diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/audit-log-stream/audit-log-stream-service.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/audit-log-stream/audit-log-stream-service.ts
index cff4ed49a..fd6e10a28 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/audit-log-stream/audit-log-stream-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/audit-log-stream/audit-log-stream-service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import { ForbiddenError } from "@casl/ability";
+import { RawAxiosRequestHeaders } from "axios";
 
 import { SecretKeyEncoding } from "@app/db/schemas";
+import { request } from "@app/lib/config/request";
 import { infisicalSymmetricDecrypt, infisicalSymmetricEncypt } from "@app/lib/crypto/encryption";
 import { BadRequestError } from "@app/lib/errors";
 import { validateLocalIps } from "@app/lib/validator";
 
+import { AUDIT_LOG_STREAM_TIMEOUT } from "../audit-log/audit-log-queue";
 import { TLicenseServiceFactory } from "../license/license-service";
 import { OrgPermissionActions, OrgPermissionSubjects } from "../permission/org-permission";
 import { TPermissionServiceFactory } from "../permission/permission-service";
@@ -57,6 +60,21 @@ export const auditLogStreamServiceFactory = ({
           "Failed to create audit log streams due to plan limit reached. Kindly contact Infisical to add more streams."
       });
     }
+
+    // testing connection first
+    const headers: RawAxiosRequestHeaders = { "Content-Type": "application/json" };
+    if (token) headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token}`;
+    await request.post(
+      url,
+      { ping: "ok" },
+      {
+        headers,
+        // request timeout
+        timeout: AUDIT_LOG_STREAM_TIMEOUT,
+        // connection timeout
+        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(AUDIT_LOG_STREAM_TIMEOUT)
+      }
+    );
     const encryptedToken = token ? infisicalSymmetricEncypt(token) : undefined;
     const logStream = await auditLogStreamDAL.create({
       orgId: actorOrgId,
@@ -99,6 +117,22 @@ export const auditLogStreamServiceFactory = ({
     ForbiddenError.from(permission).throwUnlessCan(OrgPermissionActions.Edit, OrgPermissionSubjects.Settings);
 
     if (url) validateLocalIps(url);
+
+    // testing connection first
+    const headers: RawAxiosRequestHeaders = { "Content-Type": "application/json" };
+    if (token) headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token}`;
+    await request.post(
+      url || logStream.url,
+      { ping: "ok" },
+      {
+        headers,
+        // request timeout
+        timeout: AUDIT_LOG_STREAM_TIMEOUT,
+        // connection timeout
+        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(AUDIT_LOG_STREAM_TIMEOUT)
+      }
+    );
+
     const encryptedToken = token ? infisicalSymmetricEncypt(token) : undefined;
     const updatedLogStream = await auditLogStreamDAL.updateById(id, {
       url,
diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/audit-log/audit-log-queue.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/audit-log/audit-log-queue.ts
index bf03d7548..a4d504d35 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/audit-log/audit-log-queue.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/audit-log/audit-log-queue.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export type TAuditLogQueueServiceFactory = ReturnType<typeof auditLogQueueServic
 
 // keep this timeout 5s it must be fast because else the queue will take time to finish
 // audit log is a crowded queue thus needs to be fast
-const AUDIT_LOG_STREAM_TIMEOUT = 5 * 1000;
+export const AUDIT_LOG_STREAM_TIMEOUT = 5 * 1000;
 export const auditLogQueueServiceFactory = ({
   auditLogDAL,
   queueService,
diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/license/licence-fns.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/license/licence-fns.ts
index 189a3c4e0..0dfd83bda 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/license/licence-fns.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/license/licence-fns.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ export const getDefaultOnPremFeatures = (): TFeatureSet => ({
   rbac: false,
   customRateLimits: false,
   customAlerts: false,
-  auditLogs: false,
-  auditLogsRetentionDays: 0,
-  auditLogStreams: false,
+  auditLogs: true,
+  auditLogsRetentionDays: 3,
+  auditLogStreams: true,
   auditLogStreamLimit: 3,
   samlSSO: false,
   scim: false,
diff --git a/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts b/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts
index 40043c900..b4c0c2a5c 100644
--- a/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts
+++ b/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts
@@ -617,12 +617,12 @@ export const INTEGRATION = {
 
 export const AUDIT_LOG_STREAMS = {
   CREATE: {
-    url: "The socket URL to push logs to.",
-    token: "Authentication token from the logging provider"
+    url: "The HTTP URL to push logs to.",
+    token: "Authentication token for the external provider used for identification."
   },
   UPDATE: {
     id: "The ID of the audit log stream to update.",
-    url: "The socket URL to push logs to.",
+    url: "The HTTP URL to push logs to.",
     token: "Authentication token for the external provider used for identification."
   },
   DELETE: {
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/Settings/OrgSettingsPage/components/AuditLogStreamTab/AuditLogStreamForm.tsx b/frontend/src/views/Settings/OrgSettingsPage/components/AuditLogStreamTab/AuditLogStreamForm.tsx
index 7f0ec24e8..66acea296 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/Settings/OrgSettingsPage/components/AuditLogStreamTab/AuditLogStreamForm.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/views/Settings/OrgSettingsPage/components/AuditLogStreamTab/AuditLogStreamForm.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export const AuditLogStreamForm = ({ id = "", onClose }: Props) => {
 	const handleFormSubmit = async ({ token, url }: TForm) => {
 		if (isSubmitting) return;
 		if (isEdit) {
-			handleAuditLogStreamEdit({ token, url });
+			await handleAuditLogStreamEdit({ token, url });
 			return;
 		}
 		try {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export const AuditLogStreamForm = ({ id = "", onClose }: Props) => {
 					control={control}
 					name="url"
 					render={({ field, fieldState: { error } }) => (
-						<FormControl label="URL" isError={Boolean(error?.message)} errorText={error?.message} helperText="The endpoint where Infisical logs should be sent to">
+						<FormControl label="Endpoint URL" isError={Boolean(error?.message)} errorText={error?.message}>
 							<Input {...field} />
 						</FormControl>
 					)}
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export const AuditLogStreamForm = ({ id = "", onClose }: Props) => {
 							errorText={error?.message}
 							helperText="The bearer token used to authenticate with the logging provider endpoint"
 						>
-							<Input {...field} />
+							<Input {...field} type="password" />
 						</FormControl>
 					)}
 				/>