diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 683805fe34..a291d529cf 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -133,10 +133,9 @@ config :pleroma, Pleroma.Web.Endpoint,
   ]
 
 # Configures Elixir's Logger
-config :logger, backends: [:console]
+config :logger, :default_handler, level: :debug
 
-config :logger, :console,
-  level: :debug,
+config :logger, :default_formatter,
   format: "\n$time $metadata[$level] $message\n",
   metadata: [:actor, :path, :type, :user]
 
diff --git a/config/dev.exs b/config/dev.exs
index 14cf4a6dc1..e86bdb7fd3 100644
--- a/config/dev.exs
+++ b/config/dev.exs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ config :pleroma, Pleroma.Emails.Mailer, adapter: Swoosh.Adapters.Local
 # different ports.
 
 # Do not include timestamps in development logs
-config :logger, Logger.Backends.Console, format: "$metadata[$level] $message\n"
+config :logger, :default_formatter, format: "$metadata[$level] $message\n"
 
 # Set a higher stacktrace during development. Avoid configuring such
 # in production as building large stacktraces may be expensive.
diff --git a/config/prod.exs b/config/prod.exs
index 2d252bf024..1dfbbe937a 100644
--- a/config/prod.exs
+++ b/config/prod.exs
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ config :pleroma, Pleroma.Web.Endpoint,
 config :phoenix, serve_endpoints: true
 
 # Do not print debug messages in production
-config :logger, Logger.Backends.Console, level: :info
-config :logger, :console, level: :info
+config :logger, :default_handler, level: :info
 config :logger, :ex_syslogger, level: :info
 
 # ## SSL Support
diff --git a/config/test.exs b/config/test.exs
index 9652b7d4b1..0837593270 100644
--- a/config/test.exs
+++ b/config/test.exs
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ config :pleroma, Pleroma.Captcha,
   method: Pleroma.Captcha.Mock
 
 # Print only warnings and errors during test
-config :logger, :console,
-  level: :warning,
-  format: "\n[$level] $message\n"
+config :logger, :default_handler, level: :warning
+config :logger, :default_formatter, format: "\n[$level] $message\n"
 
 config :pleroma, :auth, oauth_consumer_strategies: []