diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b879cb2..52b0e9a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Features:
 * Clean, opinionated log output format powered by [pino-pretty](https://github.com/pinojs/pino-pretty):
   * Colorized output when stream is TTY and supports it
   * Automatically [serialize passed objects and Errors](#serializing-objects-and-errors), including [Error Cause](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-error-cause)
+  * Automatically redact current working directory from log output
 * [Bring-Your-Own settings](#additional-app-logger-configuration)
   * Add or use your own streams/[transports](https://getpino.io/#/docs/transports?id=known-transports) for destinations
   * All pino-pretty configs are exposed and extensible
@@ -193,9 +194,9 @@ export interface FileOptions {
 ```ts
 export interface LoggerAppExtras {
   /**
-   * Additional pino-pretty options that are applied to the built-in console/log streams
+   * Additional pino-pretty options that are applied to the built-in console/log streams (including CWD redaction)
    * */
-  pretty?: PrettyOptions
+  pretty?: PrettyOptionsExtra
   /**
    * Additional logging destinations to use alongside the built-in console/log stream. These can be any created by buildDestination* functions or other Pino Transports
    * */
diff --git a/src/destinations.ts b/src/destinations.ts
index 70bd402..f88c96c 100644
--- a/src/destinations.ts
+++ b/src/destinations.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from "./types.js";
 import {DestinationStream, pino, destination} from "pino";
 import {build} from "pino-pretty"
-import {PRETTY_OPTS_CONSOLE, PRETTY_OPTS_FILE} from "./pretty.js";
+import {PRETTY_OPTS_CONSOLE, PRETTY_OPTS_FILE, prettyOptsConsoleFactory, prettyOptsFileFactory} from "./pretty.js";
 import {fileOrDirectoryIsWriteable} from "./util.js";
 import path from "path";
 import {ErrorWithCause} from "pony-cause";
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export const buildDestinationFile = (level: LogLevel | false, options: FileDesti
 
         return {
             level: level,
-            stream: build({...PRETTY_OPTS_FILE, ...rest, destination: dest})
+            stream: build({...prettyOptsFileFactory(rest), ...rest, destination: dest})
         };
     } catch (e: any) {
         throw new ErrorWithCause<Error>('WILL NOT write to file due to an error while trying to access the specified directory', {cause: e as Error});
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export const buildDestinationFile = (level: LogLevel | false, options: FileDesti
 export const buildDestinationStream = (level: LogLevel, options: StreamDestination): LogLevelStreamEntry => {
     return {
         level: level,
-        stream: build({...PRETTY_OPTS_CONSOLE, ...options})
+        stream: build({...prettyOptsConsoleFactory(options)})
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/factory.ts b/src/factory.ts
index 9481c6f..44192a7 100644
--- a/src/factory.ts
+++ b/src/factory.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import {
     PRETTY_OPTS_FILE,
     //PRETTY_LEVELS,
     //PRETTY_LEVELS_STR,
-    prettyOptsFactory
+    prettyOptsFactory,
+    prettyOptsFileFactory,
+    prettyOptsConsoleFactory
 } from "./pretty.js";
 import {
     buildDestinationStream,
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ export {
     //PRETTY_LEVELS_STR,
     PRETTY_ISO8601,
     prettyOptsFactory,
+    prettyOptsFileFactory,
+    prettyOptsConsoleFactory,
     buildDestinationStream,
     buildDestinationStdout,
     buildDestinationStderr,
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 50da2a7..0db36f8 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import {
     LogData,
     LogLevel,
     LOG_LEVELS,
-    LoggerAppExtras
+    LoggerAppExtras,
+    PrettyOptionsExtra
 } from './types.js'
 
 import {
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ export type {
     LogOptions,
     LogData,
     LogLevel,
-    LoggerAppExtras
+    LoggerAppExtras,
+    PrettyOptionsExtra
 }
 
 export {
diff --git a/src/pretty.ts b/src/pretty.ts
index 167d48f..bd20a1e 100644
--- a/src/pretty.ts
+++ b/src/pretty.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
 import {PrettyOptions} from "pino-pretty";
 import {CWD} from "./util.js";
-import {PRETTY_COLORS, PRETTY_COLORS_STR, PRETTY_LEVELS, PRETTY_LEVELS_STR} from "./types.js";
+import {PRETTY_COLORS, PRETTY_COLORS_STR, PRETTY_LEVELS, PRETTY_LEVELS_STR, PrettyOptionsExtra} from "./types.js";
 
 /**
  * Builds the opinionated `@foxxmd/logging` defaults for pino-pretty `PrettyOptions` and merges them with an optional user-provided `PrettyOptions` object
  * */
-export const prettyOptsFactory = (opts: Omit<PrettyOptions, 'customLevels'> = {}): PrettyOptions => {
+export const prettyOptsFactory = (opts: PrettyOptionsExtra = {}): PrettyOptions => {
     const {
         //customLevels = {},
         customColors = {},
+        redactCwd = true,
         ...rest
     } = opts;
 
+    let redactFunc: (content: string) => string;
+    if(redactCwd) {
+        redactFunc = (content) => content.replaceAll(CWD, 'CWD');
