diff --git a/src/backend/common/infrastructure/config/source/index.ts b/src/backend/common/infrastructure/config/source/index.ts
index b7d7bd13..485f81ea 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/infrastructure/config/source/index.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/infrastructure/config/source/index.ts
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ export interface ScrobbleThresholds {
 
 export interface CommonSourceOptions extends SourceRetryOptions {
     /**
-     * If this source has INGRESS to MS (sends a payload, rather than MS GETTING requesting a payload)
-     * then setting this option to true will make MS log the payload JSON to DEBUG output
+     * * If this source has INGRESS to MS (sends a payload, rather than MS GETTING requesting a payload) then setting this option to true will make MS log the payload JSON to DEBUG output
+     * * If this source is POLLING then it will log the raw data for each unique track/response the first time it is seen
      *
      * @default false
      * @examples [false]
diff --git a/src/backend/common/infrastructure/config/source/jellyfin.ts b/src/backend/common/infrastructure/config/source/jellyfin.ts
index 970aa97e..436d7b6d 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/infrastructure/config/source/jellyfin.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/infrastructure/config/source/jellyfin.ts
@@ -90,14 +90,6 @@ export interface JellyApiData extends CommonSourceData {
 }
 
 export interface JellyApiOptions extends CommonSourceOptions {
-    /*
-    * Outputs JSON for session data the first time a new media ID is seen
-    * 
-    * For use when troubleshooting issues
-    * 
-    * @default false
-    */
-    logPayload?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface JellySourceConfig extends CommonSourceConfig {
diff --git a/src/backend/common/infrastructure/config/source/plex.ts b/src/backend/common/infrastructure/config/source/plex.ts
index 9a5b6867..c021db70 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/infrastructure/config/source/plex.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/infrastructure/config/source/plex.ts
@@ -74,14 +74,6 @@ export interface PlexApiData extends CommonSourceData, PollingOptions {
 }
 
 export interface PlexApiOptions extends CommonSourceOptions {
-    /*
-    * Outputs JSON for session data the first time a new media ID is seen
-    * 
-    * For use when troubleshooting issues
-    * 
-    * @default false
-    */
-        logPayload?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface PlexApiSourceConfig extends CommonSourceConfig {
diff --git a/src/backend/common/logging.ts b/src/backend/common/logging.ts
index 9daa88a7..7dc166ee 100644
--- a/src/backend/common/logging.ts
+++ b/src/backend/common/logging.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import { childLogger, FileLogOptions, Logger, loggerAppRolling, LogLevel, LogLevelStreamEntry, LogOptions, parseLogOptions, } from '@foxxmd/logging';
+import { childLogger, FileLogOptions, Logger, loggerAppRolling, LogLevel, LogLevelStreamEntry, LogOptions, parseLogOptions } from '@foxxmd/logging';
 import { buildDestinationJsonPrettyStream, buildDestinationRollingFile, buildDestinationStdout, buildLogger } from "@foxxmd/logging/factory";
 import { PassThrough, Transform } from "node:stream";
 import path from "path";
 import process from "process";
 import { projectDir } from "./index.js";
+import { isDebugMode } from '../utils.js';
 
 export let logPath = path.resolve(projectDir, `./logs`);
 if (typeof process.env.CONFIG_DIR === 'string') {
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ export const initLogger = (): [Logger, Transform] => {
 
 export const appLogger = async (config: LogOptions = {}): Promise<[Logger, PassThrough]> => {
     const stream = new PassThrough({objectMode: true});
-    const opts = parseLogOptions(config)
+    const { file } = config;
+    const opts = parseLogOptions(isDebugMode() ? {...config, file: typeof file === 'object' ? {...file, level: 'debug'} : 'debug', console: 'debug', level: 'debug'} : config);
     const logger = await loggerAppRolling(config, {
         logBaseDir: typeof process.env.CONFIG_DIR === 'string' ? process.env.CONFIG_DIR : undefined,
         logDefaultPath: './logs/scrobble.log',
diff --git a/src/backend/scrobblers/AbstractScrobbleClient.ts b/src/backend/scrobblers/AbstractScrobbleClient.ts
index 9478e0df..b5bd2ce9 100644
--- a/src/backend/scrobblers/AbstractScrobbleClient.ts
+++ b/src/backend/scrobblers/AbstractScrobbleClient.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { CommonClientConfig, UpstreamRefreshOptions } from "../common/infrastruc
 import { Notifiers } from "../notifier/Notifiers.js";
 import {
     comparingMultipleArtists,
+    isDebugMode,
     playObjDataMatch,
     pollingBackoff,
     setIntersection,
@@ -115,13 +116,13 @@ export default abstract class AbstractScrobbleClient extends AbstractComponent i
 
