diff --git a/smartassist/src/backend.py b/smartassist/src/backend.py
index e29d957..40d598f 100644
--- a/smartassist/src/backend.py
+++ b/smartassist/src/backend.py
@@ -10,9 +10,18 @@ from utils import set_local_logger
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) # Separate logger for this module
 set_local_logger(logger) # Set log level for logger
+logger.debug("Logging level of backend logger has been configured")
 
 # Initialize a Flask application
 app = Flask(__name__)
+app.config['STATIC_FOLDER'] = 'static' # Adjust if needed 
+
+
+@app.route('/<path:filename>')
+def serve_static(filename):
+    return send_from_directory(app.config['STATIC_FOLDER'], filename)
+
+
 CORS(app, resources={
     r"/api/chat": {
         "origins": "*",
@@ -32,10 +41,8 @@ def chat(url_server = "http://localhost:11434/api/generate", model = "phi3:mini"
     data = request.get_json()
     message = data.get('query')
 
-    # print(f"data = {data}\nmessage = {message}")
     logger.debug("data = %s\nmessage = %s", str(data), str(message))
     try:
-         # Alternative LLM:          "model": "mannix/llama3-8b-ablitered-v3:latest",
         url = url_server
         model_to_use = model
         data = {
diff --git a/smartassist/src/startservices.py b/smartassist/src/startservices.py
index 884c7fa..37b6719 100644
--- a/smartassist/src/startservices.py
+++ b/smartassist/src/startservices.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ def configure():
     Reads YAML configruation file into dictionary, parse it and fill all referenceed
     environment variables with their values.
     """
-    ##################
+    ####################################
     # Read YAML config
-    ##################
+    ####################################
     # Load configuration file that defines parameters for services
     with open('./smartassist/config/smartassist.yaml') as f:
         config = yaml.safe_load(f)
@@ -41,19 +41,17 @@ def configure():
     # Update the config dictionary with resolved environment variables
     updated_config = update_dict_with_env_vars(config)
  
-    ##################
+    ####################################
     # Extract global logging level
-    ##################
-    # The log_level variable will be used by the logger module to set the log level
-    # global log_level # Must be defined within function if referencing the global variable log_level defined outside this function
+    ####################################
     if isinstance(updated_config.get('logging'), dict): # Look for 'logging' key in config file
         logging_config = updated_config['logging'] 
         if isinstance(logging_config.get('level'), str): # Set to value of the yaml file if specified
             utils.log_level = logging_config['level'] 
+            logger.info("Logging level set to: {}".format(utils.log_level))
      
- 
     set_local_logger(logger) # Set log level for logger based on log_level
-
+    logger.debug("Logging level of startservices' logger has been configured")
     return updated_config
 
 
@@ -67,12 +65,12 @@ def start_frontend(config):
     with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
         try:
             s.bind((hostname, port))
-            logger.info("No server is running on %s -— starting one.", parsed_url.netloc)
+            logger.debug("No server is running on %s -— starting one.", parsed_url.netloc)
             # Start frontend (web server) as a separate process
             subprocess.Popen(["python", "-m", "http.server", str(port)])
         except socket.error as e:
             if e.errno == 48:
-                logger.error("A server is already running on %s -— will use this.", parsed_url.netloc)
+                logger.debug("A server is already running on %s -— will use this.", parsed_url.netloc)
             else:
                 raise  # Unexpected error, re-raise it so we can see the traceback
         except Exception as e: