diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8a6513fd..84373293 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: %i[windows jruby]
 
 gem 'rack-cors'
 
+# Replace default logger with semantic logging
+gem 'rails_semantic_logger'
+
 # Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production
 # gem "redis", ">= 4.0.1"
 
@@ -108,6 +111,9 @@ group :development, :test do
 end
 
 group :development do
+  # We apply robust formatting to log messages in development
+  gem 'amazing_print'
+
   # Add annotations to model, test, fixtures when run
   gem 'annotaterb'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3067fd64..b457e348 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ GEM
       activerecord (>= 6.0, < 9.0)
       kaminari (~> 1.2.2)
     aes_key_wrap (1.1.0)
+    amazing_print (2.0.0)
     annotaterb (4.24.0)
       activerecord (>= 6.0.0)
       activesupport (>= 6.0.0)
@@ -353,6 +354,10 @@ GEM
     rails-html-sanitizer (1.7.1)
       loofah (~> 2.25, >= 2.25.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.15.7, != 1.16.7, != 1.16.6, != 1.16.5, != 1.16.4, != 1.16.3, != 1.16.2, != 1.16.1, != 1.16.0.rc1, != 1.16.0)
+    rails_semantic_logger (5.2.0)
+      rack
+      railties (>= 7.2)
+      semantic_logger (>= 5.1)
     railties (8.1.3.1)
       actionpack (= 8.1.3.1)
       activesupport (= 8.1.3.1)
@@ -434,6 +439,8 @@ GEM
       rexml (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.5)
       rubyzip (>= 1.2.2, < 4.0)
       websocket (~> 1.0)
+    semantic_logger (5.1.0)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     sentry-rails (6.7.0)
       railties (>= 5.2.0)
       sentry-ruby (~> 6.7.0)
@@ -524,6 +531,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   administrate (~> 1.0.0)
+  amazing_print
   annotaterb
   awesome_print
   barnes
@@ -552,6 +560,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   puma (>= 5.0)
   rack-cors
   rails (~> 8.1.0)
+  rails_semantic_logger
   rubocop
   rubocop-capybara
   rubocop-graphql
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 09ebac9a..51f66ee8 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@
   # Set localhost to be used by links generated in mailer templates.
   config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: "localhost", port: 3000 }
 
+  # Log configuration for rails_semantic_logger
+  config.rails_semantic_logger.appenders do |appenders|
+    multiline = ENV.fetch("SEMANTIC_LOGGER_MULTILINE", "true").downcase == "true"
+    appenders.add_server(
+      formatter: {color: {ap: {multiline: multiline}}}
+    )
+  end
+
   # Print deprecation notices to the Rails logger.
   config.active_support.deprecation = :log
 
@@ -70,8 +78,7 @@
   # Raise error when a before_action's only/except options reference missing actions.
   config.action_controller.raise_on_missing_callback_actions = true
 
-  # Local logging overrides
-  config.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
+  # Local logging level
   config.log_level = :info
 
   # Apply autocorrection by RuboCop to files generated by `bin/rails generate`.
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index b84de475..6efc11ad 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@
   # Skip http-to-https redirect for the default health check endpoint.
   # config.ssl_options = { redirect: { exclude: ->(request) { request.path == "/up" } } }
 
-  # Log to STDOUT by default
-  config.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(STDOUT)
-    .tap  { |logger| logger.formatter = ::Logger::Formatter.new }
-    .then { |logger| ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(logger) }
+  # Log configuration for rails_semantic_logger
+  SemanticLogger.application = ENV.fetch("RAILS_APP_NAME", "tacos")
+  config.rails_semantic_logger.appenders do |appenders|
+    appenders.add(io: $stdout, formatter: :json)
+  end
 
   # Log to STDOUT with the current request id as a default log tag.
   config.log_tags = [ :request_id ]