diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6b0225f947..298ca1a138 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6252,7 +6252,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-node-status-api"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ammonia",
  "anyhow",
@@ -6269,6 +6269,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-contracts-common",
  "nym-crypto",
  "nym-http-api-client",
+ "nym-http-api-common",
+ "nym-mixnet-contract-common",
  "nym-network-defaults",
  "nym-node-metrics",
  "nym-node-requests",
diff --git a/common/http-api-common/src/middleware/logging.rs b/common/http-api-common/src/middleware/logging.rs
index fd60ca30b1..84c33c8a7d 100644
--- a/common/http-api-common/src/middleware/logging.rs
+++ b/common/http-api-common/src/middleware/logging.rs
@@ -9,13 +9,35 @@ use axum::response::IntoResponse;
 use axum_client_ip::InsecureClientIp;
 use colored::Colorize;
 use std::time::Instant;
-use tracing::info;
+use tracing::{debug, info};
+
+enum LogLevel {
+    Debug,
+    Info,
+}
+
+pub async fn log_request_info(
+    insecure_client_ip: InsecureClientIp,
+    request: Request,
+    next: Next,
+) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    log_request(insecure_client_ip, request, next, LogLevel::Info).await
+}
+
+pub async fn log_request_debug(
+    insecure_client_ip: InsecureClientIp,
+    request: Request,
+    next: Next,
+) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    log_request(insecure_client_ip, request, next, LogLevel::Debug).await
+}
 
 /// Simple logger for requests
-pub async fn logger(
+async fn log_request(
     InsecureClientIp(addr): InsecureClientIp,
     request: Request,
     next: Next,
+    level: LogLevel,
 ) -> impl IntoResponse {
     // TODO dz use `OriginalUri` extractor to get full URI even for nested
     // routers if routes aren't logged correctly in handlers
@@ -58,7 +80,14 @@ pub async fn logger(
 
     let agent_str = "agent".bold();
 
-    info!("[{addr} -> {host}] {method} '{uri}': {print_status} {time_taken} {agent_str}: {agent}");
+    match level {
+        LogLevel::Debug => debug!(
+            "[{addr} -> {host}] {method} '{uri}': {print_status} {time_taken} {agent_str}: {agent}"
+        ),
+        LogLevel::Info => info!(
+            "[{addr} -> {host}] {method} '{uri}': {print_status} {time_taken} {agent_str}: {agent}"
+        ),
+    }
 
     res
 }
diff --git a/nym-api/src/support/http/router.rs b/nym-api/src/support/http/router.rs
index 4c291fbc58..588b0e4134 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/support/http/router.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/support/http/router.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use axum::response::Redirect;
 use axum::routing::get;
 use axum::Router;
 use core::net::SocketAddr;
-use nym_http_api_common::middleware::logging::logger;
+use nym_http_api_common::middleware::logging::log_request_info;
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use tokio_util::sync::WaitForCancellationFutureOwned;
 use tower_http::cors::CorsLayer;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ impl RouterBuilder {
     fn finalize_routes(self) -> Router<AppState> {
         self.unfinished_router
             .layer(setup_cors())
-            .layer(axum::middleware::from_fn(logger))
+            .layer(axum::middleware::from_fn(log_request_info))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/nym-credential-proxy/nym-credential-proxy/src/http/router/mod.rs b/nym-credential-proxy/nym-credential-proxy/src/http/router/mod.rs
index c7030b470d..243d3494d5 100644
--- a/nym-credential-proxy/nym-credential-proxy/src/http/router/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-credential-proxy/nym-credential-proxy/src/http/router/mod.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn build_router(state: ApiState, auth_token: String) -> Router {
         .nest(routes::API, api::routes(auth_middleware))
         // we don't have to be using middleware, but we already had that code
         // we might want something like: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/blob/main/examples/tracing-aka-logging/src/main.rs#L44 instead
-        .layer(axum::middleware::from_fn(logging::logger))
+        .layer(axum::middleware::from_fn(logging::log_request_info))
         .with_state(state);
 
     cfg_if::cfg_if! {
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-agent/Cargo.toml b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-agent/Cargo.toml
index 5e01d55df7..741b5895ec 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ nym-bin-common = { path = "../../common/bin-common", features = ["models"]}
 nym-node-status-client = { path = "../nym-node-status-client" }
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["asymmetric", "rand"] }
 rand = { workspace = true }
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "process"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "process", "fs"] }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter"] }
 
