diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
index 5f34c6f62..bce9a350f 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/lib.rs
@@ -273,7 +273,10 @@ pub async fn run_main(
 
     let file_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
         .with_writer(non_blocking)
-        .with_target(false)
+        // `with_target(true)` is the default, but we previously disabled it for file output.
+        // Keep it enabled so we can selectively enable targets via `RUST_LOG=...` and then
+        // grep for a specific module/target while troubleshooting.
+        .with_target(true)
         .with_ansi(false)
         .with_span_events(tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::FmtSpan::FULL)
         .with_filter(env_filter());
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui2/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/tui2/src/lib.rs
index ce4f6d7b6..0e3c805fb 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui2/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui2/src/lib.rs
@@ -279,7 +279,10 @@ pub async fn run_main(
 
     let file_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
         .with_writer(non_blocking)
-        .with_target(false)
+        // `with_target(true)` is the default, but we previously disabled it for file output.
+        // Keep it enabled so we can selectively enable targets via `RUST_LOG=...` and then
+        // grep for a specific module/target while troubleshooting.
+        .with_target(true)
         .with_ansi(false)
         .with_span_events(tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::FmtSpan::CLOSE)
         .with_filter(env_filter());