diff --git a/src/deploy/campaign/deploy-campaign.ts b/src/deploy/campaign/deploy-campaign.ts
index 4fb7d7e10..90750cf06 100644
--- a/src/deploy/campaign/deploy-campaign.ts
+++ b/src/deploy/campaign/deploy-campaign.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export class DeployCampaign {
   config : IDeployCampaignConfig;
   version : string;
 
-  // TODO dep: figure out typing here so that methods of each contract type are resolved in Mission classes!
+  // TODO dep: improve typing here so that methods of each contract type are resolved in Mission classes!
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
   [name : string | symbol] : any;
 
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ export class DeployCampaign {
       {}
     );
 
-    this.logger.debug("Deploy Campaign initialized.");
+    this.logger.info("Deploy Campaign initialized.");
 
     return campaignProxy;
   }
 
   async execute () {
-    this.logger.debug("Deploy Campaign execution started.");
+    this.logger.info("Deploy Campaign execution started.");
 
     await Object.values(this.state.instances).reduce(
       async (
@@ -102,12 +102,11 @@ export class DeployCampaign {
       await this.monitor();
     }
 
-    this.logger.debug("Deploy Campaign execution finished successfully.");
+    this.logger.info("Deploy Campaign execution finished successfully.");
   }
 
   updateStateContract (instanceName : string, contractName : string, contract : Contract) {
     this.state.contracts[instanceName] = contract;
-    // TODO dep: make better logger and decide which levels to call where
     this.logger.debug(`Data of deployed contract '${contractName}' is added to Campaign state at '${instanceName}'.`);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/deploy/db/mongo-adapter/constants.ts b/src/deploy/db/mongo-adapter/constants.ts
index 8dc0ca7cb..1b0e4ded9 100644
--- a/src/deploy/db/mongo-adapter/constants.ts
+++ b/src/deploy/db/mongo-adapter/constants.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ export const VERSION_TYPES = {
   archived: "ARCHIVED",
 };
 
-// TODO dep: move these to default ENV config
 export const DEFAULT_MONGO_URI = "mongodb://localhost:27018";
 export const DEFAULT_MONGO_DB_NAME = "zns-campaign";
diff --git a/src/deploy/db/mongo-adapter/get-adapter.ts b/src/deploy/db/mongo-adapter/get-adapter.ts
index c83cbe8ef..f1d4313a7 100644
--- a/src/deploy/db/mongo-adapter/get-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/deploy/db/mongo-adapter/get-adapter.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ export const getMongoAdapter = async (logger ?: TLogger) : Promise<MongoDBAdapte
     clientOpts: process.env.MONGO_DB_CLIENT_OPTS
       ? JSON.parse(process.env.MONGO_DB_CLIENT_OPTS)
       : undefined,
-    version: process.env.MONGO_DB_VERSION,
+    version: process.env.MONGO_DB_VERSION
+      ? process.env.MONGO_DB_VERSION
+      : undefined,
   };
 
   let createNew = false;
diff --git a/src/deploy/db/mongo-adapter/mongo-adapter.ts b/src/deploy/db/mongo-adapter/mongo-adapter.ts
index 940711800..06f75ac2c 100644
--- a/src/deploy/db/mongo-adapter/mongo-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/deploy/db/mongo-adapter/mongo-adapter.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export class MongoDBAdapter {
     dbName,
     clientOpts,
   } : IMongoDBAdapterArgs) {
-    // TODO dep: add a way to get these from ENV
     this.logger = logger;
     this.client = new MongoClient(dbUri, clientOpts);
     this.clientOpts = clientOpts;
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ export class MongoDBAdapter {
     });
   }
 
-  async writeContract (contractName : string, data : IContractDbData, version ?: string) {
+  async writeContract (contractName : string, data : Omit<IContractDbData, "version">, version ?: string) {
     if (!version) {
       ({ dbVersion: version } = await this.getCheckLatestVersion());
     }
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ export class MongoDBAdapter {
   }
 
   // Versioning methods
-  // TODO dep: add logging to all versioning stages and methods !!
   async configureVersioning (version ?: string) {
     // TODO dep: add archiving logic once determined on how to handle it
     const tempV = await this.getTempVersion();
@@ -260,7 +258,6 @@ export class MongoDBAdapter {
   }
 
   async clearDBForVersion (version : string) {
-    // TODO dep: add more collections here when added
     await this.contracts.deleteMany({
       version,
     });
diff --git a/src/deploy/logger/create-logger.ts b/src/deploy/logger/create-logger.ts
index 5f5bf5979..8a1d7ad21 100644
--- a/src/deploy/logger/create-logger.ts
+++ b/src/deploy/logger/create-logger.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
 import winston from "winston";
 import { TLogger } from "../campaign/types";
+import { includes } from "hardhat/internal/hardhat-network/provider/filter";
 
 let logger : TLogger | null = null;
 
