diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0c32ce189a..d4925d441d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -49,4 +49,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
           sudo cat /var/log/apache2/error.log
-
+      - name: Check error.log
+        run: |
+          # Send requests & check log format
+          # Valid request
+          curl -s http://127.0.01/ > /dev/null || echo $?
+          # Invalid request
+          curl -s http://127.0.01/%2e%2f > /dev/null || echo $? 
+          # Check log format
+          grep -F ModSecurity < /var/log/apache2/error.log | grep -vP "^\[[^\]]+\] \[security2:[a-z]+\] \[pid [0-9]+:tid [0-9]+\] (?:\[client [0-9.:]+\] )?ModSecurity" || exit 0
+          # grep -v succeeded => found some lines with invalid format
+          exit 1
diff --git a/apache2/apache2_util.c b/apache2/apache2_util.c
index 20ea940ee5..f42436790f 100644
--- a/apache2/apache2_util.c
+++ b/apache2/apache2_util.c
@@ -286,19 +286,16 @@ static void internal_log_ex(request_rec *r, directory_config *dcfg, modsec_rec *
 
 #if AP_SERVER_MAJORVERSION_NUMBER > 1 && AP_SERVER_MINORVERSION_NUMBER > 2
 	ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR | APLOG_NOERRNO, 0, r,
-            "[client %s] ModSecurity: %s%s [uri \"%s\"]%s", r->useragent_ip ? r->useragent_ip : r->connection->client_ip, str1,
-            hostname, log_escape(msr->mp, r->uri), unique_id);
+            "ModSecurity: %s%s [uri \"%s\"]%s", str1, hostname, log_escape(msr->mp, r->uri), unique_id);
 #else
         ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR | APLOG_NOERRNO, 0, r->server,
-                "[client %s] ModSecurity: %s%s [uri \"%s\"]%s", msr->remote_addr ? msr->remote_addr : r->connection->remote_ip, str1,
-                hostname, log_escape(msr->mp, r->uri), unique_id);
+            "ModSecurity: %s%s [uri \"%s\"]%s", str1, hostname, log_escape(msr->mp, r->uri), unique_id);
 #endif
 
         /* Add this message to the list. */
         if (msr != NULL) {
             /* Force relevency if this is an alert */
             msr->is_relevant++;
-
             *(const char **)apr_array_push(msr->alerts) = apr_pstrdup(msr->mp, str1);
         }
     }
diff --git a/apache2/mod_security2.c b/apache2/mod_security2.c
index 0ee72865fc..1850191eb7 100644
--- a/apache2/mod_security2.c
+++ b/apache2/mod_security2.c
@@ -103,17 +103,17 @@ static int server_limit, thread_limit;
 *
 * \param mp Pointer to memory pool
 */
-static void version(apr_pool_t *mp) {
+static void version(apr_pool_t *mp, server_rec* s) {
     char *pcre_vrs = NULL;
     const char *pcre_loaded_vrs = NULL;
     char pcre2_loaded_vrs_buffer[80] ={0};
 
-    ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOTICE, 0, NULL,
+    ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOTICE, 0, s,
             "ModSecurity: APR compiled version=\"%s\"; "
             "loaded version=\"%s\"", APR_VERSION_STRING, apr_version_string());
 
     if (strstr(apr_version_string(), APR_VERSION_STRING) == NULL)    {
-        ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_WARNING, 0, NULL, "ModSecurity: Loaded APR do not match with compiled!");
+        ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_WARNING, 0, s, "ModSecurity: Loaded APR do not match with compiled!");
     }
 
 #ifdef WITH_PCRE2
@@ -134,21 +134,21 @@ static void version(apr_pool_t *mp) {
             "loaded version=\"%s\"", pcre_vrs, pcre_loaded_vrs);
 
     if (strstr(pcre_loaded_vrs,pcre_vrs) == NULL)    {
-        ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_WARNING, 0, NULL, "ModSecurity: Loaded PCRE do not match with compiled!");
+        ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_WARNING, 0, s, "ModSecurity: Loaded PCRE do not match with compiled!");
     }
 
     /* Lua version function was removed in current 5.1. Need to check in future versions if it's back */
 #if defined(WITH_LUA)
-    ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOTICE, 0, NULL,
+    ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOTICE, 0, s,
             "ModSecurity: LUA compiled version=\"%s\"", LUA_VERSION);
 #endif /* WITH_LUA */
 
 #ifdef WITH_YAJL
-    ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOTICE, 0, NULL,
+    ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOTICE, 0, s,
             "ModSecurity: YAJL compiled version=\"%d.%d.%d\"", YAJL_MAJOR, YAJL_MINOR, YAJL_MICRO);
 #endif /* WITH_YAJL */
 
-    ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOTICE, 0, NULL,
+    ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOTICE, 0, s,
             "ModSecurity: LIBXML compiled version=\"%s\"", LIBXML_DOTTED_VERSION);
 }
 
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ static int hook_post_config(apr_pool_t *mp, apr_pool_t *mp_log, apr_pool_t *mp_t
         ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOTICE | APLOG_NOERRNO, 0, s,
                 "%s configured.", MODSEC_MODULE_NAME_FULL);
 
-        version(mp);
+        version(mp, s);
 
         /* If we've changed the server signature make note of the original. */
         if (new_server_signature != NULL) {
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c75335c14d..69228a6b93 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -309,10 +309,10 @@ fi
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(assertions,
               AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-assertions],
-                             [Turn on assertions checks (undefine NDEBUG)]),
+                             [Turn on assertions checks (undefine NDEBUG, define _GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS  & _FORTIFY_SOURCE)]),
 [
   if test "${enableval}" = "yes"; then
-      assertions='-UNDEBUG'
+      assertions='-UNDEBUG -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS'
   else
       assertions='-DNDEBUG'
   fi