diff --git a/packages/concordia-shared/src/logging/node/winstonLogUtils.js b/packages/concordia-shared/src/logging/node/winstonLogUtils.js
index 46163ab..e637748 100644
--- a/packages/concordia-shared/src/logging/node/winstonLogUtils.js
+++ b/packages/concordia-shared/src/logging/node/winstonLogUtils.js
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 const path = require('path');
 
 const getLogger = (winston, logsDirectory, serviceName) => {
-  const logger = winston.createLogger({
-    level: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'info' : 'silly',
-    format: winston.format.combine(
-      winston.format.timestamp(),
-      winston.format.json(),
-    ),
-    defaultMeta: { service: serviceName },
-    transports: [
-      new winston.transports.File({
-        filename: path.join(logsDirectory, 'error.log'),
-        level: 'error',
-      }),
-      new winston.transports.File({
-        filename: path.join(logsDirectory, 'combined.log'),
-      }),
-    ],
-    exceptionHandlers: [
-      new winston.transports.File({ filename: path.join(logsDirectory, 'exceptions.log') }),
-    ],
-  });
+  const transports = [
+    new winston.transports.File({
+      filename: path.join(logsDirectory, 'error.log'),
+      level: 'error',
+    }),
+    new winston.transports.File({
+      filename: path.join(logsDirectory, 'combined.log'),
+    }),
+  ];
+
+  const exceptionHandlers = [
+    new winston.transports.File({ filename: path.join(logsDirectory, 'exceptions.log') }),
+  ];
 
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
-    logger.add(new winston.transports.Console({
+    transports.push(new winston.transports.Console({
+      format: winston.format.combine(
+        winston.format.colorize(),
+        winston.format.timestamp(),
+        winston.format.simple(),
+      ),
+    }));
+
+    exceptionHandlers.push(new winston.transports.Console({
       format: winston.format.combine(
         winston.format.colorize(),
         winston.format.timestamp(),
@@ -32,7 +33,16 @@ const getLogger = (winston, logsDirectory, serviceName) => {
     }));
   }
 
-  return logger;
+  return winston.createLogger({
+    level: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'info' : 'silly',
+    format: winston.format.combine(
+      winston.format.timestamp(),
+      winston.format.json(),
+    ),
+    defaultMeta: { service: serviceName },
+    transports,
+    exceptionHandlers,
+  });
 };
 
 module.exports = getLogger;