diff --git a/docker-compose.staging.yml b/docker-compose.staging.yml
index 3e471c3..2641b96 100644
--- a/docker-compose.staging.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.staging.yml
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ services:
       ROOT_ADMIN_EMAIL: ${ROOT_ADMIN_EMAIL}
       PUBLIC_SENTRY_DSN: ${PUBLIC_SENTRY_DSN}
       NODE_ENV: production
-    volumes:
-      - staging-app-logs:/var/log/app
     env_file:
       - .env.staging
     healthcheck:
@@ -82,4 +80,3 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   pgdata-staging:
-  staging-app-logs:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index dbda722..2b6e57d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ services:
       OSU_IRC_PASSWORD: ${OSU_IRC_PASSWORD}
       PUBLIC_SENTRY_DSN: ${PUBLIC_SENTRY_DSN}
       NODE_ENV: production
-    volumes:
-      - app-logs:/var/log/app
     env_file:
       - .env
     healthcheck:
@@ -90,4 +88,3 @@ services:
 volumes:
   pgdata:
   umamidata:
-  app-logs:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a41651b..48ea974 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 		"globals": "^17.3.0",
 		"husky": "^9.1.7",
 		"lint-staged": "^16.3.3",
+		"pino": "^10.3.1",
 		"pino-pretty": "^13.1.3",
 		"playwright": "^1.58.1",
 		"postgres": "^3.4.8",
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"bancho.js": "^0.12.3",
-		"discord.js": "^14.25.1",
-		"pino": "^10.3.1"
+		"discord.js": "^14.25.1"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/hooks.server.ts b/src/hooks.server.ts
index 1b22f21..cc18f36 100644
--- a/src/hooks.server.ts
+++ b/src/hooks.server.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ import type { Handle, HandleServerError } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import { sequence } from '@sveltejs/kit/hooks';
 import { building } from '$app/environment';
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/sveltekit';
+
+if (!building) {
+	Sentry.init({
+		dsn: process.env.PUBLIC_SENTRY_DSN,
+		tracesSampleRate: 0.2,
+		environment: process.env.NODE_ENV ?? 'development',
+		sendDefaultPii: true
+	});
+}
+
 import { auth } from '$lib/server/auth';
 import { svelteKitHandler } from 'better-auth/svelte-kit';
 import { db } from '$lib/server/db';
diff --git a/src/instrumentation.server.ts b/src/instrumentation.server.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5797cda..0000000
--- a/src/instrumentation.server.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import * as Sentry from '@sentry/sveltekit';
-
-Sentry.init({
-	dsn: process.env.PUBLIC_SENTRY_DSN,
-	tracesSampleRate: 0.2,
-	environment: process.env.NODE_ENV ?? 'development',
-	sendDefaultPii: true
-});
diff --git a/src/lib/server/logger.ts b/src/lib/server/logger.ts
index f89dd80..b14e42d 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/logger.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/logger.ts
@@ -4,32 +4,14 @@ import { building } from '$app/environment';
 
 const isProduction = !building && process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
 
-const transport = building
-	? undefined
-	: isProduction
-		? pino.transport({
-				targets: [
-					{ target: 'pino/file', options: { destination: 1 } },
-					{
-						target: 'pino/file',
-						options: { destination: '/var/log/app/app.log', mkdir: true }
-					}
-				]
-			})
-		: pino.transport({
-				target: 'pino-pretty',
-				options: { colorize: true, translateTime: 'HH:MM:ss' }
-			});
-
-export const logger = pino(
-	{
-		level: isProduction ? 'info' : 'debug',
-		base: { service: 'vash-esports' },
-		serializers: pino.stdSerializers,
-		redact: ['req.headers.authorization', 'req.headers.cookie']
-	},
-	transport
-);
+// Production: JSON to stdout (Docker captures logs via log driver)
+// Dev: pipe through pino-pretty (`bun run dev | bunx pino-pretty`)
+export const logger = pino({
+	level: isProduction ? 'info' : 'debug',
+	base: { service: 'vash-esports' },
+	serializers: pino.stdSerializers,
+	redact: ['req.headers.authorization', 'req.headers.cookie']
+});
 
 // Child loggers per subsystem — maps to existing [Tag] prefixes
 export const log = {
diff --git a/svelte.config.js b/svelte.config.js
index be04e68..6bfb3c4 100644
--- a/svelte.config.js
+++ b/svelte.config.js
@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@ import adapter from '@sveltejs/adapter-node';
 /** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').Config} */
 const config = {
 	kit: {
-		adapter: adapter(),
-		experimental: {
-			instrumentation: {
-				server: true
-			}
-		}
+		adapter: adapter()
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 0115475..f0a63e3 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
 		devtoolsJson()
 	],
 	ssr: {
-		external: ['bun', 'pino', 'pino-pretty']
+		external: ['bun']
 	},
 	build: {
 		rollupOptions: {
-			external: ['bun', 'pino', 'pino-pretty']
+			external: ['bun']
 		},
 		reportCompressedSize: false
 	},