diff --git a/cortex-js/src/app.ts b/cortex-js/src/app.ts
index ed7da59a6..9eb1d8d70 100644
--- a/cortex-js/src/app.ts
+++ b/cortex-js/src/app.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ export const getApp = async () => {
   const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule, {
     snapshot: true,
     cors: true,
-    logger: console
+    logger: console,
   });
 
+  // Set the global prefix for the API /v1/
+  app.setGlobalPrefix('v1');
+
   const fileService = app.get(FileManagerService);
   await fileService.getConfig();
 
diff --git a/cortex-js/src/infrastructure/commanders/serve.command.ts b/cortex-js/src/infrastructure/commanders/serve.command.ts
index a8ade2238..42bfbc6a1 100644
--- a/cortex-js/src/infrastructure/commanders/serve.command.ts
+++ b/cortex-js/src/infrastructure/commanders/serve.command.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { SetCommandContext } from './decorators/CommandContext';
 import { ServeStopCommand } from './sub-commands/serve-stop.command';
 import { ContextService } from '../services/context/context.service';
 import { getApp } from '@/app';
-import { Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
 
 type ServeOptions = {
   address?: string;
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ export class ServeCommand extends CommandRunner {
     const app = await getApp();
 
     await app.listen(port, host);
-    console.log(`Started server at http://${host}:${port}`);
+    console.log(chalk.blue(`Started server at http://${host}:${port}`));
+    console.log(
+      chalk.blue(`API Playground available at http://${host}:${port}/api`),
+    );
   }
 
   @Option({
diff --git a/cortex-js/src/main.ts b/cortex-js/src/main.ts
index 804e9481e..217b84884 100644
--- a/cortex-js/src/main.ts
+++ b/cortex-js/src/main.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   defaultCortexJsPort,
 } from '@/infrastructure/constants/cortex';
 import { getApp } from './app';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
 
 async function bootstrap() {
   const app = await getApp();
@@ -11,8 +12,10 @@ async function bootstrap() {
   const port = process.env.CORTEX_JS_PORT || defaultCortexJsPort;
 
   await app.listen(port, host);
-  console.log(`Started server at http://${host}:${port}`);
-  console.log(`Swagger UI available at http://${host}:${port}/api`);
+  console.log(chalk.blue(`Started server at http://${host}:${port}`));
+  console.log(
+    chalk.blue(`API Playground available at http://${host}:${port}/api`),
+  );
 }
 
 bootstrap();
diff --git a/cortex-js/src/usecases/models/models.usecases.ts b/cortex-js/src/usecases/models/models.usecases.ts
index a1615b970..30afc5815 100644
--- a/cortex-js/src/usecases/models/models.usecases.ts
+++ b/cortex-js/src/usecases/models/models.usecases.ts
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ export class ModelsUsecases {
           metadata: {},
         };
         this.eventEmitter.emit('model.event', modelEvent);
-        console.error('Starting model failed', e.code, e.message, e.stack);
         if (e.code === AxiosError.ERR_BAD_REQUEST) {
           return {
             message: 'Model already loaded',