diff --git a/packages/conf/DittoConf.ts b/packages/conf/DittoConf.ts
index 59a3fde4..09e6eed2 100644
--- a/packages/conf/DittoConf.ts
+++ b/packages/conf/DittoConf.ts
@@ -238,6 +238,26 @@ export class DittoConf {
     };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The logging configuration for the Ditto server. The config is derived from
+   * the DEBUG environment variable and it is parsed as follows:
+   *
+   * `DEBUG='<jsonl|pretty>:<minimum log level to show>:comma-separated scopes to show'`.
+   * If the scopes are empty (e.g. in 'pretty:warn:', then all scopes are shown.)
+   */
+  get logConfig(): {
+    fmt: 'jsonl' | 'pretty';
+    level: string;
+    scopes: string[];
+  } {
+    const [fmt = 'jsonl', level = 'debug', scopes = ''] = (this.env.get('LOG_CONFIG') || '').split(':');
+    return {
+      fmt: fmt === 'jsonl' ? fmt : 'pretty',
+      level,
+      scopes: scopes.split(',').filter(Boolean),
+    };
+  }
+
   /** nostr.build API endpoint when the `nostrbuild` uploader is used. */
   get nostrbuildEndpoint(): string {
     return this.env.get('NOSTRBUILD_ENDPOINT') || 'https://nostr.build/api/v2/upload/files';
diff --git a/packages/db/KyselyLogger.ts b/packages/db/KyselyLogger.ts
index 333e4285..6d0752e6 100644
--- a/packages/db/KyselyLogger.ts
+++ b/packages/db/KyselyLogger.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const KyselyLogger: Logger = (event) => {
   dbQueryDurationHistogram.observe(duration);
 
   if (event.level === 'query') {
-    logi({ level: 'debug', ns: 'ditto.sql', sql, parameters: parameters as LogiValue, duration });
+    logi({ level: 'trace', ns: 'ditto.sql', sql, parameters: parameters as LogiValue, duration });
   }
 
   if (event.level === 'error') {
diff --git a/packages/ditto/app.ts b/packages/ditto/app.ts
index b4ecbaec..857bae60 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/app.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/app.ts
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ import dittoNamesRoute from '@/routes/dittoNamesRoute.ts';
 import pleromaAdminPermissionGroupsRoute from '@/routes/pleromaAdminPermissionGroupsRoute.ts';
 import pleromaStatusesRoute from '@/routes/pleromaStatusesRoute.ts';
 import { DittoRelayStore } from '@/storages/DittoRelayStore.ts';
+import { logi } from '@soapbox/logi';
+import { createLogiHandler } from '@/utils/logi.ts';
 
 export interface AppEnv extends DittoEnv {
   Variables: DittoEnv['Variables'] & {
@@ -179,6 +181,7 @@ type AppMiddleware = MiddlewareHandler<AppEnv>;
 type AppController<P extends string = any> = Handler<AppEnv, P, HonoInput, Response | Promise<Response>>;
 
 const conf = new DittoConf(Deno.env);
+logi.handler = createLogiHandler(conf, logi.handler);
 
 startSentry(conf);
 
diff --git a/packages/ditto/utils/logi.ts b/packages/ditto/utils/logi.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b764201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ditto/utils/logi.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import type { LogiHandler, LogiLog, LogiValue } from '@soapbox/logi';
+import { DittoConf } from '@ditto/conf';
+
+type Level = LogiLog['level'];
+
+const levels: Level[] = ['trace', 'debug', 'info', 'warn', 'error', 'fatal', 'critical'];
+
+const lowerLevels: Record<Level, Level[]> = levels.reduce((acc, level, index) => {
+  acc[level] = levels.slice(index);
+  return acc;
+}, {} as Record<Level, Level[]>);
+
+const colors: Record<Level, string> = {
+  trace: 'grey',
+  debug: 'white',
+  info: 'blue',
+  warn: 'yellow',
+  error: 'orange',
+  fatal: 'red',
+  critical: 'red',
+};
+
+const levelSet = new Set(levels);
+const isLevel = (str: string): str is Level => levelSet.has(str as Level);
+
+const prettyPrint = (msg: LogiValue): string => {
+  const message = msg || '';
+  const type = typeof message;
+  switch (type) {
+    case 'string':
+    case 'bigint':
+    case 'number':
+    case 'boolean':
+      return message.toString();
+    case 'function':
+    case 'symbol':
+    case 'undefined':
+      return `<${type}>`;
+    case 'object':
+      if (message === null) return '<null>';
+      return JSON.stringify(message, (_, v) => {
+        if (Array.isArray(v)) {
+          return `[${v.map((itm) => JSON.stringify(itm)).join(', ')}]`;
+        }
+        if (typeof v === 'string') return `\`${v}\``;
+        return v;
+      }, 2)
+        .replaceAll('\\"', '"')
+        .replace(/^"/, '')
+        .replace(/"$/, '');
+  }
+};
+
+const pair = (key: string, value: LogiValue | undefined) => {
+  return `${key}: ${prettyPrint(value || '')}`;
+};
+
+export const createLogiHandler = (conf: DittoConf, defaultHandler: LogiHandler) => (log: LogiLog) => {
+  const { fmt, level, scopes } = conf.logConfig;
+  if (fmt === 'jsonl') return defaultHandler(log);
+  if (!isLevel(level)) throw new Error(`Invalid log level ${level} specified`);
+  if (!lowerLevels[level].includes(log.level)) return;
+  if (scopes.length && !scopes.some((scope) => scope.startsWith(log.ns))) return;
+  const message = prettyPrint(log.message || log.msg || '');
+  const remaining = Object.entries(log)
+    .filter(([key]) => !['ns', 'level', 'message', 'msg'].includes(key));
+
+  console.group(
+    `%c${log.level.toUpperCase()} %c${log.ns} %c${message || ''}`,
+    `color: ${colors[log.level]}; font-weight: bold`,
+    'font-weight: normal; color: yellow',
+    'color: unset',
+  );
+
+  if (remaining.length) console.log(remaining.map((itm) => pair(...itm)).join('\n'));
+  console.groupEnd();
+};