diff --git a/api_logs/api-logs.go b/api_logs/api-logs.go
index c1d525411a660862c38881a3ba39a42396d3bbe9..457e05b5f5048c591da92b23e73728d5474a2176 100644
--- a/api_logs/api-logs.go
+++ b/api_logs/api-logs.go
@@ -18,25 +18,19 @@ func GenerateIncomingAPILog(startTime time.Time, requestID *string, claim map[st
 		currentRequestID = *requestID
 	}
 
-	// SQS has a 256KB limit, so let's limit the response to 96KB
-	responseBody := res.Body
-	if len(responseBody) > 12000 {
-		responseBody = responseBody[:12000] + "..."
-	}
-
 	var authType string
 	var authUsername string
 	if req.RequestContext.Identity.CognitoAuthenticationType != "" {
 		authType = "cognito"
 		split := strings.Split(req.RequestContext.Identity.CognitoAuthenticationProvider, ":")
 		if len(split) > 0 {
-			authUsername = split[len(split)-1] //= part after last ':'
+			authUsername = split[len(split)-1] // = part after last ':'
 		}
 	} else {
 		authType = "iam"
 		split := strings.Split(req.RequestContext.Identity.UserArn, ":user/")
 		if len(split) > 0 {
-			authUsername = split[len(split)-1] //= part after ':user/'
+			authUsername = split[len(split)-1] // = part after ':user/'
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -93,11 +87,11 @@ func GenerateIncomingAPILog(startTime time.Time, requestID *string, claim map[st
 		Response: ApiLogResponse{
 			Headers:  res.Headers,
 			BodySize: len(res.Body),
-			Body:     responseBody,
+			Body:     res.Body,
 		},
 	}
 
-	//also copy multi-value query parameters to the log as CSV array values
+	// also copy multi-value query parameters to the log as CSV array values
 	for n, as := range req.MultiValueQueryStringParameters {
 		apiLog.Request.QueryParameters[n] = "[" + strings.Join(as, ",") + "]"
 	}
@@ -113,12 +107,6 @@ func GenerateOutgoingAPILog(startTime time.Time, requestID *string, claim map[st
 		currentRequestID = *requestID
 	}
 
-	// SQS has a 256KB limit, so let's limit the response to 96KB
-	originalResponseBody := responseBody
-	if len(responseBody) > 12000 {
-		responseBody = responseBody[:12000] + "..."
-	}
-
 	userID, _ := claim["UserID"].(int64)
 	username, _ := claim["Username"].(string)
 	accountID, _ := claim["AccountID"].(int64)
@@ -159,7 +147,7 @@ func GenerateOutgoingAPILog(startTime time.Time, requestID *string, claim map[st
 		},
 		Response: ApiLogResponse{
 			Headers:  requestHeaders,
-			BodySize: len(originalResponseBody),
+			BodySize: len(responseBody),
 			Body:     responseBody,
 		},
 	}
@@ -167,14 +155,14 @@ func GenerateOutgoingAPILog(startTime time.Time, requestID *string, claim map[st
 	return apiLog
 }
 
-//ApiLog is the SQS event details struct encoded as JSON document, sent to SQS, to be logged for each API handler executed.
+// ApiLog is the SQS event details struct encoded as JSON document, sent to SQS, to be logged for each API handler executed.
 type ApiLog struct {
 	StartTime           time.Time      `json:"start_time"`
 	EndTime             time.Time      `json:"end_time"`
-	DurMs               int64          `json:"duration_ms"` //duration in milliseconds
-	Type                string         `json:"type"`        //incoming-api or outgoing-api
+	DurMs               int64          `json:"duration_ms"` // duration in milliseconds
+	Type                string         `json:"type"`        // incoming-api or outgoing-api
 	Method              string         `json:"method"`
-	Address             string         `json:"address"` //server address for incoming and outgoing
+	Address             string         `json:"address"` // server address for incoming and outgoing
 	Path                string         `json:"path"`
 	ResponseCode        int            `json:"response_code"`
 	RequestID           string         `json:"request_id"`
@@ -184,8 +172,8 @@ type ApiLog struct {
 	ProviderID          int64          `json:"provider_id,omitempty"`
 	UserID              int64          `json:"user_id,omitempty"`
 	Username            string         `json:"username,omitempty"`
-	SourceIP            string         `json:"source_ip,omitempty"`  //only logged for incoming API
-	UserAgent           string         `json:"user_agent,omitempty"` //only for incoming, indicate type of browser when UI
+	SourceIP            string         `json:"source_ip,omitempty"`  // only logged for incoming API
+	UserAgent           string         `json:"user_agent,omitempty"` // only for incoming, indicate type of browser when UI
 	Request             ApiLogRequest  `json:"request"`
 	Response            ApiLogResponse `json:"response"`
 }
@@ -193,12 +181,12 @@ type ApiLog struct {
 type ApiLogRequest struct {
 	Headers         map[string]string `json:"headers,omitempty"`
 	QueryParameters map[string]string `json:"query_parameters,omitempty"`
-	BodySize        int               `json:"body_size" search:"long"` //set even when body is truncated/omitted
-	Body            string            `json:"body,omitempty"`          //json body as a string
+	BodySize        int               `json:"body_size" search:"long"` // set even when body is truncated/omitted
+	Body            string            `json:"body,omitempty"`          // json body as a string
 }
 
 type ApiLogResponse struct {
 	Headers  map[string]string `json:"headers,omitempty"`
-	BodySize int               `json:"body_size"`      //set even when body is truncated/omitted
-	Body     string            `json:"body,omitempty"` //json content as a string
+	BodySize int               `json:"body_size"`      // set even when body is truncated/omitted
+	Body     string            `json:"body,omitempty"` // json content as a string
 }