diff --git a/config.example.yaml b/config.example.yaml
index 8e3ad91..84ca611 100644
--- a/config.example.yaml
+++ b/config.example.yaml
@@ -11,16 +11,10 @@ openviking:
   # OpenViking HTTP server. The api_key must match server.root_api_key in ov.conf.
   url: "http://127.0.0.1:1933"
   api_key: "<OPENVIKING_ROOT_KEY>"
-  timeout: 30
-  verify_ssl: true
 
 everos:
   # EverOS EverCore HTTP server.
   url: "http://127.0.0.1:1995"
-  api_key: ""
-  timeout: 180
-  verify_ssl: true
-  health_path: "/health"
 
 storage:
   sqlite_path: "./memory_system_api.sqlite3"
diff --git a/memory_system_api/config.py b/memory_system_api/config.py
index 8976863..c20367a 100644
--- a/memory_system_api/config.py
+++ b/memory_system_api/config.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class StorageConfig(BaseModel):
 
 class LoggingConfig(BaseModel):
     level: str = "INFO"
+    format: str = "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
 
 
 class Config(BaseModel):
diff --git a/memory_system_api/server.py b/memory_system_api/server.py
index eadd6c8..f390da3 100644
--- a/memory_system_api/server.py
+++ b/memory_system_api/server.py
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 """Standalone FastAPI server for Memory System API."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from fastapi import FastAPI
+import logging
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, Response
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 
 from .api import router
 from .config import Config, load_config, set_config
 
 
+request_logger = logging.getLogger("memory_system_api.requests")
+
 app = FastAPI(title="Memory System API", version="0.1.0")
 app.add_middleware(
     CORSMiddleware,
@@ -16,6 +20,42 @@ app.add_middleware(
     allow_methods=["*"],
     allow_headers=["*"],
 )
+
+
+@app.middleware("http")
+async def log_request_and_response(request: Request, call_next):
+    request_body = await request.body()
+    request_logger.info(
+        "request %s %s body=%s",
+        request.method,
+        _path_with_query(request),
+        _body_for_log(request_body),
+    )
+
+    async def receive():
+        return {"type": "http.request", "body": request_body, "more_body": False}
+
+    response = await call_next(Request(request.scope, receive))
+    response_body = b""
+    async for chunk in response.body_iterator:
+        response_body += chunk
+
+    request_logger.info(
+        "response %s %s status=%s body=%s",
+        request.method,
+        _path_with_query(request),
+        response.status_code,
+        _body_for_log(response_body),
+    )
+    return Response(
+        content=response_body,
+        status_code=response.status_code,
+        headers=dict(response.headers),
+        media_type=response.media_type,
+        background=response.background,
+    )
+
+
 app.include_router(router)
 
 
@@ -25,6 +65,17 @@ def create_app(config: Config | None = None) -> FastAPI:
     return app
 
 
+def _path_with_query(request: Request) -> str:
+    query = request.url.query
+    return f"{request.url.path}?{query}" if query else request.url.path
+
+
+def _body_for_log(body: bytes) -> str:
+    if not body:
+        return ""
+    return body.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+
+
 def main() -> None:
     import argparse
     import uvicorn
@@ -41,6 +92,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     if args.port:
         config.server.port = args.port
     set_config(config)
+    logging.basicConfig(level=config.logging.level.upper(), format=config.logging.format)
 
     uvicorn.run(app, host=config.server.host, port=config.server.port, log_level=config.logging.level.lower())
 
diff --git a/tests/test_memory_system_server.py b/tests/test_memory_system_server.py
index 1de2ace..1af88ff 100644
--- a/tests/test_memory_system_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_memory_system_server.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+import logging
+
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+
 def test_memory_system_server_exposes_routes():
     from memory_system_api.server import app
 
@@ -60,3 +65,29 @@ def test_memory_system_messages_does_not_require_account_key_header():
     route = next(route for route in app.routes if getattr(route, "path", "") == "/memory-system/messages")
 
     assert all(getattr(dependency.call, "__name__", "") != "account_key_header" for dependency in route.dependant.dependencies)
+
+
+def test_memory_system_logs_request_and_response_bodies(caplog):
+    from memory_system_api.api import get_service
+    from memory_system_api.server import app
+
+    class FakeService:
+        async def create_user(self, user_id: str):
+            return {"status": "success", "account": {"user_id": user_id}}
+
+    app.dependency_overrides[get_service] = lambda: FakeService()
+
+    try:
+        with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO, logger="memory_system_api.requests"):
+            response = TestClient(app).post("/memory-system/users", json={"user_id": "userA"})
+    finally:
+        app.dependency_overrides.clear()
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == {"status": "success", "account": {"user_id": "userA"}}
+    assert any("request POST /memory-system/users body={\"user_id\":\"userA\"}" in record.message for record in caplog.records)
+    assert any(
+        "response POST /memory-system/users status=200 body={\"status\":\"success\",\"account\":{\"user_id\":\"userA\"}}"
+        in record.message
+        for record in caplog.records
+    )