diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 76b87ca6..6186d852 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
     shared-mime-info \
     libffi-dev
 
-FROM base as builder
+FROM base AS builder
 RUN apk add --update --no-cache \
     build-base \
     libxml2-dev \
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ ARG PORT
 ENV PORT=${PORT:-3000}
 EXPOSE ${PORT}
 
+# Create the log directory
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app/log
+
+# Set the correct permissions for the log directory
+RUN chmod -R 755 /usr/src/app/log
+
 # Precompile assets
 RUN SECRET_KEY_BASE=1 RAILS_ENV=${RAILS_ENV:-production} RELATIVE_URL_ROOT=${RELATIVE_URL_ROOT:-apps} bundle exec rake assets:precompile --trace
 
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 96b12e6b..11b97600 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ group :test do
 end
 
 group :production do
-  gem 'lograge', '~> 0.14.0'
-  gem 'remote_syslog_logger'
 end
 
 # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem
@@ -104,4 +102,11 @@ gem 'coveralls_reborn', require: false
 gem 'net-smtp'
 gem 'webpacker', '~> 6.0.0.rc.5'
 
+gem 'bigdecimal'
+gem 'mutex_m'
 gem 'rdoc', require: false
+
+gem 'logging', '~> 2.3'
+gem 'lograge', '~> 0.14.0'
+gem 'remote_syslog_logger'
+gem 'syslog'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index aede9b85..40179b05 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -159,7 +159,11 @@ GEM
     listen (3.0.8)
       rb-fsevent (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.4)
       rb-inotify (~> 0.9, >= 0.9.7)
+    little-plugger (1.1.4)
     logger (1.6.0)
+    logging (2.4.0)
+      little-plugger (~> 1.1)
+      multi_json (~> 1.14)
     lograge (0.14.0)
       actionpack (>= 4)
       activesupport (>= 4)
@@ -187,6 +191,7 @@ GEM
     multi_json (1.15.0)
     multi_xml (0.7.1)
       bigdecimal (~> 3.1)
+    mutex_m (0.2.0)
     net-http (0.4.1)
       uri
     net-imap (0.4.14)
@@ -384,6 +389,7 @@ GEM
     stringio (3.1.1)
     strscan (3.1.0)
     sync (0.5.0)
+    syslog (0.1.0)
     syslog_protocol (0.9.2)
     term-ansicolor (1.10.2)
       mize
@@ -442,6 +448,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   action-cable-testing
   activerecord-session_store (>= 2.1.0)
   bigbluebutton-api-ruby (~> 1.9.1)
+  bigdecimal
   byebug
   capybara (>= 3.40.0)
   coveralls_reborn
@@ -452,8 +459,10 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jbuilder (~> 2.11, >= 2.11.5)
   json
   listen (>= 3.0.5, < 3.2)
+  logging (~> 2.3)
   lograge (~> 0.14.0)
   minitest
+  mutex_m
   net-smtp
   omniauth (>= 2.1.2)
   omniauth-bbbltibroker!
@@ -478,6 +487,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   selenium-webdriver (>= 4.23.0)
   spring
   spring-watcher-listen (~> 2.0.0)
+  syslog
   turbolinks (~> 5)
   tzinfo-data
   uglifier (>= 1.3.0)
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 115fd8f7..591d8397 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -83,4 +83,14 @@
   config.hosts = nil
 
   config.web_console.whiny_requests = false
+
+  # Disable output buffering when STDOUT isn't a tty (e.g. Docker images, systemd services)
+  $stdout.sync = true
+
+  # Set the logging level for the environment
+  config.log_level = :debug
+
+  # Use the custom logger with Rails
+  require_relative '../../lib/custom_logger'
+  config.logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(CustomLogger.new('custom_logger'))
 end
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 2bab3d8d..6f7eca6d 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -101,16 +101,6 @@
 
   # Disable output buffering when STDOUT isn't a tty (e.g. Docker images, systemd services)
   $stdout.sync = true
-  logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new($stdout)
-
-  if ENV['RAILS_LOG_REMOTE_NAME'] && ENV['RAILS_LOG_REMOTE_PORT']
-    require 'remote_syslog_logger'
-    logger_program = ENV['RAILS_LOG_REMOTE_TAG'] || "bbb-lti-broker-#{ENV['RAILS_ENV']}"
-    logger = RemoteSyslogLogger.new(ENV['RAILS_LOG_REMOTE_NAME'],
-                                    ENV['RAILS_LOG_REMOTE_PORT'], program: logger_program)
-  end
-  logger.formatter = config.log_formatter
-  config.logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(logger)
 
   # configure redis for ActionCable
   config.cache_store = if ENV['REDIS_URL'].present?
@@ -136,4 +126,8 @@
 
   config.lograge.enabled = true
   config.lograge.ignore_actions = ['HealthCheckController#show']
+
+  # Use the custom logger with Rails
+  require_relative '../../lib/custom_logger'
+  config.logger = ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(CustomLogger.new('custom_logger'))
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/fixnum_patch.rb b/config/initializers/fixnum_patch.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c61ffb26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/fixnum_patch.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+Fixnum = Integer unless defined?(Integer)
diff --git a/config/initializers/logging.rb b/config/initializers/logging.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c8783f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/logging.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'syslog/logger'
+require_relative '../../lib/custom_logger'
+
+# Initialize stdout logger
+stdout_appender = Logging.appenders.stdout(
+  layout: Logging.layouts.pattern(
+    pattern: '[%d] %-5l %c: %m\n',
+    date_pattern: '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
+  )
+)
+
+Logging.logger.root.appenders = stdout_appender
+
+# Initialize remote logger (E.g for Papertrail)
+if ENV['RAILS_LOG_REMOTE_NAME'] && ENV['RAILS_LOG_REMOTE_PORT']
+  require 'remote_syslog_logger'
+  remote_logger = RemoteSyslogLogger.new(
+    ENV['RAILS_LOG_REMOTE_NAME'],
+    ENV['RAILS_LOG_REMOTE_PORT'].to_i,
+    program: ENV['RAILS_LOG_REMOTE_TAG'] || "bbb-lti-broker-#{ENV['RAILS_ENV']}"
+  )
+  Rails.logger.extend(ActiveSupport::Logger.broadcast(remote_logger))
+end
+
+# Set the log level from the environment variable or default to debug
+log_level = ENV['LOG_LEVEL']&.downcase || 'debug'
+Logging.logger.root.level = log_level
diff --git a/lib/custom_logger.rb b/lib/custom_logger.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e069ca18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/custom_logger.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'logging'
+require 'active_support/tagged_logging'
+
+class CustomLogger < ActiveSupport::Logger
+  def initialize(_logger_name)
+    # Define the log file path based on the Rails environment
+    log_file_path = Rails.root.join('log', "#{Rails.env}.log")
+
+    # Initialize the logger to write to the environment-specific log file
+    super(log_file_path)
+
+    self.formatter = proc do |severity, datetime, progname, msg|
+      "[#{datetime.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}] #{severity} #{progname}: #{msg}\n"
+    end
+  end
+end