diff --git a/internal/router/logger.go b/internal/router/logger.go
index 721b2fb46..3c2033726 100644
--- a/internal/router/logger.go
+++ b/internal/router/logger.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package router
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -31,8 +30,7 @@ var skipPaths = map[string]interface{}{
 	"/api/v1/streaming": nil,
 }
 
-// LoggerWithConfig instance a Logger middleware with config.
-func LoggerWithConfig(log *logrus.Logger) gin.HandlerFunc {
+func loggerWithConfig(log *logrus.Logger) gin.HandlerFunc {
 	logHandler := func(c *gin.Context) {
 		start := time.Now()
 		path := c.Request.URL.Path
@@ -54,12 +52,21 @@ func LoggerWithConfig(log *logrus.Logger) gin.HandlerFunc {
 			}
 
 			l := log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
-				"latency": fmt.Sprintf("%13v", latency),
+				"latency":    latency,
+				"clientIP":   clientIP,
+				"method":     method,
+				"statusCode": statusCode,
+				"path":       path,
 			})
 
-			http.StatusText(statusCode)
+			if errorMessage != "" {
+				l.Error(errorMessage)
+				return
+			}
 
+			l.Infof("%s: wrote %d bytes in %v", http.StatusText(statusCode), bodySize, latency)
 		}
 	}
+
 	return logHandler
 }
diff --git a/internal/router/router.go b/internal/router/router.go
index 3ef987ce4..614c41521 100644
--- a/internal/router/router.go
+++ b/internal/router/router.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package router
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -105,32 +104,13 @@ func (r *router) Stop(ctx context.Context) error {
 // The given DB is only used in the New function for parsing config values, and is not otherwise
 // pinned to the router.
 func New(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, db db.DB, logger *logrus.Logger) (Router, error) {
-
-	// gin has different log modes; for convenience, we match the gin log mode to
-	// whatever log mode has been set for logrus
-	lvl, err := logrus.ParseLevel(cfg.LogLevel)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't parse log level %s to set router level: %s", cfg.LogLevel, err)
-	}
-	switch lvl {
-	case logrus.TraceLevel, logrus.DebugLevel:
-		gin.SetMode(gin.DebugMode)
-	default:
-		gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
-	}
-
+	gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
+	
 	// create the actual engine here -- this is the core request routing handler for gts
 	engine := gin.New()
 
-	// instruct gin to write out to our logger
-	loggingConfig := gin.LoggerConfig{
-		Formatter: logFormatter,
-		Output:    log.Writer(),
-		SkipPaths: dontLog,
-	}
-
 	engine.Use(gin.RecoveryWithWriter(logger.Writer()))
-	engine.Use(gin.LoggerWithConfig(loggingConfig))
+	engine.Use(loggerWithConfig(logger))
 
 	// 8 MiB
 	engine.MaxMultipartMemory = 8 << 20