diff --git a/archivebox/core/settings.py b/archivebox/core/settings.py
index 0a05dbd3..5a275edc 100644
--- a/archivebox/core/settings.py
+++ b/archivebox/core/settings.py
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ LOGGING = {
         "django.request": {  # only logs 4xx and 5xx errors
             "propagate": False,
             "handlers": ["default", "logfile"],
-            "level": "INFO",
+            "level": "ERROR",
             "filters": ["noisyrequestsfilter"],
         },
         "django.db.backends": {
diff --git a/archivebox/monkey_patches.py b/archivebox/monkey_patches.py
index 599cff00..ce137ba8 100644
--- a/archivebox/monkey_patches.py
+++ b/archivebox/monkey_patches.py
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ class ModifiedAccessLogGenerator(access.AccessLogGenerator):
             return
         if request.endswith("/favicon.ico") or request.endswith("/robots.txt") or request.endswith("/screenshot.png"):
             return
+        if request.endswith('.css') or request.endswith('.js') or request.endswith('.woff') or request.endswith('.ttf'):
+            return
+        if str(status) in ('404', '304'):
+            return
         
         # clean up the log format to mostly match the same format as django.conf.settings.LOGGING rich formats
         self.stream.write(