diff --git a/app/lib/audit_logger.rb b/app/lib/audit_logger.rb
index 84c3442..788a6cc 100644
--- a/app/lib/audit_logger.rb
+++ b/app/lib/audit_logger.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class AuditLogger < ActiveSupport::Logger
   def initialize
     super(Config[:audit_log_file])
-    self.formatter = AuditLogFormatter.new
+    self.formatter = JsonLogFormatter.new
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/lib/audit_log_formatter.rb b/app/lib/json_log_formatter.rb
similarity index 85%
rename from app/lib/audit_log_formatter.rb
rename to app/lib/json_log_formatter.rb
index 0304ea4..5e759cd 100644
--- a/app/lib/audit_log_formatter.rb
+++ b/app/lib/json_log_formatter.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class AuditLogFormatter < ActiveSupport::Logger::SimpleFormatter
+class JsonLogFormatter < ActiveSupport::Logger::SimpleFormatter
   def call(severity, timestamp, _progname, message)
     # request_id is unique to the life of the api request
     request_id = Thread.current[:request_id]
diff --git a/config/initializers/logging.rb b/config/initializers/logging.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6e15dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/logging.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Rails.application.config.to_prepare do
+  Rails.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(STDOUT)
+  Rails.logger.formatter = JsonLogFormatter.new
+end