diff --git a/backend/.dockerignore b/backend/.dockerignore
index 03a89fc..8551df2 100644
--- a/backend/.dockerignore
+++ b/backend/.dockerignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 !README.md
 !/data
 !/src
+!logging.yaml
 
 ## Exclude files in allowed subdirectories
 **/__pycache__/
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index f4a9ce8..3bb85d0 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -17,20 +17,21 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     --mount=type=bind,source=uv.lock,target=uv.lock \
     --mount=type=bind,source=pyproject.toml,target=pyproject.toml \
     uv sync \
-        --frozen \
-        --no-dev \
-        --no-editable \
-        --no-install-project
+    --frozen \
+    --no-dev \
+    --no-editable \
+    --no-install-project
 
 COPY src /app/src
 COPY data /app/data
+COPY logging.yaml /app/logging.yaml
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv sync \
-        --frozen \
-        --no-dev \
-        --no-editable \
-        --compile-bytecode
+    --frozen \
+    --no-dev \
+    --no-editable \
+    --compile-bytecode
 
 ###################################
 # DEVELOPMENT (--target local)
diff --git a/backend/logging.yaml b/backend/logging.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab4389f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/logging.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+version: 1
+disable_existing_loggers: false
+
+formatters:
+  default:
+    format: "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
+    datefmt: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+
+handlers:
+  console:
+    class: logging.StreamHandler
+    formatter: default
+    stream: ext://sys.stdout
+
+loggers:
+  uvicorn:
+    level: INFO
+    handlers:
+      - console
+    propagate: false
+
+  atlas_assistant:
+    level: INFO
+    handlers:
+      - console
+    propagate: false
+
+root:
+  level: INFO
+  handlers:
+    - console
diff --git a/backend/src/atlas_assistant/api.py b/backend/src/atlas_assistant/api.py
index 96dd870..86704b1 100644
--- a/backend/src/atlas_assistant/api.py
+++ b/backend/src/atlas_assistant/api.py
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ async def chat(
     agent: Agent = request.state.agent
     thread_id = chat_request.thread_id or str(uuid.uuid4())
     event_stream = (accept and "text/event-stream" in accept) or False
+    logger.info(f"Query: {chat_request.query}")
     return StreamingResponse(
         query_agent(agent, chat_request.query, thread_id, settings, event_stream),
         media_type="text/event-stream" if event_stream else "application/x-ndjson",
@@ -246,8 +247,10 @@ def maybe_create_response_message(
         for tool_call in tool_calls:
             function = tool_call.get("function")
             if function.get("name") == "Output":
+                output = Output.model_validate_json(function.get("arguments"))
+                logger.info(f"Answer: {output.answer}")
                 return OutputResponseMessage(
-                    output=Output.model_validate_json(function.get("arguments")),
+                    output=output,
                     thread_id=thread_id,
                 )
     if message.content:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c597a2b..c877002 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ services:
         "*data*",
         "--host",
         "0.0.0.0",
+        "--log-config",
+        "logging.yaml",
       ]
     volumes:
       - ./backend/.env:/app/.env
       - ./backend/src:/app/src
       - ./backend/data:/app/data
       - ./backend/tests:/app/tests
+      - ./backend/logging.yaml:/app/logging.yaml
 
   chat:
     image: atlas/backend
diff --git a/terraform/aws/ecs.tf b/terraform/aws/ecs.tf
index 760f386..eff2265 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/ecs.tf
+++ b/terraform/aws/ecs.tf
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ module "ecs" {
             "--host",
             "0.0.0.0",
             "--port",
-            "8000"
+            "8000",
+            "--log-config",
+            "logging.yaml"
           ]
           portMappings = [
             {
@@ -88,4 +90,4 @@ module "ecs" {
   }
 
   tags = var.tags
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}