diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c96e839..06700694 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@
 
 ```bash
 docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 \
-  -e LOGGING_ENABLED=true \
-  -e LOGGING_LOG_BODIES=true \
   -e LOG_FORMAT=text \
-  -e LOGGING_LOG_HEADERS=true \
   -e OPENAI_API_KEY="your-openai-key" \
   enterpilot/gomodel
 ```
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 4e5f24d1..748d4499 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_URL=postgres://gomodel:gomodel@postgres:5432/gomodel
       # MongoDB configuration (uncomment to use MongoDB instead)
       - MONGODB_URL=mongodb://mongodb:27017/gomodel
-      # Audit logging - all enabled with PostgreSQL
-      - LOGGING_ENABLED=true
+      # Audit logging is enabled by default; pick its storage backend below
       # - STORAGE_TYPE=postgresql
       - STORAGE_TYPE=mongodb
     depends_on:
diff --git a/docs/advanced/admin-endpoints.mdx b/docs/advanced/admin-endpoints.mdx
index 2f4b0ba5..2e146cbc 100644
--- a/docs/advanced/admin-endpoints.mdx
+++ b/docs/advanced/admin-endpoints.mdx
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ Returns an empty array if usage tracking is disabled or no data exists for the p
 Returns time-bucketed request counts grouped into `2xx`/`4xx`/`5xx` status
 classes, an overall success-rate summary, and average request duration per
 provider. This powers the "Requests by Status" and "Provider Latency" charts on
-the dashboard's Overview page. Data comes from the audit log, so it requires
-`LOGGING_ENABLED=true`.
+the dashboard's Overview page. Data comes from the audit log (audit logging is enabled by default;
+`LOGGING_ENABLED`).
 
 **Query parameters:**
 
diff --git a/docs/features/labelling.mdx b/docs/features/labelling.mdx
index 74c090fe..c63e5cab 100644
--- a/docs/features/labelling.mdx
+++ b/docs/features/labelling.mdx
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ routes; translated routes never forward client headers anyway.
   each of them.
 - **Request log** — label chips per request, filterable with the `label` query
   param on `GET /admin/usage/log`.
-- **Audit logs** — recorded under `data.labels` on each entry (requires
-  `LOGGING_ENABLED=true`).
+- **Audit logs** — recorded under `data.labels` on each entry (audit logging is enabled
+  by default).
 - **API keys page** — each key's labels are listed alongside its user path.
 
 ## Defaults
diff --git a/docs/getting-started/quickstart.mdx b/docs/getting-started/quickstart.mdx
index 25b0ea4e..371c0b95 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/quickstart.mdx
+++ b/docs/getting-started/quickstart.mdx
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ admin visibility in one place.
 
 ```bash
 docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 \
-  -e LOGGING_ENABLED=true \
-  -e LOGGING_LOG_BODIES=true \
   -e LOG_FORMAT=text \
-  -e LOGGING_LOG_HEADERS=true \
   -e GOMODEL_MASTER_KEY="change-me" \
   -e OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..." \
   enterpilot/gomodel