diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index aa30944..90c3440 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ ENV PATH="/home/${NB_USER}/.local/bin:${PATH}"
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
+COPY logger_config.yaml logger_config.yaml
 COPY requirements/dev.txt requirements-dev.txt
 COPY requirements/base.txt requirements-base.txt
 COPY prepline_${PIPELINE_PACKAGE}/ prepline_${PIPELINE_PACKAGE}/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 10d8d80..53f32fa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ docker-build:
 
 .PHONY: docker-start-api
 docker-start-api:
-	docker run -p 8000:8000 --mount type=bind,source=$(realpath .),target=/home/notebook-user/local -t --rm pipeline-family-${PIPELINE_FAMILY}-dev:latest uvicorn ${PACKAGE_NAME}.api.app:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
+	docker run -p 8000:8000 --mount type=bind,source=$(realpath .),target=/home/notebook-user/local -t --rm pipeline-family-${PIPELINE_FAMILY}-dev:latest uvicorn ${PACKAGE_NAME}.api.app:app --log-config logger_config.yaml --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
 
 .PHONY: docker-start-jupyter
 docker-start-jupyter:
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ run-jupyter:
 ## run-web-app:                 runs the FastAPI api with hot reloading
 .PHONY: run-web-app
 run-web-app:
-	 PYTHONPATH=$(realpath .) uvicorn ${PACKAGE_NAME}.api.app:app --reload
+	 PYTHONPATH=$(realpath .) uvicorn ${PACKAGE_NAME}.api.app:app --log-config logger_config.yaml --reload
 
 
 #################
diff --git a/logger_config.yaml b/logger_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64c02b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logger_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+version: 1
+disable_existing_loggers: False
+formatters:
+  default_format:
+    "()": uvicorn.logging.DefaultFormatter
+    format: '%(asctime)s %(name)s %(levelname)s %(message)s'
+  access:
+    "()": uvicorn.logging.AccessFormatter
+    format: '%(asctime)s %(client_addr)s %(request_line)s - %(status_code)s'
+handlers:
+  access_handler:
+    formatter: access
+    class: logging.StreamHandler
+    stream: ext://sys.stderr
+  standard_handler:
+    formatter: default_format
+    class: logging.StreamHandler
+    stream: ext://sys.stderr
+loggers:
+  uvicorn.error:
+    level: INFO
+    handlers:
+      - standard_handler
+    propagate: no
+    # disable logging for uvicorn.error by not having a handler
+  uvicorn.access:
+    level: INFO
+    handlers:
+      - access_handler
+    propagate: no
+    # disable logging for uvicorn.access by not having a handler
+  unstructured:
+    level: INFO
+    handlers:
+      - standard_handler
+    propagate: no
+