diff --git a/src/funnel/main.py b/src/funnel/main.py
index 15bb375..1b395d3 100644
--- a/src/funnel/main.py
+++ b/src/funnel/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import asyncio
-import logging
 import time
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from typing import AsyncGenerator, Optional
@@ -32,6 +31,9 @@ async def get_serve_segments_stub() -> AsyncGenerator[ServeSegmentsStub, None]:
     async with grpc.aio.insecure_channel(
         f"{SERVE_SEGMENTS_HOST}:{SERVE_SEGMENTS_PORT}"
     ) as channel:
+        print(
+            f"🖥  Connected to ServeSegments server on {SERVE_SEGMENTS_HOST}:{SERVE_SEGMENTS_PORT}"
+        )
         yield ServeSegmentsStub(channel)
 
 
@@ -91,5 +93,4 @@ async def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    logging.basicConfig()
     asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/src/serve_currenttime/main.js b/src/serve_currenttime/main.js
index 432e84f..d477d84 100644
--- a/src/serve_currenttime/main.js
+++ b/src/serve_currenttime/main.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ const PROTO_PACKAGE_OPTIONS = {
 
 function getCurrentTime(call, callback) {
     const timezone = call.request.timezone;
-    console.log("Received timezone:", timezone);
     const now = dayjs().tz(timezone);
 
     callback(null, {
@@ -43,7 +42,9 @@ function main() {
     });
 
     server.bindAsync(`${SERVE_CURRENTTIME_HOST}:${SERVE_CURRENTTIME_PORT}`, ServerCredentials.createInsecure(), () => {
-        console.log(`Starting server on ${SERVE_CURRENTTIME_HOST}:${SERVE_CURRENTTIME_PORT}`);
+        console.log(
+            `🖧  Starting ServeCurrentTime NodeJS server on ${SERVE_CURRENTTIME_HOST}:${SERVE_CURRENTTIME_PORT}`
+        );
         server.start();
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/serve_segments/main.go b/src/serve_segments/main.go
index 65e7421..b20f6a0 100644
--- a/src/serve_segments/main.go
+++ b/src/serve_segments/main.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func serve() {
 	// create ServeSegments server
 	server := grpc.NewServer()
 	pb_serve_segments.RegisterServeSegmentsServer(server, &grpc_server{})
-	log.Printf("server listening at %v", lis.Addr())
+	log.Printf("🖧  Starting ServeSegments Go server on %v", lis.Addr())
 
 	// create connection to ServeCurrentTime server
 	getCurrentTimeConn, err := grpc.Dial(