diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2c8eb78a845a759fbe1cd3c26278b4e2bcd00689..f2eb56ad89c07eae2ea347c241d2d55387c85dd0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ ENV RUNTIMEPKGS uwsgi uwsgi-python python3 py3-psycopg2 py3-pyldap libmagic proj
 
 RUN adduser -D -g '' uwsgi
 
-RUN mkdir -p /log
-RUN chown uwsgi /log
-VOLUME /log
-
 RUN mkdir -p /media
 RUN chown uwsgi /media
 VOLUME /media
diff --git a/castellum/settings/default.py b/castellum/settings/default.py
index efe481237556634118dc7e4c664b95d3679b0056..bcd2da72795620ae755326481e84b6eaa16cc6bb 100644
--- a/castellum/settings/default.py
+++ b/castellum/settings/default.py
@@ -218,59 +218,6 @@ BOOTSTRAP4 = {
 AXES_LOCKOUT_TEMPLATE = 'axes-lockout.html'
 
 
-if os.access('/log', os.W_OK):
-    LOG_DIR = '/log'
-else:
-    LOG_DIR = BASE_DIR
-
-# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/topics/logging/
-LOGGING = {
-    'version': 1,
-    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
-    'formatters': {
-        'verbose': {
-            'format': '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s %(name)s %(message)s'
-        },
-        'django.server': {
-            '()': 'django.utils.log.ServerFormatter',
-            'format': '[%(server_time)s] %(message)s',
-        },
-    },
-    'handlers': {
-        'console': {
-            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'formatter': 'verbose',
-        },
-        'monitoring-file': {
-            'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
-            'filename': os.path.join(LOG_DIR, 'monitoring.log'),
-            'formatter': 'verbose',
-        },
-        'django.server': {
-            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'formatter': 'django.server',
-        },
-    },
-    'loggers': {
-        'django': {
-            'handlers': ['console'],
-            'level': 'INFO',
-        },
-        # 'monitoring' is our custom logger namespace to monitor user behavior.
-        # It contains potentially sensitive information (e.g. subject search terms).
-        'monitoring': {
-            'handlers': ['monitoring-file'],
-            'level': 'INFO',
-        },
-        # 'django.server' is the development server. It is not used in production.
-        'django.server': {
-            'handlers': ['django.server'],
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'propagate': False,
-        },
-    },
-}
-
 # Secondary language in emails for readers who do not understand the
 # primary language
 CASTELLUM_FALLBACK_LANGUAGE = 'en'
diff --git a/docs/example_deployment/settings.py b/docs/example_deployment/settings.py
index 3bc7eef9fdb15b2af63707baa065b7acb70c47e0..926244ac5ec8f80876540faa8f249943687a1ed5 100644
--- a/docs/example_deployment/settings.py
+++ b/docs/example_deployment/settings.py
@@ -28,6 +28,35 @@ ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
 
 MEDIA_ROOT = '/media'
 
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/topics/logging/
+LOGGING = {
+    'version': 1,
+    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+    'formatters': {
+        'verbose': {
+            'format': '[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s %(name)s %(message)s'
+        },
+    },
+    'handlers': {
+        'console': {
+            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+            'formatter': 'verbose',
+        },
+    },
+    'loggers': {
+        'django': {
+            'handlers': ['console'],
+            'level': 'INFO',
+        },
+        # 'monitoring' is our custom logger namespace to monitor user behavior.
+        # It contains potentially sensitive information (e.g. subject search terms).
+        'monitoring': {
+            'handlers': ['console'],
+            'level': 'INFO',
+        },
+    },
+}
+
 # The example deployment does not contain a mail server, so use dummy instead
 EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'