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/Cargo.toml
index 936f86cf0a..6ec2945e8f 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "nym-node-status-api"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ futures-util = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 moka = { workspace = true, features = ["future"] }
 nym-contracts-common = { path = "../../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common" }
+nym-mixnet-contract-common = { path = "../../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/mixnet-contract", features = ["utoipa"] }
 nym-bin-common = { path = "../../common/bin-common", features = ["models"] }
 nym-node-status-client = { path = "../nym-node-status-client" }
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["asymmetric", "serde"] }
 nym-http-api-client = { path = "../../common/http-api-client" }
+nym-http-api-common = { path = "../../common/http-api-common" }
 nym-network-defaults = { path = "../../common/network-defaults" }
 nym-serde-helpers = { path = "../../common/serde-helpers" }
 nym-statistics-common = { path = "../../common/statistics" }
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/gateways.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/gateways.rs
index 92e9d7d849..b7c330da53 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/gateways.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/gateways.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
         DbPool,
     },
     http::models::Gateway,
+    mixnet_scraper::helpers::NodeDescriptionResponse,
 };
 use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
 use sqlx::{pool::PoolConnection, Sqlite};
@@ -131,3 +132,39 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_bonded_gateway_id_keys(pool: &DbPool) -> anyhow::Result<
 
     Ok(items)
 }
+
+pub(crate) async fn insert_gateway_description(
+    conn: &mut PoolConnection<Sqlite>,
+    identity_key: &str,
+    description: &NodeDescriptionResponse,
+    timestamp: i64,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    sqlx::query!(
+        r#"
+        INSERT INTO gateway_description (
+            gateway_identity_key,
+            moniker,
+            website,
+            security_contact,
+            details,
+            last_updated_utc
+        ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+        ON CONFLICT (gateway_identity_key) DO UPDATE SET
+            moniker = excluded.moniker,
+            website = excluded.website,
+            security_contact = excluded.security_contact,
+            details = excluded.details,
+            last_updated_utc = excluded.last_updated_utc
+        "#,
+        identity_key,
+        description.moniker,
+        description.website,
+        description.security_contact,
+        description.details,
+        timestamp,
+    )
+    .execute(conn.as_mut())
+    .await
+    .map(drop)
+    .map_err(From::from)
+}
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/mixnodes.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/mixnodes.rs
index 0b5f6e8abd..98709e099e 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/mixnodes.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/mixnodes.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 
 use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
+use sqlx::{pool::PoolConnection, Sqlite};
 use tracing::error;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ use crate::{
         DbPool,
     },
     http::models::{DailyStats, Mixnode},
+    mixnet_scraper::helpers::NodeDescriptionResponse,
 };
 
 pub(crate) async fn update_mixnodes(
@@ -157,3 +159,34 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_bonded_mix_ids(pool: &DbPool) -> anyhow::Result<HashSet<
 
     Ok(items)
 }
+
+pub(crate) async fn insert_mixnode_description(
+    conn: &mut PoolConnection<Sqlite>,
+    mix_id: &i64,
+    description: &NodeDescriptionResponse,
+    timestamp: i64,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    sqlx::query!(
+        r#"
+        INSERT INTO mixnode_description (
+            mix_id, moniker, website, security_contact, details, last_updated_utc
+        ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+        ON CONFLICT (mix_id) DO UPDATE SET
+            moniker = excluded.moniker,
+            website = excluded.website,
+            security_contact = excluded.security_contact,
+            details = excluded.details,
+            last_updated_utc = excluded.last_updated_utc
+        "#,
+        mix_id,
+        description.moniker,
+        description.website,
+        description.security_contact,
+        description.details,
+        timestamp,
+    )
+    .execute(conn.as_mut())
+    .await
+    .map(drop)
+    .map_err(From::from)
+}
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/nym_nodes.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/nym_nodes.rs
index d7d85c28f9..59a7984203 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/nym_nodes.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/nym_nodes.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@ use nym_validator_client::{
     client::{NodeId, NymNodeDetails},
     models::NymNodeDescription,
 };
+use sqlx::{pool::PoolConnection, Sqlite};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use tracing::instrument;
 