 
-// TODO dep: refine this function and configurability of this logger
 export const createLogger = (logLevel ?: string, silent ?: boolean) => winston.createLogger({
   level: logLevel,
   format: winston.format.combine(
-    // TODO dep: adjust the format to what we need
     winston.format.json(),
     winston.format.timestamp(),
     winston.format.prettyPrint(),
   ),
   transports: [
-    // TODO dep: figure out where to transport this in production
     new winston.transports.Console(),
   ],
-  // TODO dep: make sure we need this to be set!
+  // TODO dep: do we need this to be set ?
   exitOnError: false,
   silent,
 });
 
-// TODO dep: add more ENV vars here so we don't have to pass anything
 export const getLogger = () : TLogger => {
   if (logger) return logger;
 
@@ -31,5 +28,15 @@ export const getLogger = () : TLogger => {
     process.env.SILENT_LOGGER === "true"
   );
 
+  const logFileName = `deploy-${Date.now()}.log`;
+
+  if (process.env.ENV_LEVEL?.includes("prod") || process.env.ENV_LEVEL?.includes("test")) {
+    logger.add(
+      new winston.transports.File({ filename: logFileName }),
+    );
+
+    logger.debug(`The ENV_LEVEL is ${process.env.ENV_LEVEL}, logs will be saved in ${ logFileName } file`);
+  }
+
   return logger;
 };
diff --git a/src/deploy/missions/base-deploy-mission.ts b/src/deploy/missions/base-deploy-mission.ts
index a44792225..0e6bf0db9 100644
--- a/src/deploy/missions/base-deploy-mission.ts
+++ b/src/deploy/missions/base-deploy-mission.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ import { ProxyKinds } from "../constants";
 import { ContractByName } from "@tenderly/hardhat-tenderly/dist/tenderly/types";
 
 
-// TODO dep:
-//    1. add better logging for each step
-//    2. add proper error handling
 export class BaseDeployMission {
   contractName! : string;
   instanceName! : string;
@@ -57,11 +54,10 @@ export class BaseDeployMission {
   async needsDeploy () {
     const dbContract = await this.getFromDB();
 
-    // TODO dep: refine these
     if (!dbContract) {
-      this.logger.debug(`${this.contractName} not found in DB, proceeding to deploy...`);
+      this.logger.info(`${this.contractName} not found in DB, proceeding to deploy...`);
     } else {
-      this.logger.debug(`${this.contractName} found in DB at ${dbContract.address}, no deployment needed.`);
+      this.logger.info(`${this.contractName} found in DB at ${dbContract.address}, no deployment needed.`);
 
       const contract = await this.campaign.deployer.getContractObject(
         this.contractName,
@@ -84,7 +80,7 @@ export class BaseDeployMission {
     return this.campaign.deployer.getContractArtifact(this.contractName);
   }
 
-  buildDbObject (hhContract : Contract, implAddress : string | null) : IContractDbData {
+  buildDbObject (hhContract : Contract, implAddress : string | null) : Omit<IContractDbData, "version"> {
     const { abi, bytecode } = this.getArtifact();
     return {
       name: this.contractName,
@@ -92,9 +88,6 @@ export class BaseDeployMission {
       abi: JSON.stringify(abi),
       bytecode,
       implementation: implAddress,
-      // TODO dep: this might not be needed here since MongoAdapter will add it
-      //  upon writing to DB
-      version: this.campaign.version,
     };
   }
 
@@ -142,7 +135,7 @@ export class BaseDeployMission {
   }
 
   async verify () {
-    this.logger.info(`Verifying ${this.contractName} on Etherscan...`);
+    this.logger.debug(`Verifying ${this.contractName} on Etherscan...`);
     const { address } = await this.campaign[this.instanceName];
 
     const ctorArgs = !this.proxyData.isProxy ? this.deployArgs() : undefined;
@@ -152,7 +145,7 @@ export class BaseDeployMission {
       ctorArgs,
     });
 
-    this.logger.info(`Etherscan verification for ${this.contractName} finished successfully.`);
+    this.logger.debug(`Etherscan verification for ${this.contractName} finished successfully.`);
   }
 
   async getMonitoringData () : Promise<Array<ContractByName>> {
diff --git a/src/deploy/missions/contracts/access-controller.ts b/src/deploy/missions/contracts/access-controller.ts
index a2b95c65a..6d4e74717 100644
--- a/src/deploy/missions/contracts/access-controller.ts
+++ b/src/deploy/missions/contracts/access-controller.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ export class ZNSAccessControllerDM extends BaseDeployMission {
   proxyData = {
     isProxy: false,
   };
-  // TODO dep: make constants available for both this and tests.
-  //  possibly use ones from the helpers
+
   contractName = znsNames.accessController.contract;
   instanceName = znsNames.accessController.instance;
 
