diff --git a/server/config/settings/base.py b/server/config/settings/base.py
index a1c631bf..43e3d770 100644
--- a/server/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/server/config/settings/base.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import structlog
 from environs import Env
 
 from vbv_lernwelt.core.constants import DEFAULT_RICH_TEXT_FEATURES
-from vbv_lernwelt.core.utils import structlog_add_app_info
+from vbv_lernwelt.core.utils import structlog_add_app_info, structlog_add_to_message
 
 SERVER_ROOT_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent.parent
 APPS_DIR = SERVER_ROOT_DIR / "vbv_lernwelt"
@@ -427,36 +427,16 @@ if IT_DJANGO_LOGGING_CONF == "IT_DJANGO_LOGGING_CONF_CONSOLE_COLOR":
         cache_logger_on_first_use=True,
     )
 else:
-    shared_processors = [
-        structlog.threadlocal.merge_threadlocal,
-        structlog.stdlib.add_log_level,
-        structlog.stdlib.add_logger_name,
-        structlog_add_app_info,
-        structlog.processors.TimeStamper(fmt="iso"),
-        structlog.processors.CallsiteParameterAdder(),
-    ]
-
     LOGGING = {
         "version": 1,
         "disable_existing_loggers": True,
         "formatters": {
             "json": {
-                "()": structlog.stdlib.ProcessorFormatter,
-                "processors": [
-                    structlog.stdlib.ProcessorFormatter.remove_processors_meta,
-                    structlog.processors.JSONRenderer(),
-                ],
-                "foreign_pre_chain": shared_processors,
+                "()": "pythonjsonlogger.jsonlogger.JsonFormatter",
+                "format": "%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(process)d %(thread)d %(name)s %(lineno)d %(funcName)s %(message)s",
             },
         },
         "handlers": {
-            "file": {
-                "class": "concurrent_log_handler.ConcurrentRotatingFileHandler",
-                "filename": f"{SERVER_ROOT_DIR}/log/myservice.log",
-                "maxBytes": 1024 * 1024 * 100,
-                "backupCount": 50,
-                "formatter": "json",
-            },
             "console": {
                 "level": "DEBUG",
                 "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
@@ -465,30 +445,36 @@ else:
         },
         "loggers": {
             "": {
-                "handlers": ["console", "file"],
+                "handlers": ["console"],
                 "level": "INFO",
             },
             "django": {
-                "handlers": ["console", "file"],
+                "handlers": ["console"],
                 "level": "WARNING",
                 "propagate": False,
             },
             "vbv_lernwelt": {
-                "handlers": ["console", "file"],
+                "handlers": ["console"],
                 "level": "DEBUG",
                 "propagate": False,
             },
             "sentry_sdk": {
                 "level": "ERROR",
-                "handlers": ["console", "file"],
+                "handlers": ["console"],
                 "propagate": False,
             },
         },
     }
 
     structlog.configure(
-        processors=shared_processors
-        + [
+        processors=[
+            structlog.stdlib.filter_by_level,
+            structlog.threadlocal.merge_threadlocal,
+            structlog_add_app_info,
+            structlog.processors.StackInfoRenderer(),
+            structlog.processors.format_exc_info,
+            structlog.processors.UnicodeDecoder(),
+            structlog_add_to_message,
             structlog.stdlib.ProcessorFormatter.wrap_for_formatter,
         ],
         context_class=dict,
diff --git a/server/vbv_lernwelt/core/utils.py b/server/vbv_lernwelt/core/utils.py
index 8291ac53..d9426215 100644
--- a/server/vbv_lernwelt/core/utils.py
+++ b/server/vbv_lernwelt/core/utils.py
@@ -8,15 +8,33 @@ from structlog.types import EventDict
 
 
 def structlog_add_app_info(
-    logger: logging.Logger, method_name: str, event_dict: EventDict
+    _: logging.Logger, __: str, event_dict: EventDict
 ) -> EventDict:
     event_dict["django_app"] = "vbv_lernwelt"
-    event_dict["APP_ENVIRONMENT"] = settings.APP_ENVIRONMENT
+    event_dict["app_environment"] = settings.APP_ENVIRONMENT
     event_dict["django_app_dev_mode"] = f"vbv_lernwelt_{settings.APP_ENVIRONMENT}"
 
     return event_dict
 
 
+def structlog_add_to_message(
+    _: logging.Logger, __: str, event_dict: EventDict
+) -> EventDict:
+    """
+    The *event_dict* is added as dict ``message``.
+
+    This allows you to defer formatting to `logging`.
+    """
+    return {
+        "message": event_dict,
+        **{
+            kw: event_dict.pop(kw)
+            for kw in ("exc_info", "stack_info", "stackLevel")
+            if kw in event_dict
+        },
+    }
+
+
 def structlog_inject_context_dict(test, level, event_dict):
     """
     Add the structlog context dict to log events generated by the stdlib logging library.