diff --git a/Projects/Server/Items/Item.cs b/Projects/Server/Items/Item.cs
index 8dc75c17c..84bdf05d2 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Items/Item.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Items/Item.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using Server.ContextMenus;
 using Server.Items;
+using Server.Logging;
 using Server.Network;
 using Server.Targeting;
 
@@ -177,6 +178,8 @@ namespace Server
 
     public class Item : IHued, IComparable<Item>, ISpawnable, IPropertyListObject
     {
+        private static readonly ILogger logger = LogFactory.GetLogger(typeof(Item));
+
         public const int QuestItemHue = 0x4EA; // Hmmmm... "for EA"?
         public static readonly List<Item> EmptyItems = new();
         private static readonly Queue<Item> m_DeltaQueue = new();
@@ -3277,9 +3280,7 @@ namespace Server
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
-#if DEBUG
-                    Console.WriteLine("Process Delta Queue for {0} failed: {1}", item, ex);
-#endif
+                    logger.Debug(ex, "Process Delta Queue for {Item} failed", item);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Logging/LogFactory.cs b/Projects/Server/Logging/LogFactory.cs
index 2bf93a57d..aee8bb927 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Logging/LogFactory.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Logging/LogFactory.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*************************************************************************
  * ModernUO                                                              *
- * Copyright 2019-2021 - ModernUO Development Team                       *
+ * Copyright 2019-2022 - ModernUO Development Team                       *
  * Email: hi@modernuo.com                                                *
  * File: LogFactory.cs                                                   *
  *                                                                       *
@@ -16,16 +16,18 @@
 using System;
 using Serilog;
 
-namespace Server.Logging
-{
-    public static class LogFactory
-    {
-        private static readonly Serilog.ILogger serilogLogger = new LoggerConfiguration()
-            .WriteTo.Async(a => a.Console(
-                outputTemplate: "[{Timestamp:HH:mm:ss} {Level:u3}] {Message:lj} <s:{SourceContext}>{NewLine}{Exception}"
-            ))
-            .CreateLogger();
+namespace Server.Logging;
 
-        public static ILogger GetLogger(Type declaringType) => new SerilogLogger(serilogLogger.ForContext(declaringType));
-    }
+public static class LogFactory
+{
+    private static readonly Serilog.ILogger serilogLogger = new LoggerConfiguration()
+        .WriteTo.Async(a => a.Console(
+            outputTemplate: "[{Timestamp:HH:mm:ss} {Level:u3}] {Message:lj} <s:{SourceContext}>{NewLine}{Exception}"
+        ))
+#if DEBUG
+        .MinimumLevel.Debug()
+#endif
+        .CreateLogger();
+
+    public static ILogger GetLogger(Type declaringType) => new SerilogLogger(serilogLogger.ForContext(declaringType));
 }
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Maps/MapLoader.cs b/Projects/Server/Maps/MapLoader.cs
index 80294537d..ca0ed6119 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Maps/MapLoader.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Maps/MapLoader.cs
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ namespace Server
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
-#if DEBUG
-                    Console.WriteLine(ex);
-#endif
+                    logger.Debug(ex, "Failed to load map definition {MapDefName} ({MapDefId})", def.Name, def.Id);
                     failures.Add($"\tInvalid map definition {def.Name} ({def.Id})");
                 }
             }
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Mobiles/Mobile.cs b/Projects/Server/Mobiles/Mobile.cs
index 1c69579c7..8a953447c 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Mobiles/Mobile.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Mobiles/Mobile.cs
@@ -7908,9 +7908,7 @@ namespace Server
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
-#if DEBUG
-                    Console.WriteLine("Process Delta Queue for {0} failed: {1}", mob, ex);
-#endif
+                    logger.Debug(ex, "Process Delta Queue for {Mobile} failed", mob);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Network/NetState/NetState.cs b/Projects/Server/Network/NetState/NetState.cs
index d76846c0b..267a0c0da 100755
--- a/Projects/Server/Network/NetState/NetState.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Network/NetState/NetState.cs
@@ -516,9 +516,6 @@ public partial class NetState : IComparable<NetState>
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-#if DEBUG
-                Console.WriteLine(ex);
-#endif
             TraceException(ex);
             Disconnect("Exception while sending.");
         }
@@ -861,18 +858,14 @@ public partial class NetState : IComparable<NetState>
         }
         catch (SocketException ex)
         {
-            // Socket exceptions are generally ok, just spammy
-#if DEBUG
-                Console.WriteLine(ex);
-#endif
-
-            Disconnect(string.Empty);
+            if (ex.SocketErrorCode != SocketError.WouldBlock)
+            {
+                logger.Debug(ex, "Disconnected due to socket exception");
+                Disconnect(string.Empty);
+            }
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-#if DEBUG
-                Console.WriteLine(ex);
-#endif
             Disconnect($"Disconnected with error: {ex}");
             TraceException(ex);
         }
@@ -910,19 +903,15 @@ public partial class NetState : IComparable<NetState>
         }
         catch (SocketException ex)
         {
-#if DEBUG
-                if (ex.ErrorCode != 54 && ex.ErrorCode != 89 && ex.ErrorCode != 995)
-                {
-                    Console.WriteLine(ex);
-                }
-#endif
+            if (ex.ErrorCode is not 54 and not 89 and not 995)
+            {
+                logger.Debug(ex, "Disconnected due to a socket exception");
+            }
+
             Disconnect(string.Empty);
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-#if DEBUG
-                Console.WriteLine(ex);
-#endif
             Disconnect($"Disconnected with error: {ex}");
             TraceException(ex);
         }