diff --git a/common/credential-storage/src/persistent_storage/mod.rs b/common/credential-storage/src/persistent_storage/mod.rs
index 565ab94513a..16a1ae9d5a0 100644
--- a/common/credential-storage/src/persistent_storage/mod.rs
+++ b/common/credential-storage/src/persistent_storage/mod.rs
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ impl PersistentStorage {
     /// * `database_path`: path to the database.
     pub async fn init<P: AsRef<Path>>(database_path: P) -> Result<Self, StorageError> {
         debug!(
-            "Attempting to connect to database {:?}",
-            database_path.as_ref().as_os_str()
+            "Attempting to connect to database {}",
+            database_path.as_ref().display()
         );
 
         let opts = sqlx::sqlite::SqliteConnectOptions::new()
diff --git a/common/gateway-stats-storage/src/lib.rs b/common/gateway-stats-storage/src/lib.rs
index 8ad34bbca47..d29de3a1b01 100644
--- a/common/gateway-stats-storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/gateway-stats-storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ impl PersistentStatsStorage {
     /// * `database_path`: path to the database.
     pub async fn init<P: AsRef<Path> + Send>(database_path: P) -> Result<Self, StatsStorageError> {
         debug!(
-            "Attempting to connect to database {:?}",
-            database_path.as_ref().as_os_str()
+            "Attempting to connect to database {}",
+            database_path.as_ref().display()
         );
 
         // TODO: we can inject here more stuff based on our gateway global config
diff --git a/common/gateway-storage/src/lib.rs b/common/gateway-storage/src/lib.rs
index 2d05d43fe74..ea534b8c1bc 100644
--- a/common/gateway-storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/gateway-storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ impl GatewayStorage {
         message_retrieval_limit: i64,
     ) -> Result<Self, GatewayStorageError> {
         debug!(
-            "Attempting to connect to database {:?}",
-            database_path.as_ref().as_os_str()
+            "Attempting to connect to database {}",
+            database_path.as_ref().display()
         );
 
         // TODO: we can inject here more stuff based on our gateway global config