diff --git a/src/cli/cli.go b/src/cli/cli.go
index f06354f0b..b67663d06 100644
--- a/src/cli/cli.go
+++ b/src/cli/cli.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/cli/print"
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/cli/repo"
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/cli/restore"
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/cli/utils"
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/internal/observe"
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/internal/version"
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/logger"
@@ -31,7 +32,27 @@ var corsoCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short:             "Free, Secure, Open-Source Backup for M365.",
 	Long:              `Free, Secure, and Open-Source Backup for Microsoft 365.`,
 	RunE:              handleCorsoCmd,
-	PersistentPreRunE: config.InitFunc(),
+	PersistentPreRunE: preRun,
+}
+
+func preRun(cc *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if err := config.InitFunc(cc, args); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log := logger.Ctx(cc.Context())
+
+	flags := utils.GetPopulatedFlags(cc)
+	flagSl := make([]string, 0, len(flags))
+
+	// currently only tracking flag names to avoid pii leakage.
+	for f := range flags {
+		flagSl = append(flagSl, f)
+	}
+
+	log.Infow("cli command", "command", cc.CommandPath(), "flags", flagSl, "version", version.CurrentVersion())
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Handler for flat calls to `corso`.
@@ -39,7 +60,7 @@ var corsoCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func handleCorsoCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	v, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("version")
 	if v {
-		print.Outf(cmd.Context(), "Corso version: "+version.Version)
+		print.Outf(cmd.Context(), "Corso version: "+version.CurrentVersion())
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -62,7 +83,7 @@ func BuildCommandTree(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().SortFlags = false
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("version", "v", false, "current version info")
-	cmd.PersistentPostRunE = config.InitFunc()
+	cmd.PersistentPreRunE = preRun
 	config.AddConfigFlags(cmd)
 	logger.AddLoggingFlags(cmd)
 	observe.AddProgressBarFlags(cmd)
@@ -85,6 +106,7 @@ func BuildCommandTree(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 // Handle builds and executes the cli processor.
 func Handle() {
+	//nolint:forbidigo
 	ctx := config.Seed(context.Background())
 	ctx = print.SetRootCmd(ctx, corsoCmd)
 	observe.SeedWriter(ctx, print.StderrWriter(ctx), observe.PreloadFlags())
diff --git a/src/cli/config/config.go b/src/cli/config/config.go
index dbcd21422..8f532abb6 100644
--- a/src/cli/config/config.go
+++ b/src/cli/config/config.go
@@ -77,20 +77,18 @@ func AddConfigFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 // InitFunc provides a func that lazily initializes viper and
 // verifies that the configuration was able to read a file.
-func InitFunc() func(*cobra.Command, []string) error {
-	return func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		fp := configFilePathFlag
-		if len(fp) == 0 || fp == displayDefaultFP {
-			fp = configFilePath
-		}
-
-		err := initWithViper(GetViper(cmd.Context()), fp)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return Read(cmd.Context())
+func InitFunc(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	fp := configFilePathFlag
+	if len(fp) == 0 || fp == displayDefaultFP {
+		fp = configFilePath
 	}
+
+	err := initWithViper(GetViper(cmd.Context()), fp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return Read(cmd.Context())
 }
 
 // initWithViper implements InitConfig, but takes in a viper
diff --git a/src/go.mod b/src/go.mod
index 1b05ec06b..a8054ab0e 100644
--- a/src/go.mod
+++ b/src/go.mod
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go v0.16.0
 	github.com/microsoft/kiota-authentication-azure-go v0.6.0
 	github.com/microsoft/kiota-http-go v0.13.0
+	github.com/microsoft/kiota-serialization-form-go v0.2.0
 	github.com/microsoft/kiota-serialization-json-go v0.7.2
 	github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go v0.53.0
 	github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go-core v0.33.0
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 // indirect
-	github.com/microsoft/kiota-serialization-form-go v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.6 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.9.3 // indirect
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.14 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mgutz/ansi v0.0.0-20200706080929-d51e80ef957d // indirect
-	github.com/microsoft/kiota-serialization-text-go v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/microsoft/kiota-serialization-text-go v0.6.0
 	github.com/minio/md5-simd v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.45 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/src/internal/version/version.go b/src/internal/version/version.go
index 4a07d07ba..6b1859a80 100644
--- a/src/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/src/internal/version/version.go
@@ -1,3 +1,29 @@
 package version
 
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
 var Version = "dev"
+
+func CurrentVersion() string {
+	if len(Version) == 0 || Version == "dev" {
+		c, b := exec.Command("git", "describe", "--tag"), new(strings.Builder)
+		c.Stdout = b
+
+		if err := c.Run(); err != nil {
+			return "dev"
+		}
+
+		s := strings.TrimRight(b.String(), "\n")
+
+		if len(s) != 0 {
+			return "dev-" + s
+		}
+
+		return "dev"
+	}
+
+	return Version
+}
diff --git a/src/pkg/logger/logger.go b/src/pkg/logger/logger.go
index f64febe2e..0d5ffe250 100644
--- a/src/pkg/logger/logger.go
+++ b/src/pkg/logger/logger.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/alcionai/clues"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ func Ctx(ctx context.Context) *zap.SugaredLogger {
 		return singleton(levelOf(llFlag), defaultLogLocation())
 	}
 
-	return l.(*zap.SugaredLogger)
+	return l.(*zap.SugaredLogger).With(clues.Slice(ctx)...)
 }
 
 // transforms the llevel flag value to a logLevel enum