diff --git a/packages/cli/src/daemon/log-requests.ts b/packages/cli/src/daemon/log-requests.ts
index 165c991e7e..4bdba1c0b4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/daemon/log-requests.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/daemon/log-requests.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,38 @@ import { LoggerProvider } from '@ceramicnetwork/common'
 import { Request, Response } from 'express'
 import morgan from 'morgan'
 
+const EXPECTED_RESPONSE_TIME_MS = 2000
+const MAX_DAILY_SLOW_REQUESTS_TO_LOG = 10
+
 const ACCESS_LOG_FMT =
   'ip=:remote-addr ts=:date[iso] method=:method original_url=:original-url base_url=:base-url path=:path:params :body http_version=:http-version req_header:req[header] status=:status content_length=:res[content-length] content_type=":res[content-type]" ref=:referrer user_agent=":user-agent" elapsed_ms=:total-time[3] error_message=":error-message" error_code=:error-code'
 
 export function logRequests(loggerProvider: LoggerProvider): any[] {
+
+  // these trackers and middleware enable us to log just a sample of slow requests each day or app restart
+  let slowRequestCount = 0;
+  let lastLoggedDate = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+
+  // Middleware to calculate response time and handle daily reset of the counter
+  const responseTimeMiddleware = (req: Request, res: Response, next: Function) => {
+    const start = Date.now();
+    const currentDate = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+
+    if (lastLoggedDate !== currentDate) {
+      slowRequestCount = 0;  // Reset counter if it's a new day
+      lastLoggedDate = currentDate;  // Update the last logged date
+    }
+
+    res.on('finish', () => {
+      const responseTime = Date.now() - start;
+      if (responseTime > EXPECTED_RESPONSE_TIME_MS && slowRequestCount < MAX_DAILY_SLOW_REQUESTS_TO_LOG) {
+        slowRequestCount++;
+        res.locals.logSlowRequest = true; // Flag to log this request
+      }
+    });
+    next();
+  };
+
   morgan.token<Request, Response>('error-message', (req, res: Response) => {
     return res.locals.error?.message
   })
@@ -33,8 +61,8 @@ export function logRequests(loggerProvider: LoggerProvider): any[] {
     }
     return ' params=-'
   })
-  morgan.token<Request, Response>('body', (req) => {
-    if (req.body) {
+  morgan.token<Request, Response>('body', (req, res: Response) => {
+    if (req.body && res.locals.logSlowRequest) {
       const keys = Object.keys(req.body)
       if (keys.length > 0) {
         const body = keys.reduce((prev, curr) => {