diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/debug_utils.py b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/debug_utils.py
index 2bd2a503c06..b182fd87ab2 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/debug_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/debug_utils.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Start tracing memory allocations
+import json
 import os
 import tracemalloc
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter
 
+import litellm
 from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
 
 router = APIRouter()
@@ -130,3 +132,70 @@ async def get_otel_spans():
         "spans_grouped_by_parent": spans_grouped_by_parent,
         "most_recent_parent": most_recent_parent,
     }
+
+
+# Helper functions for debugging
+def init_verbose_loggers():
+    worker_config = litellm.get_secret("WORKER_CONFIG")
+    if os.path.isfile(worker_config):
+        return
+    # if not, assume it's a json string
+    _settings = json.loads(os.getenv("WORKER_CONFIG"))
+    if not isinstance(_settings, dict):
+        return
+
+    debug = _settings.get("debug", None)
+    detailed_debug = _settings.get("detailed_debug", None)
+    if debug is True:  # this needs to be first, so users can see Router init debugg
+        import logging
+
+        from litellm._logging import (
+            verbose_logger,
+            verbose_proxy_logger,
+            verbose_router_logger,
+        )
+
+        # this must ALWAYS remain logging.INFO, DO NOT MODIFY THIS
+        verbose_logger.setLevel(level=logging.INFO)  # sets package logs to info
+        verbose_router_logger.setLevel(level=logging.INFO)  # set router logs to info
+        verbose_proxy_logger.setLevel(level=logging.INFO)  # set proxy logs to info
+    if detailed_debug == True:
+        import logging
+
+        from litellm._logging import (
+            verbose_logger,
+            verbose_proxy_logger,
+            verbose_router_logger,
+        )
+
+        verbose_logger.setLevel(level=logging.DEBUG)  # set package log to debug
+        verbose_router_logger.setLevel(level=logging.DEBUG)  # set router logs to debug
+        verbose_proxy_logger.setLevel(level=logging.DEBUG)  # set proxy logs to debug
+    elif debug == False and detailed_debug == False:
+        # users can control proxy debugging using env variable = 'LITELLM_LOG'
+        litellm_log_setting = os.environ.get("LITELLM_LOG", "")
+        if litellm_log_setting != None:
+            if litellm_log_setting.upper() == "INFO":
+                import logging
+
+                from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger, verbose_router_logger
+
+                # this must ALWAYS remain logging.INFO, DO NOT MODIFY THIS
+
+                verbose_router_logger.setLevel(
+                    level=logging.INFO
+                )  # set router logs to info
+                verbose_proxy_logger.setLevel(
+                    level=logging.INFO
+                )  # set proxy logs to info
+            elif litellm_log_setting.upper() == "DEBUG":
+                import logging
+
+                from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger, verbose_router_logger
+
+                verbose_router_logger.setLevel(
+                    level=logging.DEBUG
+                )  # set router logs to info
+                verbose_proxy_logger.setLevel(
+                    level=logging.DEBUG
+                )  # set proxy logs to debug
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 260c728b50c..db7fa3a5687 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.common_utils.admin_ui_utils import (
     setup_admin_ui_on_server_root_path,
     show_missing_vars_in_env,
 )
+from litellm.proxy.common_utils.debug_utils import init_verbose_loggers
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.debug_utils import router as debugging_endpoints_router
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.encrypt_decrypt_utils import (
     decrypt_value_helper,
@@ -2547,6 +2548,8 @@ async def startup_event():
     global prisma_client, master_key, use_background_health_checks, llm_router, llm_model_list, general_settings, proxy_budget_rescheduler_min_time, proxy_budget_rescheduler_max_time, litellm_proxy_admin_name, db_writer_client, store_model_in_db, premium_user, _license_check
     import json
 
+    init_verbose_loggers()
+
     ### LOAD MASTER KEY ###
     # check if master key set in environment - load from there
     master_key = litellm.get_secret("LITELLM_MASTER_KEY", None)
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/utils.py b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
index 1f3bf472265..212f8a9c87b 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ class PrismaClient:
     spend_log_transactions: List = []
 
     def __init__(self, database_url: str, proxy_logging_obj: ProxyLogging):
-        print_verbose(
+        verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
             "LiteLLM: DATABASE_URL Set in config, trying to 'pip install prisma'"
         )
         ## init logging object
@@ -844,8 +844,9 @@ class PrismaClient:
                 os.chdir(original_dir)
             # Now you can import the Prisma Client
             from prisma import Prisma  # type: ignore
-
+        verbose_proxy_logger.debug("Connecting Prisma Client to DB..")
         self.db = Prisma()  # Client to connect to Prisma db
+        verbose_proxy_logger.debug("Success - Connected Prisma Client to DB")
 
     def hash_token(self, token: str):
         # Hash the string using SHA-256