diff --git a/src/logging.py b/src/logging.py
index 42f869c..2207241 100644
--- a/src/logging.py
+++ b/src/logging.py
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ def configure_logging():
     access_logger.handlers = []
     access_logger.propagate = False
 
+    # set uvicorn access log level to warning
+    logging.getLogger("uvicorn.access").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
     # sometimes the slack client can be too verbose
     logging.getLogger("slack_sdk.web.base_client").setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
 
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 9f604b0..2562611 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -40,19 +40,18 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # we configure the logging level and format
 configure_logging()
 
-# we define the exception handlers
-exception_handlers = {Exception: handle_exception}
-
 # we create the ASGI for the app
-app = FastAPI(exception_handlers=exception_handlers, openapi_url="", title="LCCA API",
+app = FastAPI(openapi_url="", title="LCCA API",
               description="Welcome to LCCA's API documentation!",
               version="0.1.0")
 app.state.limiter = limiter
-app.add_exception_handler(RateLimitExceeded, _rate_limit_exceeded_handler)
+
+# we define the exception handlers
+app.add_exception_handler(Exception, handle_exception)
 app.add_exception_handler(HTTPException, handle_exception)
+app.add_exception_handler(StarletteHTTPException, handle_exception)
 app.add_exception_handler(RequestValidationError, handle_exception)
-app.add_exception_handler(SQLAlchemyError, handle_exception)
-app.add_middleware(GZipMiddleware, minimum_size=2000)
+app.add_exception_handler(RateLimitExceeded, _rate_limit_exceeded_handler)
 
 
 from src.context import set_request_id, reset_request_id, get_request_id