diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 33956ce99..618fba150 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if (config.useSSL) {
 
 // logger
 app.use(morgan('combined', {
-  'stream': logger
+  'stream': logger.stream
 }))
 
 // socket io
diff --git a/lib/logger.js b/lib/logger.js
index c70b81b89..5ef1860a1 100644
--- a/lib/logger.js
+++ b/lib/logger.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 const {createLogger, format, transports} = require('winston')
 
-module.exports = createLogger({
+const logger = createLogger({
   level: 'debug',
   format: format.combine(
     format.uncolorize(),
@@ -17,3 +17,11 @@ module.exports = createLogger({
   ],
   exitOnError: false
 })
+
+logger.stream = {
+  write: function (message, encoding) {
+    logger.info(message)
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = logger