diff --git a/server/src/game/GameLoop.ts b/server/src/game/GameLoop.ts
index c7b9e57..0c90e1c 100644
--- a/server/src/game/GameLoop.ts
+++ b/server/src/game/GameLoop.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class GameLoop {
     this.runtimeConstants = createRuntimeConstants();
     this.world = new World();
     this.map = new GameMap();
-    this.llmService = createLlmService();
+    this.llmService = createLlmService(this.logService);
     this.narrationService = createNarrationService(this.llmService);
     this.eventMemoryService = createEventMemoryService();
     this.thoughtSystem = createThoughtSystem(this.llmService, this.narrationService, this.eventMemoryService);
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export class GameLoop {
   }
 
   generateNpcBackstory(entityId: number): void {
-    generateBackstoryAndDesires(this.world, entityId, this.llmService, this.tick);
+    generateBackstoryAndDesires(this.world, entityId, this.llmService, this.tick, this.logService);
   }
 
   private spawnInitialNPCs(count: number): void {
diff --git a/server/src/llm/backstoryGenerator.ts b/server/src/llm/backstoryGenerator.ts
index 6e1de0e..0066558 100644
--- a/server/src/llm/backstoryGenerator.ts
+++ b/server/src/llm/backstoryGenerator.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { LlmService } from './llmService.js';
 import type { ItemRegistry } from '../industry/itemRegistry.js';
 import type { RecipeRegistry } from '../industry/recipeRegistry.js';
 import type { StructureData } from '../systems/buildingSystem.js';
+import type { LogService } from '../services/logService.js';
 
 const STAT_KEYS: (keyof Stats)[] = [
   'strength', 'dexterity', 'constitution', 'intelligence', 'perception',
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ export async function generateBackstoryAndDesires(
   entityId: number,
   llmService: LlmService,
   tick: number,
+  logService?: LogService,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const name = world.getComponent<string>(entityId, 'name');
   const stats = world.getComponent<Stats>(entityId, 'stats');
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ export async function generateBackstoryAndDesires(
     parsed = JSON.parse(result);
   } catch {
     // JSON parse failed — use raw string as backstory fallback
+    logService?.log('warning', 'LLM', `JSON parse failed for backstory (entity ${entityId}), using raw string`);
     world.addComponent<string>(entityId, 'backstory', result);
     return;
   }
diff --git a/server/src/llm/llmService.ts b/server/src/llm/llmService.ts
index c7c1224..72b0dd3 100644
--- a/server/src/llm/llmService.ts
+++ b/server/src/llm/llmService.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { createUsageCounters } from './usageCounters.js';
 import { renderTemplate } from './promptTemplate.js';
 import { templates } from './templates.js';
 import { createTokenTracker, type TokenTracker } from './tokenTracker.js';
+import type { LogService } from '../services/logService.js';
 
 export interface LlmService {
   generate(templateName: string, variables: Record<string, string>): Promise<string | null>;
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ export interface LlmService {
   tokenUsage(): TokenTracker;
 }
 
-export function createLlmService(): LlmService {
+export function createLlmService(logService?: LogService): LlmService {
   const config = getLlmConfig();
 
   if (!config.enabled || !config.model) {
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ export function createLlmService(): LlmService {
     };
   }
 
-  const client = createOpenRouterClient(config);
+  const client = createOpenRouterClient(config, logService);
   const queue = createGenerationQueue(client, {
     requestsPerMinute: config.requestsPerMinute,
   });
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ export function createLlmService(): LlmService {
 
     currentModel = config.fallbackModel;
     console.log(`[LLM] Switched to fallback model: ${currentModel}`);
+    logService?.log('warning', 'LLM', `Switched to fallback model: ${currentModel}`);
 
     const resetTime = resetAt ?? getNextMidnightUTC();
     const delay = Math.max(0, resetTime - Date.now());
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ export function createLlmService(): LlmService {
       currentModel = config.model;
       switchBackTimer = null;
       console.log(`[LLM] Switched back to primary model: ${currentModel}`);
+      logService?.log('info', 'LLM', `Switched back to primary model: ${currentModel}`);
     }, delay);
   }
 
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ export function createLlmService(): LlmService {
       const result = await queue.enqueue({ ...rendered, model: currentModel });
 
       if (isRateLimited(result)) {
+        logService?.log('warning', 'LLM', 'Rate limited, switching to fallback');
         switchToFallback(result.resetAt);
         return null;
       }
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ export function createLlmService(): LlmService {
         const totalRequests = Object.values(counters.getStats()).reduce((sum, s) => sum + s.total, 0);
         if (totalRequests % 100 === 0) {
           console.log(`[LLM] ${counters.getSummary()}`);
+          logService?.log('info', 'LLM', counters.getSummary());
         }
         return result.content;
       }
diff --git a/server/src/llm/openRouterClient.ts b/server/src/llm/openRouterClient.ts
index 12bebfd..c1289b2 100644
--- a/server/src/llm/openRouterClient.ts
+++ b/server/src/llm/openRouterClient.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { LlmConfig } from '../config/llmConfig.js';
 import type { RenderedPrompt } from './promptTemplate.js';
+import type { LogService } from '../services/logService.js';
 
 const OPENROUTER_URL = 'https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions';
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ export interface OpenRouterClient {
   complete(request: CompletionRequest): Promise<CompletionResult>;
 }
 
-export function createOpenRouterClient(config: LlmConfig): OpenRouterClient {
+export function createOpenRouterClient(config: LlmConfig, logService?: LogService): OpenRouterClient {
   return {
     async complete(request: CompletionRequest): Promise<CompletionResult> {
       try {
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ export function createOpenRouterClient(config: LlmConfig): OpenRouterClient {
             }
           }
           console.warn(`OpenRouter API error: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`);
+          logService?.log('error', 'LLM', `OpenRouter API error: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`);
           return null;
         }
 
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ export function createOpenRouterClient(config: LlmConfig): OpenRouterClient {
         };
       } catch (error) {
         console.warn('OpenRouter request failed:', (error as Error).message);
+        logService?.log('error', 'LLM', `OpenRouter request failed: ${(error as Error).message}`);
         return null;
       }
     },