diff --git a/src/listener.js b/src/listener.js
index c362623..2f484e3 100644
--- a/src/listener.js
+++ b/src/listener.js
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ const zlib = require('zlib');
 const router = require('./router');
 const { logConfig, config } = require('./config');
 const { drePool } = require('./db/nodeDb');
+const accessLogMiddleware  = require('./routes/accessLogMiddleware');
 
 const logger = require('./logger')('listener');
+const accessLogger = require('./logger')('access');
 const exitHook = require('async-exit-hook');
 const { pgClient, warp } = require('./warp');
 const { postEvalQueue, registerQueue, updateQueue } = require('./bullQueue');
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ async function runListener() {
 
   const app = new Koa();
   app
+    .use(accessLogMiddleware)
     .use(corsConfig())
     .use(compress(compressionSettings))
     .use(bodyParser())
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ async function runListener() {
   app.context.registerQueue = registerQueue;
   app.context.updateQueue = updateQueue;
   app.context.postEvalQueue = postEvalQueue;
+  app.context.accessLogger = accessLogger;
 
   app.listen(port);
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/accessLogMiddleware.js b/src/routes/accessLogMiddleware.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f57d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/accessLogMiddleware.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+const util = require('node:util');
+
+const LOG_FORMAT = '%s %s "%s %s HTTP/%s" %d %s %s[ms]';
+
+module.exports = async (ctx, next) => {
+  const t0 = performance.now();
+  await next();
+  const t1 = performance.now();
+  try {
+    ctx.accessLogger.debug(util.format(
+        LOG_FORMAT,
+        ctx.ip,
+        ctx.method,
+        `${ctx.path}${ctx.search}`,
+        ctx.req.httpVersion,
+        ctx.status,
+        ctx.length ? ctx.length.toString() : '-',
+        (t1 - t0).toFixed(3)
+      )
+    );
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(err);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/routes/contract.js b/src/routes/contract.js
index d4ed970..c242379 100644
--- a/src/routes/contract.js
+++ b/src/routes/contract.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ module.exports = async (ctx) => {
   const showValidity = ctx.query.validity === 'true';
   const showErrorMessages = ctx.query.errorMessages === 'true';
   const showErrors = ctx.query.errors === 'true';
+  const showValidityCount = ctx.query.validityCount === 'true';
 
   logger.info("New 'contract' request", {
     contractId,
@@ -64,7 +65,9 @@ module.exports = async (ctx) => {
           page: parsedPage
         };
       }
-      response.validityCount = await getContractValidityTotalCount(contractId, result.sortKey);
+      if (showValidityCount) {
+        response.validityCount = await getContractValidityTotalCount(contractId, result.sortKey);
+      }
       if (showErrorMessages) {
         const contractErrorMessages = await getContractErrorMessages(contractId, result.sortKey, parsedLimit, offset);
         response.errorMessages = contractErrorMessages.errorMessages;