diff --git a/config/asgi.py b/config/asgi.py
index 92797717..61c38a22 100644
--- a/config/asgi.py
+++ b/config/asgi.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ROOT_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent
 sys.path.append(str(ROOT_DIR / "vbv_lernwelt"))
 
 # If DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is unset, default to the local settings
-os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings.local")
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings.base")
 
 # This application object is used by any ASGI server configured to use this file.
 django_application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
index f28073af..a0dfee50 100644
--- a/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 """
 Base settings to build other settings files upon.
 """
+import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import environ
+import structlog
 
 ROOT_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve(strict=True).parent.parent.parent
 # vbv_lernwelt/
@@ -40,8 +42,9 @@ LOCALE_PATHS = [str(ROOT_DIR / "locale")]
 # DATABASES
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#databases
-DATABASES = {"default": env.db("VBV_DATABASE_URL")}
-DATABASES["default"]["ATOMIC_REQUESTS"] = True
+DATABASES = {"default": env.db_url("VBV_DATABASE_URL")}
+DATABASES["default"]["ATOMIC_REQUESTS"] = True  # noqa F405
+DATABASES["default"]["CONN_MAX_AGE"] = env.int("CONN_MAX_AGE", default=60)  # noqa F405
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/settings/#std:setting-DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
 
@@ -215,9 +218,9 @@ X_FRAME_OPTIONS = "DENY"
 # EMAIL
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-backend
+# FIXME how to send emails?
 EMAIL_BACKEND = env(
-    "DJANGO_EMAIL_BACKEND",
-    default="django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend",
+    "DJANGO_EMAIL_BACKEND", default="django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend"
 )
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-timeout
 EMAIL_TIMEOUT = 5
@@ -255,6 +258,119 @@ LOGGING = {
     "root": {"level": "INFO", "handlers": ["console"]},
 }
 
+VBV_DJANGO_LOGGING_CONF = env("VBV_DJANGO_LOGGING_CONF", default="VBV_DJANGO_LOGGING_CONF_JSON_FILE")
+
+if VBV_DJANGO_LOGGING_CONF == "VBV_DJANGO_LOGGING_CONF_CONSOLE_COLOR":
+    timestamper = structlog.processors.TimeStamper(fmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+    pre_chain = [
+        structlog.stdlib.add_log_level,
+        timestamper,
+    ]
+    LOGGING = {
+        'version': 1,
+        'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+        'formatters': {
+            'colored': {
+                '()': structlog.stdlib.ProcessorFormatter,
+                'processor': structlog.dev.ConsoleRenderer(colors=True),
+                'foreign_pre_chain': pre_chain,
+            },
+        },
+        'handlers': {
+            'default': {
+                'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+                'formatter': 'colored',
+            },
+        },
+        'loggers': {
+            '': {
+                'handlers': ['default'],
+                'level': 'INFO',
+                'propagate': True,
+            },
+            'vbv_lernwelt': {
+                'handlers': ['default'],
+                'level': 'DEBUG',
+                'propagate': False,
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    structlog.configure(
+        processors=[
+            structlog.threadlocal.merge_threadlocal,
+            structlog.stdlib.add_log_level,
+            structlog.stdlib.PositionalArgumentsFormatter(),
+            timestamper,
+            structlog.processors.StackInfoRenderer(),
+            structlog.processors.format_exc_info,
+            structlog.stdlib.ProcessorFormatter.wrap_for_formatter,
+        ],
+        context_class=dict,
+        logger_factory=structlog.stdlib.LoggerFactory(),
+        wrapper_class=structlog.stdlib.BoundLogger,
+        cache_logger_on_first_use=True,
+    )
+else:
+    LOGGING = {
+        'version': 1,
+        'disable_existing_loggers': True,
+        'formatters': {
+            'json': {
+                '()': 'pythonjsonlogger.jsonlogger.JsonFormatter',
+                'format': '%(asctime)s %(msecs)03d %(process)d %(thread)d %(levelname)s %(name)s %(filename)s %(lineno)d %(funcName)s %(message)s',
+                'datefmt': '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S',
+            },
+        },
+        'handlers': {
+            'file': {
+                'class': 'concurrent_log_handler.ConcurrentRotatingFileHandler',
+                'filename': f'{ROOT_DIR}/log/myservice.log',
+                'maxBytes': 1024 * 1024 * 100,
+                'backupCount': 50,
+                'formatter': 'json',
+            },
+            "console": {
+                "level": "DEBUG",
+                "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+                "formatter": "verbose",
+            },
+        },
+        'loggers': {
+            '': {
+                'handlers': ['console', 'file'],
+                'level': 'INFO',
+            },
+            'django': {
+                'handlers': ['console', 'file'],
+                'level': 'WARNING',
+                'propagate': False,
+            },
+            'vbc_lernwelt': {
+                'handlers': ['console', 'file'],
+                'level': 'DEBUG',
+                'propagate': False,
+            },
+            "sentry_sdk": {"level": "ERROR", "handlers": ["console"], "propagate": False},
+        }
+    }
+
+    structlog.configure(
+        processors=[
+            structlog.threadlocal.merge_threadlocal,
+            structlog.stdlib.filter_by_level,
+            structlog.stdlib.PositionalArgumentsFormatter(),
+            structlog.processors.StackInfoRenderer(),
+            structlog.processors.format_exc_info,
+            structlog.processors.UnicodeDecoder(),
+            structlog.stdlib.render_to_log_kwargs,
+        ],
+        context_class=dict,
+        logger_factory=structlog.stdlib.LoggerFactory(),
+        wrapper_class=structlog.stdlib.BoundLogger,
+        cache_logger_on_first_use=True,
+    )
+
 
