diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
index c8b69da0e..14c5238d0 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=${TYPESENSE_API_KEY}
       - TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR=/data
-    logging:
-      driver: none
+      # remove this to get debug messages
+      - GLOG_minloglevel=1
     volumes:
       - tsdata:/data
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 8e4a6ca61..0374def08 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=${TYPESENSE_API_KEY}
       - TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR=/data
-    logging:
-      driver: none
+      # remove this to get debug messages
+      - GLOG_minloglevel=1
     volumes:
       - tsdata:/data
     restart: always
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index c7e3be993..d96763972 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=${TYPESENSE_API_KEY}
       - TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR=/data
+      # remove this to get debug messages
+      - GLOG_minloglevel=1
     volumes:
       - tsdata:/data
     restart: always