diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/utils/node.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/utils/node.ts
index 51c815aa5fea..8f8310d6c657 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/utils/node.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/utils/node.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { type AztecNode } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
-import { type DebugLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
+import { type Logger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 import { retryUntil } from '@aztec/foundation/retry';
 
-export const waitForNode = async (node: AztecNode, logger?: DebugLogger) => {
+export const waitForNode = async (node: AztecNode, logger?: Logger) => {
   await retryUntil(async () => {
     try {
       logger?.verbose('Attempting to contact Aztec node...');
diff --git a/yarn-project/epoch-cache/src/epoch_cache.ts b/yarn-project/epoch-cache/src/epoch_cache.ts
index 4c4314893b2a..f2a1b09fdc68 100644
--- a/yarn-project/epoch-cache/src/epoch_cache.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/epoch-cache/src/epoch_cache.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class EpochCache {
   private committee: EthAddress[];
   private cachedEpoch: bigint;
   private cachedSampleSeed: bigint;
-  private readonly log: Logger = createLogger('aztec:EpochCache');
+  private readonly log: Logger = createLogger('epoch-cache');
 
   constructor(
     private rollup: RollupContract,
diff --git a/yarn-project/foundation/src/wasm/wasm_module.ts b/yarn-project/foundation/src/wasm/wasm_module.ts
index 0b597f4b7bf2..b98a72e4455d 100644
--- a/yarn-project/foundation/src/wasm/wasm_module.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/foundation/src/wasm/wasm_module.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class WasmModule implements IWasmModule {
   constructor(
     private module: WebAssembly.Module | Buffer,
     private importFn: (module: WasmModule) => any,
-    loggerName = 'aztec:wasm',
+    loggerName = 'wasm',
   ) {
     this.debug = createDebugOnlyLogger(loggerName);
     this.mutexQ.put(true);
diff --git a/yarn-project/ivc-integration/src/scripts/generate_ts_from_abi.ts b/yarn-project/ivc-integration/src/scripts/generate_ts_from_abi.ts
index af44a1f6bdad..8adfaa721dcc 100644
--- a/yarn-project/ivc-integration/src/scripts/generate_ts_from_abi.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/ivc-integration/src/scripts/generate_ts_from_abi.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { type CompiledCircuit } from '@noir-lang/types';
 import { pascalCase } from 'change-case';
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 
-const log = createConsoleLogger('aztec:mock-circuits');
+const log = createConsoleLogger('mock-circuits');
 
 const circuits = [
   'app_creator',
diff --git a/yarn-project/noir-protocol-circuits-types/src/scripts/generate_private_kernel_reset_data.ts b/yarn-project/noir-protocol-circuits-types/src/scripts/generate_private_kernel_reset_data.ts
index 3ce3065dd95b..3b27d0dae745 100644
--- a/yarn-project/noir-protocol-circuits-types/src/scripts/generate_private_kernel_reset_data.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/noir-protocol-circuits-types/src/scripts/generate_private_kernel_reset_data.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { createConsoleLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 
-const log = createConsoleLogger('aztec:autogenerate');
+const log = createConsoleLogger('autogenerate');
 
 const outputFilename = './src/private_kernel_reset_data.ts';
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/noir-protocol-circuits-types/src/scripts/generate_ts_from_abi.ts b/yarn-project/noir-protocol-circuits-types/src/scripts/generate_ts_from_abi.ts
index e5c07dead20c..2a9d4a3f74f8 100644
--- a/yarn-project/noir-protocol-circuits-types/src/scripts/generate_ts_from_abi.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/noir-protocol-circuits-types/src/scripts/generate_ts_from_abi.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { type CompiledCircuit } from '@noir-lang/types';
 import { pascalCase } from 'change-case';
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 
-const log = createConsoleLogger('aztec:autogenerate');
+const log = createConsoleLogger('autogenerate');
 
 const circuits = [
   'parity_base',
diff --git a/yarn-project/noir-protocol-circuits-types/src/scripts/generate_vk_hashes.ts b/yarn-project/noir-protocol-circuits-types/src/scripts/generate_vk_hashes.ts
index 418f2451b44e..403e2ce8f618 100644
--- a/yarn-project/noir-protocol-circuits-types/src/scripts/generate_vk_hashes.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/noir-protocol-circuits-types/src/scripts/generate_vk_hashes.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from '@aztec/foundation/url';
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
 