 # django-allauth
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -302,3 +418,156 @@ SPECTACULAR_SETTINGS = {
 }
 # Your stuff...
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+DJANGO_DEV_MODE = env("VBV_DJANGO_DEV_MODE", default="development")
+
+SECRET_KEY = env(
+    "VBV_DJANGO_SECRET_KEY",
+    default="J9FiYN31FuY7lHrmx9Mpai3GGpTVCxakEclOfCLretDe7bTf2DtTsgazJ0aIMtbq",
+)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = env.list("VBV_DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS", default=["localhost", "0.0.0.0", "127.0.0.1"])
+
+
+# CACHES
+CACHES = {
+    'default': {
+        'BACKEND': env("VBV_DJANGO_CACHE_BACKEND", default='django.core.cache.backends.db.DatabaseCache'),
+        'LOCATION': env("VBV_DJANGO_CACHE_LOCATION", default='django_cache_table'),
+    }
+}
+
+if 'django_redis.cache.RedisCache' in env("VBV_DJANGO_CACHE_BACKEND", default=''):
+    CACHES = {
+        'default': {
+            'BACKEND': env("VBV_DJANGO_CACHE_BACKEND", default='django.core.cache.backends.db.DatabaseCache'),
+            'LOCATION': env("VBV_DJANGO_CACHE_LOCATION", default='django_cache_table'),
+            "OPTIONS": {
+                "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+                # Mimicing memcache behavior.
+                # https://github.com/jazzband/django-redis#memcached-exceptions-behavior
+                "IGNORE_EXCEPTIONS": True,
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+if DJANGO_DEV_MODE == "development":
+    # http://whitenoise.evans.io/en/latest/django.html#using-whitenoise-in-development
+    INSTALLED_APPS = ["whitenoise.runserver_nostatic"] + INSTALLED_APPS  # noqa F405
+
+    # django-debug-toolbar
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # https://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#prerequisites
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ["debug_toolbar"]  # noqa F405
+    # https://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#middleware
+    MIDDLEWARE += ["debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware"]  # noqa F405
+    # https://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html#debug-toolbar-config
+    DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
+        "DISABLE_PANELS": ["debug_toolbar.panels.redirects.RedirectsPanel"],
+        "SHOW_TEMPLATE_CONTEXT": True,
+    }
+    # https://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#internal-ips
+    INTERNAL_IPS = ["127.0.0.1", "10.0.2.2"]
+    if env.bool("VBV_DJANGO_LOCAL_DOCKER", False):
+        import socket
+
+        hostname, _, ips = socket.gethostbyname_ex(socket.gethostname())
+        INTERNAL_IPS += [".".join(ip.split(".")[:-1] + ["1"]) for ip in ips]
+        try:
+            _, _, ips = socket.gethostbyname_ex("node")
+            INTERNAL_IPS.extend(ips)
+        except socket.gaierror:
+            # The node container isn't started (yet?)
+            pass
+
+    # django-extensions
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # https://django-extensions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation_instructions.html#configuration
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ["django_extensions"]  # noqa F405
+
+if DJANGO_DEV_MODE == "production":
+    # SECURITY
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-proxy-ssl-header
+    SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO", "https")
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-ssl-redirect
+    SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = env.bool("VBV_DJANGO_SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT", default=True)
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#session-cookie-secure
+    SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#csrf-cookie-secure
+    CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/security/#ssl-https
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-hsts-seconds
+    # TODO: set this to 60 seconds first and then to 518400 once you prove the former works
+    SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 60
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-hsts-include-subdomains
+    SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS = env.bool(
+        "DJANGO_SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS", default=True
+    )
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-hsts-preload
+    SECURE_HSTS_PRELOAD = env.bool("DJANGO_SECURE_HSTS_PRELOAD", default=True)
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/middleware/#x-content-type-options-nosniff
+    SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF = env.bool(
+        "DJANGO_SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF", default=True
+    )
+
+    # STATIC
+    # ------------------------
+    STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
+    # MEDIA
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    # EMAIL
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#default-from-email
+    DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = env(
+        "DJANGO_DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL",
+        default="VBV Lernwelt <noreply@vbv-lernwelt.iterativ.ch>",
+    )
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#server-email
+    SERVER_EMAIL = env("VBV_DJANGO_SERVER_EMAIL", default=DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL)
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-subject-prefix
+    EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = env(
+        "DJANGO_EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX",
+        default="[VBV Lernwelt]",
+    )
+
+    # ADMIN
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Django Admin URL regex.
+    ADMIN_URL = env("VBV_DJANGO_ADMIN_URL")
+
+    # Anymail
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # https://anymail.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation/#installing-anymail
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ["anymail"]  # noqa F405
+    # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-backend
+    # https://anymail.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation/#anymail-settings-reference
+    # https://anymail.readthedocs.io/en/stable/esps
+    EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
+    ANYMAIL = {}
+
+    # Sentry
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    import sentry_sdk
+    from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
+    from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import LoggingIntegration
+    from sentry_sdk.integrations.redis import RedisIntegration
+
+    SENTRY_DSN = env("VBV_SENTRY_DSN")
+    SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL = env.int("DJANGO_SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL", logging.INFO)
+
+    sentry_logging = LoggingIntegration(
+        level=SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL,  # Capture info and above as breadcrumbs
+        event_level=logging.ERROR,  # Send errors as events
+    )
+    integrations = [sentry_logging, DjangoIntegration(), RedisIntegration()]
+    sentry_sdk.init(
+        dsn=SENTRY_DSN,
+        integrations=integrations,
+        environment=env("SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT", default="production"),
+        traces_sample_rate=env.float("SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE", default=0.0),
+    )
+
+    # Your stuff...
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/config/settings/local.py b/config/settings/local.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 03a0d209..00000000
--- a/config/settings/local.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-from .base import *  # noqa
-from .base import env
-
-# GENERAL
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#debug
-DEBUG = True
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secret-key
-SECRET_KEY = env(
-    "VBV_DJANGO_SECRET_KEY",
-    default="J9FiYN31FuY7lHrmx9Mpai3GGpTVCxakEclOfCLretDe7bTf2DtTsgazJ0aIMtbq",
-)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["localhost", "0.0.0.0", "127.0.0.1"]
-
-# CACHES
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#caches
-CACHES = {
-    "default": {
-        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache",
-        "LOCATION": "",
-    }
-}
-
-# EMAIL
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-backend
-EMAIL_BACKEND = env(
-    "DJANGO_EMAIL_BACKEND", default="django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend"
-)
-
-# WhiteNoise
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# http://whitenoise.evans.io/en/latest/django.html#using-whitenoise-in-development
