diff --git a/cmd/cli/cli.go b/cmd/cli/cli.go
index 21d2873..74919d9 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/cli.go
@@ -266,10 +266,10 @@ func run(appCallback *AppCallback, stopCh chan struct{}) {
 
 	// Log config do not have thing to validate, so it's safe to init log here,
 	// so it's able to log information in processCDFlags.
-	initLogging()
+	logWriters := initLogging()
 
 	// Initializing internal logging after global logging.
-	p.initInternalLogging()
+	p.initInternalLogging(logWriters)
 
 	mainLog.Load().Info().Msgf("starting ctrld %s", curVersion())
 	mainLog.Load().Info().Msgf("os: %s", osVersion())
diff --git a/cmd/cli/log_writer.go b/cmd/cli/log_writer.go
index f84b231..32cf196 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/log_writer.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/log_writer.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cli
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func (lw *logWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 }
 
 // initInternalLogging performs internal logging if there's no log enabled.
-func (p *prog) initInternalLogging() {
+func (p *prog) initInternalLogging(writers []io.Writer) {
 	if !p.needInternalLogging() {
 		return
 	}
@@ -72,13 +73,24 @@ func (p *prog) initInternalLogging() {
 	p.mu.Lock()
 	lw := p.internalLogWriter
 	p.mu.Unlock()
-	multi := zerolog.MultiLevelWriter(lw)
+	// If ctrld was run without explicit verbose level,
+	// run the internal logging at debug level, so we could
+	// have enough information for troubleshooting.
+	if verbose == 0 {
+		for i := range writers {
+			w := &zerolog.FilteredLevelWriter{
+				Writer: zerolog.LevelWriterAdapter{Writer: writers[i]},
+				Level:  zerolog.NoticeLevel,
+			}
+			writers[i] = w
+		}
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.DebugLevel)
+	}
+	writers = append(writers, lw)
+	multi := zerolog.MultiLevelWriter(writers...)
 	l := mainLog.Load().Output(multi).With().Logger()
 	mainLog.Store(&l)
 	ctrld.ProxyLogger.Store(&l)
-	if verbose == 0 {
-		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.DebugLevel)
-	}
 }
 
 // needInternalLogging reports whether prog needs to run internal logging.
diff --git a/cmd/cli/main.go b/cmd/cli/main.go
index bafcde1..53662aa 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/main.go
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ func initConsoleLogging() {
 }
 
 // initLogging initializes global logging setup.
-func initLogging() {
+func initLogging() []io.Writer {
 	zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = time.RFC3339 + ".000"
-	initLoggingWithBackup(true)
+	return initLoggingWithBackup(true)
 }
 
 // initLoggingWithBackup initializes log setup base on current config.
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ func initLogging() {
 // This is only used in runCmd for special handling in case of logging config
 // change in cd mode. Without special reason, the caller should use initLogging
 // wrapper instead of calling this function directly.
-func initLoggingWithBackup(doBackup bool) {
-	writers := []io.Writer{io.Discard}
+func initLoggingWithBackup(doBackup bool) []io.Writer {
+	var writers []io.Writer
 	if logFilePath := normalizeLogFilePath(cfg.Service.LogPath); logFilePath != "" {
 		// Create parent directory if necessary.
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(logFilePath), 0750); err != nil {
@@ -151,21 +151,22 @@ func initLoggingWithBackup(doBackup bool) {
 	switch {
 	case silent:
 		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.NoLevel)
-		return
+		return writers
 	case verbose == 1:
 		logLevel = "info"
 	case verbose > 1:
 		logLevel = "debug"
 	}
 	if logLevel == "" {
-		return
+		return writers
 	}
 	level, err := zerolog.ParseLevel(logLevel)
 	if err != nil {
 		mainLog.Load().Warn().Err(err).Msg("could not set log level")
-		return
+		return writers
 	}
 	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(level)
+	return writers
 }
 
 func initCache() {
diff --git a/cmd/cli/prog.go b/cmd/cli/prog.go
index c6146ea..046c0c9 100644
--- a/cmd/cli/prog.go
+++ b/cmd/cli/prog.go
@@ -514,13 +514,13 @@ func (p *prog) run(reload bool, reloadCh chan struct{}) {
 	if !reload {
 		// Stop writing log to unix socket.
 		consoleWriter.Out = os.Stdout
-		initLoggingWithBackup(false)
+		logWriters := initLoggingWithBackup(false)
 		if p.logConn != nil {
 			_ = p.logConn.Close()
 		}
 		go p.apiConfigReload()
 		p.postRun()
-		p.initInternalLogging()
+		p.initInternalLogging(logWriters)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1f797e8..630ce44 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ require (
 
 replace github.com/mr-karan/doggo => github.com/Windscribe/doggo v0.0.0-20220919152748-2c118fc391f8
 
