diff --git a/database/logging/AbstractLogging.view.ts b/database/logging/AbstractLogging.view.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a30254b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/logging/AbstractLogging.view.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import util from 'util'
+
+import { Decimal } from 'decimal.js-light'
+
+export abstract class AbstractLoggingView {
+  protected bufferStringFormat: BufferEncoding = 'hex'
+
+  // This function gets called automatically when JSON.stringify() is called on this class instance
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  public abstract toJSON(): any
+  public toString(): string {
+    return JSON.stringify(this.toJSON(), null, 2)
+  }
+
+  // called form console.log or log4js logging functions
+  [util.inspect.custom](): string {
+    return this.toString()
+  }
+
+  public dateToString(date: Date | undefined | null): string | undefined {
+    if (date) {
+      return date.toISOString()
+    }
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  public decimalToString(number: Decimal | undefined | null): string | undefined {
+    if (number) {
+      return number.toString()
+    }
+    return undefined
+  }
+}
diff --git a/database/logging/CommunityLogging.view.ts b/database/logging/CommunityLogging.view.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c6d74626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/logging/CommunityLogging.view.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { Community } from '../entity/Community'
+
+import { AbstractLoggingView } from './AbstractLogging.view'
+
+export class CommunityLoggingView extends AbstractLoggingView {
+  public constructor(private self: Community) {
+    super()
+  }
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  public toJSON(): any {
+    return {
+      id: this.self.id,
+      foreign: this.self.foreign,
+      url: this.self.url,
+      publicKey: this.self.publicKey.toString(this.bufferStringFormat),
+      communityUuid: this.self.communityUuid,
+      authenticatedAt: this.dateToString(this.self.authenticatedAt),
+      name: this.self.name,
+      description: this.self.description?.substring(0, 24),
+      creationDate: this.dateToString(this.self.creationDate),
+      createdAt: this.dateToString(this.self.createdAt),
+      updatedAt: this.dateToString(this.self.updatedAt),
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts b/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts
index c9fad8762..536966591 100644
--- a/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts
+++ b/dht-node/src/dht_node/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import { Community as DbCommunity } from '@entity/Community'
 import { FederatedCommunity as DbFederatedCommunity } from '@entity/FederatedCommunity'
 import DHT from '@hyperswarm/dht'
+import { CommunityLoggingView } from '@logging/CommunityLogging.view'
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
 
 import { CONFIG } from '@/config'
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ async function writeHomeCommunityEntry(keyPair: KeyPair): Promise<void> {
       homeCom.name = CONFIG.COMMUNITY_NAME
       homeCom.description = CONFIG.COMMUNITY_DESCRIPTION
       await DbCommunity.save(homeCom)
-      logger.info(`home-community updated successfully:`, homeCom)
+      logger.info(`home-community updated successfully:`, new CommunityLoggingView(homeCom))
     } else {
       // insert a new homecommunity entry including a new ID and a new but ensured unique UUID
       homeCom = new DbCommunity()
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ async function writeHomeCommunityEntry(keyPair: KeyPair): Promise<void> {
       homeCom.description = CONFIG.COMMUNITY_DESCRIPTION
       homeCom.creationDate = new Date()
       await DbCommunity.insert(homeCom)
-      logger.info(`home-community inserted successfully:`, homeCom)
+      logger.info(`home-community inserted successfully:`, new CommunityLoggingView(homeCom))
     }
   } catch (err) {
     throw new Error(`Federation: Error writing HomeCommunity-Entry: ${err}`)
diff --git a/dht-node/tsconfig.json b/dht-node/tsconfig.json
index 2c6104021..33362b054 100644
--- a/dht-node/tsconfig.json
+++ b/dht-node/tsconfig.json
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
       /* external */
       "@typeorm/*": ["../backend/src/typeorm/*", "../../backend/src/typeorm/*"],
       "@dbTools/*": ["../database/src/*", "../../database/build/src/*"],
-      "@entity/*": ["../database/entity/*", "../../database/build/entity/*"]
+      "@entity/*": ["../database/entity/*", "../../database/build/entity/*"],
+      "@logging/*": ["../database/logging/*", "../../database/build/logging/*"]
     },
     // "rootDirs": [],                              /* List of root folders whose combined content represents the structure of the project at runtime. */
     "typeRoots": ["src/dht_node/@types", "node_modules/@types"],   /* List of folders to include type definitions from. */