diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index be591a55..a8973037 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 100
-exclude = bin/,.tox/,examples/,.github/,dist/,build/,htmlcov/
+exclude = bin/,.tox/,examples/,.github/,dist/,build/,htmlcov/,.venv/
 ignore = W605,F401
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b91f3957..ba090576 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN mkdir packages \
 #
 # RELEASE STAGE
 #
-FROM vaporio/python:3.9-slim
+FROM vaporio/python:3.9
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="Synse Server" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/vapor-ware/synse-server" \
@@ -32,12 +32,16 @@ RUN groupadd -g 51453 synse \
  && useradd -u 51453 -g 51453 synse
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    tini curl \
+    curl \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
  && mkdir -p /synse \
  && mkdir -p /etc/synse \
- && chown -R synse:synse /synse \
- && chown -R synse:synse /etc/synse
+ && chown -R synse:synse /synse /etc/synse
+
+# PYTHONUNBUFFERED: allow stdin, stdout, and stderr to be totally unbuffered.
+#   This is required so that the container logs are rendered as they are logged into
+#   `docker logs`.
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
 COPY --from=builder /build/dist/synse-server-*.tar.gz /synse/synse-server.tar.gz
 COPY --from=builder /build/packages /pip-packages
@@ -51,4 +55,4 @@ RUN pip install --no-index --find-links=/pip-packages /pip-packages/* \
 
 USER synse
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "--", "synse_server"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["synse_server"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 17738aee..91e65cbe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ lint:  ## Run linting checks on the project source code (isort, flake8, twine)
 	poetry check
 
 test:  ## Run the unit tests
-	poetry run pytest -s -vv --cov-report html --cov-report term-missing --cov synse_server
+	poetry run pytest --disable-warnings -s -vv --cov-report html --cov-report term-missing --cov synse_server
 
 version:  ## Print the version of Synse Server
 	@echo "${PKG_VERSION}"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 037b3f38..ec089ed2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ services:
     ports:
     - '5000:5000'
     environment:
-      SYNSE_LOGGING: debug
       SYNSE_PLUGIN_TCP: emulator-plugin:5001
       SYNSE_METRICS_ENABLED: 'true'
     links:
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 73d9c462..6f8b36a3 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -172,6 +172,14 @@ category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "containerlog"
+version = "0.4.2"
+description = "Optimized, opinionated structured logging for Python"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6.1,<4.0.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "coverage"
 version = "5.5"
@@ -778,22 +786,6 @@ category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.5"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "structlog"
-version = "21.1.0"
-description = "Structured Logging for Python"
-category = "main"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.6"
-
-[package.dependencies]
-typing-extensions = {version = "*", markers = "python_version < \"3.8\""}
-
-[package.extras]
-dev = ["coverage", "freezegun (>=0.2.8)", "pretend", "pytest-asyncio", "pytest-randomly", "pytest (>=6.0)", "simplejson", "furo", "sphinx", "sphinx-toolbox", "twisted", "pre-commit"]
-docs = ["furo", "sphinx", "sphinx-toolbox", "twisted"]
-tests = ["coverage", "freezegun (>=0.2.8)", "pretend", "pytest-asyncio", "pytest-randomly", "pytest (>=6.0)", "simplejson"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "synse-grpc"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -831,7 +823,7 @@ python-versions = ">=2.6, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*"
 name = "typing-extensions"
 version = "3.10.0.0"
 description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.5+"
-category = "main"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 
@@ -933,7 +925,7 @@ testing = ["pytest (>=4.6)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-flake8", "pytes
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.7"
-content-hash = "d39c7ee3128e9c29b0447f72bebeac3d6d09f61ca886e3a621bcfb709fc89c13"
+content-hash = "d19cfdac1b34fa744f05a944172a78f5d9ef7dcef848e41c09253eba2de849aa"
 
