diff --git a/apps/data-service/src/index.ts b/apps/data-service/src/index.ts
index 7870bd9..77c91d1 100644
--- a/apps/data-service/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/data-service/src/index.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ async function initializeServices() {
           const jobData = {
             handler: handlerName,
             operation: scheduledJob.operation,
-            ...(scheduledJob.payload || {}),
+            payload: scheduledJob.payload || {},
           };
 
           // Build job options from scheduled job config
diff --git a/apps/data-service/src/providers/qm.provider.ts b/apps/data-service/src/providers/qm.provider.ts
index 5c93fd4..be80fdc 100644
--- a/apps/data-service/src/providers/qm.provider.ts
+++ b/apps/data-service/src/providers/qm.provider.ts
@@ -70,9 +70,15 @@ export function initializeQMProvider() {
       {
         type: 'qm-maintnance',
         operation: 'spider-symbol-search',
+        payload: {
+          prefix: null,
+          depth: 1,
+          source: 'qm',
+          maxDepth: 4
+        },
         cronPattern: '0 0 * * 0', // Every Sunday at midnight
         priority: 10,
-        immediately: true, // Don't run on startup
+        immediately: true, // Don't run on startup - this is a heavy operation
         description: 'Comprehensive symbol search using QM API',
       },
     ],
diff --git a/libs/logger/src/logger.ts b/libs/logger/src/logger.ts
index e47acd0..8af4b25 100644
--- a/libs/logger/src/logger.ts
+++ b/libs/logger/src/logger.ts
@@ -25,15 +25,22 @@ let globalConfig: LoggerConfig = {
   environment: 'development',
 };
 
+// Log level priorities for comparison
+const LOG_LEVELS: Record<LogLevel, number> = {
+  trace: 10,
+  debug: 20,
+  info: 30,
+  warn: 40,
+  error: 50,
+  fatal: 60,
+};
+
 /**
  * Set global logger configuration
  */
 export function setLoggerConfig(config: LoggerConfig): void {
   globalConfig = { ...globalConfig, ...config };
-  // Clear cache to force recreation with new config
   loggerCache.clear();
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-  console.log('Logger config updated:', globalConfig.logLevel);
 }
 /**
  * Create logger destination using multistream approach:
@@ -49,12 +56,12 @@ function createDestination(
   // Console: In-process pretty stream for dev (fast shutdown)
   if (config.logConsole && config.environment !== 'production') {
     const prettyStream = pretty({
-      sync: true,
+      sync: false,  // IMPORTANT: Make async to prevent blocking the event loop
       colorize: true,
       translateTime: 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:ss.l',
       messageFormat: '[{service}{childName}] {msg}',
       singleLine: false,  // This was causing logs to be on one line
-      hideObject: true,   // Hide metadata objects
+      hideObject: false,   // Hide metadata objects
       ignore: 'pid,hostname,service,environment,version,childName',
       errorLikeObjectKeys: ['err', 'error'],
       errorProps: 'message,stack,name,code',
@@ -149,10 +156,23 @@ export class Logger {
     this.serviceName = serviceName;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Check if a log level should be output based on global config
+   */
+  private shouldLog(level: LogLevel): boolean {
+    const currentLevel = globalConfig.logLevel || 'info';
+    return LOG_LEVELS[level] >= LOG_LEVELS[currentLevel];
+  }
+
   /**
    * Core log method
    */
   private log(level: LogLevel, message: string | object, metadata?: LogMetadata): void {
+    // Skip if level is below current threshold
+    if (!this.shouldLog(level)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const data = { ...this.context, ...metadata };
 
     if (typeof message === 'string') {
@@ -321,30 +341,7 @@ export async function shutdownLoggers(): Promise<void> {
       logger.info('Logger shutting down...');
     }
 
-    // Flush all loggers
     const flushPromises = Array.from(loggerCache.values()).map(logger => logger.flush());
-    //   return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
-    //     // First try to flush if the method exists
-    //     if (typeof logger.flush === 'function') {
-    //       const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
-    //         // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    //         console.warn('Logger flush timeout after 100ms');
-    //         resolve();
-    //       }, 100);
-
-    //       logger.flush((err) => {
-    //         clearTimeout(timeout);
-    //         if (err) {
-    //           // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    //           console.error('Logger flush error:', err);
-    //         }
-    //         resolve();
-    //       });
-    //     } else {
-    //       resolve();
-    //     }
-    //   });
-    // });
 
     await Promise.all(flushPromises);