-replace github.com/rs/zerolog => github.com/Windscribe/zerolog v0.0.0-20230503170159-e6aa153233be
+replace github.com/rs/zerolog => github.com/Windscribe/zerolog v0.0.0-20241206130353-cc6e8ef5397c
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5e073b9..ead3c24 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0 h1:H65muMkzWKEuNDnfl9d70GUjFniHKHRbFPGBuZ3QEww=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0/go.mod h1:MB6lktGJrhw8PrUyiEoblNEGEQ+RzHPF078ddwwvV3Y=
-github.com/Windscribe/zerolog v0.0.0-20230503170159-e6aa153233be h1:qBKVRi7Mom5heOkyZ+NCIu9HZBiNCsRqrRe5t9pooik=
-github.com/Windscribe/zerolog v0.0.0-20230503170159-e6aa153233be/go.mod h1:/tk+P47gFdPXq4QYjvCmT5/Gsug2nagsFWBWhAiSi1w=
+github.com/Windscribe/zerolog v0.0.0-20241206130353-cc6e8ef5397c h1:UqFsxmwiCh/DBvwJB0m7KQ2QFDd6DdUkosznfMppdhE=
+github.com/Windscribe/zerolog v0.0.0-20241206130353-cc6e8ef5397c/go.mod h1:bJsvje4Z08ROH4Nhs5iH600c3IkWhwp44iRc54W6wYQ=
 github.com/alexbrainman/sspi v0.0.0-20231016080023-1a75b4708caa h1:LHTHcTQiSGT7VVbI0o4wBRNQIgn917usHWOd6VAffYI=
 github.com/alexbrainman/sspi v0.0.0-20231016080023-1a75b4708caa/go.mod h1:cEWa1LVoE5KvSD9ONXsZrj0z6KqySlCCNKHlLzbqAt4=
 github.com/ameshkov/dnsstamps v1.0.3 h1:Srzik+J9mivH1alRACTbys2xOxs0lRH9qnTA7Y1OYVo=
@@ -209,11 +209,10 @@ github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.1 h1:BqpAaACuzVSgi/VLzGZIobT2z4v53pjosyNd9Yv6n/w=
 github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.1/go.mod h1:zt4jvISO2HfUBqxjfIshjdMTYS56ZS/qv49ictyFfxY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 h1:IeQXZAiQcpL9mgcAe1Nu6cX9LLw6ExEHKjN0VQdvPDY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7/go.mod h1:Dhd985XPs7jluiymwWYZ0G4Z61jb3vdS329zhj2hYo0=
-github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12/go.mod h1:u5H1YNBxpqRaxsYJYSkiCWKzEfiAb1Gb520KVy5xxl4=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14/go.mod h1:7GGIvUiUoEMVVmxf/4nioHXj79iQHKdU27kJ6hsGG94=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
@@ -279,7 +278,7 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WmiCO8CzOY8rg0OYDC4/i/2WRWAB6po
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.9.0/go.mod h1:WtVeX8xhTBvf0smdhujwtBcq4Qrzq/fJaraNFVN+nFs=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.11.0 h1:cWPaGQEPrBb5/AsnsZesgZZ9yb1OQ+GOISoDNXVBh4M=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.11.0/go.mod h1:ddIwULY96R17DhadqLgMfk9H9tvdUzkipdSkR5nkCZA=
-github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
+github.com/rs/xid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:7XoLgs4eV+QndskICGsho+ADou8ySMSjJKDIan90Nz0=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.5 h1:stMpOSZFs//0Lv29HduCmli3GUfpFoF3Y1Q/aXj/wVM=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.5/go.mod h1:UBogFpq8E9Hx+xc5CNTTEpTnuHVmXDwZcZcE1eb/UhQ=
@@ -477,15 +476,14 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210228012217-479acdf4ea46/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
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-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
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-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210927094055-39ccf1dd6fa6/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
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 golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
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 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.23.0 h1:YfKFowiIMvtgl1UERQoTPPToxltDeZfbj4H7dVUCwmM=
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