diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/atst-configmap.yml b/deploy/kubernetes/atst-configmap.yml
index a9584fc5..79f9a61b 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/atst-configmap.yml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/atst-configmap.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,26 @@ data:
     callable = app
     module = app
     socket = /var/run/uwsgi/uwsgi.socket
-    plugins = python3
+    plugin = python3
+    plugin = logfile
     virtualenv = /opt/atat/atst/.venv
     chmod-socket = 666
+
+    ; logger config
+
+    ; application logs: log without modifying
+    logger = secondlogger stdio
+    log-route = secondlogger atst
+    log-encoder = format:secondlogger ${msg}
+
+    ; default uWSGI messages (start, stop, etc.)
+    logger = default stdio
+    log-route = default ^((?!atst).)*$
+    log-encoder = json:default {"timestamp":"${strftime:%%FT%%T}","source":"uwsgi","severity":"DEBUG","message":"${msg}"}
+    log-encoder = nl
+
+    ; uWSGI request logs
+    logger-req = stdio
+    log-format = request_id=%(var.HTTP_X_REQUEST_ID), pid=%(pid), remote_add=%(addr), request=%(method) %(uri), status=%(status), body_bytes_sent=%(rsize), referer=%(referer), user_agent=%(uagent), http_x_forwarded_for=%(var.HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR)
+    log-req-encoder = json {"timestamp":"${strftime:%%FT%%T}","source":"req","severity":"INFO","message":"${msg}"}
+    log-req-encoder = nl
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/test/atst-configmap.yml b/deploy/kubernetes/test/atst-configmap.yml
index 54409d7d..30c64f29 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/test/atst-configmap.yml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/test/atst-configmap.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,26 @@ data:
     callable = app
     module = app
     socket = /var/run/uwsgi/uwsgi.socket
-    plugins = python3
+    plugin = python3
+    plugin = logfile
     virtualenv = /opt/atat/atst/.venv
     chmod-socket = 666
+
+    ; logger config
+
+    ; application logs: log without modifying
+    logger = secondlogger stdio
+    log-route = secondlogger atst
+    log-encoder = format:secondlogger ${msg}
+
+    ; default uWSGI messages (start, stop, etc.)
+    logger = default stdio
+    log-route = default ^((?!atst).)*$
+    log-encoder = json:default {"timestamp":"${strftime:%%FT%%T}","source":"uwsgi","severity":"DEBUG","message":"${msg}"}
+    log-encoder = nl
+
+    ; uWSGI request logs
+    logger-req = stdio
+    log-format = request_id=%(var.HTTP_X_REQUEST_ID), pid=%(pid), remote_add=%(addr), request=%(method) %(uri), status=%(status), body_bytes_sent=%(rsize), referer=%(referer), user_agent=%(uagent), http_x_forwarded_for=%(var.HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR)
+    log-req-encoder = json {"timestamp":"${strftime:%%FT%%T}","source":"req","severity":"INFO","message":"${msg}"}
+    log-req-encoder = nl
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/test/test.yml b/deploy/kubernetes/test/test.yml
index 3c1c3bc0..82c64dd0 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/test/test.yml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/test/test.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
         fsGroup: 101
       containers:
         - name: atst
-          image: registry.atat.codes:443/atst-prod:47ce80b4
+          image: registry.atat.codes:443/atst-prod:575cfce5
           resources:
             requests:
                memory: "2500Mi"
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ spec:
         fsGroup: 101
       containers:
         - name: atst-worker
-          image: registry.atat.codes:443/atst-prod:47ce80b4
+          image: registry.atat.codes:443/atst-prod:575cfce5
           args: ["/bin/bash", "-c", "/opt/atat/atst/script/rq_worker"]
           resources:
             requests:
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/uat/atst-configmap.yml b/deploy/kubernetes/uat/atst-configmap.yml
index f7a8a9ca..0482ea10 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/uat/atst-configmap.yml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/uat/atst-configmap.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,26 @@ data:
     callable = app
     module = app
     socket = /var/run/uwsgi/uwsgi.socket
-    plugins = python3
+    plugin = python3
+    plugin = logfile
     virtualenv = /opt/atat/atst/.venv
     chmod-socket = 666
+
+    ; logger config
+
+    ; application logs: log without modifying
+    logger = secondlogger stdio
+    log-route = secondlogger atst
+    log-encoder = format:secondlogger ${msg}
+
+    ; default uWSGI messages (start, stop, etc.)
+    logger = default stdio
+    log-route = default ^((?!atst).)*$
+    log-encoder = json:default {"timestamp":"${strftime:%%FT%%T}","source":"uwsgi","severity":"DEBUG","message":"${msg}"}
+    log-encoder = nl
+
+    ; uWSGI request logs
+    logger-req = stdio
+    log-format = request_id=%(var.HTTP_X_REQUEST_ID), pid=%(pid), remote_add=%(addr), request=%(method) %(uri), status=%(status), body_bytes_sent=%(rsize), referer=%(referer), user_agent=%(uagent), http_x_forwarded_for=%(var.HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR)
+    log-req-encoder = json {"timestamp":"${strftime:%%FT%%T}","source":"req","severity":"INFO","message":"${msg}"}
+    log-req-encoder = nl
diff --git a/sample-config/nginx.conf b/sample-config/nginx.conf
index 7832c28a..07a63084 100644
--- a/sample-config/nginx.conf
+++ b/sample-config/nginx.conf
@@ -10,9 +10,20 @@ events {
 
 http {
     default_type  application/octet-stream;
-    log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
-                      '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
-                      '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
+    log_format json escape=json
+      '{'
+        '"timestamp":"$time_iso8601",'
+        '"msec":"$msec",'
+        '"request_id":"$request_id",'
+        '"remote_addr":"$remote_addr",'
+        '"remote_user":"$remote_user",'
+        '"request":"$request",'
+        '"status":$status,'
+        '"body_bytes_sent":$body_bytes_sent,'
+        '"referer":"$http_referer",'
+        '"user_agent":"$http_user_agent",'
+        '"http_x_forwarded_for":"$http_x_forwarded_for"'
+      '}';
 
     keepalive_timeout  65;
 
@@ -20,7 +31,7 @@ http {
         listen       8000;
         server_name  localhost;
 
-        access_log /dev/stdout;
+        access_log /dev/stdout json;
 
         location / {
             try_files $uri @app;
diff --git a/sample-config/uwsgi.ini b/sample-config/uwsgi.ini
index 94ee919a..daf040bb 100644
--- a/sample-config/uwsgi.ini
+++ b/sample-config/uwsgi.ini
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 callable = app
 module = app
 plugin = python3
+plugin = stdio
 socket = localhost:8080
 
 ; logger config