diff --git a/config/config-example.json b/config/config-example.json
index d6cc9b11b..0cc629802 100644
--- a/config/config-example.json
+++ b/config/config-example.json
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
   "LOG_LEVEL": "INFO",
   "LOG_FORMAT": "json",
+  "HOST": "0.0.0.0",
+  "PORT": "8000",
 
   "models": [
     {
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index a9ecccf3f..587bf18d4 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import logging
+import sys
 import time
-from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator, Awaitable, Callable
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from http import HTTPStatus
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -16,16 +18,30 @@
 from routers.probes import router as probes_router
 from services.metrics import CustomMetrics
 from utils.exceptions import K8sClientError
-from utils.logging import get_logger
+from utils.logging import get_logger, reconfigure_logging
+from utils.settings import HOST, PORT
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 access_logger = get_logger("access")
 
+
+@asynccontextmanager
+async def lifespan(app: FastAPI) -> AsyncGenerator[None]:
+    """Lifespan event handler to reconfigure logging after uvicorn starts."""
+    # Only reconfigure logging when NOT running tests
+    # During tests, logging is already configured by utils.logging on import
+    if "pytest" not in sys.modules:
+        # Reconfigure logging after uvicorn has applied its config
+        reconfigure_logging()
+    yield
+
+
 # Probe endpoints for efficient path checking
 PROBE_PATHS = frozenset(["/healthz", "/readyz"])
 
 app = FastAPI(
     title="Joule",
+    lifespan=lifespan,
 )
 
 
@@ -189,5 +205,6 @@ async def metrics() -> Response:
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # Logging is already configured in utils.logging
-    # Just run uvicorn without custom log config
-    uvicorn.run(app, host="0.0.0.0", port=8000)
+    # Disable uvicorn's log config to use our custom configuration
+    # Host and port are loaded from settings (configurable via environment variables)
+    uvicorn.run(app, host=HOST, port=PORT, log_config=None)
diff --git a/src/utils/logging.py b/src/utils/logging.py
index 6c2ae5f8a..aa5706c6b 100644
--- a/src/utils/logging.py
+++ b/src/utils/logging.py
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ def _configure_logging() -> None:
     # Configure root logger
     root_logger = logging.getLogger()
     root_logger.setLevel(LOG_LEVEL)
+    # Clear existing handlers to prevent duplicates when reconfiguring
+    root_logger.handlers.clear()
     root_logger.addHandler(console_handler)
 
     # Disable uvicorn.access logger (handled by middleware)
diff --git a/src/utils/settings.py b/src/utils/settings.py
index dbade6051..4e59c193f 100644
--- a/src/utils/settings.py
+++ b/src/utils/settings.py
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ def load_env_from_json() -> None:
 LOG_FORMAT = config("LOG_FORMAT", default="json")
 DEEPEVAL_TESTCASE_VERBOSE = config("DEEPEVAL_TESTCASE_VERBOSE", default="False")
 
+# Server configuration - host and port for uvicorn
+HOST = config("HOST", default="0.0.0.0")
+PORT = config("PORT", default=8000, cast=int)
+
 # Initialization of the main chat LLM models and main embedding model.
 MAIN_MODEL_NAME = config("MAIN_MODEL_NAME", default="gpt-4.1")
 MAIN_MODEL_MINI_NAME = config("MAIN_MODEL_MINI_NAME", default="gpt-4o-mini")