diff --git a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Api/Startup.cs b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Api/Startup.cs
index b90a36e6d..72a9436d9 100644
--- a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Api/Startup.cs
+++ b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Api/Startup.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using FilterLists.Archival.Application;
 using FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure.Scheduling;
 using Hangfire;
+using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Extensibility;
+using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Extensibility.Implementation.Tracing;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
@@ -24,6 +26,16 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
             services.AddControllers()
                 .AddJsonOptions(o => o.JsonSerializerOptions.IgnoreNullValues = true);
             services.AddApplicationServices(Configuration);
+
+            // TODO: rm after debugging complete
+            // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/asp-net-troubleshoot-no-data#net-core
+            services.AddSingleton<ITelemetryModule, FileDiagnosticsTelemetryModule>();
+            services.ConfigureTelemetryModule<FileDiagnosticsTelemetryModule>((module, _) =>
+            {
+                module.LogFilePath = "";
+                module.LogFileName = "appInsightsLog.txt";
+                module.Severity = "Verbose";
+            });
         }
 
         public static void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/Startup.cs b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/Startup.cs
index 5d59baea2..15a9889bf 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/Startup.cs
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/Startup.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using FilterLists.Directory.Application;
+using FilterLists.Directory.Application;
+using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Extensibility;
+using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Extensibility.Implementation.Tracing;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
@@ -24,6 +26,16 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
                 .AddJsonOptions(o => o.JsonSerializerOptions.IgnoreNullValues = true);
             services.AddSwaggerGen(o => o.CustomSchemaIds(type => type.ToString()));
             services.AddApplicationServices(Configuration);
+
+            // TODO: rm after debugging complete
+            // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/asp-net-troubleshoot-no-data#net-core
+            services.AddSingleton<ITelemetryModule, FileDiagnosticsTelemetryModule>();
+            services.ConfigureTelemetryModule<FileDiagnosticsTelemetryModule>((module, _) =>
+            {
+                module.LogFilePath = "";
+                module.LogFileName = "appInsightsLog.txt";
+                module.Severity = "Verbose";
+            });
         }
 
         public static void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)