diff --git a/packages/rest-api/src/app.ts b/packages/rest-api/src/app.ts
index 3921bb06c0..8788d14458 100644
--- a/packages/rest-api/src/app.ts
+++ b/packages/rest-api/src/app.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ const port = process.env.PORT || 3000
 app.use(express.json())
 
 app.use((req, res, next) => {
-  logger.info('Incoming request', {
+  logger.info({
+    msg: 'Incoming request',
     method: req.method,
     path: req.path,
     query: req.query,
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ app.use((req, res, next) => {
 
   const originalJson = res.json
   res.json = function (body) {
-    logger.info('Outgoing response', {
+    logger.info({
+      msg: 'Outgoing response',
       method: req.method,
       path: originalPath,
       statusCode: res.statusCode,
diff --git a/packages/rest-api/src/middleware/logger.ts b/packages/rest-api/src/middleware/logger.ts
index 1e77f4ef7f..f890f3c237 100644
--- a/packages/rest-api/src/middleware/logger.ts
+++ b/packages/rest-api/src/middleware/logger.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ export const logger = winston.createLogger({
   level: 'info',
   format: winston.format.combine(
     winston.format.timestamp(),
+    winston.format((info) => {
+      if (typeof info.message === 'object') {
+        Object.assign(info, info.message)
+      }
+      info.msg = info.msg || info.message
+      delete info.message
+      return info
+    })(),
     winston.format.json()
   ),
   transports,