diff --git a/Dockerfile.buildworker b/Dockerfile.buildworker
index 9ebf47427..d0c75b096 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.buildworker
+++ b/Dockerfile.buildworker
@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ ADD test test
 ADD conf conf
 RUN rm -rf /conf/stack
 
-ADD conf/init/tutumdocker.sh /etc/service/tutumdocker/run
-ADD conf/init/dockerfilebuild.sh /etc/service/dockerfilebuild/run
+ADD conf/init/svlogd_config /svlogd_config
+ADD conf/init/preplogsdir.sh /etc/my_init.d/
+ADD conf/init/tutumdocker /etc/service/tutumdocker
+ADD conf/init/dockerfilebuild /etc/service/dockerfilebuild
 
-VOLUME ["/var/lib/docker", "/var/lib/lxc", "/conf/stack"]
+VOLUME ["/var/lib/docker", "/var/lib/lxc", "/conf/stack", "/var/log"]
 
 CMD ["/sbin/my_init"]
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diff --git a/Dockerfile.web b/Dockerfile.web
index f4718a99f..e4958e6e0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.web
+++ b/Dockerfile.web
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ ADD application.py application.py
 ADD config.py config.py
 ADD initdb.py initdb.py
 
-ADD conf/init/mklogsdir.sh /etc/my_init.d/
-ADD conf/init/gunicorn.sh /etc/service/gunicorn/run
-ADD conf/init/nginx.sh /etc/service/nginx/run
-ADD conf/init/diffsworker.sh /etc/service/diffsworker/run
-ADD conf/init/webhookworker.sh /etc/service/webhookworker/run
+ADD conf/init/svlogd_config /svlogd_config
+ADD conf/init/preplogsdir.sh /etc/my_init.d/
+ADD conf/init/gunicorn /etc/service/gunicorn
+ADD conf/init/nginx /etc/service/nginx
+ADD conf/init/diffsworker /etc/service/diffsworker
+ADD conf/init/webhookworker /etc/service/webhookworker
 
 RUN cd grunt && npm install
 RUN cd grunt && grunt
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ ADD test test
 RUN TEST=true venv/bin/python -m unittest discover
 
 RUN rm -rf /conf/stack
-VOLUME ["/conf/stack", "/mnt/logs"]
+VOLUME ["/conf/stack", "/var/log"]
 
 EXPOSE 443 80
 
diff --git a/application.py b/application.py
index e7cb11c76..32491d1f9 100644
--- a/application.py
+++ b/application.py
@@ -67,5 +67,5 @@ application.teardown_request(close_db)
 application.request_class = RequestWithId
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-  logging.config.fileConfig('conf/logging_local.conf', disable_existing_loggers=False)  
+  logging.config.fileConfig('conf/logging.conf', disable_existing_loggers=False)
   application.run(port=5000, debug=True, threaded=True, host='0.0.0.0')
diff --git a/conf/gunicorn_config.py b/conf/gunicorn_config.py
index b86250125..4ab973927 100644
--- a/conf/gunicorn_config.py
+++ b/conf/gunicorn_config.py
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ bind = 'unix:/tmp/gunicorn.sock'
 workers = 8
 worker_class = 'gevent'
 timeout = 2000
-pidfile = '/tmp/gunicorn.pid'
 logconfig = 'conf/logging.conf'
 pythonpath = '.'
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diff --git a/conf/gunicorn_local.py b/conf/gunicorn_local.py
index 9f93eb008..3d2a36844 100644
--- a/conf/gunicorn_local.py
+++ b/conf/gunicorn_local.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ workers = 2
 worker_class = 'gevent'
 timeout = 2000
 daemon = False
-logconfig = 'conf/logging_local.conf'
+logconfig = 'conf/logging.conf'
 pythonpath = '.'
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diff --git a/conf/http-base.conf b/conf/http-base.conf
index 32e8b3730..bfa1a85f2 100644
--- a/conf/http-base.conf
+++ b/conf/http-base.conf
@@ -1,20 +1,8 @@
-log_format logstash_json '{ "@timestamp": "$time_iso8601", '
-                         '"@fields": { '
-                         '"remote_addr": "$remote_addr", '
-                         '"remote_user": "$remote_user", '
-                         '"body_bytes_sent": "$body_bytes_sent", '
-                         '"request_time": "$request_time", '
-                         '"status": "$status", '
-                         '"request": "$request", '
-                         '"request_method": "$request_method", '
-                         '"http_referrer": "$http_referer", '
-                         '"http_user_agent": "$http_user_agent" } }';
-
 types_hash_max_size 2048;
 include /usr/local/nginx/conf/mime.types.default;
 
