diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/monitoring.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/monitoring.tf
index 26b44c8..8978a25 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/monitoring.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/monitoring.tf
@@ -190,8 +190,33 @@ resource "helm_release" "fluent_bit" {
     config = {
       service = "[SERVICE]\n    Daemon       Off\n    Log_Level    info\n    Parsers_File /fluent-bit/etc/parsers.conf\n    HTTP_Server  On\n    HTTP_Listen  0.0.0.0\n    HTTP_Port    2020\n    Health_Check On\n"
       inputs  = "[INPUT]\n    Name             tail\n    Path             /var/log/containers/*.log\n    Exclude_Path     /var/log/containers/fluent-bit-*.log\n    multiline.parser docker,cri\n    Tag              kube.*\n    Mem_Buf_Limit    50MB\n    Skip_Long_Lines  On\n"
-      filters = "[FILTER]\n    Name        kubernetes\n    Match       kube.*\n    Annotations Off\n    Labels      On\n"
-      outputs = "[OUTPUT]\n    Name   loki\n    Match  *\n    Host   loki-gateway.monitoring.svc\n    Port   80\n    Labels job=fluent-bit\n"
+      filters = join("", [
+        "[FILTER]\n",
+        "    Name        kubernetes\n",
+        "    Match       kube.*\n",
+        "    Annotations Off\n",
+        "    Labels      On\n",
+        "\n",
+        # Lift the nested 'kubernetes' object to the top level so label_keys
+        # can reference flat fields like $kube_namespace_name.
+        "[FILTER]\n",
+        "    Name         nest\n",
+        "    Match        kube.*\n",
+        "    Operation    lift\n",
+        "    Nested_under kubernetes\n",
+        "    Add_prefix   kube_\n",
+      ])
+      outputs = join("", [
+        "[OUTPUT]\n",
+        "    Name        loki\n",
+        "    Match       kube.*\n",
+        "    Host        loki-gateway.monitoring.svc\n",
+        "    Port        80\n",
+        # Static label keeps backward compat; dynamic labels let you filter
+        # {namespace="finance"} or {app="api"} in Grafana/LogQL.
+        "    Labels      job=fluent-bit\n",
+        "    label_keys  $$kube_namespace_name,$$kube_container_name\n",
+      ])
     }
     tolerations = [
       { operator = "Exists" }
diff --git a/pkg/logger/access.go b/pkg/logger/access.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00a77e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/logger/access.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package logger
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+)
+
+// skipAccessLog lists paths that should not produce access log lines.
+var skipAccessLog = map[string]bool{
+	"/healthz": true,
+	"/readyz":  true,
+	"/metrics": true,
+}
+
+type statusRecorder struct {
+	http.ResponseWriter
+	status int
+}
+
+func (r *statusRecorder) WriteHeader(code int) {
+	r.status = code
+	r.ResponseWriter.WriteHeader(code)
+}
+
+// AccessMiddleware logs one structured line per HTTP request.
+// It must run inside trace.Middleware so the OTel span is already in context.
+//
+//	trace.Middleware → AccessMiddleware → metrics.Middleware → mux
+//
+// Each line includes method, path, status, latency in ms, and trace_id when
+// tracing is enabled. Status ≥ 500 is logged at ERROR, 4xx at WARN, rest INFO.
+func AccessMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if skipAccessLog[r.URL.Path] {
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+
+		start := time.Now()
+		rec := &statusRecorder{ResponseWriter: w, status: http.StatusOK}
+		next.ServeHTTP(rec, r)
+
+		attrs := []any{
+			"method", r.Method,
+			"path", r.URL.Path,
+			"status", rec.status,
+			"ms", time.Since(start).Milliseconds(),
+		}
+
+		sc := trace.SpanFromContext(r.Context()).SpanContext()
+		if sc.IsValid() {
+			attrs = append(attrs, "trace_id", sc.TraceID().String())
+		}
+
+		level := slog.LevelInfo
+		switch {
+		case rec.status >= 500:
+			level = slog.LevelError
+		case rec.status >= 400:
+			level = slog.LevelWarn
+		}
+
+		slog.Log(r.Context(), level, "http", attrs...)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/setup/setup.go b/pkg/setup/setup.go
index e63563b..4d891ed 100644
--- a/pkg/setup/setup.go
+++ b/pkg/setup/setup.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"homelab/pkg/logger"
 	"homelab/pkg/metrics"
 	"homelab/pkg/trace"
 )
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ func (s *Server) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	srv := &http.Server{
 		Addr:         fmt.Sprintf(":%s", s.Port),
-		Handler:      trace.Middleware(metrics.Middleware(mux)),
+		Handler:      trace.Middleware(logger.AccessMiddleware(metrics.Middleware(mux))),
 		ReadTimeout:  s.ReadTimeout,
 		WriteTimeout: s.WriteTimeout,
 		IdleTimeout:  s.IdleTimeout,