+    } else {
+        redactFunc = (content) => content;
+    }
+
     return {
         messageFormat: (log, messageKey, levelLabel, {colors}) => {
             const labels: string[] = log.labels as string[] ?? [];
-            const leaf = log.leaf as string | undefined;
-            const nodes = labels;
-            if (leaf !== null && leaf !== undefined && !nodes.includes(leaf)) {
-                nodes.push(leaf);
-            }
-            const labelContent = nodes.length === 0 ? '' : `${nodes.map((x: string) => colors.blackBright(`[${x}]`)).join(' ')} `;
-            const msg = (log[messageKey] as string).replaceAll(CWD, 'CWD');
-            const stackTrace = log.err !== undefined ? `\n${(log.err as any).stack.replaceAll(CWD, 'CWD')}` : '';
+            const labelContent = labels.length === 0 ? '' : `${labels.map((x: string) => colors.blackBright(`[${x}]`)).join(' ')} `;
+            const msg = redactFunc((log[messageKey] as string));
+            const stackTrace = log.err !== undefined ? redactFunc(`\n${(log.err as any).stack}`) : '';
             return `${labelContent}${msg}${stackTrace}`;
         },
         hideObject: false,
@@ -69,18 +72,36 @@ const buildColors = (userColors: PrettyOptions['customColors'] = {}): PrettyOpti
     return colors;
 }
 
+const PRETTY_OPTS_CONSOLE_DEFAULTS: PrettyOptions = {sync: true};
+
 /**
- * Pre-defined pino-pretty `PrettyOptions` for use with console/stream output
+ * Generate pino-pretty `PrettyOptions` for use with console/stream output
  *
  * @source
  * */
-export const PRETTY_OPTS_CONSOLE: PrettyOptions = prettyOptsFactory({sync: true})
+export const prettyOptsConsoleFactory = (opts: PrettyOptionsExtra = {}): PrettyOptions => prettyOptsFactory({...opts, ...PRETTY_OPTS_CONSOLE_DEFAULTS});
 /**
- * Pre-defined pino-pretty `PrettyOptions` for use with file output
+ * Pre-defined pino-pretty `PrettyOptions` for use with console/stream output
  *
  * @source
  * */
-export const PRETTY_OPTS_FILE: PrettyOptions = prettyOptsFactory({
+export const PRETTY_OPTS_CONSOLE: PrettyOptions = prettyOptsConsoleFactory();
+
+const PRETTY_OPTS_FILE_DEFAULTS: PrettyOptions = {
     colorize: false,
     sync: false,
-});
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generate pino-pretty `PrettyOptions` for use with file output
+ *
+ * @source
+ * */
+export const prettyOptsFileFactory = (opts: PrettyOptionsExtra = {}): PrettyOptions => prettyOptsFactory({...opts, ...PRETTY_OPTS_FILE_DEFAULTS});
+
+/**
+ * Pre-defined pino-pretty `PrettyOptions` for use with file output
+ *
+ * @source
+ * */
+export const PRETTY_OPTS_FILE: PrettyOptions = prettyOptsFileFactory();
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 85ba28a..899cf93 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ export interface FileLogOptionsStrong extends FileLogOptions {
 
 export type FileLogOptionsParsed = (Omit<FileLogOptions, 'file'> & {level: false}) | FileLogOptionsStrong
 
-export type FileDestination =    Omit<PrettyOptions, 'destination' | 'sync'> & FileOptionsParsed;
-export type StreamDestination =  Omit<PrettyOptions, 'destination'> & {destination: number | DestinationStream | NodeJS.WritableStream};
+export type FileDestination =    Omit<PrettyOptionsExtra, 'destination' | 'sync'> & FileOptionsParsed;
+export type StreamDestination =  Omit<PrettyOptionsExtra, 'destination'> & {destination: number | DestinationStream | NodeJS.WritableStream};
 
 export type LogOptionsParsed = Omit<Required<LogOptions>, 'file'> & { file: FileLogOptionsParsed }
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export interface LoggerAppExtras {
     /**
      * Additional pino-pretty options that are applied to the built-in console/log streams
      * */
-    pretty?: PrettyOptions
+    pretty?: PrettyOptionsExtra
     /**
      * Additional logging destinations to use alongside the built-in console/log stream. These can be any created by `buildDestination*` functions or other [Pino Transports](https://getpino.io/#/docs/transports?id=known-transports)
      * */
@@ -159,6 +159,22 @@ export const CUSTOM_LEVELS: LoggerOptions<"verbose" | "log">['customLevels'] = {
  * */
 export type PinoLoggerOptions = Omit<LoggerOptions, 'level' | 'mixin' | 'mixinMergeStrategy' | 'customLevels' | 'useOnlyCustomLevels' | 'transport'>
 
+/**
+ * pino-pretty options and additional options specific to how @foxxmd/logging uses pino-pretty
+ * */
+export interface PrettyOptionsExtra extends Omit<PrettyOptions, 'customLevels'> {
+    /**
+     * Control whether the current working directory should be replaced with 'CWD' in log output
+     *
+     * Useful for eliminating noisy parent paths that aren't relevant during debugging -- or to protect user privacy.
+     *
+     * **NOTE:** Only applies to log message and errors. If you need to redact arbitrary properties you should use pino's [`redact`](https://getpino.io/#/docs/api?id=redact-array-object) or pino-pretty's [`customPrettifiers`](https://github.com/pinojs/pino-pretty?tab=readme-ov-file#options)
+     *
+     * @default true
+     * */
+    redactCwd?: boolean
+}
+
 /**
  * Additional levels included in @foxxmd/logging as an object
  *