diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/app.rb b/lib/pact_broker/app.rb
index 819fc98e2..14a60a964 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/app.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/app.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'pact_broker/configuration'
 require 'pact_broker/db'
 require 'pact_broker/project_root'
-require 'pact_broker/default_formatter'
+require 'pact_broker/logging/default_formatter'
 require 'rack-protection'
 require 'rack/hal_browser'
 require 'rack/pact_broker/store_base_url'
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def call env
 
     def post_configure
       configure_logger
-      SuckerPunch.logger = SemanticLogger['SuckerPunch']
+      SuckerPunch.logger = configuration.custom_logger || SemanticLogger['SuckerPunch']
       configure_database_connection
       configure_sucker_punch
     end
diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/configuration.rb b/lib/pact_broker/configuration.rb
index ca666aa9a..89545646d 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/configuration.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def initialize
       @authenticate_with_basic_auth = nil
       @authorize = nil
       @api_error_reporters = []
-      @semantic_logger = SemanticLogger[Configuration]
+      @semantic_logger = SemanticLogger["root"]
     end
 
     def self.default_configuration
diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/default_formatter.rb b/lib/pact_broker/logging/default_formatter.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/pact_broker/default_formatter.rb
rename to lib/pact_broker/logging/default_formatter.rb
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index cb3205b53..5f2d6d565 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 $: << File.expand_path("../../", __FILE__)
 
+require 'semantic_logger'
+require 'pact_broker/logging/default_formatter'
+SemanticLogger.add_appender(file_name: "log/test.log", formatter: PactBroker::Logging::DefaultFormatter.new)
+
 require 'db'
 require 'tasks/database'
 require 'pact_broker/db'