diff --git a/server/email/mailer.js b/server/email/mailer.js
index 6503e1f8c..654f56cb3 100644
--- a/server/email/mailer.js
+++ b/server/email/mailer.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const { defaultProvider } = require("@aws-sdk/credential-provider-node");
 const { default: InstanceManager } = require("../utils/instanceMgr");
 const aws = require("@aws-sdk/client-ses");
 const nodemailer = require("nodemailer");
+const logger = require("../utils/logger");
 
 const isLocal = isString(process.env?.LOCALSTACK_HOSTNAME) && !isEmpty(process.env?.LOCALSTACK_HOSTNAME);
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ const sesConfig = {
 
 if (isLocal) {
   sesConfig.endpoint = `http://${process.env.LOCALSTACK_HOSTNAME}:4566`;
-  console.log(`SES Mailer set to LocalStack end point: ${sesConfig.endpoint}`);
+  logger.logger.debug(`SES Mailer set to LocalStack end point: ${sesConfig.endpoint}`);
 }
 
 const ses = new aws.SES(sesConfig);
diff --git a/server/utils/logger.js b/server/utils/logger.js
index 75d282fa2..b1e96e02d 100644
--- a/server/utils/logger.js
+++ b/server/utils/logger.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const InstanceManager = require("../utils/instanceMgr").default;
 const winston = require("winston");
 const WinstonCloudWatch = require("winston-cloudwatch");
 const { isString, isEmpty } = require("lodash");
-const { networkInterfaces } = require("node:os");
+const { networkInterfaces, hostname } = require("node:os");
 
 const createLogger = () => {
   try {
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ const createLogger = () => {
 
     if (isLocal) {
       winstonCloudwatchTransportDefaults.awsOptions.endpoint = `http://${process.env.LOCALSTACK_HOSTNAME}:4566`;
-      console.log(
-        `Winston Transports set to LocalStack end point: ${winstonCloudwatchTransportDefaults.awsOptions.endpoint}`
-      );
     }
 
     const levelFilter = (levels) => {
@@ -43,19 +40,22 @@ const createLogger = () => {
       })();
     };
 
-    const getPrivateIP = () => {
+    const getHostNameOrIP = () => {
+      // Try to get the hostname first
+      const hostName = hostname();
+      if (hostName) return hostName;
+
       const interfaces = networkInterfaces();
       for (const name of Object.keys(interfaces)) {
         for (const iface of interfaces[name]) {
-          // Find an IPv4 address that's not internal (like localhost)
           if (iface.family === "IPv4" && !iface.internal) {
             return iface.address;
           }
         }
       }
+
       return "127.0.0.1";
     };
-
     const createProductionTransport = (level, logStreamName, filters) => {
       return new WinstonCloudWatch({
         level,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const createLogger = () => {
       });
     };
 
-    const hostname = process.env.HOSTNAME || getPrivateIP();
+    const hostname = process.env.HOSTNAME || getHostNameOrIP();
 
     const getDevelopmentTransports = () => [
       new winston.transports.Console({
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ const createLogger = () => {
           : [...getDevelopmentTransports(), ...getProductionTransports()]
     });
 
+    if (isLocal) {
+      winstonLogger.debug(
+        `CloudWatch set to LocalStack end point: ${winstonCloudwatchTransportDefaults.awsOptions.endpoint}`
+      );
+    }
+
     const log = (message, type, user, record, meta) => {
       winstonLogger.log({
         level: type.toLowerCase(),