diff --git a/ledger/daml-on-sql/BUILD.bazel b/ledger/daml-on-sql/BUILD.bazel
index 9ffbc0e535a2..d8692ba8b8c9 100644
--- a/ledger/daml-on-sql/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/ledger/daml-on-sql/BUILD.bazel
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ da_scala_library(
 da_scala_binary(
     name = "daml-on-sql-binary",
     main_class = "com.daml.on.sql.Main",
-    resources = ["//ledger/sandbox-common:src/main/resources/logback.xml"],
+    resources = ["src/main/resources/logback.xml"],
     deps = [
         ":daml-on-sql",
     ],
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ da_scala_binary(
 da_scala_binary(
     name = "daml-on-sql-ephemeral-postgresql",
     main_class = "com.daml.on.sql.MainWithEphemeralPostgresql",
-    resources = ["//ledger/sandbox-common:src/main/resources/logback.xml"],
+    resources = ["src/main/resources/logback.xml"],
     deps = [
         ":daml-on-sql",
         ":daml-on-sql-test-lib",
diff --git a/ledger/daml-on-sql/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/ledger/daml-on-sql/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..319921e2cd5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ledger/daml-on-sql/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg %replace(, context: %marker){', context: $', ''} %n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
+        <file>sandbox.log</file>
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg %mdc%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="ASYNC" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
+        <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
+    </appender>
+
+    <!-- Disable noisy DB logging at the start of sandbox -->
+    <logger name="com.daml.platform.store.FlywayMigrations" level="WARN" />
+    <logger name="com.zaxxer.hikari" level="ERROR" />
+    <logger name="com.daml.ledger.on.sql" level="WARN" />
+    <logger name="com.daml.platform" level="WARN" />
+
+    <!-- Log progress of flyway migrations -->
+    <logger name="org.flywaydb" level="INFO" />
+
+    <!-- raising the command tracker logging level -->
+    <logger name="com.daml.platform.apiserver.services.tracking.TrackerMap" level="WARN" />
+
+    <!--
+    explicitly enabling the info logging for sandbox main and ledger api server
+    for the usual startup info logging (which port, dar files, etc...)
+    -->
+    <logger name="com.daml.platform.sandboxnext" level="INFO" />
+    <logger name="com.daml.platform.sandbox" level="INFO" />
+    <logger name="com.daml.platform.apiserver.LedgerApiServer" level="INFO" />
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="ASYNC"/>
+    </root>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/app/src/main/resources/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/app/logback.base.xml b/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/app/src/main/resources/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/app/logback.base.xml
index 73023cdbcaa9..204db12d08ee 100644
--- a/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/app/src/main/resources/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/app/logback.base.xml
+++ b/ledger/participant-state/kvutils/app/src/main/resources/com/daml/ledger/participant/state/kvutils/app/logback.base.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
     <!-- Disable noisy DB logging at the start of sandbox -->
     <logger name="com.daml.platform.store.FlywayMigrations" level="WARN" />
-    <logger name="org.flywaydb" level="ERROR" />
+    <logger name="org.flywaydb" level="INFO" />
     <logger name="com.zaxxer.hikari" level="ERROR" />
     <logger name="com.daml.platform" level="WARN" />