diff --git a/src/blarg/handler.clj b/src/blarg/handler.clj
index a848899..9aa7c7a 100644
--- a/src/blarg/handler.clj
+++ b/src/blarg/handler.clj
@@ -12,25 +12,18 @@
             [blarg.views.layout :as layout]
             [blarg.models.db :as db]
             [blarg.routes.accessrules :refer [auth-required]]
-            [blarg.route-utils :refer [find-routes]]))
+            [blarg.route-utils :refer [find-routes]]
+            [blarg.util :refer [log-formatter]]))
 
 (defroutes app-routes
   (route/resources "/")
   (layout/render-handler "notfound.html" :status 404))
 
 (defn init []
-  (timbre/set-config!
-    [:appenders :rotor]
-    {:min-level             :info
-     :enabled?              true
-     :async?                false ; should be always false for rotor
-     :max-message-per-msecs nil
-     :fn                    rotor/appender-fn})
-  
-  (timbre/set-config!
-    [:shared-appender-config :rotor]
-    {:path "blarg.log" :max-size (* 512 1024) :backlog 10})
-  
+  (timbre/set-config! [:shared-appender-config :spit-filename] "blarg.log")
+  (timbre/set-config! [:appenders :spit :enabled?] true)
+  (timbre/set-config! [:fmt-output-fn] log-formatter)
+
   (timbre/info "blarg started successfully")
 
   (when (= "DEV" (config-val :env))
diff --git a/src/blarg/util.clj b/src/blarg/util.clj
index 096c775..c521c25 100644
--- a/src/blarg/util.clj
+++ b/src/blarg/util.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 (ns blarg.util
-  (:require [clojure.java.io :as io]
+  (:require [clojure.string :as str]
+            [clojure.java.io :as io]
+            [clojure.stacktrace :refer [print-stack-trace]]
             [markdown.core :as md]
             [noir.io]
             [cheshire.core :refer :all])
@@ -59,3 +61,13 @@
 
 (defn ensure-prefix-suffix [s affix]
   (ensure-prefix (ensure-suffix s affix) affix))
+
+(defn get-throwable-stack-trace [throwable]
+  (if throwable
+    (with-out-str
+      (print-stack-trace throwable))))
+
+(defn log-formatter [{:keys [level throwable message timestamp hostname ns]} & [{:keys [nofonts?] :as appender-fmt-output-opts}]]
+  (format "%s %s %s [%s] - %s%s"
+          timestamp hostname (-> level name str/upper-case) ns (or message "")
+          (or (get-throwable-stack-trace throwable) "")))
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