diff --git a/src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/api/ApiController.java b/src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/api/ApiController.java
index 8a7cf90e..bb43a041 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/api/ApiController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/api/ApiController.java
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils;
@@ -996,6 +1000,19 @@ public Map<String, Object> stats(HttpServletRequest req) {
 		stats.put("para_version", Optional.ofNullable(paraVer).orElse("unknown"));
 		stats.put("scoold_version", Optional.ofNullable(Version.getVersion()).
 				orElse(Optional.ofNullable(System.getenv("SCOOLD_VERSION")).orElse("unknown")));
+
+		if ("true".equals(req.getParameter("includeLogs"))) {
+			try {
+				String logFile = System.getProperty("para.logs_dir", System.getProperty("user.dir"))
+						+ "/" + System.getProperty("para.logs_name", "scoold") + ".log";
+				Path path = Paths.get(logFile);
+				try (Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(path)) {
+					stats.put("log", lines.collect(Collectors.joining("\n")));
+				}
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				logger.error("Failed to read log file. {}", e.getMessage());
+			}
+		}
 		return stats;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/utils/ScooldUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/utils/ScooldUtils.java
index f68583a6..3e1ddefd 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/utils/ScooldUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/utils/ScooldUtils.java
@@ -2101,7 +2101,7 @@ public Map<String, Long> getApiKeysExpirations() {
 					}
 				}
 			} catch (Exception ex) {
-				logger.error("Failed to parse API key " + k + " - key doesn't seem to be in JWT format.", ex.getMessage());
+				logger.error("Failed to parse API key " + k + " - key doesn't seem to be in JWT format. {}", ex.getMessage());
 			}
 			return 0L;
 		}));
diff --git a/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index b19160a2..4f86485f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 	</appender>
 
 	<appender name="ROLLING" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-		<file>${para.logs_dir:-.}/${para.logs_name:-para}.log</file>
+		<file>${para.logs_dir:-.}/${para.logs_name:-scoold}.log</file>
 		<rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
 			<!-- rollover monthly -->
-			<fileNamePattern>para-%d{yyyy-MM}.log.zip</fileNamePattern>
+			<fileNamePattern>${para.logs_name:-scoold}-%d{yyyy-MM}.log.zip</fileNamePattern>
 			<maxHistory>12</maxHistory>
 			<totalSizeCap>3GB</totalSizeCap>
 		</rollingPolicy>
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 	</appender>
 
 	<appender name="METRICSAPPENDER" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-		<file>${para.logs_dir:-.}/${para.logs_name:-para}-metrics.log</file>
+		<file>${para.logs_dir:-.}/${para.logs_name:-scoold}-metrics.log</file>
 		<rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
-			<fileNamePattern>${para.logs_name:-para}-metrics-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log.zip</fileNamePattern>
+			<fileNamePattern>${para.logs_name:-scoold}-metrics-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log.zip</fileNamePattern>
 			<maxHistory>7</maxHistory>
 			<totalSizeCap>1GB</totalSizeCap>
 		</rollingPolicy>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/api.yaml b/src/main/resources/templates/api.yaml
index 10c5769d..f83d1d67 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/api.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/api.yaml
@@ -1443,6 +1443,13 @@ paths:
         - stats
       security:
       - scoold_auth: []
+      parameters:
+        - name: includeLogs
+          in: query
+          required: false
+          description: If set to `true` will read and return the Scoold log file as well.
+          schema:
+            type: boolean
       responses:
         '200':
           description: stats