diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e6eee89..f14d023 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = 'com.flexcodelabs'
-version = '0.0.27'
+version = '0.0.28'
 description = 'Flextuma App'
 
 java {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/flexcodelabs/flextuma/core/config/RequestLoggingFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/flexcodelabs/flextuma/core/config/RequestLoggingFilter.java
index 5f9f756..be380f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/flexcodelabs/flextuma/core/config/RequestLoggingFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/flexcodelabs/flextuma/core/config/RequestLoggingFilter.java
@@ -99,12 +99,14 @@ private String getUsername() {
         Authentication auth = SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication();
 
         // Debug logging to understand the authentication context
+        log.debug("Authentication found: {}", auth != null);
         if (auth != null) {
             log.debug("Auth class: {}", auth.getClass().getSimpleName());
             log.debug("Auth authenticated: {}", auth.isAuthenticated());
             log.debug("Auth principal: {}", auth.getPrincipal());
             log.debug("Auth name: {}", auth.getName());
             log.debug("Auth details: {}", auth.getDetails());
+            log.debug("Auth authorities: {}", auth.getAuthorities());
         } else {
             log.debug("Authentication is null");
         }
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ private String getUsername() {
             String username = auth.getName();
             // Don't return "SYSTEM" for actual authenticated users
             if (username != null && !username.trim().isEmpty() && !"SYSTEM".equalsIgnoreCase(username)) {
+                log.debug("Returning username: {}", username);
                 return username;
             }
         }
@@ -126,11 +129,11 @@ private String getUsername() {
             }
         }
 
+        log.debug("Returning SYSTEM as fallback");
         return "SYSTEM";
     }
 
     private HttpServletRequest getCurrentRequest() {
-        // Try to get current request from RequestContextHolder
         try {
             org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestAttributes attrs = org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextHolder
                     .getRequestAttributes();
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ private HttpServletRequest getCurrentRequest() {
                 return servletRequestAttributes.getRequest();
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            // Ignore - can't get current request
+            log.debug("❌❌❌❌ [RequestLoggingFilter] Could not get current request: {} ❌❌❌❌", e.getMessage());
         }
         return null;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/flexcodelabs/flextuma/core/entities/metadata/AbstractMetadataEntity.java b/src/main/java/com/flexcodelabs/flextuma/core/entities/metadata/AbstractMetadataEntity.java
index 8c51c2e..8cca0a2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/flexcodelabs/flextuma/core/entities/metadata/AbstractMetadataEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/flexcodelabs/flextuma/core/entities/metadata/AbstractMetadataEntity.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.flexcodelabs.flextuma.core.entities.metadata;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.flexcodelabs.flextuma.core.entities.base.Owner;
 import com.flexcodelabs.flextuma.core.entities.contact.Contact;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMetadataEntity extends Owner {
     private String description;
 
     @ManyToMany
+    @JsonIgnore
     @JsonIgnoreProperties({ "hibernateLazyInitializer", "handler" })
     private List<Contact> contacts = new ArrayList<>();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 44cdcea..190222a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ spring.devtools.restart.enabled=true
 # Enable INFO logging to see startup and seeding
 logging.level.com.flexcodelabs.flextuma=INFO
 logging.level.org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure=INFO
+logging.level.com.flexcodelabs.flextuma.core.config.RequestLoggingFilter=DEBUG
 
 spring.data.redis.host=${REDIS_HOST:redis}
 spring.data.redis.port=${REDIS_PORT:6379}