-INSTALLED_APPS = ["whitenoise.runserver_nostatic"] + INSTALLED_APPS  # noqa F405
-
-
-# django-debug-toolbar
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# https://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#prerequisites
-INSTALLED_APPS += ["debug_toolbar"]  # noqa F405
-# https://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#middleware
-MIDDLEWARE += ["debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware"]  # noqa F405
-# https://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html#debug-toolbar-config
-DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
-    "DISABLE_PANELS": ["debug_toolbar.panels.redirects.RedirectsPanel"],
-    "SHOW_TEMPLATE_CONTEXT": True,
-}
-# https://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html#internal-ips
-INTERNAL_IPS = ["127.0.0.1", "10.0.2.2"]
-if env("USE_DOCKER") == "yes":
-    import socket
-
-    hostname, _, ips = socket.gethostbyname_ex(socket.gethostname())
-    INTERNAL_IPS += [".".join(ip.split(".")[:-1] + ["1"]) for ip in ips]
-    try:
-        _, _, ips = socket.gethostbyname_ex("node")
-        INTERNAL_IPS.extend(ips)
-    except socket.gaierror:
-        # The node container isn't started (yet?)
-        pass
-
-# django-extensions
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# https://django-extensions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation_instructions.html#configuration
-INSTALLED_APPS += ["django_extensions"]  # noqa F405
-
-# Your stuff...
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/config/settings/production.py b/config/settings/production.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 896269ec..00000000
--- a/config/settings/production.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-
-import sentry_sdk
-from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
-from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import LoggingIntegration
-from sentry_sdk.integrations.redis import RedisIntegration
-
-from .base import *  # noqa
-from .base import env
-
-# GENERAL
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secret-key
-SECRET_KEY = env("VBV_DJANGO_SECRET_KEY")
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = env.list("VBV_DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS", default=["vbv-lernwelt.iterativ.ch"])
-
-# DATABASES
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DATABASES["default"] = env.db("VBV_DATABASE_URL")  # noqa F405
-DATABASES["default"]["ATOMIC_REQUESTS"] = True  # noqa F405
-DATABASES["default"]["CONN_MAX_AGE"] = env.int("CONN_MAX_AGE", default=60)  # noqa F405
-
-# CACHES
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-CACHES = {
-    "default": {
-        "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
-        "LOCATION": env("VBV_REDIS_URL"),
-        "OPTIONS": {
-            "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
-            # Mimicing memcache behavior.
-            # https://github.com/jazzband/django-redis#memcached-exceptions-behavior
-            "IGNORE_EXCEPTIONS": True,
-        },
-    }
-}
-
-# SECURITY
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-proxy-ssl-header
-SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO", "https")
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-ssl-redirect
-SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = env.bool("VBV_DJANGO_SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT", default=True)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#session-cookie-secure
-SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#csrf-cookie-secure
-CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/security/#ssl-https
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-hsts-seconds
-# TODO: set this to 60 seconds first and then to 518400 once you prove the former works
-SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 60
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-hsts-include-subdomains
-SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS = env.bool(
-    "DJANGO_SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS", default=True
-)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secure-hsts-preload
-SECURE_HSTS_PRELOAD = env.bool("DJANGO_SECURE_HSTS_PRELOAD", default=True)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/middleware/#x-content-type-options-nosniff
-SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF = env.bool(
-    "DJANGO_SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF", default=True
-)
-
-# STATIC
-# ------------------------
-STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
-# MEDIA
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# EMAIL
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#default-from-email
-DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = env(
-    "DJANGO_DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL",
-    default="VBV Lernwelt <noreply@vbv-lernwelt.iterativ.ch>",
-)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#server-email
-SERVER_EMAIL = env("VBV_DJANGO_SERVER_EMAIL", default=DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL)
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-subject-prefix
-EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = env(
-    "DJANGO_EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX",
-    default="[VBV Lernwelt]",
-)
-
-# ADMIN
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Django Admin URL regex.
-ADMIN_URL = env("VBV_DJANGO_ADMIN_URL")
-
-# Anymail
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# https://anymail.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation/#installing-anymail
-INSTALLED_APPS += ["anymail"]  # noqa F405
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#email-backend
-# https://anymail.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation/#anymail-settings-reference
-# https://anymail.readthedocs.io/en/stable/esps
-EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
-ANYMAIL = {}
-
-
-# LOGGING
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#logging
-# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
-# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
-
-LOGGING = {
-    "version": 1,
-    "disable_existing_loggers": True,
-    "formatters": {
-        "verbose": {
-            "format": "%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(module)s "
-            "%(process)d %(thread)d %(message)s"
-        }
-    },
-    "handlers": {
-        "console": {
-            "level": "DEBUG",
-            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
-            "formatter": "verbose",
-        }
-    },
-    "root": {"level": "INFO", "handlers": ["console"]},
-    "loggers": {
-        "django.db.backends": {
-            "level": "ERROR",
-            "handlers": ["console"],
-            "propagate": False,
-        },
-        # Errors logged by the SDK itself
-        "sentry_sdk": {"level": "ERROR", "handlers": ["console"], "propagate": False},
-        "django.security.DisallowedHost": {
-            "level": "ERROR",
-            "handlers": ["console"],
-            "propagate": False,
-        },
-    },
-}
-
-# Sentry
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-SENTRY_DSN = env("VBV_SENTRY_DSN")
-SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL = env.int("DJANGO_SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL", logging.INFO)
-
-sentry_logging = LoggingIntegration(
-    level=SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL,  # Capture info and above as breadcrumbs
-    event_level=logging.ERROR,  # Send errors as events
-)
-integrations = [sentry_logging, DjangoIntegration(), RedisIntegration()]
-sentry_sdk.init(
-    dsn=SENTRY_DSN,
-    integrations=integrations,
-    environment=env("SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT", default="production"),
-    traces_sample_rate=env.float("SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE", default=0.0),
-)
-
-# Your stuff...
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/config/wsgi.py b/config/wsgi.py
index 95c67755..bb428756 100644
--- a/config/wsgi.py
+++ b/config/wsgi.py
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ sys.path.append(str(ROOT_DIR / "vbv_lernwelt"))
 # We defer to a DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE already in the environment. This breaks
 # if running multiple sites in the same mod_wsgi process. To fix this, use
 # mod_wsgi daemon mode with each site in its own daemon process, or use
-# os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "config.settings.production"
-os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings.production")
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings.base")
 
