diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index 33e7a1d..5d8ba9b 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ services:
       - "DIRECT_URLS_TO_SOLR_REPLICAS=http://solr:8983 http://solr:8983"
       - MANUALLY_BUILD_SUGGESTERS=true
       - PAUSE_TIME=10
+      - RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT=true
     env_file:
       - path: .app.env
         required: false
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 3691c3b..3db6042 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -65,17 +65,12 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
       ip:         :remote_ip,
     }
 
+    config.rails_semantic_logger.add_file_appender = false
     config.rails_semantic_logger.console_logger = false
     config.rails_semantic_logger.quiet_assets = true
-    config.rails_semantic_logger.format = :json
-
-    config.rails_semantic_logger.add_file_appender = false
-    # config.semantic_logger.add_appender(file_name: "log/#{Rails.env}.log", level: :info)
-    config.semantic_logger.add_appender(file_name: "log/#{Rails.env}.json", formatter: JSON_FORMATTER, level: :info)
+    config.colorize_logging = false
 
-    # Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here.
-    # Application configuration should go into files in config/initializers
-    # -- all .rb files in that directory are automatically loaded.
+    config.semantic_logger.add_appender(io: $stdout, formatter: :logfmt, level: :info)
 
     # Done with all that? Now pull in local Ettin-based configuration.
 
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 3b058da..d6fb04d 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@
   # require 'syslog/logger'
   # config.logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(Syslog::Logger.new 'app-name')
   #
-  if ENV["RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT"].present?
-    logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new($stdout)
-    logger.formatter = config.log_formatter
-    config.logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(logger)
-  end
+  # if ENV["RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT"].present?
+  #   logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new($stdout)
+  #   logger.formatter = config.log_formatter
+  #   config.logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(logger)
+  # end
 
   # Do not dump schema after migrations.
   config.active_record.dump_schema_after_migration = false
diff --git a/config/load_local_config.rb b/config/load_local_config.rb
index d1fb2ed..059cf18 100644
--- a/config/load_local_config.rb
+++ b/config/load_local_config.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 module Dromedary
   class << self
     extend TTLMemoizeable
-    def logger
-      Rails.logger || MedInstaller::Logger::LOGGER
-    end
+    include MedInstaller::Logger
 
     # For whatever historical reasons, this uses the Ettin gem to load
     # up yaml files. The list of places it looks are:
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ def config
 
     def hyp_to_bibid
       collection = Dromedary::Services[:solr_current_collection]
-      Rails.logger.warn "################# Fetching HyperBib ########################"
       MedInstaller::HypToBibId.get_from_solr(collection: collection)
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/med_installer/logger.rb b/lib/med_installer/logger.rb
index 2be2e28..b0dd204 100644
--- a/lib/med_installer/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/med_installer/logger.rb
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ def process_info
       end
     end
 
-    Formatter = MEDFormatter.new(time_format: "%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S")
-    SemanticLogger.add_appender(io: $stderr, level: :info, formatter: Formatter)
-    LOGGER = SemanticLogger["Dromedary"]
+    LOGGER = if defined? Rails
+               Rails.logger
+             else
+               SemanticLogger.add_appender(io: $stderr, level: :info, formatter: :logfmt)
+               SemanticLogger["MED Indexer"]
+             end
+
 
     def logger
-      if defined? Rails
-        Rails.logger
-      else
-        LOGGER
-      end
+      LOGGER
     end
   end
 end