diff --git a/zenoh-jni/src/logger.rs b/zenoh-jni/src/logger.rs
index 19be0ec25..1011c905f 100644
--- a/zenoh-jni/src/logger.rs
+++ b/zenoh-jni/src/logger.rs
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@ use crate::{errors::Result, jni_error, throw_exception};
 
 /// Redirects the Rust logs either to logcat for Android systems or to the standard output (for non-Android systems).
 ///
-/// This function is meant to be called from Java/Kotlin code through JNI. It takes a `log_level`
-/// indicating the desired log level, which must be one of the following: "info", "debug", "warn",
-/// "trace", or "error".
+/// This function is meant to be called from Java/Kotlin code through JNI. It takes a `filter`
+/// indicating the desired log level.
+///
+/// See https://docs.rs/env_logger/latest/env_logger/index.html for accepted filter format.
 ///
 /// # Parameters:
 /// - `env`: The JNI environment.
 /// - `_class`: The JNI class.
-/// - `log_level`: The log level java string indicating the desired log level.
+/// - `filter`: The logs filter.
 ///
 /// # Errors:
 /// - If there is an error parsing the log level string, a `JNIException` is thrown on the JVM.
@@ -38,10 +39,10 @@ use crate::{errors::Result, jni_error, throw_exception};
 pub extern "C" fn Java_io_zenoh_Logger_00024Companion_startLogsViaJNI(
     mut env: JNIEnv,
     _class: JClass,
-    log_level: JString,
+    filter: JString,
 ) {
     || -> Result<()> {
-        let log_level = parse_log_level(&mut env, log_level)?;
+        let log_level = parse_filter(&mut env, filter)?;
         android_logd_logger::builder()
             .parse_filters(log_level.as_str())
             .tag_target_strip()
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn Java_io_zenoh_Logger_00024Companion_startLogsViaJNI(
     .unwrap_or_else(|err| throw_exception!(env, err))
 }
 
-fn parse_log_level(env: &mut JNIEnv, log_level: JString) -> Result<String> {
+fn parse_filter(env: &mut JNIEnv, log_level: JString) -> Result<String> {
     let log_level = env.get_string(&log_level).map_err(|err| jni_error!(err))?;
     log_level
         .to_str()
diff --git a/zenoh-kotlin/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Logger.kt b/zenoh-kotlin/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Logger.kt
index b900e0c76..b53025772 100644
--- a/zenoh-kotlin/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Logger.kt
+++ b/zenoh-kotlin/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Logger.kt
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ internal class Logger {
 
         internal const val LOG_ENV: String = "RUST_LOG"
 
-        fun start(logLevel: String) = runCatching {
-            startLogsViaJNI(logLevel)
+        fun start(filter: String) = runCatching {
+            startLogsViaJNI(filter)
         }
 
         /**
          * Redirects the rust logs either to logcat for Android systems or to the standard output (for non-android
          * systems).
          *
-         * @param logLevel must be either "info", "debug", "warn", "trace" or "error".
+         * See https://docs.rs/env_logger/latest/env_logger/index.html for accepted filter format.
          */
         @Throws(Exception::class)
-        private external fun startLogsViaJNI(logLevel: String)
+        private external fun startLogsViaJNI(filter: String)
     }
 }
diff --git a/zenoh-kotlin/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Zenoh.kt b/zenoh-kotlin/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Zenoh.kt
index 0209922fd..b9514574c 100644
--- a/zenoh-kotlin/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Zenoh.kt
+++ b/zenoh-kotlin/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/zenoh/Zenoh.kt
@@ -109,27 +109,33 @@ object Zenoh {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Try starting the logs with the level specified under the [LOG_ENV] environment variable.
+     * Initializes the zenoh runtime logger, using rust environment settings.
+     * E.g.: `RUST_LOG=info` will enable logging at info level. Similarly, you can set the variable to `error` or `debug`.
+     *
+     * Note that if the environment variable is not set, then logging will not be enabled.
+     * See https://docs.rs/env_logger/latest/env_logger/index.html for accepted filter format.
      *
      * @see Logger
      */
-    fun tryInitLogFromEnv(): Result<Unit> = runCatching {
+    fun tryInitLogFromEnv() {
         ZenohLoad
-        val logLevel = System.getenv(LOG_ENV)
-            ?: return Result.failure(Exception("Failure during logs initialization: couldn't find environment variable '$LOG_ENV'."))
-        return Logger.start(logLevel)
+        Logger.start(System.getenv(LOG_ENV) ?: "")
     }
 
     /**
-     * Try starting the logs with the level specified under the [LOG_ENV] environment variable or by default [defaultLogLevel].
+     * Initializes the zenoh runtime logger, using rust environment settings or the provided fallback level.
+     * E.g.: `RUST_LOG=info` will enable logging at info level. Similarly, you can set the variable to `error` or `debug`.
+     *
+     * Note that if the environment variable is not set, then [fallbackFilter] will be used instead.
+     * See https://docs.rs/env_logger/latest/env_logger/index.html for accepted filter format.
      *
-     * @param defaultLogLevel A string that must be either "info", "debug", "error", "trace", "warn".
+     * @param fallbackFilter: The fallback filter if the `RUST_LOG` environment variable is not set.
      * @see Logger
      */
-    fun initLogFromEnvOr(defaultLogLevel: String): Result<Unit> = runCatching {
+    fun initLogFromEnvOr(fallbackFilter: String): Result<Unit> = runCatching {
         ZenohLoad
         val logLevelProp = System.getenv(LOG_ENV)
-        logLevelProp?.let { Logger.start(it) } ?: Logger.start(defaultLogLevel)
+        logLevelProp?.let { Logger.start(it) } ?: Logger.start(fallbackFilter)
     }
 }