diff --git a/codeflash/lsp/lsp_logger.py b/codeflash/lsp/lsp_logger.py
index 711431c19..33b932291 100644
--- a/codeflash/lsp/lsp_logger.py
+++ b/codeflash/lsp/lsp_logger.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Any, Callable, Optional
+from typing import Any, Callable
 
 from codeflash.lsp.helpers import is_LSP_enabled
-from codeflash.lsp.lsp_message import LspTextMessage
+from codeflash.lsp.lsp_message import LspTextMessage, message_delimiter
 
 root_logger = None
 
@@ -43,16 +43,19 @@ def add_heading_tags(msg: str, tags: LspMessageTags) -> str:
     return msg
 
 
-def extract_tags(msg: str) -> tuple[Optional[LspMessageTags], str]:
+def extract_tags(msg: str) -> tuple[LspMessageTags, str]:
     delimiter = "|"
-    parts = msg.split(delimiter)
-    if len(parts) == 2:
+    first_delim_idx = msg.find(delimiter)
+    if first_delim_idx != -1 and msg.count(delimiter) == 1:
+        tags_str = msg[:first_delim_idx]
+        content = msg[first_delim_idx + 1 :]
+        tags = {tag.strip() for tag in tags_str.split(",")}
         message_tags = LspMessageTags()
-        tags = {tag.strip() for tag in parts[0].split(",")}
-        if "!lsp" in tags:
-            message_tags.not_lsp = True
+        # manually check and set to avoid repeated membership tests
         if "lsp" in tags:
             message_tags.lsp = True
+        if "!lsp" in tags:
+            message_tags.not_lsp = True
         if "force_lsp" in tags:
             message_tags.force_lsp = True
         if "loading" in tags:
@@ -67,9 +70,9 @@ def extract_tags(msg: str) -> tuple[Optional[LspMessageTags], str]:
             message_tags.h3 = True
         if "h4" in tags:
             message_tags.h4 = True
-        return message_tags, delimiter.join(parts[1:])
+        return message_tags, content
 
-    return None, msg
+    return LspMessageTags(), msg
 
 
 supported_lsp_log_levels = ("info", "debug")
@@ -86,31 +89,32 @@ def enhanced_log(
         actual_log_fn(msg, *args, **kwargs)
         return
 
-    is_lsp_json_message = msg.startswith('{"type"')
+    is_lsp_json_message = msg.startswith(message_delimiter) and msg.endswith(message_delimiter)
     is_normal_text_message = not is_lsp_json_message
 
-    # extract tags only from the text messages (not the json ones)
-    tags, clean_msg = extract_tags(msg) if is_normal_text_message else (None, msg)
+    # Extract tags only from text messages
+    tags, clean_msg = extract_tags(msg) if is_normal_text_message else (LspMessageTags(), msg)
 
     lsp_enabled = is_LSP_enabled()
-    lsp_only = tags and tags.lsp
-
-    if not lsp_enabled and not lsp_only:
-        # normal logging
-        actual_log_fn(clean_msg, *args, **kwargs)
-        return
-
-    #### LSP mode ####
-    final_tags = tags if tags else LspMessageTags()
-
     unsupported_level = level not in supported_lsp_log_levels
-    if not final_tags.force_lsp and (final_tags.not_lsp or unsupported_level):
-        return
 
+    # ---- Normal logging path ----
+    if not tags.lsp:
+        if not lsp_enabled:  # LSP disabled
+            actual_log_fn(clean_msg, *args, **kwargs)
+            return
+        if tags.not_lsp:  # explicitly marked as not for LSP
+            actual_log_fn(clean_msg, *args, **kwargs)
+            return
+        if unsupported_level and not tags.force_lsp:  # unsupported level
+            actual_log_fn(clean_msg, *args, **kwargs)
+            return
+
+    # ---- LSP logging path ----
     if is_normal_text_message:
-        clean_msg = add_heading_tags(clean_msg, final_tags)
-        clean_msg = add_highlight_tags(clean_msg, final_tags)
-        clean_msg = LspTextMessage(text=clean_msg, takes_time=final_tags.loading).serialize()
+        clean_msg = add_heading_tags(clean_msg, tags)
+        clean_msg = add_highlight_tags(clean_msg, tags)
+        clean_msg = LspTextMessage(text=clean_msg, takes_time=tags.loading).serialize()
 
     actual_log_fn(clean_msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/codeflash/lsp/lsp_message.py b/codeflash/lsp/lsp_message.py
index cfe15ef68..214927857 100644
--- a/codeflash/lsp/lsp_message.py
+++ b/codeflash/lsp/lsp_message.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 json_primitive_types = (str, float, int, bool)
 max_code_lines_before_collapse = 45
 
+# \u241F is the message delimiter becuase it can be more than one message sent over the same message, so we need something to separate each message
+message_delimiter = "\u241f"
+
 
 @dataclass
 class LspMessage:
@@ -32,12 +35,8 @@ def type(self) -> str:
 
     def serialize(self) -> str:
         data = self._loop_through(asdict(self))
-        # Important: keep type as the first key, for making it easy and fast for the client to know if this is a lsp message before parsing it
         ordered = {"type": self.type(), **data}
-        return (
-            json.dumps(ordered)
-            + "\u241f"  # \u241F is the message delimiter becuase it can be more than one message sent over the same message, so we need something to separate each message
-        )
+        return message_delimiter + json.dumps(ordered) + message_delimiter
 
 
 @dataclass
diff --git a/codeflash/optimization/function_optimizer.py b/codeflash/optimization/function_optimizer.py
index 926adff95..2de5e5d0b 100644
--- a/codeflash/optimization/function_optimizer.py
+++ b/codeflash/optimization/function_optimizer.py
@@ -1865,7 +1865,6 @@ def line_profiler_step(
         self, code_context: CodeOptimizationContext, original_helper_code: dict[Path, str], candidate_index: int
     ) -> dict:
         try:
-            logger.info("Running line profiling to identify performance bottlenecks…")
             console.rule()
 
             test_env = self.get_test_env(