integration-k3d-values.yaml.template
@@ -27,3 +27,10 @@ local_storage:
   preExistingDiskPath-2: "{{{data_path}}}/srv2"
   preExistingDiskPath-3: "{{{data_path}}}/srv3"
 
+# API log level for integration tests
+api:
+  log_level: "debug"
+
+# Sentinel log level for integration tests
+sentinel:
+  log_level: "debug"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shared-libs/logger/src/node-logger.js b/shared-libs/logger/src/node-logger.js
index 4488aa17e2b..3744c382d11 100644
--- a/shared-libs/logger/src/node-logger.js
+++ b/shared-libs/logger/src/node-logger.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const { createLogger, format, transports } = require('winston');
-const env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
+// LOG_LEVEL controls logging globally. Defaults to 'info' if not explicitly set.
+const logLevel = process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'info';
+
 
 const cleanUpErrorsFromSymbolProperties = (info) => {
   if (!info) {
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ module.exports.create = (dateFormat) => createLogger({
   transports: [
     new transports.Console({
       // change level if in dev environment versus production
-      level: env === 'development' ? 'debug' : 'info',
+      level: logLevel,
       format: format.combine(
         // https://github.com/winstonjs/winston/issues/1345
         format(info => {
diff --git a/tests/utils/index.js b/tests/utils/index.js
index eeffa741223..20d7384b254 100644
--- a/tests/utils/index.js
+++ b/tests/utils/index.js
@@ -1174,12 +1174,41 @@ const generateComposeFiles = async () => {
     couchdb_servers: 'couchdb-1.local,couchdb-2.local,couchdb-3.local',
   };
 
+  const INJECT_SERVICES = ['api', 'sentinel'];
+
   for (const file of COMPOSE_FILES) {
     const templatePath = getTemplateComposeFilePath(file);
     const testComposePath = getTestComposeFilePath(file);
 
     const template = await fs.promises.readFile(templatePath, 'utf-8');
-    await fs.promises.writeFile(testComposePath, mustache.render(template, view));
+    let compiled = mustache.render(template, view);
+
+    INJECT_SERVICES.forEach((svc) => {
+      const svcHeader = `\n  ${svc}:`;
+      const start = compiled.indexOf(svcHeader);
+      if (start === -1) {
+        return;
+      }
+      
+      const rest = compiled.slice(start + 1);
+      
+      const nextServiceMatch = rest.search(/\n {2}[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:/);
+      const block = nextServiceMatch === -1 ? rest : rest.slice(0, nextServiceMatch + 1);
+
+      const envMarker = '\n    environment:\n';
+      const envIdxInBlock = block.indexOf(envMarker);
+
+      if (envIdxInBlock !== -1) {
+        const insertPos = start + 1 + envIdxInBlock + envMarker.length;
+        const logLine = '      - "LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-debug}"\n';
+        compiled = compiled.slice(0, insertPos) + logLine + compiled.slice(insertPos);
+      } else {
+        const serviceLineEnd = compiled.indexOf('\n', start + 1) + 1;
+        const insertion = '    environment:\n      - "LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-debug}"\n';
+        compiled = compiled.slice(0, serviceLineEnd) + insertion + compiled.slice(serviceLineEnd);
+      }
+    });
+    await fs.promises.writeFile(testComposePath, compiled);
   }
 };