diff --git a/app/core/config.py b/app/core/config.py
index 4a7ca897..1ddc5bee 100644
--- a/app/core/config.py
+++ b/app/core/config.py
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
     "DATABASE_URL",
     "postgresql://fireform:fireform@localhost:5432/fireform",
 )
-DB_ECHO = os.getenv("FIREFORM_DB_ECHO", "true").lower() == "true"
-
+DB_ECHO = os.getenv("FIREFORM_DB_ECHO", "false").lower() == "true"
 # --- External services ----------------------------------------------------
 OLLAMA_HOST = os.getenv("OLLAMA_HOST", "http://localhost:11434").rstrip("/")
 OLLAMA_MODEL = os.getenv("OLLAMA_MODEL", "qwen2.5:1.5b")
diff --git a/docker/dev/compose.yml b/docker/dev/compose.yml
index 820711d1..ba19910f 100644
--- a/docker/dev/compose.yml
+++ b/docker/dev/compose.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ services:
       - WHISPER_HOST=${WHISPER_HOST:-http://whisper:9000}
       - FIREFORM_DATA_DIR=/data/uploads
       - FIREFORM_TEMPLATE_DIR=/data/uploads
-      - FIREFORM_DB_ECHO=${FIREFORM_DB_ECHO:-true}
+      - FIREFORM_DB_ECHO=${FIREFORM_DB_ECHO:-false}
       - FRONTEND_ORIGINS=${FRONTEND_ORIGINS:-http://localhost:5173,http://127.0.0.1:5173}
       - CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://redis:6379/0
       - CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND=redis://redis:6379/0