 # This application object is used by any WSGI server configured to use this
 # file. This includes Django's development server, if the WSGI_APPLICATION
diff --git a/env/docker_local.env b/env/docker_local.env
index 7d955f97..7f067c47 100644
--- a/env/docker_local.env
+++ b/env/docker_local.env
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ VBV_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=hNqfCdG6bwCLcnfboDtNM1L2Hiwp8GuKp1DJ6t2rcKl15Vls2QbByoIZ6I
 
 # General
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-USE_DOCKER=yes
+VBV_DJANGO_LOCAL_DOCKER=True
 IPYTHONDIR=/app/.ipython
diff --git a/env_secrets/production.env b/env_secrets/production.env
index 388376c5..7b9d29a2 100644
Binary files a/env_secrets/production.env and b/env_secrets/production.env differ
diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index 4260645e..0db68299 100644
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 export VBV_DATABASE_URL='postgres://vbv_lernwelt@localhost:5432/vbv_lernwelt'
-export USE_DOCKER=false
+export VBV_DJANGO_LOGGING_CONF=VBV_DJANGO_LOGGING_CONF_CONSOLE_COLOR
diff --git a/local.yml b/local.yml
index 354250ec..0d67a876 100644
--- a/local.yml
+++ b/local.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ volumes:
 services:
   django:
     build:
-      - ./.envs/.local/.postgres
+      - ./env/docker_local.env
       context: .
       dockerfile: ./compose/local/django/Dockerfile
     image: vbv_lernwelt_local_django
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index e9edf539..16551f11 100755
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings.local")
+    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings.base")
 
