diff --git a/conduwuit-example.toml b/conduwuit-example.toml
index bdccdb99..446375b8 100644
--- a/conduwuit-example.toml
+++ b/conduwuit-example.toml
@@ -604,6 +604,15 @@
 #
 #log_span_events = "none"
 
+# configures whether CONDUWUIT_LOG EnvFilter matches values using regular
+# expressions. See the tracing_subscriber documentation on Directives.
+#
+#log_filter_regex = true
+
+# toggles the display of ThreadId in tracing log output
+#
+#log_thread_ids = false
+
 # OpenID token expiration/TTL in seconds
 #
 # These are the OpenID tokens that are primarily used for Matrix account
diff --git a/src/core/config/mod.rs b/src/core/config/mod.rs
index 117b4da5..0e25b197 100644
--- a/src/core/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/core/config/mod.rs
@@ -698,6 +698,19 @@ pub struct Config {
 	#[serde(default = "default_log_span_events")]
 	pub log_span_events: String,
 
+	/// configures whether CONDUWUIT_LOG EnvFilter matches values using regular
+	/// expressions. See the tracing_subscriber documentation on Directives.
+	///
+	/// default: true
+	#[serde(default = "true_fn")]
+	pub log_filter_regex: bool,
+
+	/// toggles the display of ThreadId in tracing log output
+	///
+	/// default: false
+	#[serde(default)]
+	pub log_thread_ids: bool,
+
 	/// OpenID token expiration/TTL in seconds
 	///
 	/// These are the OpenID tokens that are primarily used for Matrix account
diff --git a/src/main/tracing.rs b/src/main/tracing.rs
index c28fef6b..efa47bab 100644
--- a/src/main/tracing.rs
+++ b/src/main/tracing.rs
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ pub(crate) type TracingFlameGuard = ();
 pub(crate) fn init(config: &Config) -> Result<(LogLevelReloadHandles, TracingFlameGuard, Arc<capture::State>)> {
 	let reload_handles = LogLevelReloadHandles::default();
 
-	let console_filter = EnvFilter::try_new(&config.log).map_err(|e| err!(Config("log", "{e}.")))?;
 	let console_span_events = fmt_span::from_str(&config.log_span_events).unwrap_or_err();
+	let console_filter = EnvFilter::builder()
+		.with_regex(config.log_filter_regex)
+		.parse(&config.log)
+		.map_err(|e| err!(Config("log", "{e}.")))?;
 	let console_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer::new()
 		.with_ansi(config.log_colors)
-		.with_span_events(console_span_events);
+		.with_span_events(console_span_events)
+		.with_thread_ids(config.log_thread_ids);
 	let (console_reload_filter, console_reload_handle) = reload::Layer::new(console_filter.clone());
 	reload_handles.add("console", Box::new(console_reload_handle));