-use crate::db::{
-    models::{NymNodeDto, NymNodeInsertRecord},
-    DbPool,
+use crate::{
+    db::{
+        models::{NymNodeDto, NymNodeInsertRecord},
+        DbPool,
+    },
+    mixnet_scraper::helpers::NodeDescriptionResponse,
 };
 
 pub(crate) async fn get_all_nym_nodes(pool: &DbPool) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<NymNodeDto>> {
@@ -194,6 +198,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_node_self_description(
             nym_nodes
         WHERE
             self_described IS NOT NULL
+        ORDER BY
+            node_id
         "#,
     )
     .fetch_all(&mut *conn)
@@ -256,3 +262,34 @@ pub(crate) async fn get_bonded_node_description(
     })
     .map_err(From::from)
 }
+
+pub(crate) async fn insert_nym_node_description(
+    conn: &mut PoolConnection<Sqlite>,
+    node_id: &i64,
+    description: &NodeDescriptionResponse,
+    timestamp: i64,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    sqlx::query!(
+        r#"
+        INSERT INTO nym_node_descriptions (
+            node_id, moniker, website, security_contact, details, last_updated_utc
+        ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+        ON CONFLICT (node_id) DO UPDATE SET
+            moniker = excluded.moniker,
+            website = excluded.website,
+            security_contact = excluded.security_contact,
+            details = excluded.details,
+            last_updated_utc = excluded.last_updated_utc
+        "#,
+        node_id,
+        description.moniker,
+        description.website,
+        description.security_contact,
+        description.details,
+        timestamp,
+    )
+    .execute(conn.as_mut())
+    .await
+    .map(drop)
+    .map_err(From::from)
+}
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/scraper.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/scraper.rs
index aff700595d..6cbc931ead 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/scraper.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/db/queries/scraper.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 use crate::{
     db::{
         models::{ScrapeNodeKind, ScraperNodeInfo},
-        queries, DbPool,
+        queries::{
+            self, gateways::insert_gateway_description, mixnodes::insert_mixnode_description,
+            nym_nodes::insert_nym_node_description,
+        },
+        DbPool,
     },
     mixnet_scraper::helpers::NodeDescriptionResponse,
 };
@@ -125,78 +129,18 @@ pub(crate) async fn insert_scraped_node_description(
 
     match node_kind {
         ScrapeNodeKind::LegacyMixnode { mix_id } => {
-            sqlx::query!(
-                r#"
-                INSERT INTO mixnode_description (
-                    mix_id, moniker, website, security_contact, details, last_updated_utc
-                ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
-                ON CONFLICT (mix_id) DO UPDATE SET
-                    moniker = excluded.moniker,
-                    website = excluded.website,
-                    security_contact = excluded.security_contact,
-                    details = excluded.details,
-                    last_updated_utc = excluded.last_updated_utc
-                "#,
-                mix_id,
-                description.moniker,
-                description.website,
-                description.security_contact,
-                description.details,
-                timestamp,
-            )
-            .execute(&mut *conn)
-            .await?;
+            insert_mixnode_description(&mut conn, mix_id, description, timestamp).await?;
         }
         ScrapeNodeKind::MixingNymNode { node_id } => {
-            sqlx::query!(
-                r#"
-                INSERT INTO nym_node_descriptions (
-                    node_id, moniker, website, security_contact, details, last_updated_utc
-                ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
-                ON CONFLICT (node_id) DO UPDATE SET
-                    moniker = excluded.moniker,
-                    website = excluded.website,
-                    security_contact = excluded.security_contact,
-                    details = excluded.details,
-                    last_updated_utc = excluded.last_updated_utc
-                "#,
-                node_id,
-                description.moniker,
-                description.website,
-                description.security_contact,
-                description.details,
-                timestamp,
-            )
-            .execute(&mut *conn)
-            .await?;
+            insert_nym_node_description(&mut conn, node_id, description, timestamp).await?;
         }
-        ScrapeNodeKind::EntryExitNymNode { identity_key, .. } => {
-            sqlx::query!(
-                r#"
-            INSERT INTO gateway_description (
-                gateway_identity_key,
-                moniker,
-                website,
-                security_contact,
-                details,
-                last_updated_utc
-            ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
-            ON CONFLICT (gateway_identity_key) DO UPDATE SET
-                moniker = excluded.moniker,
-                website = excluded.website,
-                security_contact = excluded.security_contact,
-                details = excluded.details,
-                last_updated_utc = excluded.last_updated_utc
-            "#,
-                identity_key,
-                description.moniker,
-                description.website,
-                description.security_contact,
-                description.details,
-                timestamp,
-            )
-            .execute(&mut *conn)
-            .await?;
+        ScrapeNodeKind::EntryExitNymNode {
+            node_id,
+            identity_key,
+        } => {
+            insert_nym_node_description(&mut conn, node_id, description, timestamp).await?;
+            // for historic reasons (/gateways API), store this info into gateways table as well
+            insert_gateway_description(&mut conn, identity_key, description, timestamp).await?;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/metrics/sessions.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/metrics/sessions.rs
index 409c042753..6c229e94b4 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/metrics/sessions.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/metrics/sessions.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ async fn get_all_sessions(
     };
 
