diff --git a/internal/logging/accesslog/fields.go b/internal/logging/accesslog/fields.go
index 1c15ddff..d2a441fe 100644
--- a/internal/logging/accesslog/fields.go
+++ b/internal/logging/accesslog/fields.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 type (
 	FieldConfig struct {
 		Default FieldMode            `json:"default" validate:"omitempty,oneof=keep drop redact"`
-		Config  map[string]FieldMode `json:"config" validate:"dive,oneof=keep drop redact"`
+		Config  map[string]FieldMode `json:"config,omitempty" yaml:"config,omitempty" validate:"dive,oneof=keep drop redact"`
 	}
 	FieldMode string
 )
diff --git a/internal/logging/accesslog/filter.go b/internal/logging/accesslog/filter.go
index 03ba7bf6..5352174e 100644
--- a/internal/logging/accesslog/filter.go
+++ b/internal/logging/accesslog/filter.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 type (
 	LogFilter[T Filterable] struct {
 		Negative bool
-		Values   []T
+		Values   []T `json:",omitempty"`
 	} // @name LogFilter
 	Filterable interface {
 		comparable