diff --git a/.changeset/fresh-avocados-reply.md b/.changeset/fresh-avocados-reply.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7dae3707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fresh-avocados-reply.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"trifid-core": minor
+---
+
+Introduce a `server.logFormat` configuration option, to either output JSON or pretty-formated logs.
diff --git a/packages/core/config.yaml b/packages/core/config.yaml
index 1cc9ef99..64382550 100644
--- a/packages/core/config.yaml
+++ b/packages/core/config.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ server:
   listener:
     port: 8080
   logLevel: debug
+  logFormat: pretty
 
 globals:
   value: config
diff --git a/packages/core/index.js b/packages/core/index.js
index 9f03c749..74c4fcc9 100644
--- a/packages/core/index.js
+++ b/packages/core/index.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import handler from './lib/config/handler.js'
 import {
   defaultHost,
   defaultLogLevel,
+  defaultLogFormat,
   defaultPort,
 } from './lib/config/default.js'
 import pluginsAssembler from './lib/plugins/assembler.js'
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ const trifid = async (config, additionalPlugins = {}) => {
 
   const serverOptions = fullConfig?.server?.options || {}
 
+  // Template configuration
+  const template = fullConfig?.template || {}
+
   // Dynamic server configuration
   const portFromConfig = fullConfig?.server?.listener?.port
   const port = (portFromConfig === 0 || portFromConfig === '0') ? 0 : (portFromConfig || defaultPort)
@@ -65,18 +69,19 @@ const trifid = async (config, additionalPlugins = {}) => {
 
   // Logger configuration
   const logLevel = fullConfig?.server?.logLevel || defaultLogLevel
-
-  // Template configuration
-  const template = fullConfig?.template || {}
-
-  // Custom logger instance
-  const logger = pino({
+  const logFormat = fullConfig?.server?.logFormat || defaultLogFormat
+  const loggerConfig = {
     name: 'trifid-core',
     level: logLevel,
-    transport: {
+  }
+  if (logFormat === 'pretty') {
+    loggerConfig.transport = {
       target: 'pino-pretty',
-    },
-  })
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Custom logger instance
+  const logger = pino(loggerConfig)
 
   const server = fastify({
     logger: false,
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/config/default.js b/packages/core/lib/config/default.js
index e566a426..32a5b200 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/config/default.js
+++ b/packages/core/lib/config/default.js
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ export const maxDepth = 50
 export const defaultPort = 8080
 export const defaultHost = '0.0.0.0'
 export const defaultLogLevel = 'info'
+export const defaultLogFormat = 'pretty'
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/config/schema.json b/packages/core/lib/config/schema.json
index 3b18c71c..e39c1d4a 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/config/schema.json
+++ b/packages/core/lib/config/schema.json
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@
             "silent"
           ]
         },
+        "logFormat": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "enum": [
+            "json",
+            "pretty"
+          ]
+        },
         "options": {
           "type": "object",
           "additionalProperties": true
diff --git a/packages/core/types/index.js b/packages/core/types/index.js
index ee7d5b14..9476d037 100644
--- a/packages/core/types/index.js
+++ b/packages/core/types/index.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  * @property {string} [server.listener.host] The host to listen on.
  * @property {number|string} [server.listener.port] The port to listen on.
  * @property {"fatal"|"error"|"warn"|"info"|"debug"|"trace"|"silent"} [server.logLevel] The log level.
+ * @property {"pretty"|"json"} [server.logFormat] The log format.
  * @property {Object.<string, any>} [server.options] Server options.
  * @property {Object.<string, any>} [globals] Global settings.
  * @property {Object.<string, any>} [template] Template settings.
diff --git a/packages/entity-renderer/examples/config/trifid.yaml b/packages/entity-renderer/examples/config/trifid.yaml
index 03ce228e..70074ed1 100644
--- a/packages/entity-renderer/examples/config/trifid.yaml
+++ b/packages/entity-renderer/examples/config/trifid.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 server:
   logLevel: debug
+  logFormat: pretty
 
 globals:
   datasetBaseUrl: http://localhost:3000/