     Ok(Json(PagedResult::paginate(
-        Pagination { size, page },
+        Pagination::new(size, page),
         day_and_node_filtered,
     )))
 }
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/mod.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/mod.rs
index 1ba2711ec3..f71f48fe02 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use axum::{response::Redirect, Router};
+use nym_http_api_common::middleware::logging::log_request_debug;
 use tokio::net::ToSocketAddrs;
-use tower_http::{cors::CorsLayer, trace::TraceLayer};
+use tower_http::cors::CorsLayer;
 use utoipa::OpenApi;
 use utoipa_swagger_ui::SwaggerUi;
 
@@ -39,7 +40,10 @@ impl RouterBuilder {
                     .nest("/summary", summary::routes())
                     .nest("/metrics", metrics::routes()),
             )
-            .nest("/v3", Router::new().nest("/nym-nodes", nym_nodes::routes()))
+            .nest(
+                "/explorer/v3",
+                Router::new().nest("/nym-nodes", nym_nodes::routes()),
+            )
             .nest(
                 "/internal",
                 Router::new().nest("/testruns", testruns::routes()),
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ impl RouterBuilder {
             // CORS layer needs to wrap other API layers
             .layer(setup_cors())
             // logger should be outermost layer
-            .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http())
+            .layer(axum::middleware::from_fn(log_request_debug))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/nym_nodes.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/nym_nodes.rs
index 796760de41..3cc221b15b 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/nym_nodes.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/nym_nodes.rs
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ pub(crate) fn routes() -> Router<AppState> {
 }
 
 #[utoipa::path(
-    tag = "Nym Nodes",
+    tag = "Nym Explorer",
     get,
     params(
         Pagination
     ),
-    path = "/v3/nym-nodes",
+    path = "/nym-nodes",
+    context_path = "/explorer/v3",
     responses(
         (status = 200, body = PagedResult<ExtendedNymNode>)
     )
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/services/mod.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/services/mod.rs
index 4a817ab759..56d2f0c1b2 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/services/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/api/services/mod.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ async fn mixnodes(
         .map(|(s, _)| s)
         .collect();
 
-    Ok(Json(PagedResult::paginate(Pagination { size, page }, res)))
+    Ok(Json(PagedResult::paginate(
+        Pagination::new(size, page),
+        res,
+    )))
 }
 
 struct ServiceFilter {
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/mod.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/mod.rs
index 2fa8373318..758278641a 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/mod.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub struct PagedResult<T: ToSchema> {
 impl<T: Clone + ToSchema> PagedResult<T> {
     pub fn paginate(pagination: Pagination, res: Vec<T>) -> Self {
         let total = res.len();
-        let (size, mut page) = pagination.intoto_inner_values();
+        let (size, mut page) = pagination.into_inner_values();
 
         if page * size > total {
             page = total / size;
@@ -42,14 +42,25 @@ pub(crate) struct Pagination {
     page: Option<usize>,
 }
 
+const SIZE_DEFAULT: usize = 10;
+const SIZE_MAX: usize = 200;
+const PAGE_DEFAULT: usize = 0;
+
+impl Default for Pagination {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            size: Some(SIZE_DEFAULT),
+            page: Some(PAGE_DEFAULT),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Pagination {
-    // unwrap stored values or use predefined defaults
-    pub(crate) fn intoto_inner_values(self) -> (usize, usize) {
-        const SIZE_DEFAULT: usize = 10;
-        const SIZE_MAX: usize = 200;
-
-        const PAGE_DEFAULT: usize = 0;
+    pub(crate) fn new(size: Option<usize>, page: Option<usize>) -> Self {
+        Self { size, page }
+    }
 
