diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 7e7eb0102..bd7b0b127 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
     # secret_key_base is not used by Rails API, as there are no sessions
     config.secret_key_base = 'blipblapblup'
 
+    # Write all logs to STDOUT instead of file
+    logger           = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(STDOUT)
+    logger.formatter = config.log_formatter
+    config.logger    = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(logger)
+
     # configure caching
     config.cache_store = :dalli_store, nil, { :namespace => ENV['APPLICATION'] }
 
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index 18ad5de98..253568d67 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
   # preloads Rails for running tests, you may have to set it to true.
   config.eager_load = false
 
+  # don't use debug level
+  config.log_level = :info
+
   # Configure public file server for tests with Cache-Control for performance.
   config.public_file_server.enabled = true
   config.public_file_server.headers = {