diff --git a/api-server/server/index.js b/api-server/server/index.js
index cb1a3a3ab5..bb309d28e9 100755
--- a/api-server/server/index.js
+++ b/api-server/server/index.js
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ const Rx = require('rx');
 const loopback = require('loopback');
 const boot = require('loopback-boot');
 const createDebugger = require('debug');
+const morgan = require('morgan');
 const Sentry = require('@sentry/node');
 
 const { sentry } = require('../../config/secrets');
 const { setupPassport } = require('./component-passport');
 
 const log = createDebugger('fcc:server');
+const reqLogFormat = ':date[iso] :status :method :response-time ms - :url';
 
 // force logger to always output
 // this may be brittle
@@ -34,6 +36,9 @@ app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
 app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
 app.set('view engine', 'jade');
 app.use(loopback.token());
+app.use(
+  morgan(reqLogFormat, { stream: { write: msg => log(_.split(msg, '\n')[0]) } })
+);
 app.disable('x-powered-by');
 
 const createLogOnce = () => {
diff --git a/api-server/server/middleware.json b/api-server/server/middleware.json
index 6bc7998f79..445290954d 100644
--- a/api-server/server/middleware.json
+++ b/api-server/server/middleware.json
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
   },
   "initial": {
     "compression": {},
-    "morgan": {
-      "params": ":date[iso] :status :method :response-time ms - :url"
-    },
     "cors": {
       "params": {
         "origin": true,