diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b112284..7289ded 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ COPY ./backend .
 # Copy the frontend build
 COPY --from=builder /frontend/dist ./ui
 
-ENTRYPOINT [ "uvicorn", "app.server:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0" ]
+ENTRYPOINT [ "uvicorn", "app.server:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--log-config", "log_config.json" ]
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index edf898e..371e807 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ COPY . .
 
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=10s --start-interval=1s --retries=3 CMD [ "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8000/health" ]
 
-ENTRYPOINT [ "uvicorn", "app.server:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0" ]
+ENTRYPOINT [ "uvicorn", "app.server:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--log-config", "log_config.json" ]
diff --git a/backend/Makefile b/backend/Makefile
index 3e8dc5b..3f24ce3 100644
--- a/backend/Makefile
+++ b/backend/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ build_ui:
 TEST_FILE ?= tests/unit_tests/
 
 start:
-	poetry run uvicorn app.server:app --reload --port 8100
+	poetry run uvicorn app.server:app --reload --port 8100 --log-config log_config.json
 
 migrate:
 	migrate -database postgres://$(POSTGRES_USER):$(POSTGRES_PASSWORD)@$(POSTGRES_HOST):$(POSTGRES_PORT)/$(POSTGRES_DB)?sslmode=disable -path ./migrations up
diff --git a/backend/app/lifespan.py b/backend/app/lifespan.py
index 8e15f13..384249b 100644
--- a/backend/app/lifespan.py
+++ b/backend/app/lifespan.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 
 import asyncpg
 import orjson
+import structlog
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 
 _pg_pool = None
@@ -26,6 +27,23 @@ async def _init_connection(conn) -> None:
 
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
+    structlog.configure(
+        processors=[
+            structlog.stdlib.filter_by_level,
+            structlog.stdlib.add_logger_name,
+            structlog.stdlib.add_log_level,
+            structlog.stdlib.PositionalArgumentsFormatter(),
+            structlog.processors.TimeStamper(fmt="iso"),
+            structlog.processors.StackInfoRenderer(),
+            structlog.processors.format_exc_info,
+            structlog.processors.UnicodeDecoder(),
+            structlog.stdlib.render_to_log_kwargs,
+        ],
+        logger_factory=structlog.stdlib.LoggerFactory(),
+        wrapper_class=structlog.stdlib.BoundLogger,
+        cache_logger_on_first_use=True,
+    )
+
     global _pg_pool
 
     _pg_pool = await asyncpg.create_pool(