diff --git a/src/app.module.ts b/src/app.module.ts
index 70b00bf3..b8a41fcc 100644
--- a/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app.module.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Module, OnModuleInit } from "@nestjs/common";
+import { Module, NestModule, MiddlewareConsumer, OnModuleInit } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { ConfigModule, ConfigService } from "@nestjs/config";
 import { TypeOrmModule } from "@nestjs/typeorm";
 import { validateEnv } from "./config/env.validation";
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import { RolesGuard } from "./common/guard/roles.guard";
 import { KycGuard } from "./common/guard/kyc.guard";
 import { StrategyAuthGuard } from "./auth/guards/strategy-auth.guard";
 import { SubmissionVerifierService } from "./oracle/submission-verifier.service";
+import { LoggingMiddleware } from "./common/middleware/logging.middleware";
 
 @Module({
   imports: [
@@ -170,9 +171,13 @@ import { SubmissionVerifierService } from "./oracle/submission-verifier.service"
     },
   ],
 })
-export class AppModule implements OnModuleInit {
+export class AppModule implements NestModule, OnModuleInit {
   constructor(private readonly verifier: SubmissionVerifierService) {}
 
+  configure(consumer: MiddlewareConsumer) {
+    consumer.apply(LoggingMiddleware).forRoutes("*");
+  }
+
   onModuleInit() {
     this.verifier.start();
   }
diff --git a/src/common/database/database-index.service.ts b/src/common/database/database-index.service.ts
index ada38efc..2752be4a 100644
--- a/src/common/database/database-index.service.ts
+++ b/src/common/database/database-index.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Injectable } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { InjectRepository } from "@nestjs/typeorm";
 import { Repository, DataSource } from "typeorm";
+import { logger } from "../../config/logger";
 
 export interface IndexAnalysis {
   tableName: string;
@@ -114,11 +115,11 @@ export class DatabaseIndexService {
           await this.dataSource.query(
             `CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY IF NOT EXISTS ${recommendation.indexName} ON ${recommendation.tableName} (${recommendation.columns.join(", ")});`,
           );
-          console.log(`Created index: ${recommendation.indexName}`);
+          logger.info({ indexName: recommendation.indexName }, `Created index: ${recommendation.indexName}`);
         } catch (error) {
-          console.error(
-            `Failed to create index ${recommendation.indexName}:`,
-            error,
+          logger.error(
+            { indexName: recommendation.indexName, error },
+            `Failed to create index ${recommendation.indexName}`,
           );
         }
       }
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ export class DatabaseIndexService {
         "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_stat_statements;",
       );
     } catch (error) {
-      console.warn("Could not enable pg_stat_statements extension:", error);
+      logger.warn({ error }, "Could not enable pg_stat_statements extension");
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/common/middleware/logging.middleware.spec.ts b/src/common/middleware/logging.middleware.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47d96011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/middleware/logging.middleware.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import { logger, createLogger } from "../../config/logger";
+import { LoggingMiddleware } from "./logging.middleware";
+import { Request, Response } from "express";
+
+describe("logger", () => {
+  it("should be defined", () => {
+    expect(logger).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it("should have required logging methods", () => {
+    expect(typeof logger.info).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof logger.warn).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof logger.error).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof logger.debug).toBe("function");
+  });
+
+  it("should include service base field", () => {
+    expect((logger as any).bindings?.()?.service ?? (logger as any)[Symbol.for('pino.serializers')]).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("createLogger", () => {
+  it("should return a child logger with the given context", () => {
+    const child = createLogger({ module: "test" });
+    expect(child).toBeDefined();
+    expect(typeof child.info).toBe("function");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("LoggingMiddleware", () => {
+  let middleware: LoggingMiddleware;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    middleware = new LoggingMiddleware();
+  });
+
+  it("should be defined", () => {
+    expect(middleware).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it("should call next()", () => {
+    const req = {
+      headers: {},
+      method: "GET",
+      url: "/test",
+      ip: "127.0.0.1",
+    } as unknown as Request;
+
+    const res = {
+      setHeader: jest.fn(),
+      on: jest.fn(),
+    } as unknown as Response;
+
+    const next = jest.fn();
+
+    middleware.use(req, res, next);
+
+    expect(next).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("should set x-correlation-id response header", () => {
+    const req = {
+      headers: {},
+      method: "GET",
+      url: "/test",
+      ip: "127.0.0.1",
+    } as unknown as Request;
+
+    const setHeader = jest.fn();
+    const res = {
+      setHeader,
+      on: jest.fn(),
+    } as unknown as Response;
+
+    middleware.use(req, res, jest.fn());
+
+    expect(setHeader).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "x-correlation-id",
+      expect.any(String),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("should use provided x-correlation-id from request headers", () => {
+    const correlationId = "test-correlation-id-123";
+    const req = {
+      headers: { "x-correlation-id": correlationId },
+      method: "GET",
+      url: "/test",
+      ip: "127.0.0.1",
+    } as unknown as Request;
+
+    const setHeader = jest.fn();
+    const res = {
+      setHeader,
+      on: jest.fn(),
+    } as unknown as Response;
+
+    middleware.use(req, res, jest.fn());
+
+    expect(setHeader).toHaveBeenCalledWith("x-correlation-id", correlationId);
+    expect((req as any).correlationId).toBe(correlationId);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/common/middleware/logging.middleware.ts b/src/common/middleware/logging.middleware.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69687517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/middleware/logging.middleware.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { Injectable, NestMiddleware } from "@nestjs/common";
+import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
+import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
+import { logger } from "../../config/logger";
+
+@Injectable()
+export class LoggingMiddleware implements NestMiddleware {
+  use(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction): void {
+    const correlationId = (req.headers["x-correlation-id"] as string) || uuidv4();
+    const startTime = Date.now();
+
+    // Attach correlation ID to request and response headers
+    (req as any).correlationId = correlationId;
+    res.setHeader("x-correlation-id", correlationId);
+
+    const requestLog = logger.child({ correlationId });
+
+    requestLog.info(
+      {
+        method: req.method,
+        url: req.url,
+        userAgent: req.headers["user-agent"],
+        ip: req.ip,
+      },
+      "Incoming request",
+    );
+
+    res.on("finish", () => {
+      const duration = Date.now() - startTime;
+      const level = res.statusCode >= 400 ? "warn" : "info";
+      requestLog[level](
+        {
+          method: req.method,
+          url: req.url,
+          statusCode: res.statusCode,
+          duration,
+        },
+        "Request completed",
+      );
+    });
+
+    next();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/config/logger.ts b/src/config/logger.ts
index 99d327ac..94027e43 100644
--- a/src/config/logger.ts
+++ b/src/config/logger.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 const pino = require("pino");
-import { getCurrentTraceId } from "./tracing";
 
