diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 5d7a75df..9e05ac4c 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ black = "*"
 factory_boy = "*"
 rich = "*"
 sphinx = "*"
-furo = "*"
 sphinx-autobuild = "*"
-sphinxcontrib-mermaid = "*"
-docutils = "==0.19"
+sphinxcontrib-mermaid = "*""
 myst-parser = "*"
 ansible-lint = "*"
 
@@ -96,4 +94,4 @@ django-convenient-formsets = "~=1.2.1"
 django-basicauth = "*"
 django-file-resubmit = "*"
 django-guardian = "*"
-docutils = "==0.19"
+drf-api-logger = "*"
diff --git a/apps/accounts/admin_site.py b/apps/accounts/admin_site.py
index 2897212e..ddbe8576 100644
--- a/apps/accounts/admin_site.py
+++ b/apps/accounts/admin_site.py
@@ -285,3 +285,7 @@ def get_app_list(self, request):
 
 
 greenweb_admin = GreenWebAdmin(name="greenweb_admin")
+from drf_api_logger.models import APILogsModel
+from drf_api_logger.admin import APILogsAdmin
+
+greenweb_admin.register(APILogsModel, APILogsAdmin)
diff --git a/apps/greencheck/tests/test_api_logger.py b/apps/greencheck/tests/test_api_logger.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/greenweb/settings/common.py b/greenweb/settings/common.py
index 6a073f7e..111e26f2 100644
--- a/greenweb/settings/common.py
+++ b/greenweb/settings/common.py
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@
     "widget_tweaks",
     # analysis
     "explorer",
+    # tracking inbound API usage
+    'drf_api_logger',
     # project specific
     "apps.theme",
     "apps.accounts",
@@ -139,10 +141,17 @@
     "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
+    'drf_api_logger.middleware.api_logger_middleware.APILoggerMiddleware',
     # see the section below on BASICAUTH
     "basicauth.middleware.BasicAuthMiddleware",
 ]
 
+DRF_API_LOGGER_DATABASE = True  # Default to False
+legacy_api_views = ["legacy-greencheck-image", "legacy-greencheck-multi", "legacy-directory-detail"]
+high_volume_views = ["green-domain-detail"]
+debugger_api_views = ["djdt:history_sidebar"]
+DRF_API_LOGGER_SKIP_URL_NAME = [ *legacy_api_views, *debugger_api_views, *high_volume_views]
+
 # set up django-guardian as authentcation backend
 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
     "django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",  # this is a default value