diff --git a/piker/brokers/_daemon.py b/piker/brokers/_daemon.py
index 5414bfb9..eb5c2021 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/_daemon.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/_daemon.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ _data_mods: str = [
 async def _setup_persistent_brokerd(
     ctx: tractor.Context,
     brokername: str,
-    loglevel: str | None = None,
+    loglevel: str|None = None,
 
 ) -> None:
     '''
@@ -72,10 +72,14 @@ async def _setup_persistent_brokerd(
     # since all hosted daemon tasks will reference this same
     # log instance's (actor local) state and thus don't require
     # any further (level) configuration on their own B)
+    actor: tractor.Actor = tractor.current_actor()
+    tll: str = actor.loglevel
     log = _util.get_console_log(
-        loglevel or tractor.current_actor().loglevel,
+        level=loglevel or tll,
         name=f'{_util.subsys}.{brokername}',
+        with_tractor_log=bool(tll),
     )
+    assert log.name == _util.subsys
 
     # set global for this actor to this new process-wide instance B)
     _util.log = log
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ async def _setup_persistent_brokerd(
     # NOTE: see ep invocation details inside `.data.feed`.
     try:
         async with (
-            tractor.trionics.collapse_eg(),
+            # tractor.trionics.collapse_eg(),
             trio.open_nursery() as service_nursery
         ):
             bus: _FeedsBus = feed.get_feed_bus(