diff --git a/crates/zlog/src/filter.rs b/crates/zlog/src/filter.rs
index f260119300..4683b616cc 100644
--- a/crates/zlog/src/filter.rs
+++ b/crates/zlog/src/filter.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::{
     usize,
 };
 
-use crate::{SCOPE_DEPTH_MAX, SCOPE_STRING_SEP_STR, Scope, ScopeAlloc, env_config};
+use crate::{SCOPE_DEPTH_MAX, SCOPE_STRING_SEP_STR, Scope, ScopeAlloc, env_config, private};
 
 use log;
 
@@ -59,19 +59,15 @@ pub fn is_possibly_enabled_level(level: log::Level) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn is_scope_enabled(scope: &Scope, module_path: Option<&str>, level: log::Level) -> bool {
-    if level <= unsafe { LEVEL_ENABLED_MAX_STATIC } {
-        // [FAST PATH]
-        // if the message is at or below the minimum printed log level
-        // (where error < warn < info etc) then always enable
-        return true;
-    }
+    // TODO: is_always_allowed_level that checks against LEVEL_ENABLED_MIN_CONFIG
     if !is_possibly_enabled_level(level) {
-        // [FAST PATH PT. 2]
+        // [FAST PATH]
         // if the message is above the maximum enabled log level
         // (where error < warn < info etc) then disable without checking
         // scope map
         return false;
     }
+    let is_enabled_by_default = level <= unsafe { LEVEL_ENABLED_MAX_STATIC };
     let global_scope_map = SCOPE_MAP.read().unwrap_or_else(|err| {
         SCOPE_MAP.clear_poison();
         return err.into_inner();
@@ -79,17 +75,16 @@ pub fn is_scope_enabled(scope: &Scope, module_path: Option<&str>, level: log::Le
 
     let Some(map) = global_scope_map.as_ref() else {
         // on failure, return false because it's not <= LEVEL_ENABLED_MAX_STATIC
-        return false;
+        return is_enabled_by_default;
     };
 
     if map.is_empty() {
         // if no scopes are enabled, return false because it's not <= LEVEL_ENABLED_MAX_STATIC
-        return false;
+        return is_enabled_by_default;
     }
     let enabled_status = map.is_enabled(&scope, module_path, level);
     return match enabled_status {
-        // if it isn't configured, then it it's disabled because it's not <= LEVEL_ENABLED_MAX_STATIC
-        EnabledStatus::NotConfigured => false,
+        EnabledStatus::NotConfigured => is_enabled_by_default,
         EnabledStatus::Enabled => true,
         EnabledStatus::Disabled => false,
     };
@@ -365,12 +360,18 @@ impl ScopeMap {
             break 'search;
         }
 
-        if enabled.is_none() && !self.modules.is_empty() && module_path.is_some() {
-            let module_path = module_path.unwrap();
-            for (module, filter) in &self.modules {
-                if module == module_path {
-                    enabled.replace(*filter);
-                    break;
+        if let Some(module_path) = module_path {
+            if !self.modules.is_empty() {
+                let crate_name = private::extract_crate_name_from_module_path(module_path);
+                let is_scope_just_crate_name =
+                    scope[0].as_ref() == crate_name && scope[1].as_ref() == "";
+                if enabled.is_none() || is_scope_just_crate_name {
+                    for (module, filter) in &self.modules {
+                        if module == module_path {
+                            enabled.replace(*filter);
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -559,8 +560,18 @@ mod tests {
             ),
             EnabledStatus::NotConfigured
         );
+        // when scope is just crate name, more specific module path overrides it
         assert_eq!(
             map.is_enabled(&scope_from_scope_str("a"), Some("a::b::d"), Level::Trace),
+            EnabledStatus::Disabled,
+        );
+        // but when it is scoped, the scope overrides the module path
+        assert_eq!(
+            map.is_enabled(
+                &scope_from_scope_str("a.scope"),
+                Some("a::b::d"),
+                Level::Trace
+            ),
             EnabledStatus::Enabled,
         );
     }
diff --git a/crates/zlog/src/zlog.rs b/crates/zlog/src/zlog.rs
index aed051e106..a9383ec974 100644
--- a/crates/zlog/src/zlog.rs
+++ b/crates/zlog/src/zlog.rs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ macro_rules! crate_name {
 pub mod private {
     use super::*;
 
-    pub const fn extract_crate_name_from_module_path(module_path: &'static str) -> &'static str {
+    pub const fn extract_crate_name_from_module_path(module_path: &str) -> &str {
         let mut i = 0;
         let mod_path_bytes = module_path.as_bytes();
         let mut index = mod_path_bytes.len();