         const {
             match: {
-                onNoMatch = false,
-                onMatch = false,
-                confidenceBreakdown = false,
+                onNoMatch = isDebugMode(),
+                onMatch = isDebugMode(),
+                confidenceBreakdown = isDebugMode(),
             } = {},
             ...vRest
         } = verbose
-        if (onMatch || onNoMatch) {
+        if (onMatch || onNoMatch || isDebugMode()) {
             this.logger.warn('Setting verbose matching may produce noisy logs! Use with care.');
         }
         this.verboseOptions = {
diff --git a/src/backend/server/jellyfinRoutes.ts b/src/backend/server/jellyfinRoutes.ts
index 08ce2f92..4a7529e0 100644
--- a/src/backend/server/jellyfinRoutes.ts
+++ b/src/backend/server/jellyfinRoutes.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import bodyParser from "body-parser";
 import { JellyfinNotifier } from "../sources/ingressNotifiers/JellyfinNotifier.js";
 import JellyfinSource from "../sources/JellyfinSource.js";
 import ScrobbleSources from "../sources/ScrobbleSources.js";
-import { parseBool, remoteHostIdentifiers } from "../utils.js";
+import { isDebugMode, parseBool, remoteHostIdentifiers } from "../utils.js";
 
 export const setupJellyfinRoutes = (app: ExpressWithAsync, logger: Logger, scrobbleSources: ScrobbleSources) => {
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const setupJellyfinRoutes = (app: ExpressWithAsync, logger: Logger, scrob
             const logPayload = pSources.some(x => {
                 const {
                     options: {
-                        logPayload = parseBool(process.env.DEBUG_MODE)
+                        logPayload = isDebugMode()
                     } = {}
                 } = x.config;
                 return logPayload;
diff --git a/src/backend/server/tautulliRoutes.ts b/src/backend/server/tautulliRoutes.ts
index ae4f523d..66f4dd69 100644
--- a/src/backend/server/tautulliRoutes.ts
+++ b/src/backend/server/tautulliRoutes.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { ExpressHandler } from "../common/infrastructure/Atomic.js";
 import { TautulliNotifier } from "../sources/ingressNotifiers/TautulliNotifier.js";
 import ScrobbleSources from "../sources/ScrobbleSources.js";
 import TautulliSource from "../sources/TautulliSource.js";
-import { parseBool } from "../utils.js";
+import { isDebugMode, parseBool } from "../utils.js";
 
 export const setupTautulliRoutes = (app: ExpressWithAsync, logger: Logger, scrobbleSources: ScrobbleSources) => {
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const setupTautulliRoutes = (app: ExpressWithAsync, logger: Logger, scrob
                     logger.warn(`Tautulli event specified a config name but the configured source was not a Tautulli type: ${req.body.scrobblerConfig}`);
                     return res.send('OK');
                 } else {
-                    if((source.config.options?.logPayload ?? parseBool(process.env.DEBUG_MODE)) === true) {
+                    if((source.config.options?.logPayload ?? isDebugMode()) === true) {
                         source.logger.debug(`Received Payload`, req.body);
                     }
                     // @ts-expect-error TS(2339): Property 'handle' does not exist on type 'never'.
diff --git a/src/backend/sources/ChromecastSource.ts b/src/backend/sources/ChromecastSource.ts
index db47a8f2..0c11f617 100644
--- a/src/backend/sources/ChromecastSource.ts
+++ b/src/backend/sources/ChromecastSource.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
     PlatformApplicationWithContext,
     PlatformType
 } from "../common/vendor/chromecast/interfaces.js";
-import { difference, genGroupIdStr, parseBool } from "../utils.js";
+import { difference, genGroupIdStr, isDebugMode, parseBool } from "../utils.js";
 import { findCauseByReference } from "../utils/ErrorUtils.js";
 import { discoveryAvahi, discoveryNative } from "../utils/MDNSUtils.js";
 import { RecentlyPlayedOptions } from "./AbstractSource.js";
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export class ChromecastSource extends MemoryPositionalSource {
                 useAutoDiscovery
             } = {},
             options: {
-                logPayload = false
+                logPayload = isDebugMode()
             } = {},
         } = this.config;
 
