diff --git a/ansible/roles/zeam/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/zeam/defaults/main.yml
index 73058f6..71a2d69 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/zeam/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/zeam/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ zeam_docker_image: "blockblaz/zeam:devnet3"
 zeam_binary_path: "{{ playbook_dir }}/../zig-out/bin/zeam"
 deployment_mode: docker  # docker or binary
 
+# Global zeam CLI flags before `node` (keep in sync with client-cmds/zeam-cmd.sh zeam_global_flags)
+zeam_global_flags: "--console-log-level debug"
+
 # These should be passed from the playbook
 node_name: ""
 genesis_dir: ""
diff --git a/ansible/roles/zeam/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/zeam/tasks/main.yml
index 2fc01c7..8f7f30b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/zeam/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/zeam/tasks/main.yml
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
         -v {{ genesis_dir }}:/config:ro
         -v {{ data_dir }}/{{ node_name }}:/data
         {{ zeam_docker_image }}
+        {{ zeam_global_flags }}
         node
         --custom_genesis /config
         --validator_config {{ actual_validator_config }}
diff --git a/client-cmds/zeam-cmd.sh b/client-cmds/zeam-cmd.sh
index f9ea14c..80cdad2 100644
--- a/client-cmds/zeam-cmd.sh
+++ b/client-cmds/zeam-cmd.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 # Metrics enabled by default
 metrics_flag="--metrics_enable"
 
+# Global zeam CLI flags (must appear before the `node` subcommand)
+zeam_global_flags="--console-log-level debug"
+
 # Set aggregator flag based on isAggregator value
 aggregator_flag=""
 if [ "$isAggregator" == "true" ]; then
@@ -24,13 +27,7 @@ if [ -n "${checkpoint_sync_url:-}" ]; then
     checkpoint_sync_flag="--checkpoint-sync-url $checkpoint_sync_url"
 fi
 
-# Set attestation committee count flag if explicitly configured
-attestation_committee_flag=""
-if [ -n "$attestationCommitteeCount" ]; then
-    attestation_committee_flag="--attestation-committee-count $attestationCommitteeCount"
-fi
-
-node_binary="$scriptDir/../zig-out/bin/zeam node \
+node_binary="$scriptDir/../zig-out/bin/zeam $zeam_global_flags node \
       --custom_genesis $configDir \
       --validator_config $validatorConfig \
       --data-dir $dataDir/$item \
@@ -42,7 +39,7 @@ node_binary="$scriptDir/../zig-out/bin/zeam node \
       $aggregator_flag \
       $checkpoint_sync_flag"
 
-node_docker="--security-opt seccomp=unconfined blockblaz/zeam:devnet3 node \
+node_docker="--security-opt seccomp=unconfined blockblaz/zeam:devnet3 $zeam_global_flags node \
       --custom_genesis /config \
       --validator_config $validatorConfig \
       --data-dir /data \