diff --git a/backend/build.gradle b/backend/build.gradle
index 6c9353372bab2..0eaa28486e413 100644
--- a/backend/build.gradle
+++ b/backend/build.gradle
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ dependencies {
 //  compile "io.springfox:springfox-swagger2:2.8.0"
 //  compile "javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.0"
 
+  compile "net.logstash.logback:logstash-logback-encoder:4.11"
+  compile "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
+  compile "ch.qos.logback:logback-core:$logbackVersion"
+  compile "ch.qos.logback:logback-access:$logbackVersion"
+  compile "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion"
+
   compile "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:$protocVersion"
   compile "org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit:$jgitVersion"
 
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/castro/backend/Application.java b/backend/src/main/java/castro/backend/Application.java
index a5777c5752ba6..1f86fa8fc9c60 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/castro/backend/Application.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/castro/backend/Application.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package castro.backend;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
@@ -19,7 +21,10 @@
 @SpringBootApplication
 //@EnableSwagger2
 public class Application {
+  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Application.class);
+
   public static void main(String[] args) {
+    logger.debug("Hello, Castro.");
     SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
   }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/castro/backend/controllers/RepositoryApiController.java b/backend/src/main/java/castro/backend/controllers/RepositoryApiController.java
index e08e1ced6e771..d87912cf28879 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/castro/backend/controllers/RepositoryApiController.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/castro/backend/controllers/RepositoryApiController.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public class RepositoryApiController implements RepositoryApi {
 
   @Override
   public Repository repositoryImpl(String id) {
+    logger.debug("Repository {}", id);
     return Repository.newBuilder().setDomain("github.com").setMainBranch("master").setRepositoryId(id).build();
   }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/backend/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f6a08d6456c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<configuration>
+
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{5} - %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="LOGSTASH" class="net.logstash.logback.appender.LogstashTcpSocketAppender">
+        <destination>127.0.0.1:5000</destination>
+
+        <!-- encoder is required -->
+        <encoder class="net.logstash.logback.encoder.LogstashEncoder" />
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="DEBUG">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+        <appender-ref ref="LOGSTASH" />
+    </root>
+
+</configuration>
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diff --git a/config/logstash/config/logstash.yml b/config/logstash/config/logstash.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0e7f4edea0322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/logstash/config/logstash.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+node:
+  name: "dev"
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diff --git a/config/logstash/pipeline/logstash.conf b/config/logstash/pipeline/logstash.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f1f3f67294f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/logstash/pipeline/logstash.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+input {
+  tcp {
+    port => 5000
+    codec => "json"
+  }
+}
+
+output {
+  elasticsearch {
+    hosts => [ "elasticsearch:9200" ]
+  }
+  stdout {
+    codec => json
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 1a0cfe7b0e4a1..c7866a2c48a55 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,17 @@ services:
       # - 9300:9300  // when using tcp port
     environment:
       ES_JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms768m -Xmx768m"
+    restart: on-failure
+
+  logstash:
+    image: 'elastic/logstash:6.3.0'
+    volumes:
+      - ./config/logstash/config/logstash.yml:/usr/share/logstash/config/logstash.yml
+      - ./config/logstash/pipeline/:/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/
+    ports:
+      - "5000:5000"
+    environment:
+      LS_JAVA_OPTS: "-Xmx256m -Xms256m"
+    depends_on:
+      - elasticsearch
     restart: on-failure
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diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d823f649be501..489ca98b09cb1 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ yarnVersion = 1.6.0
 
 protocVersion = 3.5.1
 jgitVersion = 5.0.0.201805301535-rc2
+
+slf4jVersion = 1.7.25
+logbackVersion = 1.2.3