 default_type application/octet-stream;
-access_log /mnt/logs/nginx.access.log logstash_json;
+access_log /var/log/nginx/nginx.access.log;
 sendfile on;
 
 gzip on;
diff --git a/conf/init/diffsworker/log/run b/conf/init/diffsworker/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..066f7415a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/diffsworker/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec svlogd /var/log/diffsworker/
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diff --git a/conf/init/diffsworker.sh b/conf/init/diffsworker/run
similarity index 51%
rename from conf/init/diffsworker.sh
rename to conf/init/diffsworker/run
index 68d3c38b4..b40a1d034 100755
--- a/conf/init/diffsworker.sh
+++ b/conf/init/diffsworker/run
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 echo 'Starting diffs worker'
 
 cd /
-venv/bin/python -m workers.diffsworker --log=/mnt/logs/diffsworker.log
+venv/bin/python -m workers.diffsworker
 
 echo 'Diffs worker exited'
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diff --git a/conf/init/dockerfilebuild/log/run b/conf/init/dockerfilebuild/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c971f6159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/dockerfilebuild/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec svlogd /var/log/dockerfilebuild/
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diff --git a/conf/init/dockerfilebuild.sh b/conf/init/dockerfilebuild/run
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/init/dockerfilebuild.sh
rename to conf/init/dockerfilebuild/run
diff --git a/conf/init/gunicorn/log/run b/conf/init/gunicorn/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..106d6c4f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/gunicorn/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec svlogd /var/log/gunicorn/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/gunicorn.sh b/conf/init/gunicorn/run
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/init/gunicorn.sh
rename to conf/init/gunicorn/run
diff --git a/conf/init/mklogsdir.sh b/conf/init/mklogsdir.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4ca2880d0..000000000
--- a/conf/init/mklogsdir.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-
-echo 'Creating logs directory'
-mkdir -p /mnt/logs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/nginx/log/run b/conf/init/nginx/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..30476f6e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/nginx/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec svlogd /var/log/nginx/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/nginx.sh b/conf/init/nginx/run
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/init/nginx.sh
rename to conf/init/nginx/run
diff --git a/conf/init/preplogsdir.sh b/conf/init/preplogsdir.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8d9c67bfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/preplogsdir.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+echo 'Linking config files to logs directory'
+for svc in `ls /etc/service/`
+do
+  mkdir -p /var/log/$svc
+  ln -s /svlogd_config /var/log/$svc/config
+done
diff --git a/conf/init/svlogd_config b/conf/init/svlogd_config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de7984f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/svlogd_config
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+s100000000
+t86400
diff --git a/conf/init/tutumdocker/log/run b/conf/init/tutumdocker/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..dbabad38b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/tutumdocker/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec svlogd /var/log/tutumdocker/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/tutumdocker.sh b/conf/init/tutumdocker/run
similarity index 99%
rename from conf/init/tutumdocker.sh
rename to conf/init/tutumdocker/run
index f5c56b3ce..9221134b9 100755
--- a/conf/init/tutumdocker.sh
+++ b/conf/init/tutumdocker/run
@@ -92,6 +92,5 @@ if [ "$PORT" ]
 then
   exec docker -d -H 0.0.0.0:$PORT
 else
-
-  docker -d -D -e lxc
+  docker -d -D -e lxc 2>&1
 fi
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diff --git a/conf/init/webhookworker/log/run b/conf/init/webhookworker/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6738f16f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/webhookworker/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec svlogd -t /var/log/webhookworker/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/webhookworker.sh b/conf/init/webhookworker/run
similarity index 51%
rename from conf/init/webhookworker.sh
rename to conf/init/webhookworker/run
index 7ab6340d8..04521552a 100755
--- a/conf/init/webhookworker.sh
+++ b/conf/init/webhookworker/run
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 echo 'Starting webhook worker'
 
