diff --git a/src/micro_blog/config.clj b/src/micro_blog/config.clj
index b049413..feaa106 100644
--- a/src/micro_blog/config.clj
+++ b/src/micro_blog/config.clj
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
    :mastodon-account-id "MASTODON_ACCOUNT_ID"})
 
 (defn- load-config []
-  (tel/log! :info "Config is being loaded")
   (merge (read-string (slurp "config.edn"))
          (into {} (for [[k env-var] env-overrides
                         :let [env-val (System/getenv env-var)]
diff --git a/src/micro_blog/logging.clj b/src/micro_blog/logging.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..462a260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/micro_blog/logging.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+(ns micro-blog.logging
+  (:import [java.time Instant])
+  (:require
+   [taoensso.telemere :as tel]
+   [cheshire.core :as json]
+   [cheshire.generate :as gen]))
+
+(def json-logging-handler
+  (tel/handler:console
+   {:output-fn
+    (tel/pr-signal-fn
+     {:clean-fn (fn [signal]
+                  (-> signal
+                      (assoc :message (get signal :msg_))
+                      (dissoc  :kind :msg_ :schema
+                               :run-val
+                               :kvs :end-inst :run-form :sample :_otel-context
+                               :root :thread :run-nsecs :parent)))
+      :pr-fn json/generate-string})}))
+
+(gen/add-encoder Instant
+                 (fn [c jsonGenerator]
+                   (.writeString jsonGenerator (.toString c))))
+
+(defn setup-logging []
+  (tel/remove-handler! :default/console)
+  (tel/add-handler! ::json-logger json-logging-handler))
+
+(defn test-logging []
+  (setup-logging)
+  (tel/log! {:level :info :data {:thing "example"}} "This is a test log message"))
diff --git a/src/micro_blog/main.clj b/src/micro_blog/main.clj
index 098c302..dc79cec 100644
--- a/src/micro_blog/main.clj
+++ b/src/micro_blog/main.clj
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   (:import [java.time Instant Duration])
   (:require [chime.core :as chime]
             [taoensso.telemere :as tel]
+            [micro-blog.logging]
             [micro-blog.blue-sky :as blue-sky]
             [micro-blog.mastodon :as masto]))
 
@@ -10,10 +11,12 @@
             masto/run])
 
 (defn -main []
+  (micro-blog.logging/setup-logging)
   (tel/log! :info "Setting up crons")
   (doseq [[i cron] (map-indexed vector crons)]
     (let [start (.plus (Instant/now) (Duration/ofMinutes (* i 5)))]
       (chime/chime-at (chime/periodic-seq start (Duration/ofMinutes 30))
                       (fn [_time]
                         (cron)))))
-  @(promise))
+  @(promise)
+  (tel/stop-handlers!))