diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6a3fa1f2f..7ba5e7501 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -38,19 +38,13 @@ ADD . .
 # Run grunt
 RUN cd grunt && grunt
 
-ADD conf/init/svlogd_config /svlogd_config
 ADD conf/init/doupdatelimits.sh /etc/my_init.d/
-ADD conf/init/preplogsdir.sh /etc/my_init.d/
+ADD conf/init/copy_syslog_config.sh /etc/my_init.d/
 ADD conf/init/runmigration.sh /etc/my_init.d/
 
-ADD conf/init/gunicorn_web /etc/service/gunicorn_web
-ADD conf/init/gunicorn_registry /etc/service/gunicorn_registry
-ADD conf/init/gunicorn_verbs /etc/service/gunicorn_verbs
-ADD conf/init/nginx /etc/service/nginx
-ADD conf/init/diffsworker /etc/service/diffsworker
-ADD conf/init/notificationworker /etc/service/notificationworker
-ADD conf/init/buildlogsarchiver /etc/service/buildlogsarchiver
-ADD conf/init/buildmanager /etc/service/buildmanager
+ADD conf/init/service/ /etc/service/
+
+RUN rm -rf /etc/service/syslog-forwarder
 
 # Download any external libs.
 RUN mkdir static/fonts static/ldn
diff --git a/conf/http-base.conf b/conf/http-base.conf
index 8b7ff9e0b..3c3d57372 100644
--- a/conf/http-base.conf
+++ b/conf/http-base.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ types_hash_max_size 2048;
 include /usr/local/nginx/conf/mime.types.default;
 
 default_type application/octet-stream;
-access_log /var/log/nginx/nginx.access.log;
+access_log /dev/stdout;
 sendfile on;
 
