diff --git a/packages/web_ui/src/components/InstanceViewPage.tsx b/packages/web_ui/src/components/InstanceViewPage.tsx
index 98a4b720..ef55c97e 100644
--- a/packages/web_ui/src/components/InstanceViewPage.tsx
+++ b/packages/web_ui/src/components/InstanceViewPage.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import React, { useContext, useState } from "react";
 import { useNavigate, useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import {
-	Alert, Button, Descriptions, Dropdown, Flex, MenuProps, Modal, Space, Spin, Switch, Typography, message,
+	Alert, Button, Descriptions, Dropdown, Flex, MenuProps, Modal, Segmented, Space, Spin, Tooltip, Typography,
+	message,
 } from "antd";
 import CopyOutlined from "@ant-design/icons/CopyOutlined";
 import DeleteOutlined from "@ant-design/icons/DeleteOutlined";
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ import { MetricRelativeDate } from "./system_metrics";
 type MenuItem = Required<MenuProps>["items"][number];
 const { Title } = Typography;
 
-// Remembers the console "Chat/Log" toggle across reloads (defaults to on).
+// Remembers the console "Game/Instance" selection across reloads (defaults to game).
 const consoleActionsOnlyKey = "instance-console-actions-only";
 
 type InstanceDescriptionProps = {
@@ -249,12 +250,21 @@ export default function InstanceViewPage() {
 				{
 					account.hasPermission("core.log.follow")
 					&& <Flex align="center" gap="middle">
-						<Switch
-							checkedChildren="Chat"
-							unCheckedChildren="Log"
-							checked={actionsOnly}
-							onChange={setActionsOnly}
-						/>
+						<Tooltip
+							title={
+								"Game filters to in-game actions and errors: player chat, joins, leaves, etc." +
+								"Instance is the full unfiltered log including the engine log."
+							}
+						>
+							<Segmented
+								value={actionsOnly ? "game" : "instance"}
+								onChange={value => setActionsOnly(value === "game")}
+								options={[
+									{ label: "Game", value: "game" },
+									{ label: "Instance", value: "instance" },
+								]}
+							/>
+						</Tooltip>
 						<SelectMaxLogLevel
 							value={maxLevel}
 							onChange={setMaxLevel}
diff --git a/packages/web_ui/src/components/LogConsole.tsx b/packages/web_ui/src/components/LogConsole.tsx
index c327d4ec..0a201f0c 100644
--- a/packages/web_ui/src/components/LogConsole.tsx
+++ b/packages/web_ui/src/components/LogConsole.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type Parsed = {
 	message: string;
 };
 
-function formatParsedOutput(parsed: Parsed, key: number) {
+function formatParsedOutput(parsed: Parsed) {
 	let time: ReactElement|string = "";
 	if (parsed.format === "seconds") {
 		time = <span className="factorio-time">{parsed.time.padStart(8)} </span>;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function formatParsedOutput(parsed: Parsed, key: number) {
 		info = <>[<span className="factorio-action">{parsed.action}</span>] </>;
 	}
 
-	return <span key={key}>{time}{info}{parsed.message}<br/></span>;
+	return <>{time}{info}{parsed.message}</>;
 }
 
 type Info = {
@@ -61,11 +61,27 @@ type Info = {
 };
 
 function formatLog(info: Info, key: number): ReactElement {
-	if (info.level === "server" && info.parsed) {
-		return formatParsedOutput(info.parsed, key);
-	}
 	let level = <span className={`log-${info.level}`}>{info.level}</span>;
-	return <span key={key}>[{level}] {info.message}<br/></span>;
+	let message = info.level === "server" && info.parsed ? formatParsedOutput(info.parsed) : info.message;
+	return <span key={key}>[{level}] {message}<br/></span>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Test if a log entry survives the console's actions only filter
+ */
+function passesActionsOnly(info: Info) {
+	// Clusterio's own entries are bookkeeping, only keep those reporting a problem.
+	if (info.level !== "server") {
+		return lib.levels[info.level] <= lib.levels.warn;
+	}
+
+	// Factorio's seconds stamped engine log is verbose diagnostics, only keep warnings and errors.
+	if (info.parsed?.format === "seconds") {
+		return info.parsed.level === "Warning" || info.parsed.level === "Error";
+	}
+
+	// What is left is the date stamped console log: the actions done to the server and the replies to them.
+	return true;
 }
 
 type LogConsoleProps = {
@@ -159,11 +175,7 @@ export default function LogConsole(props: LogConsoleProps) {
 				"desc",
 			)).then(result => {
 				setPastLines(result.log
-					.filter(info => (
-						!props.actionsOnly
-						|| (info as Info).level !== "server"
-						|| (info as Info).parsed?.type === "action"
-					))
+					.filter(info => !props.actionsOnly || passesActionsOnly(info as Info))
 					.map((info, index) => formatLog(info as Info, -index - 1))
 					.reverse()
 				);
@@ -175,7 +187,7 @@ export default function LogConsole(props: LogConsoleProps) {
 		}
 
 		function logHandler(info: Info) {
-			if (!props.actionsOnly || info.level !== "server" || info.parsed?.type === "action") {
+			if (!props.actionsOnly || passesActionsOnly(info)) {
 				setLines(currentLines => currentLines.concat(
 					[formatLog(info, currentLines.length)]
 				));
diff --git a/packages/web_ui/src/style.css b/packages/web_ui/src/style.css
index 53cd7cdc..5553ceff 100644
--- a/packages/web_ui/src/style.css
+++ b/packages/web_ui/src/style.css
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ body {
 	color: #ad3939;
 }
 
+.log-server {
+	font-weight: bold;
+}
+
 .log-fatal {
 	font-weight: bold;
 	background-color: #ad3939;