diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 66d91f80..29beb49a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3214,6 +3214,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-time",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-serde"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bc6b213177105856957181934e4920de57730fc69bf42c37ee5bb664d406d9e1"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-subscriber"
 version = "0.3.18"
@@ -3224,12 +3234,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "nu-ansi-term",
  "once_cell",
  "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "sharded-slab",
  "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-log",
+ "tracing-serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4e71bdb4..d7682651 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ tower-http = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["add-extension", "cors", "sensitiv
 tracing = { version = "0.1.40", features = [] }
 tracing-flame = "0.2.0"
 tracing-opentelemetry = "0.24.0"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
 trust-dns-resolver = "0.23.2"
 xdg = "2.5.2"
 
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index af01282a..89b91dec 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ pub(crate) struct Config {
     pub(crate) trusted_servers: Vec<OwnedServerName>,
     #[serde(default = "default_log")]
     pub(crate) log: EnvFilterClone,
+    #[serde(default = "true_fn")]
+    pub(crate) log_colors: bool,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub(crate) log_format: LogFormat,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub(crate) turn_username: String,
     #[serde(default)]
@@ -110,6 +114,20 @@ pub(crate) enum ListenConfig {
     },
 }
 
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Default, Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub(crate) enum LogFormat {
+    /// Use the [`tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::Pretty`] formatter
+    Pretty,
+    /// Use the [`tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::Full`] formatter
+    #[default]
+    Full,
+    /// Use the [`tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::Compact`] formatter
+    Compact,
+    /// Use the [`tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::Json`] formatter
+    Json,
+}
+
 impl Display for ListenConfig {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
diff --git a/src/observability.rs b/src/observability.rs
index b6ded983..0204de0e 100644
--- a/src/observability.rs
+++ b/src/observability.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ use tokio::time::Instant;
 use tracing_flame::{FlameLayer, FlushGuard};
 use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, EnvFilter, Layer, Registry};
 
-use crate::{config::Config, error, utils::error::Result};
+use crate::{
+    config::{Config, LogFormat},
+    error,
+    utils::error::Result,
+};
 
 /// Globally accessible metrics state
 pub(crate) static METRICS: Lazy<Metrics> = Lazy::new(Metrics::new);
@@ -119,8 +123,15 @@ pub(crate) fn init(config: &Config) -> Result<Guard, error::Observability> {
         .transpose()?
         .unzip();
 
-    let fmt_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer::new()
-        .with_filter(EnvFilter::from(&config.log));
+    let fmt_layer =
+        tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer::new().with_ansi(config.log_colors);
+    let fmt_layer = match config.log_format {
+        LogFormat::Pretty => fmt_layer.pretty().boxed(),
+        LogFormat::Full => fmt_layer.boxed(),
+        LogFormat::Compact => fmt_layer.compact().boxed(),
+        LogFormat::Json => fmt_layer.json().boxed(),
+    };
+    let fmt_layer = fmt_layer.with_filter(EnvFilter::from(&config.log));
 
     let subscriber = Registry::default()
         .with(jaeger_layer)