 const isDevelopment = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development";
 
+// Lazy getter to avoid circular dependency with tracing.ts
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+const getTraceId = (): string | undefined => {
+  try {
+    return require("./tracing").getCurrentTraceId();
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+};
+
 // Create a Pino logger that automatically includes trace IDs
 export const logger = pino({
   level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || "info",
@@ -28,7 +37,7 @@ export const logger = pino({
   timestamp: pino.stdTimeFunctions.isoTime,
   // Mixin to add trace ID to every log entry
   mixin() {
-    const traceId = getCurrentTraceId();
+    const traceId = getTraceId();
     if (traceId) {
       return {
         trace_id: traceId,
@@ -40,7 +49,7 @@ export const logger = pino({
 
 // Helper function to create child loggers with context
 export const createLogger = (context: Record<string, any>) => {
-  const traceId = getCurrentTraceId();
+  const traceId = getTraceId();
   const contextWithTrace = traceId
     ? { ...context, trace_id: traceId }
     : context;
diff --git a/src/config/tracing.ts b/src/config/tracing.ts
index 356b9399..a95aa3cd 100644
--- a/src/config/tracing.ts
+++ b/src/config/tracing.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ import {
 } from "@opentelemetry/api";
 import { W3CTraceContextPropagator } from "@opentelemetry/core";
 
+// Lazy logger reference to avoid circular dependency with logger.ts
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+const getLogger = (): any => require("./logger").logger;
+
 // Rate-limited sampling configuration
 // Uses TraceIdRatioBasedSampler with configurable sampling rate
 // For production, consider implementing custom adaptive sampling based on your needs
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ const createConfiguredSampler = () => {
   );
   const finalRate = Math.max(Math.min(samplingRate, 1.0), minSamplingRate);
 
-  console.log(`Configured sampling rate: ${finalRate * 100}%`);
+  getLogger().debug({ samplingRate: finalRate }, `Configured sampling rate: ${finalRate * 100}%`);
   return new TraceIdRatioBasedSampler(finalRate);
 };
 
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ const createSpanProcessor = (): SpanProcessor => {
         process.env.OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_ENDPOINT ||
         "http://localhost:14268/api/traces",
     });
-    console.log("Jaeger exporter configured");
+    getLogger().info("Jaeger exporter configured");
     return new BatchSpanProcessor(jaegerExporter);
   }
 
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ const createSpanProcessor = (): SpanProcessor => {
         process.env.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT ||
         "http://localhost:4318/v1/traces",
     });
-    console.log("OTLP exporter configured");
+    getLogger().info("OTLP exporter configured");
     return new BatchSpanProcessor(otlpExporter);
   }
 
@@ -90,15 +94,16 @@ export const sdk = new NodeSDK({
 export const startTracing = async () => {
   try {
     sdk.start();
-    console.log("OpenTelemetry tracing initialized with configurable sampling");
-    console.log(
-      "Jaeger endpoint:",
-      process.env.OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_ENDPOINT ||
-        "http://localhost:14268/api/traces",
+    getLogger().info(
+      {
+        jaegerEndpoint:
+          process.env.OTEL_EXPORTER_JAEGER_ENDPOINT ||
+          "http://localhost:14268/api/traces",
+      },
+      "OpenTelemetry tracing initialized with configurable sampling",
     );
-    console.log("Jaeger UI available at:", "http://localhost:16686");
   } catch (err) {
-    console.error("Failed to start OpenTelemetry SDK:", err);
+    getLogger().error({ err }, "Failed to start OpenTelemetry SDK");
   }
 };
 
@@ -106,9 +111,9 @@ export const startTracing = async () => {
 export const shutdownTracing = async () => {
   try {
     await sdk.shutdown();
-    console.log("OpenTelemetry tracing shut down");
+    getLogger().info("OpenTelemetry tracing shut down");
   } catch (error) {
-    console.error("Error shutting down tracing:", error);
+    getLogger().error({ error }, "Error shutting down tracing");
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/oracle/submission-verifier.service.ts b/src/oracle/submission-verifier.service.ts
index 78c77354..1e115f36 100644
--- a/src/oracle/submission-verifier.service.ts
+++ b/src/oracle/submission-verifier.service.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { Injectable, Logger } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { AuditLogService } from "../audit/audit-log.service";
+import { logger } from "../config/logger";
 
 interface OnChainSubmission {
   id: string;
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ export class SubmissionVerifierService {
   // -------------------------------------
   private async triggerAlerts(result: any) {
     // 👉 Replace with real integrations
-    console.warn("ALERT: Submission mismatch detected", result);
+    logger.warn({ result }, "ALERT: Submission mismatch detected");
 
     // Example webhook
     // await axios.post(WEBHOOK_URL, result);