diff --git a/src/deploy/storage/base-storage-adapter.ts b/src/deploy/storage/base-storage-adapter.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f99370e5..000000000
--- a/src/deploy/storage/base-storage-adapter.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import { TLogger } from "../campaign/types";
-import { IContractDbData, TContractDBDoc } from "../db/types";
-
-
-// TODO dep: do we need this class at all? remove this if not used
-export class BaseStorageAdapter {
-  logger : TLogger;
-
-  constructor (logger : TLogger) {
-    this.logger = logger;
-  }
-
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-  async writeContract (contractDbName : string, data : IContractDbData) {
-    throw new Error("This class can NOT be used as storage adapter. It needs to be inherited and implemented.");
-  }
-
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-  async getContract (contractDbName : string) : Promise<TContractDBDoc | null> {
-    throw new Error("This class can NOT be used as storage adapter. It needs to be inherited and implemented.");
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/deploy/storage/file-storage.ts b/src/deploy/storage/file-storage.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 68b394b0b..000000000
--- a/src/deploy/storage/file-storage.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import fs from "fs";
-import path from "path";
-import { BaseStorageAdapter } from "./base-storage-adapter";
-import { TLogger } from "../campaign/types";
-import { IContractDbData } from "../db/types";
-
-
-export const fileStoragePath = path.join(process.cwd(), "./db");
-
-
-export class FileStorageAdapter extends BaseStorageAdapter {
-  private writeLocal : boolean;
-
-  constructor (logger : TLogger, writeLocal  = true) {
-    super(logger);
-
-    this.writeLocal = writeLocal;
-
-    if (!this.writeLocal) return;
-
-    if (!fs.existsSync(fileStoragePath)) {
-      this.logger.info("Creating temp db directory.");
-      fs.mkdirSync(fileStoragePath);
-    } else {
-      this.logger.info(`Temp db directory exists and will be used at: ${fileStoragePath}.`);
-    }
-  }
-
-  async writeContract (contractDbName : string, data : IContractDbData) {
-    if (!this.writeLocal) return;
-
-    const filePath = path.join(fileStoragePath, `/${contractDbName}.json`);
-    const fileData = JSON.stringify(data, null,  "\t");
-
-    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, fileData);
-
-    this.logger.info(`Contract data for ${contractDbName} saved to file: ${filePath}.`);
-  }
-
-  async getContract (contractDbName : string) : Promise<IContractDbData | null> {
-    const filePath = path.join(fileStoragePath, `/${contractDbName}.json`);
-
-    if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
-      this.logger.debug(`Contract data for ${contractDbName} not found at: ${filePath}.`);
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");
-
-    return JSON.parse(fileData);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/deploy/storage/utils.ts b/src/deploy/storage/utils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d0b58b3a7..000000000
--- a/src/deploy/storage/utils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import fs from "fs";
-import { fileStoragePath } from "./file-storage";
-
-
-export const wipeFileStorage = () => {
-  if (fs.existsSync(fileStoragePath)) {
-    fs.rmSync(fileStoragePath, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  }
-};
diff --git a/src/deploy/zns-campaign.ts b/src/deploy/zns-campaign.ts
index b1bba1681..f8faa0096 100644
--- a/src/deploy/zns-campaign.ts
+++ b/src/deploy/zns-campaign.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export const runZnsCampaign = async ({
   dbVersion ?: string;
   deployer ?: HardhatDeployer;
 }) => {
-  // TODO dep: figure out the best place to put this at!
   hre.upgrades.silenceWarnings();
 
   const logger = getLogger();
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ export const runZnsCampaign = async ({
 
   await campaign.execute();
 
-  // TODO dep: find the best place to call these !
   await dbAdapter.finalizeDeployedVersion(dbVersion);
 
   return campaign;
diff --git a/test/DeployCampaignInt.test.ts b/test/DeployCampaignInt.test.ts
index 2c25f17f0..881d920d9 100644
--- a/test/DeployCampaignInt.test.ts
+++ b/test/DeployCampaignInt.test.ts
@@ -867,8 +867,6 @@ describe("Deploy Campaign Test", () => {
     before (async () => {
       [deployAdmin, admin, zeroVault] = await hre.ethers.getSigners();
 
-      // TODO dep ver: add proper checks for the new config values
-      //  and make sure tenderly and etherscan ENV data is acquired correctly
       config = {
         deployAdmin,
         governorAddresses: [deployAdmin.address],
diff --git a/test/ZNSRootRegistrar.test.ts b/test/ZNSRootRegistrar.test.ts
index b7f7a5c94..6d682280a 100644
--- a/test/ZNSRootRegistrar.test.ts
+++ b/test/ZNSRootRegistrar.test.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ import { access } from "fs";
 require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers");
 
 
-// TODO dep: this is the only test converted to use the new Campaign
-//  others need to be converted once the Campaign is ready in full
+// This is the only test converted to use the new Campaign, other
+// contract specific tests are using `deployZNS()` helper
 describe("ZNSRootRegistrar", () => {
   let deployer : SignerWithAddress;
   let user : SignerWithAddress;