diff --git a/ocis/pkg/runtime/runtime.go b/ocis/pkg/runtime/runtime.go
index 9d85067af5..f1f3802def 100644
--- a/ocis/pkg/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/ocis/pkg/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/ocis-pkg/config"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/ocis/pkg/runtime/service"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
-	"github.com/thejerf/suture"
 )
 
 // Runtime represents an oCIS runtime environment.
@@ -23,73 +22,9 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config) Runtime {
 	}
 }
 
-// serviceTokens keeps in memory a set of [service name] = []suture.ServiceToken that is used to shutdown services.
-// Shutting down a service implies removing it from the supervisor AND cancelling its context, this should be done
-// within the service Stop() method. Services should cancel their context.
-type serviceTokens map[string][]suture.ServiceToken
-
-// tokens are used to keep track of the services
-var tokens = serviceTokens{}
-
 // Start rpc runtime
-// TODO(refs) initialize a new Service struct
-// - run the set of default services under the server command.
 func (r *Runtime) Start() error {
-	// 1. create new Service struct
-	// 2. start
-
 	return service.Start(service.WithConfig(r.c))
-
-	//setMicroLogger(r.c.Log)
-	//halt := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
-	//signal.Notify(halt, os.Interrupt)
-	//
-	//supervisor := suture.NewSimple("ocis")
-	//globalCtx, globalCancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	//
-	//// propagate reva log config to storage services
-	//inheritedOptions := []storage.Option{
-	//	storage.WithLogPretty(r.c.Log.Pretty),
-	//	storage.WithLogColor(r.c.Log.Color),
-	//	storage.WithLogLevel(r.c.Log.Level),
-	//}
-	//
-	//addServiceToken("settings", supervisor.Add(settings.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.Settings)))
-	//addServiceToken("storage-metadata", supervisor.Add(storage.NewStorageMetadata(globalCtx, inheritedOptions...)))
-	//addServiceToken("accounts", supervisor.Add(accounts.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.Accounts)))
-	//addServiceToken("glauth", supervisor.Add(glauth.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.GLAuth)))
-	//addServiceToken("idp", supervisor.Add(idp.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.IDP)))
-	//addServiceToken("ocs", supervisor.Add(ocs.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.OCS)))
-	//addServiceToken("onlyoffice", supervisor.Add(onlyoffice.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.Onlyoffice)))
-	//addServiceToken("proxy", supervisor.Add(proxy.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.Proxy)))
-	//addServiceToken("store", supervisor.Add(store.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.Store)))
-	//addServiceToken("thumbnails", supervisor.Add(thumbnails.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.Thumbnails)))
-	//addServiceToken("web", supervisor.Add(web.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.Web)))
-	//addServiceToken("webdav", supervisor.Add(webdav.NewSutureService(globalCtx, r.c.WebDAV)))
-	//addServiceToken("storage-frontend", supervisor.Add(storage.NewFrontend(globalCtx, inheritedOptions...)))
-	//addServiceToken("storage-gateway", supervisor.Add(storage.NewGateway(globalCtx, inheritedOptions...)))
-	//addServiceToken("storage-users", supervisor.Add(storage.NewUsersProviderService(globalCtx, inheritedOptions...)))
-	//addServiceToken("storage-groupsprovider", supervisor.Add(storage.NewGroupsProvider(globalCtx, inheritedOptions...)))
-	//addServiceToken("storage-authbasic", supervisor.Add(storage.NewAuthBasic(globalCtx, inheritedOptions...)))
-	//addServiceToken("storage-authbearer", supervisor.Add(storage.NewAuthBearer(globalCtx, inheritedOptions...)))
-	//addServiceToken("storage-home", supervisor.Add(storage.NewStorageHome(globalCtx, inheritedOptions...)))
-	//addServiceToken("storage-users", supervisor.Add(storage.NewStorageUsers(globalCtx, inheritedOptions...)))
-	//addServiceToken("storage-public-link", supervisor.Add(storage.NewStoragePublicLink(globalCtx, inheritedOptions...)))
-	//addServiceToken("storage-sharing", supervisor.Add(storage.NewSharing(globalCtx, inheritedOptions...)))
-	//
-	//// TODO(refs) debug line with supervised services.
-	//go supervisor.ServeBackground()
-	//
-	//<-halt
-	//
-	//globalCancel()
-	//close(halt)
-	return nil
-}
-
-// addServiceToken adds a service token to a global slice of service tokens that contains services managed by the supervisor.
-func addServiceToken(service string, token suture.ServiceToken) {
-	tokens[service] = append(tokens[service], token)
 }
 
 // for logging reasons we don't want the same logging level on both oCIS and micro. As a framework builder we do not
diff --git a/ocis/pkg/runtime/service/service.go b/ocis/pkg/runtime/service/service.go
index 4c2ec05970..8139a0c67d 100644
--- a/ocis/pkg/runtime/service/service.go
+++ b/ocis/pkg/runtime/service/service.go
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 
+	mzlog "github.com/asim/go-micro/plugins/logger/zerolog/v3"
+
+	"github.com/asim/go-micro/v3/logger"
 	"github.com/thejerf/suture"
 
 	accounts "github.com/owncloud/ocis/accounts/pkg/command"
@@ -137,7 +140,11 @@ func Start(o ...Option) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	setMicroLogger()
 	s.Supervisor = suture.NewSimple("ocis")
+	s.cfg.Storage.Log.Color = s.cfg.Log.Color
+	s.cfg.Storage.Log.Level = s.cfg.Log.Level
+	s.cfg.Storage.Log.Pretty = s.cfg.Log.Pretty
 
 	if err := rpc.Register(s); err != nil {
 		if s != nil {
@@ -154,7 +161,6 @@ func Start(o ...Option) error {
 		s.Log.Fatal().Err(err)
 	}
 
-	// handle panic within the Service scope.
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
 			reason := strings.Builder{}
@@ -166,6 +172,7 @@ func Start(o ...Option) error {
 			fmt.Println(reason.String())
 		}
 	}()
+
 	for k, _ := range s.ServicesRegistry {
 		s.serviceToken[k] = append(s.serviceToken[k], s.Supervisor.Add(s.ServicesRegistry[k](s.context, s.cfg)))
 	}
@@ -176,6 +183,20 @@ func Start(o ...Option) error {
 	return http.Serve(l, nil)
 }
 
+// for logging reasons we don't want the same logging level on both oCIS and micro. As a framework builder we do not
+// want to expose to the end user the internal framework logs unless explicitly specified.
+func setMicroLogger() {
+	if os.Getenv("MICRO_LOG_LEVEL") == "" {
+		os.Setenv("MICRO_LOG_LEVEL", "error")
+	}
+
+	lev, err := zerolog.ParseLevel(os.Getenv("MICRO_LOG_LEVEL"))
+	if err != nil {
+		lev = zerolog.ErrorLevel
+	}
+	logger.DefaultLogger = mzlog.NewLogger(logger.WithLevel(logger.Level(lev)))
+}
+
 // Start indicates the Service Controller to start a new supervised service as an OS thread.
 func (s *Service) Start(name string, reply *int) error {
 	if _, ok := s.ServicesRegistry[name]; !ok {