diff --git a/backend/src/app.ts b/backend/src/app.ts
index 2161666f..652c27d1 100644
--- a/backend/src/app.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ import submissionRouter from './routes/submission.js';
 import classRouter from './routes/class.js';
 import questionRouter from './routes/question.js';
 import loginRouter from './routes/login.js';
-import { getLogger } from './logging/initalize.js';
+import { getLogger, Logger } from './logging/initalize.js';
 import { responseTimeLogger } from './logging/responseTimeLogger.js';
 import responseTime from 'response-time';
-import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { EnvVars, getNumericEnvVar } from './util/envvars.js';
 
 const logger: Logger = getLogger();
diff --git a/backend/src/controllers/themes.ts b/backend/src/controllers/themes.ts
index c10f1b98..e60502ed 100644
--- a/backend/src/controllers/themes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/themes.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import yaml from 'js-yaml';
-import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import { themes } from '../data/themes.js';
 import { FALLBACK_LANG } from '../config.js';
-import { getLogger } from '../logging/initalize.js';
+import { getLogger, Logger } from '../logging/initalize.js';
 
 const logger: Logger = getLogger();
 
diff --git a/backend/src/logging/initalize.ts b/backend/src/logging/initalize.ts
index 5da786fe..18166408 100644
--- a/backend/src/logging/initalize.ts
+++ b/backend/src/logging/initalize.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
-import { createLogger, format, Logger, transports } from 'winston';
+import {
+    createLogger,
+    format,
+    Logger as WinstonLogger,
+    transports,
+} from 'winston';
 import LokiTransport from 'winston-loki';
 import { LokiLabels } from 'loki-logger-ts';
 import { LOG_LEVEL, LOKI_HOST } from '../config.js';
 
+export class Logger extends WinstonLogger {
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+    }
+}
+
 const Labels: LokiLabels = {
     source: 'Dwengo-Backend',
     service: 'API',
diff --git a/backend/src/logging/mikroOrmLogger.ts b/backend/src/logging/mikroOrmLogger.ts
index 49818427..e8bc1fad 100644
--- a/backend/src/logging/mikroOrmLogger.ts
+++ b/backend/src/logging/mikroOrmLogger.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { DefaultLogger, LogContext, LoggerNamespace } from '@mikro-orm/core';
-import { Logger } from 'winston';
-import { getLogger } from './initalize.js';
+import { getLogger, Logger } from './initalize.js';
 import { LokiLabels } from 'loki-logger-ts';
 
 export class MikroOrmLogger extends DefaultLogger {
diff --git a/backend/src/logging/responseTimeLogger.ts b/backend/src/logging/responseTimeLogger.ts
index 85723e5e..c1bb1e33 100644
--- a/backend/src/logging/responseTimeLogger.ts
+++ b/backend/src/logging/responseTimeLogger.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { getLogger } from './initalize.js';
-import { Logger } from 'winston';
+import { getLogger, Logger } from './initalize.js';
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 
 export function responseTimeLogger(req: Request, res: Response, time: number) {
diff --git a/backend/src/orm.ts b/backend/src/orm.ts
index 2205fe89..88decd92 100644
--- a/backend/src/orm.ts
+++ b/backend/src/orm.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { EntityManager, MikroORM } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import config from './mikro-orm.config.js';
 import { EnvVars, getEnvVar } from './util/envvars.js';
-import { getLogger } from './logging/initalize.js';
-import { Logger } from 'winston';
+import { getLogger, Logger } from './logging/initalize.js';
 
 let orm: MikroORM | undefined;
 export async function initORM(testingMode: boolean = false) {
diff --git a/backend/src/services/learningObjects.ts b/backend/src/services/learningObjects.ts
index 90370fe6..709c3298 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/learningObjects.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/learningObjects.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import {
     LearningPathResponse,
 } from '../interfaces/learningPath.js';
 import { fetchLearningPaths } from './learningPaths.js';
-import { getLogger } from '../logging/initalize.js';
-import { Logger } from 'winston';
+import { getLogger, Logger } from '../logging/initalize.js';
 
 const logger: Logger = getLogger();
 
diff --git a/backend/src/services/learningPaths.ts b/backend/src/services/learningPaths.ts
index 7c445806..58703215 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/learningPaths.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/learningPaths.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 import { fetchWithLogging } from '../util/apiHelper.js';
 import { DWENGO_API_BASE } from '../config.js';
-import {
-    LearningPath,
-    LearningPathResponse,
-} from '../interfaces/learningPath.js';
-import { getLogger } from '../logging/initalize.js';
-import { Logger } from 'winston';
+import { LearningPath, LearningPathResponse } from '../interfaces/learningPath.js';
+import { getLogger, Logger } from '../logging/initalize.js';
 
 const logger: Logger = getLogger();
 
diff --git a/backend/src/util/apiHelper.ts b/backend/src/util/apiHelper.ts
index 4a1cae7f..09492615 100644
--- a/backend/src/util/apiHelper.ts
+++ b/backend/src/util/apiHelper.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import axios, { AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
-import { getLogger } from '../logging/initalize.js';
-import { Logger } from 'winston';
+import { getLogger, Logger } from '../logging/initalize.js';
 
 const logger: Logger = getLogger();