diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index a04fbaf9..a6aa39fc 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package config
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
@@ -219,21 +218,17 @@ type License struct {
 
 func setDefaults(config *Config) error {
 	// process 'default' tags
-	log.Println("Start setting defaults")
 	if err := defaults.Set(config); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set default configuration: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// custom default logic
 	if len(config.AvailableLanguages) == 0 {
-		log.Println("Setting language defaults")
 		config.AvailableLanguages = append(config.AvailableLanguages, Language{language.Dutch}) // default to Dutch only
 	}
 	if config.OgcAPI.Tiles != nil {
-		log.Println("Setting tiles defaults")
 		config.OgcAPI.Tiles.Defaults()
 	}
-	log.Println("Done setting defaults")
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/config/ogcapi_tiles.go b/config/ogcapi_tiles.go
index 37083674..0bd85862 100644
--- a/config/ogcapi_tiles.go
+++ b/config/ogcapi_tiles.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
 
@@ -23,10 +22,8 @@ type OgcAPITiles struct {
 func (o *OgcAPITiles) Defaults() {
 	if o.DatasetTiles != nil && o.DatasetTiles.HealthCheck.Srs == DefaultSrs &&
 		o.DatasetTiles.HealthCheck.TilePath == nil {
-		log.Println("Setting dataset tiles healthcheck")
 		o.DatasetTiles.deriveHealthCheckTilePath()
 	} else if o.Collections != nil {
-		log.Println("Setting collection tiles healthcheck")
 		for _, coll := range o.Collections {
 			if coll.Tiles != nil && coll.Tiles.GeoDataTiles.HealthCheck.Srs == DefaultSrs && coll.Tiles.GeoDataTiles.HealthCheck.TilePath == nil {
 				coll.Tiles.GeoDataTiles.deriveHealthCheckTilePath()