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ export class ChromecastSource extends MemoryPositionalSource {
                                         // its fine just do error without play string
                                     }
                                     application.logger.verbose(`Skipping status for ${maybePlay !== undefined ? buildTrackString(maybePlay) : 'unknown media'} because it is buffering.`);
-                                    if (this.config.options.logPayload) {
+                                    if (this.config.options.logPayload || isDebugMode()) {
                                         application.logger.debug(`Media Status Payload:\n ${status[0] === undefined || status[0] === null ? 'undefined' : JSON.stringify(status[0])}`);
                                     }
                                     continue;
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ export class ChromecastSource extends MemoryPositionalSource {
                         throw e;
                     }
 
-                    if (this.config.options.logPayload) {
+                    if (this.config.options.logPayload || isDebugMode()) {
                         application.logger.debug(`Media Status Payload:\n ${mediaStatus === undefined || mediaStatus === null ? 'undefined' : JSON.stringify(mediaStatus)}`);
                     }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/sources/JellyfinApiSource.ts b/src/backend/sources/JellyfinApiSource.ts
index fb7818ea..76a82d6f 100644
--- a/src/backend/sources/JellyfinApiSource.ts
+++ b/src/backend/sources/JellyfinApiSource.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ import {
     PlayPlatformId, REPORTED_PLAYER_STATUSES
 } from "../common/infrastructure/Atomic.js";
 import { JellyApiSourceConfig } from "../common/infrastructure/config/source/jellyfin.js";
-import { genGroupIdStr, getPlatformIdFromData, parseBool, } from "../utils.js";
+import { genGroupIdStr, getPlatformIdFromData, isDebugMode, parseBool, } from "../utils.js";
 import { joinedUrl } from "../utils/NetworkUtils.js";
 import { parseArrayFromMaybeString } from "../utils/StringUtils.js";
 import { MemoryPositionalSource } from "./MemoryPositionalSource.js";
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export default class JellyfinApiSource extends MemoryPositionalSource {
                 additionalAllowedLibraryTypes = [],
             } = {},
             options: {
-                logFilterFailure = (parseBool(process.env.DEBUG_MODE) ? 'debug' : 'warn')
+                logFilterFailure = (isDebugMode() ? 'debug' : 'warn')
             } = {}
         } = this.config;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/sources/JellyfinSource.ts b/src/backend/sources/JellyfinSource.ts
index 37a8e420..4319f370 100644
--- a/src/backend/sources/JellyfinSource.ts
+++ b/src/backend/sources/JellyfinSource.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { FormatPlayObjectOptions, InternalConfig, PlayPlatformId } from "../comm
 import { JellySourceConfig } from "../common/infrastructure/config/source/jellyfin.js";
 import {
     doubleReturnNewline,
+    isDebugMode,
     parseBool,
     parseDurationFromTimestamp,
     playObjDataMatch,
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export default class JellyfinSource extends MemorySource {
                 servers,
             } = {},
             options: {
-                logFilterFailure = (parseBool(process.env.DEBUG_MODE) ? 'debug' : 'warn')
+                logFilterFailure = (isDebugMode() ? 'debug' : 'warn')
             } = {}
         } = this.config;
 
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ export default class JellyfinSource extends MemorySource {
     protected logFilterFailure = (str: string, meta?: any) => {
         const {
             options: {
-                logFilterFailure = (parseBool(process.env.DEBUG_MODE) ? 'debug' : 'warn')
+                logFilterFailure = (isDebugMode() ? 'debug' : 'warn')
             } = {}
         } = this.config;
 
