diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index 21a537f..0e998f2 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       </list>
     </option>
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="jbr-25" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_25" project-jdk-name="liberica-25" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/runConfigurations/Demo.xml b/.idea/runConfigurations/Demo.xml
index 2231a91..8565b90 100644
--- a/.idea/runConfigurations/Demo.xml
+++ b/.idea/runConfigurations/Demo.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <component name="ProjectRunConfigurationManager">
   <configuration default="false" name="Demo" type="Application" factoryName="Application">
-    <option name="ALTERNATIVE_JRE_PATH" value="jbr-25" />
-    <option name="ALTERNATIVE_JRE_PATH_ENABLED" value="true" />
+    <option name="ALTERNATIVE_JRE_PATH" value="liberica-1.8" />
     <option name="MAIN_CLASS_NAME" value="ai.cirkl.oss.Main" />
     <module name="cirrus-example" />
     <option name="VM_PARAMETERS" value="--add-opens java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED -Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true" />
diff --git a/cirrus-api/pom.xml b/cirrus-api/pom.xml
index 219209b..b0ba899 100644
--- a/cirrus-api/pom.xml
+++ b/cirrus-api/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>ai.cirkl.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>Cirrus</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0</version>
+        <version>1.2.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>cirrus-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/Cirrus.java b/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/Cirrus.java
index e6f69ca..a760af8 100644
--- a/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/Cirrus.java
+++ b/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/Cirrus.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public Cirrus modify(final CirrusExtension... extensions) {
     }
 
     public Cirrus sensibleDefaults() {
-        return modify(new LoggingExtension(), new StaticFilesExtension(), new DefaultErrorsExtension());
+        return modify(new LoggingExtension(Level.INFO), new StaticFilesExtension(), new DefaultErrorsExtension());
     }
 
     public Cirrus routes(final Object controller) {
diff --git a/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/extension/LoggingExtension.java b/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/extension/LoggingExtension.java
index 4188dc9..6c87ce9 100644
--- a/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/extension/LoggingExtension.java
+++ b/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/extension/LoggingExtension.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public final class LoggingExtension implements CirrusExtension {
 
     private final Level level;
diff --git a/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/extension/RequestLoggerExtension.java b/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/extension/RequestLoggerExtension.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a8ed98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/extension/RequestLoggerExtension.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package ai.cirkl.oss.api.extension;
+
+import ai.cirkl.oss.api.context.CirrusContext;
+import ai.cirkl.oss.api.interfaces.CirrusExtension;
+import ai.cirkl.oss.core.utils.net.CirrusHandler;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class RequestLoggerExtension implements CirrusExtension {
+
+    public RequestLoggerExtension() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void apply(final CirrusContext context) {
+        CirrusHandler.logRequests = true;
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/interfaces/CirrusExtension.java b/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/interfaces/CirrusExtension.java
index ac3cf9e..e07fea9 100644
--- a/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/interfaces/CirrusExtension.java
+++ b/cirrus-api/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/api/interfaces/CirrusExtension.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 @FunctionalInterface
 public interface CirrusExtension {
 
-    void apply(CirrusContext context);
+    void apply(final CirrusContext context);
 
 
 }
diff --git a/cirrus-core/pom.xml b/cirrus-core/pom.xml
index 6c53e8c..ed0679b 100644
--- a/cirrus-core/pom.xml
+++ b/cirrus-core/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>ai.cirkl.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>Cirrus</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0</version>
+        <version>1.2.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>cirrus-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/cirrus-core/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/core/features/Template.java b/cirrus-core/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/core/features/Template.java
index 09ddc48..3185afc 100644
--- a/cirrus-core/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/core/features/Template.java
+++ b/cirrus-core/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/core/features/Template.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public static String render(final String templateName, final Map<String, Object>
 
     private static String loadTemplate(final String name) {
         if(cacheEnabled && cache.containsKey(name)) {
-            logger.trace("Template loaded from cache: {}", name);
+            logger.debug("Template loaded from cache: {}", name);
             return cache.get(name);
         }
 
@@ -76,15 +76,15 @@ private static String loadTemplate(final String name) {
                 logger.debug("Template loaded from classpath: {}", name);
             }
         } catch(final IOException ioException) {
-            logger.trace("Could not load template from classpath: {}", name);
+            logger.error("Could not load template from classpath: {}", name);
         }
 
         if(content == null) {
             try {
                 content = Files.readString(Path.of(templateDir, name));
                 logger.debug("Template loaded from filesystem: {}", name);
-            } catch(IOException e) {
-                logger.trace("Could not load template from filesystem: {}", name);
+            } catch(IOException ioException) {
+                logger.error("Could not load template from filesystem: {}", name);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/cirrus-core/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/core/utils/net/CirrusHandler.java b/cirrus-core/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/core/utils/net/CirrusHandler.java
index 152d51a..ac0a35e 100644
--- a/cirrus-core/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/core/utils/net/CirrusHandler.java
+++ b/cirrus-core/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/core/utils/net/CirrusHandler.java
@@ -34,16 +34,23 @@
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.*;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator;
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 public final class CirrusHandler extends ChannelInboundHandlerAdapter {
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(CirrusHandler.class);
     private final Router router;
+    public static boolean logRequests = false;
 
     public CirrusHandler(final Router router) {
+        if(!logRequests) {
+            Configurator.setLevel(CirrusHandler.class, Level.OFF);
+        }
+
         this.router = router;
     }
 
@@ -58,13 +65,13 @@ public void channelRead(final ChannelHandlerContext ctx, final Object msg) {
             final String path = decoder.path();
             final HttpMethod method = HttpMethod.valueOf(nettyReq.method().name());
 
-            logger.debug("Incoming request: {} {}", method, path);
+            logger.info("Incoming request: {} {}", method, path);
 
             final RouteMatch match = router.match(path, method);
             ResponseContext responseContext = new ResponseContext();
 
             if(match != null) {
-                logger.debug("Route matched: {}", match.routeAdapter().path());
+                logger.info("Route matched: {}", match.routeAdapter().path());
                 final RequestContext requestContext = new RequestContext(nettyReq, match.params());
                 try {
                     final Object result = match.routeAdapter().handler().handle(requestContext, responseContext);
@@ -130,4 +137,6 @@ public void exceptionCaught(final ChannelHandlerContext ctx, final Throwable cau
         logger.error("Channel exception caught", cause);
         ctx.close();
     }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 86fef30..a324d41 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>ai.cirkl.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>Cirrus</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.0</version>
+        <version>1.2.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>cirrus-example</artifactId>
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/example/App.java b/example/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/example/App.java
index 0d9fe1e..ebe331a 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/example/App.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/ai/cirkl/oss/example/App.java
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ public final class App {
     private final List<User> users = new ArrayList<>();
     private final AtomicInteger idCounter = new AtomicInteger(1);
 
-    //.modify(new LoggingExtension(),
-//                        new DefaultErrorsExtension(),
-//                        new StaticFilesExtension())
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     public static void run(final String[] args) {
         new Cirrus()
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 90bfa43..7d22e92 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
     <groupId>ai.cirkl.oss</groupId>
     <artifactId>Cirrus</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0</version>
+    <version>1.2.1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <modules>