diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 51bee8c..cd0547b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This change
 # [Unreleased]
 ## Changed
 - dev: repository trivy ignore CVE-2024-22871
-
+- service: move mulog publisher inside donut system config
 
 # 2024-01-23
 ## Changed
diff --git a/resources/practicalli/service/dev/mulog_events.clj b/resources/practicalli/service/dev/mulog_events.clj
index 13d6741..ba0d386 100644
--- a/resources/practicalli/service/dev/mulog_events.clj
+++ b/resources/practicalli/service/dev/mulog_events.clj
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 ;; ---------------------------------------------------------
 ;; Mulog Global Context and Custom Publisher
 ;;
-;; - set event log global context
 ;; - tap publisher for use with Portal and other tap sources
 ;; - publish all mulog events to Portal tap source
+;;
+;; NOTE: Mulog global context set in system configuration
 ;; ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 (ns mulog-events
@@ -11,13 +12,6 @@
    [com.brunobonacci.mulog        :as mulog]
    [com.brunobonacci.mulog.buffer :as mulog-buffer]))
 
-;; ---------------------------------------------------------
-;; Set event global context
-;; - information added to every event for REPL workflow
-(mulog/set-global-context! {:app-name "{{main/ns}} Service",
-                            :version "0.1.0", :env "dev"})
-;; ---------------------------------------------------------
-
 ;; ---------------------------------------------------------
 ;; Mulog event publishing
 
diff --git a/resources/practicalli/service/dev/user_donut.clj b/resources/practicalli/service/dev/user_donut.clj
index 7a4b070..11caa37 100644
--- a/resources/practicalli/service/dev/user_donut.clj
+++ b/resources/practicalli/service/dev/user_donut.clj
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
 ;; and set global context for all events
 
 ;; Example mulog event message
-(mulog/log ::dev-user-ns
-           :message "Example event from user namespace"
-           :ns (ns-publics *ns*))
+#_(mulog/log ::dev-user-ns
+             :message "Example event from user namespace"
+             :ns (ns-publics *ns*))
 ;; ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 ;; ---------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/resources/practicalli/service/src/service_donut.clj.template b/resources/practicalli/service/src/service_donut.clj.template
index 06fef4a..dc55c6a 100644
--- a/resources/practicalli/service/src/service_donut.clj.template
+++ b/resources/practicalli/service/src/service_donut.clj.template
@@ -20,18 +20,13 @@
   "Gameboard service component lifecycle management"
   (:gen-class)
   (:require
-
    ;; Component system
    [donut.system           :as donut]
-   [{{top/ns}}.{{main/ns}}.system :as system]
-
-   ;; System dependencies
-   [org.httpkit.server     :as http-server]
-   [com.brunobonacci.mulog :as mulog]))
+   [{{top/ns}}.{{main/ns}}.system :as system]))
 
 
 ;; --------------------------------------------------
-;; Application entry point
+;; Service entry point
 
 (defn -main
   "{{top/ns}} {{main/ns}} service managed by donut system,
@@ -40,15 +35,13 @@
   The shutdown hook gracefully stops the service on receipt of a SIGTERM from the infrastructure,
   giving the application 30 seconds before forced termination."
   []
-
-  (mulog/set-global-context!
-   {:app-name "{{top/ns}} {{main/ns}} service" :version  "0.1.0"})
-
   (let [profile (or (keyword (System/getenv "SERVICE_PROFILE"))
                     :dev)
 
+        ;; Reference to running system for shutdown hook
         running-system (donut/start (or (profile :profile) :prod))]
-
+    
+    ;; Shutdown system components on SIGTERM
     (.addShutdownHook
      (Runtime/getRuntime)
      (Thread. ^Runnable #(donut/signal running-system ::donut/stop)))))
@@ -58,7 +51,6 @@
 ;; --------------------------------------------------
 ;; Example clojure.exec function
 
-#_{:clj-kondo/ignore [:clojure-lsp/unused-public-var]}
 (defn greet
   "Greeting message via Clojure CLI clojure.exec"
   ;; TODO: call greet with hash-map argument
diff --git a/resources/practicalli/service/src/system_donut.clj.template b/resources/practicalli/service/src/system_donut.clj.template
index 335db7b..b8139d7 100644
--- a/resources/practicalli/service/src/system_donut.clj.template
+++ b/resources/practicalli/service/src/system_donut.clj.template
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
   {::donut/defs
    ;; Option: move :env data to resources/config.edn and parse with aero reader
    {:env
-    {:http-port 8080
+    {:app-version "0.1.0"
+     :app-env "prod"
+     :http-port (or (System/getenv "SERVICE_HTTP_PORT") 8080)
      :persistence
      {:database-host (or (System/getenv "POSTGRES_HOST") "http://localhost")
       :database-port (or (System/getenv "POSTGRES_PORT") "5432")
@@ -52,7 +54,8 @@
     :event-log
     {:publisher
      #::donut{:start (fn mulog-publisher-start
-                       [{{:keys [publisher]} ::donut/config}]
+                       [{{:keys [global-context publisher]} ::donut/config}]
+                       (mulog/set-global-context! global-context)
                        (mulog/log ::log-publish-component
                                   :publisher-config publisher
                                   :local-time (java.time.LocalDateTime/now))
@@ -65,7 +68,14 @@
                       (Thread/sleep 250)
                       (instance))
 
-              :config {:publisher {:type :console :pretty? true}}}}
+              :config {:global-context {:app-name "{{top/ns}} {{main/ns}} service" 
+                                        :version (donut/ref [:env :app-version])
+                                        :environment (donut/ref [:env :app-env])}
+                       ;; Publish events to console in json format
+                       ;; optionally add `:transform` function to filter events before publishing
+                       :publisher {:type :console-json 
+                                   :pretty? false 
+                                   #_#_:transform identity}}}}
 
     ;; HTTP server start - returns function to stop the server
     :http
@@ -87,7 +97,7 @@
 
               :config {:handler (donut/local-ref [:handler])
                        :options {:port  (donut/ref [:env :http-port])
-                                 :join? false}}}
+                                 :join? true}}}
 
      ;; Function handling all requests, passing system environment
      ;; Configure environment for router application, e.g. database connection details, etc.