diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 9b84e642..4acef88c 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -128,4 +128,13 @@ Create the name of the service account to use
 {{- else -}}
     {{- .Release.Namespace -}}
 {{- end -}}
-{{- end -}}
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+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/* Get the namespace name. */}}
+{{- define "ui.logLevel" -}}
+{{- if .Values.api.logging -}}
+-1
+{{- else -}}
+{{- .Values.logging.logLevel -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/templates/config.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/templates/config.yaml
index 7ef10c76..48c034be 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/templates/config.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/templates/config.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ data:
       {{- toYaml . | nindent 6 }}
     {{- end }}
 
-    {{- with .Values.logging }}
     logging:
-      {{- toYaml . | nindent 6 }}
-    {{- end }}
+      encoding: {{ .Values.logging.encoding }}
+      logLevel: {{ include "ui.logLevel" . }}
+      development: {{ .Values.logging.development }}
+
+    apiConfig:
+      logging: {{ .Values.api.logging }}
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diff --git a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/values.yaml b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/values.yaml
index e68cc245..160740da 100644
--- a/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/policy-reporter/charts/ui/values.yaml
@@ -67,11 +67,13 @@ labelFilter: []
 
 # Proxy request logging
 logging:
-  enabled: false # enables additional logging about proxy requests
   encoding: console # possible encodings are console and json
   logLevel: 0 # default info
   development: false # more human readable structure, removes log sampling
 
+api:
+  logging: false # enables access logging for proxy requests, sets log level to debug
+
 # use redis as external log storage instead of an in memory store
 # recommended when using a HA setup with more then one replica
 # to get all logs on each instance