+    pub(crate) fn into_inner_values(self) -> (usize, usize) {
         (
             self.size.unwrap_or(SIZE_DEFAULT).min(SIZE_MAX),
             self.page.unwrap_or(PAGE_DEFAULT),
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/models.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/models.rs
index f39decfa73..be9aac0716 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/models.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/models.rs
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ pub(crate) struct ExtendedNymNode {
     #[schema(value_type = String)]
     pub(crate) total_stake: Decimal,
     pub(crate) original_pledge: u128,
-    pub(crate) bonding_address: String,
+    pub(crate) bonding_address: Option<String>,
     pub(crate) bonded: bool,
-    pub(crate) node_type: String,
+    pub(crate) node_type: nym_validator_client::models::DescribedNodeType,
     pub(crate) ip_address: String,
     pub(crate) accepted_tnc: bool,
-    pub(crate) self_description: serde_json::Value,
-    pub(crate) rewarding_details: serde_json::Value,
+    pub(crate) self_description: nym_validator_client::models::NymNodeData,
+    pub(crate) rewarding_details: Option<nym_mixnet_contract_common::NodeRewarding>,
     pub(crate) description: NodeDescription,
     pub(crate) geoip: Option<NodeGeoData>,
 }
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/state.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/state.rs
index cfd10e936c..fdc58b385d 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/state.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/http/state.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use cosmwasm_std::Decimal;
 use moka::{future::Cache, Entry};
 use nym_contracts_common::NaiveFloat;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::ed25519::PublicKey;
-use nym_validator_client::{models::DescribedNodeType, nym_api::SkimmedNode};
+use nym_validator_client::nym_api::SkimmedNode;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use tracing::instrument;
 
@@ -401,11 +401,7 @@ async fn aggregate_node_info_from_db(
             .get(&node_id)
             .map(|node| node.performance.naive_to_f64())
             .unwrap_or(0.0);
-        let node_type = match described_node.contract_node_type {
-            DescribedNodeType::NymNode => "nym_node".to_string(),
-            DescribedNodeType::LegacyMixnode => "legacy_mixnode".to_string(),
-            DescribedNodeType::LegacyGateway => "legacy_gateway".to_string(),
-        };
+        let node_type = described_node.contract_node_type;
         let ip_address = described_node
             .description
             .host_information
@@ -417,11 +413,10 @@ async fn aggregate_node_info_from_db(
             .description
             .auxiliary_details
             .accepted_operator_terms_and_conditions;
-        let description = described_node.description;
+        let self_described = described_node.description;
 
-        let bonding_address = bond_details
-            .map(|details| details.bond_information.owner.to_string())
-            .unwrap_or_default();
+        let bonding_address =
+            bond_details.map(|details| details.bond_information.owner.to_string());
 
         let node_description = node_descriptions.get(&node_id).cloned().unwrap_or_default();
         let geoip = {
@@ -449,8 +444,8 @@ async fn aggregate_node_info_from_db(
             bonded,
             node_type,
             accepted_tnc,
-            self_description: serde_json::to_value(description).unwrap_or_default(),
-            rewarding_details: serde_json::to_value(rewarding_details).unwrap_or_default(),
+            self_description: self_described,
+            rewarding_details: rewarding_details.to_owned(),
             description: node_description,
             geoip,
         });
diff --git a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/monitor/mod.rs b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/monitor/mod.rs
index 56563be519..af70d01170 100644
--- a/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/monitor/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-node-status-api/nym-node-status-api/src/monitor/mod.rs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl Monitor {
             })?;
 
         // refresh geodata for all nodes
-        for (_, node_description) in described_nodes.iter() {
+        for node_description in described_nodes.values() {
             self.location_cached(node_description).await;
         }
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ impl Monitor {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    #[instrument(level = "debug", skip_all)]
+    #[instrument(level = "info", skip_all)]
     async fn location_cached(&mut self, node: &NymNodeDescription) -> Location {
         let node_id = node.node_id;
 
diff --git a/nym-node/src/node/http/router/mod.rs b/nym-node/src/node/http/router/mod.rs
index 9750b1c0c1..ae9af2371b 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/node/http/router/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/node/http/router/mod.rs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ impl NymNodeRouter {
                 )
                 .nest(routes::LANDING_PAGE, landing_page::routes(config.landing))
                 .nest(routes::API, api::routes(config.api))
-                .layer(axum::middleware::from_fn(logging::logger))
+                .layer(axum::middleware::from_fn(logging::log_request_info))
                 .with_state(state),
         }
     }