diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Context.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Context.java
index 80f443126816..b9b092bcfb31 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Context.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/core/Context.java
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ public Context(Mode mode) {
      */
     protected void init() {
     try {
+        log.info("Initializing new context, mode: {}", mode);
         updateDatabase();
 
         if (eventService == null) {
@@ -396,6 +397,8 @@ public String getExtraLogInfo() {
      *                      or closing the connection
      */
     public void complete() throws SQLException {
+        log.info("Completing context.");
+        // If Context is no longer open/valid, just note that it has already been closed
         if (!isValid()) {
             log.info("complete() was called on a closed Context object. No changes to commit.");
             return;
@@ -409,10 +412,12 @@ public void complete() throws SQLException {
             log.error("Error committing transaction in complete()", e);
             throw e; // Rethrow to signal failure to higher-level logic
         } finally {
+            log.info("Going to close a connection.");
             if (dbConnection != null) {
                 try {
+                    log.info("Closing connection.");
                     dbConnection.closeDBConnection();
-                    log.info("Database connection closed after complete().");
+                    log.info("Connection closed.");
                     dbConnection = null;
                 } catch (SQLException ex) {
                     log.error("Error closing the database connection after complete()", ex);
@@ -595,6 +600,7 @@ public void rollback() throws SQLException {
      * is a no-op.
      */
     public void abort() {
+        log.info("Aborting context.");
         // If Context is no longer open/valid, just note that it has already been closed
         if (!isValid()) {
             log.info("abort() was called on a closed Context object. No changes to abort.");
@@ -611,7 +617,9 @@ public void abort() {
             log.error("Error rolling back transaction during an abort()", se);
         } finally {
             try {
+                log.info("Going to close a connection.");
                 if (dbConnection != null) {
+                    log.info("Closing connection.");
                     // Free the DB connection & invalidate the Context
                     dbConnection.closeDBConnection();
                     log.info("Database connection closed during abort().");
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/eperson/EPerson.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/eperson/EPerson.java
index 3244a25018f7..3466b7a4dcda 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/eperson/EPerson.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/eperson/EPerson.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.BooleanUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.dspace.content.DSpaceObject;
 import org.dspace.content.DSpaceObjectLegacySupport;
 import org.dspace.content.Item;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 @org.hibernate.annotations.Cache(usage = CacheConcurrencyStrategy.NONSTRICT_READ_WRITE, include = "non-lazy")
 @Table(name = "eperson")
 public class EPerson extends DSpaceObject implements DSpaceObjectLegacySupport {
+    private static final Logger log = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(EPerson.class);
     @Column(name = "eperson_id", insertable = false, updatable = false)
     private Integer legacyId;
 
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ public class EPerson extends DSpaceObject implements DSpaceObjectLegacySupport {
      * {@link org.dspace.eperson.service.EPersonService#create(Context)}
      */
     protected EPerson() {
-
+        log.info("EPerson created");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/dspace/config/log4j2.xml b/dspace/config/log4j2.xml
index a21cef9d6f3e..ef54dd66a1e2 100644
--- a/dspace/config/log4j2.xml
+++ b/dspace/config/log4j2.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             <!-- NOTE: The %equals patterns are providing a default value of "unknown" if "correlationID" or
                  "requestID" are not currently set in the ThreadContext. -->
             <Layout type='PatternLayout'
-                    pattern='%d %-5p %equals{%X{correlationID}}{}{unknown} %equals{%X{requestID}}{}{unknown} %c @ %m%n'/>
+                    pattern='%d %t %-5p %equals{%X{correlationID}}{}{unknown} %equals{%X{requestID}}{}{unknown} %c @ %m%n'/>
             <policies>
                 <policy type='TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy'>yyyy-MM-dd</policy>
             </policies>
diff --git a/dspace/config/modules/authentication.cfg b/dspace/config/modules/authentication.cfg
index 451cdbbbf7bb..cd6df7e5da38 100644
--- a/dspace/config/modules/authentication.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/modules/authentication.cfg
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jwt.login.encryption.enabled = false
 jwt.login.compression.enabled = true
 
 # Expiration time of a token in milliseconds
-jwt.login.token.expiration = 1800000
+jwt.login.token.expiration = 24000
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------#
 #---Stateless JWT Authentication for downloads of bitstreams----#