diff --git a/services/git-bridge/pom.xml b/services/git-bridge/pom.xml
index e2d4807083..0c09457bdc 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/pom.xml
+++ b/services/git-bridge/pom.xml
@@ -119,21 +119,15 @@
             <version>2.6</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.13</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.13</version>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.7</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
             <version>19.0</version>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mock-server</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockserver-netty</artifactId>
@@ -141,5 +135,4 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/util/Log.java b/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/util/Log.java
index 1cabf22bcd..f4306cf59f 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/util/Log.java
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/util/Log.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.util;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.slf4j.impl.SimpleLogger;
 import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.application.GitBridgeApp;
 
 /**
@@ -10,12 +9,6 @@ import uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge.application.GitBridgeApp;
  */
 public class Log {
 
-    static {
-        System.setProperty(SimpleLogger.SHOW_DATE_TIME_KEY, "true");
-        System.setProperty(SimpleLogger.DATE_TIME_FORMAT_KEY, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss:SSS Z");
-        System.setProperty(SimpleLogger.SHOW_SHORT_LOG_NAME_KEY, "true");
-    }
-
     private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GitBridgeApp.class);
 
     public static void trace(String msg) {
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/services/git-bridge/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ac2904b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<configuration>
+    <!-- Log everything (subject to logger and root levels set below) to stdout. -->
+    <appender name="stdout" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <target>System.out</target>
+        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
+            <level>TRACE</level>
+        </filter>
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5level [%thread] %logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <!-- Log warnings and errors to stderr. We send them to a log aggregation service for monitoring. -->
+    <appender name="stderr" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <target>System.err</target>
+        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
+            <level>WARN</level>
+        </filter>
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5level [%thread] %logger{0}: %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <!-- Set log levels for the application (or parts of the application). -->
+    <logger name="uk.ac.ic.wlgitbridge" level="INFO" />
+
+    <!-- The root log level determines how much our dependencies put in the logs. -->
+    <root level="WARN">
+        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
+        <appender-ref ref="stderr" />
+    </root>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml b/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
index 1b57a57254..9c08c80468 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
+++ b/services/git-bridge/writelatex-git-bridge.iml
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/java" isTestSource="false" />
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/test/java" isTestSource="true" />
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/test/resources" type="java-test-resource" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/resources" type="java-resource" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target" />
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="1.8" jdkType="JavaSDK" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.12" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.7" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.1.7" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: junit:junit:4.12" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: org.jmock:jmock-junit4:2.8.2" level="project" />
@@ -32,6 +36,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.google.code.gson:gson:2.6.2" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.ning:async-http-client:1.9.38" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: io.netty:netty:3.10.5.Final" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.12" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit:3.6.0.201412230720-r" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.jcraft:jsch:0.1.50" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.googlecode.javaewah:JavaEWAH:0.7.9" level="project" />
@@ -47,8 +52,8 @@
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.google.http-client:google-http-client:1.22.0" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.google.http-client:google-http-client-gson:1.22.0" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: commons-lang:commons-lang:2.6" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.13" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.13" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.7" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.1.7" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: com.google.guava:guava:19.0" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: org.mock-server:mockserver-netty:3.10.4" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: org.mock-server:mockserver-client-java:3.10.4" level="project" />
@@ -103,8 +108,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: io.netty:netty-handler:4.0.34.Final" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: io.netty:netty-transport:4.0.34.Final" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:1.52" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.3" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.1.3" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: janino:janino:2.5.10" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: org.mock-server:mockserver-logging:3.10.4" level="project" />
   </component>