 cd /
-venv/bin/python -m workers.webhookworker --log=/mnt/logs/webhookworker.log
+venv/bin/python -m workers.webhookworker
 
 echo 'Webhook worker exited'
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diff --git a/conf/logging.conf b/conf/logging.conf
index 2061a2375..4023e7743 100644
--- a/conf/logging.conf
+++ b/conf/logging.conf
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
 [loggers]
-keys=root, gunicorn.error, gunicorn.access
+keys=root, gunicorn.error, gunicorn.access, application.profiler
 
 [handlers]
-keys=error_file
+keys=console
 
 [formatters]
 keys=generic
 
 [logger_application.profiler]
 level=DEBUG
-handlers=error_file
+handlers=console
 propagate=0
 qualname=application.profiler
 
 [logger_root]
 level=DEBUG
-handlers=error_file
+handlers=console
 
 [logger_gunicorn.error]
 level=INFO
-handlers=error_file
+handlers=console
 propagate=1
 qualname=gunicorn.error
 
 [logger_gunicorn.access]
 level=INFO
-handlers=error_file
+handlers=console
 propagate=0
 qualname=gunicorn.access
 
-[handler_error_file]
-class=logging.FileHandler
+[handler_console]
+class=StreamHandler
 formatter=generic
-args=('/mnt/logs/application.log',)
+args=(sys.stdout, )
 
 [formatter_generic]
 format=%(asctime)s [%(process)d] [%(levelname)s] [%(name)s] %(message)s
diff --git a/conf/logging_local.conf b/conf/logging_local.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 4023e7743..000000000
--- a/conf/logging_local.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-[loggers]
-keys=root, gunicorn.error, gunicorn.access, application.profiler
-
-[handlers]
-keys=console
-
-[formatters]
-keys=generic
-
-[logger_application.profiler]
-level=DEBUG
-handlers=console
-propagate=0
-qualname=application.profiler
-
-[logger_root]
-level=DEBUG
-handlers=console
-
-[logger_gunicorn.error]
-level=INFO
-handlers=console
-propagate=1
-qualname=gunicorn.error
-
-[logger_gunicorn.access]
-level=INFO
-handlers=console
-propagate=0
-qualname=gunicorn.access
-
-[handler_console]
-class=StreamHandler
-formatter=generic
-args=(sys.stdout, )
-
-[formatter_generic]
-format=%(asctime)s [%(process)d] [%(levelname)s] [%(name)s] %(message)s
-class=logging.Formatter
diff --git a/conf/logrotate/quay-logrotate b/conf/logrotate/quay-logrotate
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a6678639..000000000
--- a/conf/logrotate/quay-logrotate
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/mnt/logs/nginx.access.log {
-  daily
-  rotate 7
-  compress
-  delaycompress
-  missingok
-  notifempty
-  create 644 root root
-
-  postrotate
-    kill -USR1 `cat /mnt/logs/nginx.pid`
-  endscript
-}
-
-/mnt/logs/nginx.error.log {
-  daily
-  rotate 7
-  compress
-  delaycompress
-  missingok
-  notifempty
-  create 644 root root
-
-  postrotate
-    kill -USR1 `cat /mnt/logs/nginx.pid`
-  endscript
-}
-
-/mnt/logs/application.log {
-  daily
-  rotate 7
-  compress
-  delaycompress
-  missingok
-  notifempty
-  create 644 ubuntu ubuntu
-
-  postrotate
-    kill -USR1 `cat /mnt/logs/gunicorn.pid`
-  endscript
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/root-base.conf b/conf/root-base.conf
index b4b9beb90..31c32d25d 100644
--- a/conf/root-base.conf
+++ b/conf/root-base.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pid /tmp/nginx.pid;
-error_log /mnt/logs/nginx.error.log;
+error_log /var/log/nginx/nginx.error.log;
 