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ export default class JellyfinSource extends MemorySource {
                 const currPlay = player.getPlayedObject();
                 if(currPlay !== undefined && playObjDataMatch(currPlay, playObj)) {
                     const temporalResult = comparePlayTemporally(currPlay, playObj);
-                    if(parseBool(process.env.DEBUG_MODE)) {
+                    if(isDebugMode()) {
                         player.logger.debug(doubleReturnNewline`
                         Play with event UserDataSaved-PlaybackFinished matched => ${trackId}
                         
diff --git a/src/backend/sources/PlexApiSource.ts b/src/backend/sources/PlexApiSource.ts
index 17a66f94..484bac08 100644
--- a/src/backend/sources/PlexApiSource.ts
+++ b/src/backend/sources/PlexApiSource.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
     PlayerStateDataMaybePlay,
     PlayPlatformId, REPORTED_PLAYER_STATUSES
 } from "../common/infrastructure/Atomic.js";
-import { genGroupIdStr, getFirstNonEmptyString, getPlatformIdFromData, parseBool, } from "../utils.js";
+import { genGroupIdStr, getFirstNonEmptyString, getPlatformIdFromData, isDebugMode, parseBool, } from "../utils.js";
 import { buildStatePlayerPlayIdententifyingInfo, parseArrayFromMaybeString } from "../utils/StringUtils.js";
 import { GetSessionsMetadata } from "@lukehagar/plexjs/sdk/models/operations/getsessions.js";
 import { PlexAPI } from "@lukehagar/plexjs";
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export default class PlexApiSource extends MemoryPositionalSource {
                 librariesBlock = [],
             } = {},
             options: {
-                logFilterFailure = (parseBool(process.env.DEBUG_MODE) ? 'debug' : 'warn'),
+                logFilterFailure = (isDebugMode() ? 'debug' : 'warn'),
             } = {}
         } = this.config;
 
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ export default class PlexApiSource extends MemoryPositionalSource {
 
         const play: PlayObject = this.formatPlayObjAware(obj);
 
-        if(this.config.options.logPayload && !this.mediaIdsSeen.data.includes(play.meta.trackId)) {
+        if((this.config.options.logPayload || isDebugMode()) && !this.mediaIdsSeen.data.includes(play.meta.trackId)) {
             this.logger.debug(`First time seeing media ${play.meta.trackId} on ${msDeviceId} => ${JSON.stringify(play)}
 Plex Payload:
 ${JSON.stringify(obj)}`);
diff --git a/src/backend/utils.ts b/src/backend/utils.ts
index 13767f95..b33979bf 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils.ts
+++ b/src/backend/utils.ts
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ export const parseRetryAfterSecsFromObj = (err: any) => {
     // }
     const {
         response: {
-            // @ts-expect-error TS(2525): Initializer provides no value for this binding ele... Remove this comment to see the full error message
             headers, // returned in superagent error
         } = {},
         retryAfter: ra // possible custom property we have set
@@ -690,4 +689,6 @@ export const retry = async <T>(
       await sleep(retryIntervalMs)
       return retry(fn, { retries: retries - 1, retryIntervalMs })
     }
-  }
\ No newline at end of file
+  }
+
+export const isDebugMode = (): boolean => process.env.DEBUG_MODE === 'true';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/NetworkUtils.ts b/src/backend/utils/NetworkUtils.ts
index e64427d6..0d60b1b1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/NetworkUtils.ts
+++ b/src/backend/utils/NetworkUtils.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import address from "address";
 import net from 'node:net';
 import normalizeUrl from "normalize-url";
 import { join as joinPath } from "path";
-import { getFirstNonEmptyVal, parseRegexSingleOrFail } from "../utils.js";
+import { getFirstNonEmptyVal, isDebugMode, parseRegexSingleOrFail } from "../utils.js";
 import { URLData } from "../../core/Atomic.js";
 
 export interface PortReachableOpts {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export const getAddress = (host = '0.0.0.0', logger?: Logger): { v4?: string, v6
         v4 = address.ip();
         v6 = address.ipv6();
     } catch (e) {
-        if (process.env.DEBUG_MODE === 'true') {
+        if (isDebugMode()) {
             if (logger !== undefined) {
                 logger.warn(new Error('Could not get machine IP address', {cause: e}));
             } else {