     try:
         from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
index 662e41b8..d3de1c6a 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ click==8.0.3
     #   black
     #   pip-tools
     #   uvicorn
+concurrent-log-handler==0.9.19
+    # via -r requirements.in
 coreapi==2.3.3
     # via djangorestframework-stubs
 coreschema==0.0.4
@@ -210,6 +212,8 @@ platformdirs==2.4.1
     #   virtualenv
 pluggy==1.0.0
     # via pytest
+portalocker==2.3.2
+    # via concurrent-log-handler
 pre-commit==2.17.0
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
 prompt-toolkit==3.0.26
@@ -257,6 +261,8 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
     # via faker
 python-dotenv==0.19.2
     # via uvicorn
+python-json-logger==2.0.2
+    # via -r requirements.in
 python-slugify==5.0.2
     # via -r requirements.in
 python3-openid==3.2.0
@@ -297,6 +303,8 @@ sqlparse==0.4.2
     #   django-debug-toolbar
 stack-data==0.1.4
     # via ipython
+structlog==21.5.0
+    # via -r requirements.in
 termcolor==1.1.0
     # via pytest-sugar
 testfixtures==6.18.3
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.in b/requirements/requirements.in
index 4081795d..db7b7578 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements/requirements.in
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ drf-spectacular
 psycopg2-binary
 gunicorn
 sentry-sdk
+
+structlog
+python-json-logger
+concurrent-log-handler
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 6b9af6a5..551cf571 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ charset-normalizer==2.0.11
     # via requests
 click==8.0.3
     # via uvicorn
+concurrent-log-handler==0.9.19
+    # via -r requirements.in
 crispy-bootstrap5==0.6
     # via -r requirements.in
 cryptography==36.0.1
@@ -84,6 +86,8 @@ packaging==21.3
     # via redis
 pillow==9.0.0
     # via -r requirements.in
+portalocker==2.3.2
+    # via concurrent-log-handler
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.3
     # via -r requirements.in
 pycparser==2.21
@@ -96,6 +100,8 @@ pyrsistent==0.18.1
     # via jsonschema
 python-dotenv==0.19.2
     # via uvicorn
+python-json-logger==2.0.2
+    # via -r requirements.in
 python-slugify==5.0.2
     # via -r requirements.in
 python3-openid==3.2.0
@@ -123,6 +129,8 @@ sentry-sdk==1.5.4
     # via -r requirements.in
 sqlparse==0.4.2
     # via django
+structlog==21.5.0
+    # via -r requirements.in
 text-unidecode==1.3
     # via python-slugify
 uritemplate==4.1.1