diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Program.cs b/server/AyaNova/Program.cs
index 2fbe349b..c939fcad 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Program.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Program.cs
@@ -2,22 +2,16 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-
 using NLog.Web;
 using NLog.Targets;
 using NLog.Config;
-
 using App.Metrics;
 using App.Metrics.AspNetCore;
-
 using AyaNova.Util;
-using AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers;
 
 namespace AyaNova
 {
@@ -164,6 +158,21 @@ namespace AyaNova
             //This is the first log entry
             logger.Info("AYANOVA SERVER BOOTING (log level: \"{0}\")", ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_LOG_LEVEL);
             logger.Info(AyaNovaVersion.FullNameAndVersion);
+            //log configuration
+            try
+            {
+               
+                var AyaNovaConfig=config.AsEnumerable().Where(m => m.Key.StartsWith("AYANOVA") && m.Key!="AYANOVA_JWT_SECRET").Select(m=>m.Key+ "="+ m.Value).ToList();
+               
+                var DiagConfig=string.Join(",", AyaNovaConfig);
+                DiagConfig=DbUtil.PasswordRedactedConnectionString(DiagConfig);
+                logger.Info($"BOOT: configuration {DiagConfig}");
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                logger.Error(ex, "BOOT: error fetching configuration");
+            }
+            logger.Debug($"BOOT: Full configuration is {config.GetDebugView()}");
             logger.Debug("BOOT: Log path is \"{0}\" ", ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_LOG_PATH);
 
             if (ServerBootConfig.AYANOVA_LOG_ENABLE_LOGGER_DIAGNOSTIC_LOG)
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/DbUtil.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/DbUtil.cs
index 88540f65..a59055f9 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/DbUtil.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/DbUtil.cs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         ///////////////////////////////////////////
         //clean out password from connection string
         //for log purposes
-        private static string PasswordRedactedConnectionString(string cs)
+        internal static string PasswordRedactedConnectionString(string cs)
         {
             var nStart = 0;
             var nStop = 0;