diff --git a/backend/.env.example b/backend/.env.example
index c0c68b1c..165b7a29 100644
--- a/backend/.env.example
+++ b/backend/.env.example
@@ -1 +1,11 @@
-PORT=3000
\ No newline at end of file
+#
+# Basic configuration
+#
+
+PORT=3000                              # The port the backend will listen on
+
+#
+# Advanced configuration
+#
+
+# LOKI_HOST=http://localhost:3102      # The address of the Loki instance, used for logging
diff --git a/backend/src/config.ts b/backend/src/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9edd1437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Logging
+
+export const LOG_LEVEL: string =
+    'development' === process.env.NODE_ENV ? 'debug' : 'info';
+export const LOKI_HOST: string =
+    process.env.LOKI_HOST || 'http://localhost:3102';
diff --git a/backend/src/logging/initalize.ts b/backend/src/logging/initalize.ts
index 6a4d52c5..5da786fe 100644
--- a/backend/src/logging/initalize.ts
+++ b/backend/src/logging/initalize.ts
@@ -1,43 +1,45 @@
 import { createLogger, format, Logger, transports } from 'winston';
 import LokiTransport from 'winston-loki';
 import { LokiLabels } from 'loki-logger-ts';
+import { LOG_LEVEL, LOKI_HOST } from '../config.js';
 
-const LoggingLevel = 'development' === process.env.NODE_ENV ? 'debug' : 'info';
-const Host = 'http://localhost:3102';
 const Labels: LokiLabels = {
     source: 'Dwengo-Backend',
-    job: 'Dwengo-Backend',
+    service: 'API',
     host: 'localhost',
 };
 
 let logger: Logger;
 
-function initializeLogger() {
+function initializeLogger(): Logger {
     if (logger !== undefined) {
         return logger;
     }
 
     const lokiTransport: LokiTransport = new LokiTransport({
-        host: Host,
+        host: LOKI_HOST,
         labels: Labels,
-        level: LoggingLevel,
+        level: LOG_LEVEL,
         json: true,
         format: format.combine(format.timestamp(), format.json()),
         onConnectionError: (err) => {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
             console.error(`Connection error: ${err}`);
         },
     });
 
     const consoleTransport = new transports.Console({
-        level: LoggingLevel,
-        format: format.combine(format.simple(), format.colorize()),
+        level: LOG_LEVEL,
+        format: format.combine(format.cli(), format.colorize()),
     });
 
     logger = createLogger({
         transports: [lokiTransport, consoleTransport],
     });
 
-    logger.debug('Logger initialized');
+    logger.debug(
+        `Logger initialized with level ${LOG_LEVEL}, Loki host ${LOKI_HOST}`
+    );
     return logger;
 }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/logging/responseTimeLogger.ts b/backend/src/logging/responseTimeLogger.ts
index 5baf63f4..85723e5e 100644
--- a/backend/src/logging/responseTimeLogger.ts
+++ b/backend/src/logging/responseTimeLogger.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ export function responseTimeLogger(req: Request, res: Response, time: number) {
         status: status,
         responseTime: Number(time),
         labels: {
-            origin: 'api',
             type: 'responseTime',
         },
     });
diff --git a/backend/src/mikro-orm.config.ts b/backend/src/mikro-orm.config.ts
index c4302a37..1beec07b 100644
--- a/backend/src/mikro-orm.config.ts
+++ b/backend/src/mikro-orm.config.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
-import { Options } from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import { LoggerOptions, Options } from '@mikro-orm/core';
 import { PostgreSqlDriver } from '@mikro-orm/postgresql';
+import { MikroOrmLogger } from './logging/mikroOrmLogger.js';
+import { LOG_LEVEL } from './config.js';
 
 const config: Options = {
     driver: PostgreSqlDriver,
     dbName: 'dwengo',
+    password: 'postgres',
     entities: ['dist/**/*.entity.js'],
     entitiesTs: ['src/**/*.entity.ts'],
-    debug: true,
+
+    // Logging
+    debug: LOG_LEVEL === 'debug',
+    loggerFactory: (options: LoggerOptions) => {
+        return new MikroOrmLogger(options);
+    },
 };
 
 export default config;