diff --git a/packages/testkit-backend/deno/index.ts b/packages/testkit-backend/deno/index.ts
index a0a248d58..e89825d8d 100644
--- a/packages/testkit-backend/deno/index.ts
+++ b/packages/testkit-backend/deno/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import channel from "./channel.ts";
 import controller from "./controller.ts";
 import { RequestHandlerMap } from "./domain.ts";
+import util from "node:util";
 
 const requestHandlers: RequestHandlerMap = handlers as RequestHandlerMap;
 
@@ -26,11 +27,23 @@ const binder = new CypherNativeBinders(neo4j);
 const descriptor = ["async", "deno"];
 const shouldRunTest = getShouldRunTest(descriptor);
 const getFeatures = createGetFeatures(descriptor);
-const logLevel = Deno.env.get("TEST_LOG_LEVEL");
+const logLevel = Deno.env.get("TEST_LOG_LEVEL") ?? "info";
 const createContext = () =>
   new Context(shouldRunTest, getFeatures, binder, logLevel);
 
-configurableConsole.install(logLevel);
+const logWrapper = (...args) => {
+  let output = args.map((arg) => {
+    if (typeof arg === "string") return arg;
+    return util.inspect(arg, { colors: Deno.stdout.isTTY });
+  }).join(" ") + "\n";
+  if (output.length > 1000 * 2 + 3) {
+    output = output.substring(0, 1000) + "..." +
+      output.substring(output.length - 1000);
+  }
+  Deno.stdout.write(new TextEncoder().encode(output));
+};
+
+configurableConsole.install(logLevel, logWrapper);
 const listener = channel.listen(9876);
 const handle = controller.createHandler(neo4j, createContext, requestHandlers);
 
diff --git a/packages/testkit-backend/src/channel/testkit-protocol.js b/packages/testkit-backend/src/channel/testkit-protocol.js
index f23c38aa2..21777e23f 100644
--- a/packages/testkit-backend/src/channel/testkit-protocol.js
+++ b/packages/testkit-backend/src/channel/testkit-protocol.js
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ export default class Protocol extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   serializeResponse (response) {
+    const { name, data } = response
     const responseStr = stringify(response)
-    console.log('> writing response', responseStr)
+    console.log('> writing response' + name)
+    console.debug(data)
     return ['#response begin', responseStr, '#response end'].join('\n') + '\n'
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/testkit-backend/src/console.configurable.js b/packages/testkit-backend/src/console.configurable.js
index 3c32e9e9c..b459a3abe 100644
--- a/packages/testkit-backend/src/console.configurable.js
+++ b/packages/testkit-backend/src/console.configurable.js
@@ -20,13 +20,17 @@ const config = {
 }
 
 export default {
-  install (level = 'info') {
+  install (level = 'info', logWrapper) {
     this.setLevel(level)
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-global-assign
     console = new Proxy({}, {
       get: (_, method) => (...args) => {
         if (config.canRun(method)) {
-          originalConsole[method].apply(originalConsole, args)
+          if (logWrapper != null) {
+            logWrapper(...args)
+          } else {
+            originalConsole[method].apply(originalConsole, args)
+          }
         }
       }
     })
diff --git a/packages/testkit-backend/src/index.js b/packages/testkit-backend/src/index.js
index 6a3466fec..58f679300 100644
--- a/packages/testkit-backend/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/testkit-backend/src/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import * as REQUEST_HANDLERS from './request-handlers.js'
 import * as RX_REQUEST_HANDLERS from './request-handlers-rx.js'
 import remoteConsole from './console.remote.js'
 import configurableConsole from './console.configurable.js'
+import util from 'util'
 
 const SUPPORTED_TLS = (() => {
   if (tls.DEFAULT_MAX_VERSION) {
@@ -40,7 +41,17 @@ function main () {
   const shouldRunTest = getShouldRunTest([...driverDescriptorList, sessionTypeDescriptor])
   const getFeatures = createGetFeatures([sessionTypeDescriptor], SUPPORTED_TLS)
 
-  configurableConsole.install(process.env.TEST_LOG_LEVEL || 'info')
+  const logWrapper = (...args) => {
+    let output = args.map(arg => {
+      if (typeof arg === 'string') return arg
+      return util.inspect(arg, { colors: process.stdout.isTTY })
+    }).join(' ') + '\n'
+    if (output.length > 1000 * 2 + 3) {
+      output = output.substring(0, 1000) + '...' + output.substring(output.length - 1000)
+    }
+    process.stdout.write(output)
+  }
+  configurableConsole.install(process.env.TEST_LOG_LEVEL || 'info', logWrapper)
 
   const newChannel = () => {
     if (channelType.toUpperCase() === 'WEBSOCKET') {