diff --git a/app/jobs/send_reset_password_email_job.rb b/app/jobs/send_reset_password_email_job.rb
index 53bdd9fa8..371de716b 100644
--- a/app/jobs/send_reset_password_email_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/send_reset_password_email_job.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ class SendResetPasswordEmailJob < ApplicationJob
   def perform(email, os, browser)
     person = Person.find_by_email(email)
 
+    Rails.logger.info "Sending reset password email to #{email} from #{os} with #{browser}"
+
     if person&.user # make sure the user exists (i.e. user has not become a tombstone)
       PasswordMailer.with(person: person, os: os, browser: browser).reset.deliver_now
     end
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index b29b14136..ae3bc1af2 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -75,9 +75,17 @@
   config.action_controller.raise_on_missing_callback_actions = true
 
   # Since most people will not set the variable, polling will not be logged
-  config.solid_queue.silence_polling = ENV["SOLID_QUEUE_LOG_POLLING_ON"] != "false"
+  # anything but explicitly false
+  log_polling = ENV["SOLID_QUEUE_LOG_POLLING_ON"] != "false"
+  config.solid_queue.silence_polling = log_polling # NOTE: this is backwards, true means silence
 
   config.web_console.permissions = ["192.168.0.0/16", "172.17.0.0/16"]
 
   config.hosts << ENV["DEV_HOST"] if ENV["DEV_HOST"].present?
+
+  stdout_logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(STDOUT)
+  tagged_logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(stdout_logger)
+
+  config.log_tags = [ :request_id ]
+  config.logger = tagged_logger
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/solid_queue_extension.rb b/config/initializers/solid_queue_extension.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ff95c58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/solid_queue_extension.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module CustomProcess
+  def heartbeat
+    # only silence if explicitly set to not log (default to logging)
+    # true or not set (or anything else) means log, false means silence
+    silence_heartbeat = ENV["SOLID_QUEUE_LOG_HEARTBEAT_ON"] == "false"
+
+    if silence_heartbeat && ActiveRecord::Base.logger
+      ActiveRecord::Base.logger.silence { super }
+    else
+      super
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Rails.application.config.after_initialize do
+  SolidQueue::Process.send(:prepend, CustomProcess)
+end