diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index cb62dc52..a54e0fe0 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 DEBUG=0
 SQL_DEBUG=0
 DEBUG_TOOLBAR=0
+# Gunicorn log level for debugging (default value is "info" when unset)
+# (see https://docs.gunicorn.org/en/stable/settings.html#loglevel for available settings)
+# GUNICORN_LOG_LEVEL="debug"
 
 # HTTP port to bind to
 # TANDOOR_PORT=8080
diff --git a/boot.sh b/boot.sh
index b6321741..0ff1fba1 100644
--- a/boot.sh
+++ b/boot.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ source venv/bin/activate
 TANDOOR_PORT="${TANDOOR_PORT:-8080}"
 GUNICORN_WORKERS="${GUNICORN_WORKERS:-3}"
 GUNICORN_THREADS="${GUNICORN_THREADS:-2}"
+GUNICORN_LOG_LEVEL="${GUNICORN_LOG_LEVEL:-'info'}"
 NGINX_CONF_FILE=/opt/recipes/nginx/conf.d/Recipes.conf
 
 display_warning() {
@@ -65,4 +66,4 @@ echo "Done"
 
 chmod -R 755 /opt/recipes/mediafiles
 
-exec gunicorn -b :$TANDOOR_PORT --workers $GUNICORN_WORKERS --threads $GUNICORN_THREADS --access-logfile - --error-logfile - --log-level INFO recipes.wsgi
+exec gunicorn -b :$TANDOOR_PORT --workers $GUNICORN_WORKERS --threads $GUNICORN_THREADS --access-logfile - --error-logfile - --log-level $GUNICORN_LOG_LEVEL recipes.wsgi
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/base.html b/cookbook/templates/base.html
index 7036ef40..39dc51a3 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/base.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/base.html
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     {% endblock %}</title>
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
+    <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" />
 
 
     <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="{% static 'assets/favicon.svg' %}">
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7c90b700..04679001 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Markdown==3.4.3
 Pillow==9.4.0
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.5
 python-dotenv==0.21.0
-requests==2.28.2
+requests==2.31.0
 six==1.16.0
 webdavclient3==3.14.6
 whitenoise==6.2.0