diff --git a/flow/cmd/worker.go b/flow/cmd/worker.go
index d41794a409..40d2486277 100644
--- a/flow/cmd/worker.go
+++ b/flow/cmd/worker.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func setupPyroscope(opts *WorkerOptions) {
 		ServerAddress: opts.PyroscopeServer,
 
 		// you can disable logging by setting this to nil
-		Logger: pyroscope.StandardLogger,
+		Logger: nil,
 
 		// you can provide static tags via a map:
 		Tags: map[string]string{"hostname": os.Getenv("HOSTNAME")},
diff --git a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
index 4ee7425962..9b32e30b43 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ func (c *BigQueryConnector) GetLastNormalizeBatchID(jobName string) (int64, erro
 	}
 
 	if row[0] == nil {
-		c.logger.Info("no normalize_batch_id foundreturning 0")
+		c.logger.Info("no normalize_batch_id found returning 0")
 		return 0, nil
 	} else {
 		return row[0].(int64), nil
diff --git a/flow/connectors/bigquery/merge_statement_generator.go b/flow/connectors/bigquery/merge_statement_generator.go
index e6082cd8ac..7e35aadc44 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/bigquery/merge_statement_generator.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/bigquery/merge_statement_generator.go
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ func (m *mergeStmtGenerator) generateFlattenedCTE() string {
 		switch qvalue.QValueKind(colType) {
 		case qvalue.QValueKindJSON:
 			//if the type is JSON, then just extract JSON
-			castStmt = fmt.Sprintf("CAST(JSON_EXTRACT(_peerdb_data, '$.%s') AS %s) AS `%s`",
+			castStmt = fmt.Sprintf("CAST(JSON_VALUE(_peerdb_data, '$.%s') AS %s) AS `%s`",
 				colName, bqType, colName)
 		// expecting data in BASE64 format
 		case qvalue.QValueKindBytes, qvalue.QValueKindBit:
-			castStmt = fmt.Sprintf("FROM_BASE64(JSON_EXTRACT_SCALAR(_peerdb_data, '$.%s')) AS `%s`",
+			castStmt = fmt.Sprintf("FROM_BASE64(JSON_VALUE(_peerdb_data, '$.%s')) AS `%s`",
 				colName, colName)
 		case qvalue.QValueKindArrayFloat32, qvalue.QValueKindArrayFloat64,
 			qvalue.QValueKindArrayInt32, qvalue.QValueKindArrayInt64, qvalue.QValueKindArrayString:
 			castStmt = fmt.Sprintf("ARRAY(SELECT CAST(element AS %s) FROM "+
-				"UNNEST(CAST(JSON_EXTRACT_ARRAY(_peerdb_data, '$.%s') AS ARRAY<STRING>)) AS element) AS `%s`",
+				"UNNEST(CAST(JSON_VALUE_ARRAY(_peerdb_data, '$.%s') AS ARRAY<STRING>)) AS element) AS `%s`",
 				bqType, colName, colName)
 		// MAKE_INTERVAL(years INT64, months INT64, days INT64, hours INT64, minutes INT64, seconds INT64)
 		// Expecting interval to be in the format of {"Microseconds":2000000,"Days":0,"Months":0,"Valid":true}
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (m *mergeStmtGenerator) generateFlattenedCTE() string {
 		// 		" AS int64))) AS %s",
 		// 		colName, colName)
 		default:
-			castStmt = fmt.Sprintf("CAST(JSON_EXTRACT_SCALAR(_peerdb_data, '$.%s') AS %s) AS `%s`",
+			castStmt = fmt.Sprintf("CAST(JSON_VALUE(_peerdb_data, '$.%s') AS %s) AS `%s`",
 				colName, bqType, colName)
 		}
 		flattenedProjs = append(flattenedProjs, castStmt)
diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/cdc.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/cdc.go
index a56ee49edf..20b5a2f2e5 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/cdc.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/cdc.go
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ func (p *PostgresCDCSource) processInsertMessage(
 	}
 
 	// log lsn and relation id for debugging
-	p.logger.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("InsertMessage => LSN: %d, RelationID: %d, Relation Name: %s",
+	p.logger.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("InsertMessage => LSN: %d, RelationID: %d, Relation Name: %s",
 		lsn, relID, tableName))
 
 	rel, ok := p.relationMessageMapping[relID]
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ func (p *PostgresCDCSource) processUpdateMessage(
 	}
 
 	// log lsn and relation id for debugging
-	p.logger.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("UpdateMessage => LSN: %d, RelationID: %d, Relation Name: %s",
+	p.logger.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("UpdateMessage => LSN: %d, RelationID: %d, Relation Name: %s",
 		lsn, relID, tableName))
 
 	rel, ok := p.relationMessageMapping[relID]