 events {
     worker_connections 1024;
diff --git a/conf/server-base.conf b/conf/server-base.conf
index f37d83bba..7ae5eba2c 100644
--- a/conf/server-base.conf
+++ b/conf/server-base.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 client_max_body_size 8G;
-client_body_temp_path /mnt/logs/client_body 1 2;
+client_body_temp_path /var/log/nginx/client_body 1 2;
 server_name _;
 
 keepalive_timeout 5;
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ location / {
 
     proxy_pass   http://app_server;
     proxy_read_timeout 2000;
-    proxy_temp_path /mnt/logs/proxy_temp 1 2;
+    proxy_temp_path /var/log/nginx/proxy_temp 1 2;
 }
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diff --git a/workers/diffsworker.py b/workers/diffsworker.py
index c5d9b2b5a..85b615cbe 100644
--- a/workers/diffsworker.py
+++ b/workers/diffsworker.py
@@ -33,16 +33,7 @@ class DiffsWorker(Worker):
 
     return True
 
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Worker daemon to compute diffs')
-parser.add_argument('--log', help='Specify the log file for the worker as a daemon.')
-args = parser.parse_args()
-
-if args.log is not None:
-  handler = logging.FileHandler(args.log)
-else:
-  handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-root_logger.addHandler(handler)
+logging.config.fileConfig('conf/logging.conf', disable_existing_loggers=False)  
 
 worker = DiffsWorker(image_diff_queue)
-worker.start()
\ No newline at end of file
+worker.start()
diff --git a/workers/dockerfilebuild.py b/workers/dockerfilebuild.py
index 6efa69909..084905e91 100644
--- a/workers/dockerfilebuild.py
+++ b/workers/dockerfilebuild.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from data.queue import dockerfile_build_queue
 from data import model
 from workers.worker import Worker, WorkerUnhealthyException, JobException
-from app import app, userfiles as user_files, build_logs
+from app import userfiles as user_files, build_logs
 from util.safetar import safe_extractall
 from util.dockerfileparse import parse_dockerfile, ParsedDockerfile, serialize_dockerfile
 
@@ -550,27 +550,12 @@ class DockerfileBuildWorker(Worker):
 
 desc = 'Worker daemon to monitor dockerfile build'
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=desc)
-parser.add_argument('-D', action='store_true', default=False,
-                    help='Run the worker in daemon mode.')
-parser.add_argument('--log', default='dockerfilebuild.log',
-                    help='Specify the log file for the worker as a daemon.')
 parser.add_argument('--cachegb', default=20, type=float,
                     help='Maximum cache size in gigabytes.')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
+logging.config.fileConfig('conf/logging.conf', disable_existing_loggers=False)  
 
 worker = DockerfileBuildWorker(args.cachegb, dockerfile_build_queue,
                                reservation_seconds=RESERVATION_TIME)
-
-if args.D:
-  handler = logging.FileHandler(args.log)
-  handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-  root_logger.addHandler(handler)
-  with daemon.DaemonContext(files_preserve=[handler.stream]):
-    worker.start()
-
-else:
-  handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-  handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-  root_logger.addHandler(handler)
-  worker.start(start_status_server_port=8000)
+worker.start(start_status_server_port=8000)
diff --git a/workers/webhookworker.py b/workers/webhookworker.py
index f3d193ee9..2b785acb6 100644
--- a/workers/webhookworker.py
+++ b/workers/webhookworker.py
@@ -34,17 +34,7 @@ class WebhookWorker(Worker):
 
     return True
 
-
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Worker daemon to send webhooks')
-parser.add_argument('--log', help='Specify the log file for the worker as a daemon.')
-args = parser.parse_args()
-
-if args.log is not None:
-  handler = logging.FileHandler(args.log)
-else:
-  handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-root_logger.addHandler(handler)
+logging.config.fileConfig('conf/logging.conf', disable_existing_loggers=False)  
 
 worker = WebhookWorker(webhook_queue, poll_period_seconds=15,
                        reservation_seconds=3600)