diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de489ec051..c73e02d110 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ That's it! You are now running a standalone version of Parse Server on your mach
 
 **Using a remote MongoDB?** Pass the  `--databaseURI DATABASE_URI` parameter when starting `parse-server`. Learn more about configuring Parse Server [here](#configuration). For a full list of available options, run `parse-server --help`.
 
-**Want logs to be in placed in other folder?** Pass the `PARSE_SERVER_LOGS_FOLDER` environment variable when starting `parse-server`. Usage :-  `PARSE_SERVER_LOGS_FOLDER='<path-to-logs-folder>' parse-server --appId APPLICATION_ID --masterKey MASTER_KEY`
-
 ### Saving your first object
 
 Now that you're running Parse Server, it is time to save your first object. We'll use the [REST API](https://parse.com/docs/rest/guide), but you can easily do the same using any of the [Parse SDKs](https://parseplatform.github.io/#sdks). Run the following:
@@ -145,6 +143,18 @@ app.listen(1337, function() {
 
 For a full list of available options, run `parse-server --help`.
 
+## Logging
+
+Parse Server will, by default, will log:
+* to the console
+* daily rotating files as new line delimited JSON
+
+Logs are also be viewable in Parse Dashboard but it only displays the `messages` field of each log entry. For example, with VERBOSE set this will exclude `origin` on each request.
+
+**Want to log each request and response?** Set the `VERBOSE` environment variable when starting `parse-server`. Usage :-  `VERBOSE='1' parse-server --appId APPLICATION_ID --masterKey MASTER_KEY`
+
+**Want logs to be in placed in other folder?** Pass the `PARSE_SERVER_LOGS_FOLDER` environment variable when starting `parse-server`. Usage :-  `PARSE_SERVER_LOGS_FOLDER='<path-to-logs-folder>' parse-server --appId APPLICATION_ID --masterKey MASTER_KEY`
+
 # Documentation
 
 The full documentation for Parse Server is available in the [wiki](https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/wiki). The [Parse Server guide](https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/wiki/Parse-Server-Guide) is a good place to get started. If you're interested in developing for Parse Server, the [Development guide](https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server/wiki/Development-Guide) will help you get set up.
diff --git a/spec/FileLoggerAdapter.spec.js b/spec/FileLoggerAdapter.spec.js
index f259422df6..d32722d261 100644
--- a/spec/FileLoggerAdapter.spec.js
+++ b/spec/FileLoggerAdapter.spec.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('verbose logs', () => {
         level: 'verbose'
       });
     }).then((results) => {
-      expect(results[1].message.includes('"password": "********"')).toEqual(true);
+      expect(results[1].body.password).toEqual("********");
       var headers = {
         'X-Parse-Application-Id': 'test',
         'X-Parse-REST-API-Key': 'rest'
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe('verbose logs', () => {
           size: 100,
           level: 'verbose'
         }).then((results) => {
-          expect(results[1].message.includes('password=********')).toEqual(true);
+          expect(results[1].url.includes('password=********')).toEqual(true);
           done();
         });
       });
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('verbose logs', () => {
         level: 'verbose'
       });
     }).then((results) => {
-      expect(results[1].message.includes('"password": "pw"')).toEqual(true);
+      expect(results[1].body.password).toEqual("pw");
       done();
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/PromiseRouter.js b/src/PromiseRouter.js
index b159ef0768..b97d3af1b1 100644
--- a/src/PromiseRouter.js
+++ b/src/PromiseRouter.js
@@ -154,15 +154,20 @@ export default class PromiseRouter {
 // just treat it like it resolved to an error.
 function makeExpressHandler(promiseHandler) {
   return function(req, res, next) {
+    var url = maskSensitiveUrl(req);
     try {
-      log.verbose(req.method, maskSensitiveUrl(req), req.headers,
-                  JSON.stringify(maskSensitiveBody(req), null, 2));
+      log.verbose(`REQUEST for [${req.method}] ${url}`, {
+        method: req.method,
+        url: url,
+        headers: req.headers,
+        body: maskSensitiveBody(req)
+      });
       promiseHandler(req).then((result) => {
         if (!result.response && !result.location && !result.text) {
           log.error('the handler did not include a "response" or a "location" field');
           throw 'control should not get here';
         }
-        log.verbose(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
+        log.verbose(`RESPONSE from [${req.method}] ${url}`, {result: result});
 
         var status = result.status || 200;
         res.status(status);
@@ -186,11 +191,11 @@ function makeExpressHandler(promiseHandler) {
         }
         res.json(result.response);
       }, (e) => {
-        log.verbose('error:', e);
+        log.error(`Error generating response. ${e}`, {error: e});
         next(e);
       });
     } catch (e) {
-      log.verbose('exception:', e);
+      log.error(`Error handling request: ${e}`, {error: e});
       next(e);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 39075d50e1..f24b5f5062 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import winston           from 'winston';
 import ParseServer       from './ParseServer';
+import logger            from './logger';
 import S3Adapter         from 'parse-server-s3-adapter'
 import FileSystemAdapter from 'parse-server-fs-adapter'
 import TestUtils         from './TestUtils';
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ _ParseServer.createLiveQueryServer = ParseServer.createLiveQueryServer;
 let GCSAdapter = useExternal('GCSAdapter', 'parse-server-gcs-adapter');
 
 export default ParseServer;
-export { S3Adapter, GCSAdapter, FileSystemAdapter, TestUtils, _ParseServer as ParseServer };
+export { S3Adapter, GCSAdapter, FileSystemAdapter, TestUtils, _ParseServer as ParseServer, logger };