-const log = createConsoleLogger('aztec:autogenerate');
+const log = createConsoleLogger('autogenerate');
 
 function resolveRelativePath(relativePath: string) {
   return fileURLToPath(new URL(relativePath, import.meta.url).href);
diff --git a/yarn-project/protocol-contracts/src/scripts/generate_data.ts b/yarn-project/protocol-contracts/src/scripts/generate_data.ts
index d1044644e62a..e7f1545a3b57 100644
--- a/yarn-project/protocol-contracts/src/scripts/generate_data.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/protocol-contracts/src/scripts/generate_data.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 
 import { buildProtocolContractTree } from '../build_protocol_contract_tree.js';
 
-const log = createConsoleLogger('aztec:autogenerate');
+const log = createConsoleLogger('autogenerate');
 
 const noirContractsRoot = '../../noir-projects/noir-contracts';
 const srcPath = path.join(noirContractsRoot, './target');
diff --git a/yarn-project/pxe/package.json b/yarn-project/pxe/package.json
index 043184ef30cb..b7736ee26958 100644
--- a/yarn-project/pxe/package.json
+++ b/yarn-project/pxe/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "formatting": "run -T prettier --check ./src && run -T eslint ./src",
     "formatting:fix": "run -T eslint --fix ./src && run -T prettier -w ./src",
     "test": "NODE_NO_WARNINGS=1 node --experimental-vm-modules ../node_modules/.bin/jest --passWithNoTests",
-    "start": "DEBUG='aztec:*' && node ./dest/bin/index.js",
+    "start": "LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-debug} && node ./dest/bin/index.js",
     "generate": "node ./scripts/generate_package_info.js"
   },
   "inherits": [
diff --git a/yarn-project/pxe/src/utils/index.ts b/yarn-project/pxe/src/utils/index.ts
index f54e87e2cb26..f971258aca0f 100644
--- a/yarn-project/pxe/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/pxe/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { BBNativePrivateKernelProver } from '@aztec/bb-prover';
 import { type AztecNode, type PrivateKernelProver } from '@aztec/circuit-types';
 import { randomBytes } from '@aztec/foundation/crypto';
-import { createDebugLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
+import { createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 import { KeyStore } from '@aztec/key-store';
 import { createStore } from '@aztec/kv-store/lmdb';
 import { L2TipsStore } from '@aztec/kv-store/stores';
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ export async function createPXEService(
   } as PXEServiceConfig;
 
   const keyStore = new KeyStore(
-    await createStore('pxe_key_store', configWithContracts, createDebugLogger('aztec:pxe:keystore:lmdb')),
+    await createStore('pxe_key_store', configWithContracts, createLogger('pxe:keystore:lmdb')),
   );
 
-  const store = await createStore('pxe_data', configWithContracts, createDebugLogger('aztec:pxe:data:lmdb'));
+  const store = await createStore('pxe_data', configWithContracts, createLogger('pxe:data:lmdb'));
 
   const db = await KVPxeDatabase.create(store);
   const tips = new L2TipsStore(store, 'pxe');
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ function createProver(config: PXEServiceConfig, logSuffix?: string) {
     throw new Error(`Prover must be configured with binary path and working directory`);
   }
   const bbConfig = config as Required<Pick<PXEServiceConfig, 'bbBinaryPath' | 'bbWorkingDirectory'>> & PXEServiceConfig;
-  const log = createDebugLogger('aztec:pxe:bb-native-prover' + (logSuffix ? `:${logSuffix}` : ''));
+  const log = createLogger('pxe:bb-native-prover' + (logSuffix ? `:${logSuffix}` : ''));
   return BBNativePrivateKernelProver.new({ bbSkipCleanup: false, ...bbConfig }, log);
 }