diff --git a/kong/init.lua b/kong/init.lua
index 4c3d3ef9f4fc..e46867d92c02 100644
--- a/kong/init.lua
+++ b/kong/init.lua
@@ -652,17 +652,19 @@ function Kong.init()
   -- duplicated seeds.
   math.randomseed()
 
-    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "kong.default_workspace: 1:", tostring(kong.default_workspace))
+   -- ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "kong.default_workspace: 1:", tostring(kong.default_workspace))
 
   kong_global.init_pdk(kong, config)
   instrumentation.init(config)
   wasm.init(config)
-    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "kong.default_workspace: 1:", tostring(kong.default_workspace))
+   -- ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "kong.default_workspace: 1:", tostring(kong.default_workspace))
 
   local db = assert(DB.new(config))
+  assert(db.workspaces)
   instrumentation.db_query(db.connector)
   assert(db:init_connector())
-    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "kong.default_workspace: 1:", tostring(kong.default_workspace))
+    -- ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "kong.default_workspace: 1:", tostring(kong.default_workspace))
+  assert(db.workspaces)
 
   -- check state of migration only if there is an external database
   if not is_dbless(config) then
@@ -683,9 +685,9 @@ function Kong.init()
       end
     end
   end
+  assert(db.workspaces)
 
   assert(db:connect())
-    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "kong.default_workspace: 1:", tostring(kong.default_workspace))
 
   kong.db = db
 
@@ -693,8 +695,6 @@ function Kong.init()
     certificate.init()
   end
 
-    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "kong.default_workspace: 1:", tostring(kong.default_workspace))
-
   if is_http_module and (is_data_plane(config) or is_control_plane(config))
   then
     kong.clustering = require("kong.clustering").new(config)
@@ -747,9 +747,9 @@ function Kong.init()
 
   else
     local default_ws = db.workspaces:select_by_name("default")
-    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "kong.default_workspace: 1:", tostring(kong.default_workspace), " :", require("inspect")(default_ws))
+--    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "kong.default_workspace: 1:", tostring(kong.default_workspace), " :", require("inspect")(default_ws))
     kong.default_workspace = default_ws and default_ws.id
-    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "kong.default_workspace: 2:", tostring(kong.default_workspace))
+--    ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "kong.default_workspace: 2:", tostring(kong.default_workspace))
 
     local ok, err = runloop.build_plugins_iterator("init")
     if not ok then