 gzip on;
diff --git a/conf/init/buildlogsarchiver/log/run b/conf/init/buildlogsarchiver/log/run
deleted file mode 100755
index c35fb1fb9..000000000
--- a/conf/init/buildlogsarchiver/log/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec svlogd /var/log/buildlogsarchiver/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/buildmanager/log/run b/conf/init/buildmanager/log/run
deleted file mode 100755
index 1dd4c3fef..000000000
--- a/conf/init/buildmanager/log/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec svlogd /var/log/buildmanager/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/copy_syslog_config.sh b/conf/init/copy_syslog_config.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7acd62b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/copy_syslog_config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+if [ -e /conf/stack/syslog-ng-extra.conf ]
+then
+	cp /conf/stack/syslog-ng-extra.conf /etc/syslog-ng/conf.d/
+fi
diff --git a/conf/init/diffsworker/log/run b/conf/init/diffsworker/log/run
deleted file mode 100755
index 066f7415a..000000000
--- a/conf/init/diffsworker/log/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec svlogd /var/log/diffsworker/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/gunicorn_registry/log/run b/conf/init/gunicorn_registry/log/run
deleted file mode 100755
index 1896ef533..000000000
--- a/conf/init/gunicorn_registry/log/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec svlogd /var/log/gunicorn_registry/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/gunicorn_verbs/log/run b/conf/init/gunicorn_verbs/log/run
deleted file mode 100755
index 2b061e193..000000000
--- a/conf/init/gunicorn_verbs/log/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec svlogd /var/log/gunicorn_verbs/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/gunicorn_web/log/run b/conf/init/gunicorn_web/log/run
deleted file mode 100755
index de17cdf61..000000000
--- a/conf/init/gunicorn_web/log/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec svlogd /var/log/gunicorn_web/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/nginx/log/run b/conf/init/nginx/log/run
deleted file mode 100755
index 30476f6e6..000000000
--- a/conf/init/nginx/log/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec svlogd /var/log/nginx/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/notificationworker/log/run b/conf/init/notificationworker/log/run
deleted file mode 100755
index 46f8431a7..000000000
--- a/conf/init/notificationworker/log/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-exec svlogd -t /var/log/notificationworker/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/preplogsdir.sh b/conf/init/preplogsdir.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 93c3ee5af..000000000
--- a/conf/init/preplogsdir.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-
-echo 'Linking config files to logs directory'
-for svc in `ls /etc/service/`
-do
-  if [ ! -d /var/log/$svc ]; then
-    mkdir -p /var/log/$svc
-    ln -s /svlogd_config /var/log/$svc/config
-  fi
-done
diff --git a/conf/init/service/buildlogsarchiver/log/run b/conf/init/service/buildlogsarchiver/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3bcd9ba8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/service/buildlogsarchiver/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec logger -i -t buildlogsarchiver
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/buildlogsarchiver/run b/conf/init/service/buildlogsarchiver/run
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/init/buildlogsarchiver/run
rename to conf/init/service/buildlogsarchiver/run
diff --git a/conf/init/service/buildmanager/log/run b/conf/init/service/buildmanager/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b35e28af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/service/buildmanager/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec logger -i -t buildmanager
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/buildmanager/run b/conf/init/service/buildmanager/run
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/init/buildmanager/run
rename to conf/init/service/buildmanager/run
diff --git a/conf/init/service/diffsworker/log/run b/conf/init/service/diffsworker/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8e3dca5f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/service/diffsworker/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec logger -i -t diffsworker
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/diffsworker/run b/conf/init/service/diffsworker/run
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/init/diffsworker/run
rename to conf/init/service/diffsworker/run
diff --git a/conf/init/service/gunicorn_registry/log/run b/conf/init/service/gunicorn_registry/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5b5b37af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/service/gunicorn_registry/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec logger -i -t gunicorn_registry
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/gunicorn_registry/run b/conf/init/service/gunicorn_registry/run
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/init/gunicorn_registry/run
rename to conf/init/service/gunicorn_registry/run
diff --git a/conf/init/service/gunicorn_verbs/log/run b/conf/init/service/gunicorn_verbs/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d0bc335d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/service/gunicorn_verbs/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec logger -i -t gunicorn_verbs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/gunicorn_verbs/run b/conf/init/service/gunicorn_verbs/run
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/init/gunicorn_verbs/run
rename to conf/init/service/gunicorn_verbs/run
diff --git a/conf/init/service/gunicorn_web/log/run b/conf/init/service/gunicorn_web/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c96d365a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/service/gunicorn_web/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec logger -i -t gunicorn_web
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/gunicorn_web/run b/conf/init/service/gunicorn_web/run
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/init/gunicorn_web/run
rename to conf/init/service/gunicorn_web/run
diff --git a/conf/init/service/nginx/log/run b/conf/init/service/nginx/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..168af6d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/service/nginx/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec logger -i -t nginx
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/nginx/run b/conf/init/service/nginx/run
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/init/nginx/run
rename to conf/init/service/nginx/run
diff --git a/conf/init/service/notificationworker/log/run b/conf/init/service/notificationworker/log/run
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..49747f3ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/init/service/notificationworker/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+exec logger -i -t notificationworker
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conf/init/notificationworker/run b/conf/init/service/notificationworker/run
similarity index 100%
rename from conf/init/notificationworker/run
rename to conf/init/service/notificationworker/run
diff --git a/conf/init/svlogd_config b/conf/init/svlogd_config
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ccee1e0c..000000000
--- a/conf/init/svlogd_config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-s100000000
-t86400
-n4
diff --git a/conf/proxy-protocol.conf b/conf/proxy-protocol.conf
index 5897f1839..ba00507f5 100644
--- a/conf/proxy-protocol.conf
+++ b/conf/proxy-protocol.conf
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ real_ip_header proxy_protocol;
 log_format elb_pp '$proxy_protocol_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] '
                   '"$request" $status $body_bytes_sent '
                   '"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent"';
-access_log /var/log/nginx/nginx.access.log elb_pp;
+access_log /dev/stdout elb_pp;
diff --git a/conf/root-base.conf b/conf/root-base.conf
index 02c004564..357e6ed03 100644
--- a/conf/root-base.conf
+++ b/conf/root-base.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # vim: ft=nginx
 
 pid /tmp/nginx.pid;
-error_log /var/log/nginx/nginx.error.log;
+error_log /dev/stdout;
 
 worker_processes 2;
 worker_priority -10;
diff --git a/conf/server-base.conf b/conf/server-base.conf
index 2f03b11b2..3853fbccf 100644
--- a/conf/server-base.conf
+++ b/conf/server-base.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # vim: ft=nginx
 
-client_body_temp_path /var/log/nginx/client_body 1 2;
 server_name _;
 
 keepalive_timeout 5;
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ location /v1/repositories/ {
 
     proxy_pass http://registry_app_server;
     proxy_read_timeout 2000;
-    proxy_temp_path /var/log/nginx/proxy_temp 1 2;
+    proxy_temp_path /tmp 1 2;
 
     limit_req zone=repositories burst=10;
 }
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ location /v1/ {
     proxy_request_buffering off;
 
     proxy_pass   http://registry_app_server;
-    proxy_temp_path /var/log/nginx/proxy_temp 1 2;
+    proxy_temp_path /tmp 1 2;
 
     client_max_body_size 20G;
 }
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ location /c1/ {
     proxy_request_buffering off;
 
     proxy_pass   http://verbs_app_server;
-    proxy_temp_path /var/log/nginx/proxy_temp 1 2;
+    proxy_temp_path /tmp 1 2;
 
     limit_req zone=verbs burst=10;
 }