diff --git a/backend/DIAMConfiguration/Program.cs b/backend/DIAMConfiguration/Program.cs
index a3ad0d5f..723b55b0 100644
--- a/backend/DIAMConfiguration/Program.cs
+++ b/backend/DIAMConfiguration/Program.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
+var name = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName();
+var outputTemplate = "[{Timestamp:HH:mm:ss} {Level:u3}] {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}";
+var path = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("LogFilePath") ?? "logs";
+
+
+
+
+
 // Add services to the container.
 
 var dbConnection = builder.Configuration.GetValue<string>("ConfigDatabase");
@@ -24,6 +32,12 @@
     })
     .EnableSensitiveDataLogging(sensitiveDataLoggingEnabled: false));
 
+builder.Host.UseSerilog((hostContext, services, configuration) =>
+{
+    configuration.ReadFrom.Configuration(hostContext.Configuration);
+});
+
+
 builder.Services.AddHealthChecks()
 .AddCheck("liveness", () => HealthCheckResult.Healthy())
 .AddNpgSql(dbConnection, tags: new[] { "services" }).ForwardToPrometheus();
@@ -61,7 +75,14 @@
 app.MapHealthChecks("/health/liveness");
 app.MapMetrics("/health/metrics");
 
-
+app.UseSerilogRequestLogging(options => options.EnrichDiagnosticContext = (diagnosticContext, httpContext) =>
+{
+    //var userId = httpContext.User.GetUserId();
+    //if (!userId.Equals(Guid.Empty))
+    //{
+    //    diagnosticContext.Set("User", userId);
+    //}
+});
 
 app.UseHttpsRedirection();
 
@@ -87,3 +108,5 @@
 Log.Logger.Information("### Approval Flow Configuration complete");
 
 app.Run();
+
+
diff --git a/backend/DIAMConfiguration/appsettings.json b/backend/DIAMConfiguration/appsettings.json
index 607ac558..41d8bb70 100644
--- a/backend/DIAMConfiguration/appsettings.json
+++ b/backend/DIAMConfiguration/appsettings.json
@@ -6,5 +6,39 @@
     }
   },
   "AllowedHosts": "*",
-  "ConfigDatabase": "Host=fedora;Port=5444;Database=diam-config;Username=diamconfig;Password=P@55w0rd"
+  "Serilog": {
+    "MinimumLevel": {
+      "Default": "Information",
+      "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Information",
+      "Microsoft": "Warning",
+      "Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime": "Information"
+    },
+    "Enrich": [
+      "FromLogContext"
+    ],
+    "Filter": [
+      {
+        "Name": "ByExcluding",
+        "Args": {
+          "expression": "RequestPath like '/health%'"
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "WriteTo": [
+      {
+        "Name": "File",
+        "Args": {
+          "path": "../logs/dev/dev.log",
+          "rollingInterval": "Day",
+          "outputTemplate": "{Level:w5} [{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,fff}] >> {Message}{NewLine}{Exception}"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "Name": "Console",
+        "Args": {
+          "outputTemplate": "{Level:w5} [{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HyH:mm:ss,fff}] >> {Message}{NewLine}{Exception}"
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  }
 }