diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/com/flipkart/gjex/examples/helloworld/service/GreeterService.java b/examples/src/main/java/com/flipkart/gjex/examples/helloworld/service/GreeterService.java
index 4b6bcb06..913b247b 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/com/flipkart/gjex/examples/helloworld/service/GreeterService.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/com/flipkart/gjex/examples/helloworld/service/GreeterService.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public GreeterService(@Named("hw.greeting") String greeting, HelloBeanService he
 	@Api(deadlineConfig = "apiProperties.sayhello.deadline") // specify an API level Deadline that will cascade to all @ConcurrentTask invoked in serving this API
 	@Timed // the Timed annotation for publishing JMX metrics via MBean
 	@MethodFilters({LoggingFilter.class, AuthFilter.class}) // Method level filters
-	@Traced(withSamplingRate=0.0f) // Start a new Trace or participate in a Client-initiated distributed trace
+	@Traced(withSamplingRate=0.5f) // Start a new Trace or participate in a Client-initiated distributed trace
 	public void sayHello(HelloRequest req, StreamObserver<HelloReply> responseObserver) {
 
 		info("Saying hello in Greeter service");
diff --git a/grpc-jexpress-template/src/main/java/com/flipkart/grpc/jexpress/healthcheck/AllIsWellHealthCheck.java b/grpc-jexpress-template/src/main/java/com/flipkart/grpc/jexpress/healthcheck/AllIsWellHealthCheck.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1af823e8..00000000
--- a/grpc-jexpress-template/src/main/java/com/flipkart/grpc/jexpress/healthcheck/AllIsWellHealthCheck.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) The original author or authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package com.flipkart.grpc.jexpress.healthcheck;
-
-import io.dropwizard.metrics5.health.HealthCheck;
-import com.flipkart.gjex.core.logging.Logging;
-
-public class AllIsWellHealthCheck extends HealthCheck implements Logging {
-
-	@Override
-	protected Result check() throws Exception {
-		info("Returning healthy status.");
-		return Result.healthy("All Is Well");
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/grpc-jexpress-template/src/main/java/com/flipkart/grpc/jexpress/module/SampleModule.java b/grpc-jexpress-template/src/main/java/com/flipkart/grpc/jexpress/module/SampleModule.java
index 6946c902..d09c3686 100644
--- a/grpc-jexpress-template/src/main/java/com/flipkart/grpc/jexpress/module/SampleModule.java
+++ b/grpc-jexpress-template/src/main/java/com/flipkart/grpc/jexpress/module/SampleModule.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import com.flipkart.gjex.core.tracing.TracingSampler;
 import com.flipkart.grpc.jexpress.filter.CreateLoggingFilter;
 import com.flipkart.grpc.jexpress.filter.GetLoggingFilter;
-import com.flipkart.grpc.jexpress.healthcheck.AllIsWellHealthCheck;
 import com.flipkart.grpc.jexpress.service.SampleService;
 import com.flipkart.grpc.jexpress.tracing.AllWhitelistTracingSampler;
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ public class SampleModule extends AbstractModule {
     @Override
     protected void configure() {
         bind(BindableService.class).annotatedWith(Names.named("SampleService")).to(SampleService.class);
-        bind(HealthCheck.class).to(AllIsWellHealthCheck.class);
         bind(GrpcFilter.class).annotatedWith(Names.named("GetLoggingFilter")).to(GetLoggingFilter.class);
         bind(GrpcFilter.class).annotatedWith(Names.named("CreateLoggingFilter")).to(CreateLoggingFilter.class);
         bind(TracingSampler.class).to(AllWhitelistTracingSampler.class);
diff --git a/grpc-jexpress-template/src/main/resources/configuration.yml b/grpc-jexpress-template/src/main/resources/configuration.yml
index 838c0a8c..02aab1eb 100644
--- a/grpc-jexpress-template/src/main/resources/configuration.yml
+++ b/grpc-jexpress-template/src/main/resources/configuration.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Grpc:
   server.port: 50051
   server.executorThreads : 4
+  filterConfig:
+      enableAccessLogs: true
 
 Dashboard:
   service.port: 9999
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ Api:
   service.selectors: 10
   service.workers: 30
   scheduledexecutor.threadpool.size: 1
+  filterConfig:
+      enableAccessLogs: true
 
 ScheduledJobs.executorThreads: 5