diff --git a/pkg/rtc/utils.go b/pkg/rtc/utils.go
index d0a276eeb..baf069ddc 100644
--- a/pkg/rtc/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/rtc/utils.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func Recover() {
 }
 
 // logger helpers
-func LoggerWithParticipant(l logger.Logger, identity livekit.ParticipantIdentity, sid livekit.ParticipantID) logger.Logger {
+func LoggerWithParticipant(l logger.Logger, identity livekit.ParticipantIdentity, sid livekit.ParticipantID, isRemote bool) logger.Logger {
 	lr := logr.Logger(l)
 	if identity != "" {
 		lr = lr.WithValues("participant", identity)
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ func LoggerWithParticipant(l logger.Logger, identity livekit.ParticipantIdentity
 	if sid != "" {
 		lr = lr.WithValues("pID", sid)
 	}
+	lr = lr.WithValues("remote", isRemote)
 	return logger.Logger(lr)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/service/roommanager.go b/pkg/service/roommanager.go
index 96db96b84..b5c6bfeb0 100644
--- a/pkg/service/roommanager.go
+++ b/pkg/service/roommanager.go
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func (r *RoomManager) StartSession(
 	rtcConf := *r.rtcConfig
 	rtcConf.SetBufferFactory(room.GetBufferFactory())
 	sid := livekit.ParticipantID(utils.NewGuid(utils.ParticipantPrefix))
-	pLogger := rtc.LoggerWithParticipant(room.Logger, pi.Identity, sid)
+	pLogger := rtc.LoggerWithParticipant(room.Logger, pi.Identity, sid, false)
 	protoRoom := room.ToProto()
 	participant, err = rtc.NewParticipant(rtc.ParticipantParams{
 		Identity:                pi.Identity,
@@ -401,7 +401,9 @@ func (r *RoomManager) rtcSessionWorker(room *rtc.Room, participant types.LocalPa
 
 	pLogger := rtc.LoggerWithParticipant(
 		rtc.LoggerWithRoom(logger.GetDefaultLogger(), room.Name(), room.ID()),
-		participant.Identity(), participant.ID(),
+		participant.Identity(),
+		participant.ID(),
+		false,
 	)
 
 	// send first refresh for cases when client token is close to expiring
@@ -469,6 +471,7 @@ func (r *RoomManager) handleRTCMessage(ctx context.Context, roomName livekit.Roo
 		rtc.LoggerWithRoom(logger.GetDefaultLogger(), roomName, room.ID()),
 		identity,
 		sid,
+		false,
 	)
 
 	switch rm := msg.Message.(type) {
diff --git a/pkg/service/rtcservice.go b/pkg/service/rtcservice.go
index 1398d7984..f9a701beb 100644
--- a/pkg/service/rtcservice.go
+++ b/pkg/service/rtcservice.go
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ func (s *RTCService) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	pLogger := rtc.LoggerWithParticipant(
 		rtc.LoggerWithRoom(logger.GetDefaultLogger(), roomName, ""),
-		pi.Identity, "",
+		pi.Identity,
+		"",
+		false,
 	)
 	done := make(chan struct{})
 	// function exits when websocket terminates, it'll close the event reading off of response sink as well