diff --git a/accounts/pkg/service/v0/groups.go b/accounts/pkg/service/v0/groups.go
index 357ba5550..d6d8302d0 100644
--- a/accounts/pkg/service/v0/groups.go
+++ b/accounts/pkg/service/v0/groups.go
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ func (s Service) DeleteGroup(c context.Context, in *proto.DeleteGroupRequest, ou
 		if storage.IsNotFoundErr(err) {
 			return merrors.NotFound(s.id, "group not found: %v", err.Error())
 		}
-		s.log.Error().Err(err).Str("id", id).Msg("could not load group")
 		return merrors.InternalServerError(s.id, "could not load group: %v", err.Error())
 	}
 
@@ -246,7 +245,6 @@ func (s Service) AddMember(c context.Context, in *proto.AddMemberRequest, out *p
 		if storage.IsNotFoundErr(err) {
 			return merrors.NotFound(s.id, "group not found: %v", err.Error())
 		}
-		s.log.Error().Err(err).Str("id", accountID).Msg("could not load account")
 		return merrors.InternalServerError(s.id, "could not load group: %v", err.Error())
 	}
 
@@ -255,7 +253,6 @@ func (s Service) AddMember(c context.Context, in *proto.AddMemberRequest, out *p
 		if storage.IsNotFoundErr(err) {
 			return merrors.NotFound(s.id, "could not load group: %v", err.Error())
 		}
-		s.log.Error().Err(err).Str("id", groupID).Msg("could not load group")
 		return merrors.InternalServerError(s.id, "could not load group: %v", err.Error())
 	}
 
@@ -283,11 +280,9 @@ func (s Service) AddMember(c context.Context, in *proto.AddMemberRequest, out *p
 	}
 
 	if err = s.repo.WriteAccount(c, a); err != nil {
-		s.log.Error().Err(err).Interface("account", a).Msg("could not persist account")
-		return merrors.InternalServerError(s.id, "could not persist updated account: %v", err.Error())
+		return merrors.InternalServerError(s.id, "could not persist account: %v", err.Error())
 	}
 	if err = s.repo.WriteGroup(c, g); err != nil {
-		s.log.Error().Err(err).Interface("group", g).Msg("could not persist group")
 		return merrors.InternalServerError(s.id, "could not persist group: %v", err.Error())
 	}
 	// FIXME update index!
diff --git a/accounts/pkg/service/v0/service.go b/accounts/pkg/service/v0/service.go
index b5283c7c2..772210253 100644
--- a/accounts/pkg/service/v0/service.go
+++ b/accounts/pkg/service/v0/service.go
@@ -48,14 +48,13 @@ func New(opts ...Option) (s *Service, err error) {
 		roleManager = &m
 	}
 
-	serviceID := cfg.GRPC.Namespace + "." + cfg.Server.Name
 	s = &Service{
-		id:          serviceID,
+		id:          cfg.GRPC.Namespace + "." + cfg.Server.Name,
 		log:         logger,
 		Config:      cfg,
 		RoleService: roleService,
 		RoleManager: roleManager,
-		repo:        createMetadataStorage(serviceID, cfg, logger),
+		repo:        createMetadataStorage(cfg, logger),
 	}
 
 	if s.index, err = s.buildIndex(); err != nil {
@@ -357,13 +356,13 @@ func assignRoleToUser(accountID, roleID string, rs settings.RoleService, logger
 	return true
 }
 
-func createMetadataStorage(serviceID string, cfg *config.Config, logger log.Logger) storage.Repo {
+func createMetadataStorage(cfg *config.Config, logger log.Logger) storage.Repo {
 	// for now we detect the used storage implementation based on which storage is configured
 	// the config with defaults needs to be checked last
 	if cfg.Repo.Disk.Path != "" {
-		return storage.NewDiskRepo(serviceID, cfg, logger)
+		return storage.NewDiskRepo(cfg, logger)
 	}
-	repo, err := storage.NewCS3Repo(serviceID, cfg)
+	repo, err := storage.NewCS3Repo(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("cs3 storage was configured but failed to start")
 	}
diff --git a/accounts/pkg/storage/cs3.go b/accounts/pkg/storage/cs3.go
index b1b51fe2a..edf23ba0c 100644
--- a/accounts/pkg/storage/cs3.go
+++ b/accounts/pkg/storage/cs3.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 
 // CS3Repo provides a cs3 implementation of the Repo interface
 type CS3Repo struct {
-	serviceID       string
 	cfg             *config.Config
 	tm              token.Manager
 	storageProvider provider.ProviderAPIClient
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ type CS3Repo struct {
 }
 
 // NewCS3Repo creates a new cs3 repo
-func NewCS3Repo(serviceID string, cfg *config.Config) (Repo, error) {
+func NewCS3Repo(cfg *config.Config) (Repo, error) {
 	tokenManager, err := jwt.New(map[string]interface{}{
 		"secret": cfg.TokenManager.JWTSecret,
 	})
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ func NewCS3Repo(serviceID string, cfg *config.Config) (Repo, error) {
 	}
 
 	return CS3Repo{
-		serviceID:       serviceID,
 		cfg:             cfg,
 		tm:              tokenManager,
 		storageProvider: client,
diff --git a/accounts/pkg/storage/disk.go b/accounts/pkg/storage/disk.go
index df3288936..3490424a6 100644
--- a/accounts/pkg/storage/disk.go
+++ b/accounts/pkg/storage/disk.go
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@ var groupLock sync.Mutex
 
 // DiskRepo provides a local filesystem implementation of the Repo interface
 type DiskRepo struct {
-	serviceID string
 	cfg       *config.Config
 	log       olog.Logger
 }
 
 // NewDiskRepo creates a new disk repo
-func NewDiskRepo(serviceID string, cfg *config.Config, log olog.Logger) DiskRepo {
+func NewDiskRepo(cfg *config.Config, log olog.Logger) DiskRepo {
 	paths := []string{
 		filepath.Join(cfg.Repo.Disk.Path, accountsFolder),
 		filepath.Join(cfg.Repo.Disk.Path, groupsFolder),
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ func NewDiskRepo(serviceID string, cfg *config.Config, log olog.Logger) DiskRepo
 		}
 	}
 	return DiskRepo{
-		serviceID: serviceID,
 		cfg:       cfg,
 		log:       log,
 	}