 [metadata.files]
 aiocache = [
@@ -1035,6 +1027,10 @@ colorama = [
     {file = "colorama-0.4.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9f47eda37229f68eee03b24b9748937c7dc3868f906e8ba69fbcbdd3bc5dc3e2"},
     {file = "colorama-0.4.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5941b2b48a20143d2267e95b1c2a7603ce057ee39fd88e7329b0c292aa16869b"},
 ]
+containerlog = [
+    {file = "containerlog-0.4.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:71f3b29aff051bbf290aba10e1d19e08587b659ebef6581a709a66cc4322aa9a"},
+    {file = "containerlog-0.4.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bb18dbb6b7dd4dad6a51c307071d881f5dfc2470f1742e79fb18d749a325d671"},
+]
 coverage = [
     {file = "coverage-5.5-cp27-cp27m-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:b6d534e4b2ab35c9f93f46229363e17f63c53ad01330df9f2d6bd1187e5eaacf"},
     {file = "coverage-5.5-cp27-cp27m-manylinux1_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:b7895207b4c843c76a25ab8c1e866261bcfe27bfaa20c192de5190121770672b"},
@@ -1450,10 +1446,6 @@ sniffio = [
     {file = "sniffio-1.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:471b71698eac1c2112a40ce2752bb2f4a4814c22a54a3eed3676bc0f5ca9f663"},
     {file = "sniffio-1.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c4666eecec1d3f50960c6bdf61ab7bc350648da6c126e3cf6898d8cd4ddcd3de"},
 ]
-structlog = [
-    {file = "structlog-21.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:62f06fc0ee32fb8580f0715eea66cb87271eb7efb0eaf9af6b639cba8981de47"},
-    {file = "structlog-21.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d9d2d890532e8db83c6977a2a676fb1889922ff0c26ad4dc0ecac26f9fafbc57"},
-]
 synse-grpc = [
     {file = "synse_grpc-3.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9c63b425722d66d1b53a84dda0d45fac5c4b07e98eea93fd18583b1f347623ef"},
     {file = "synse_grpc-3.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:01c313bb440b4e9289458f2a4e92a6d5ac4fcb65108f0f38e4817655269bf085"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b6d6c738..fb979281 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ PyYAML = "^5.4.1"
 sanic = "^21.6.2"
 prometheus-client = "^0.11.0"
 shortuuid = "^1.0.1"
-structlog = "^21.1.0"
 websockets = "^9.1"
 synse-grpc = "3.1.0"
+containerlog = "^0.4.2"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 aiohttp = "^3.7.4"
diff --git a/synse_server/api/http.py b/synse_server/api/http.py
index 1e9502ce..93023706 100644
--- a/synse_server/api/http.py
+++ b/synse_server/api/http.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 """Synse Server HTTP API."""
 
 import ujson
+from containerlog import get_logger
 from sanic import Blueprint
 from sanic.request import Request
 from sanic.response import HTTPResponse, StreamingHTTPResponse, stream
-from structlog import get_logger
 
 from synse_server import cmd, errors, plugin, utils
 
diff --git a/synse_server/api/websocket.py b/synse_server/api/websocket.py
index 0c40c8e1..81eac654 100644
--- a/synse_server/api/websocket.py
+++ b/synse_server/api/websocket.py
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 import time
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Union
 
+from containerlog import get_logger
 from sanic import Blueprint
 from sanic.request import Request
 from sanic.websocket import ConnectionClosed
-from structlog import get_logger
 from websockets import WebSocketCommonProtocol
 
 from synse_server import cmd, errors, utils
diff --git a/synse_server/app.py b/synse_server/app.py
index ab46988c..b747049e 100644
--- a/synse_server/app.py
+++ b/synse_server/app.py
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 """Factory for creating Synse Server Sanic application instances."""
 
 import shortuuid
-import structlog
+from containerlog import contextvars, get_logger
 from sanic import Sanic
 from sanic.request import Request
 from sanic.response import HTTPResponse
-from structlog import contextvars
 
 from synse_server import errors
 from synse_server.api import http, websocket
 
-logger = structlog.get_logger()
+logger = get_logger()
 
 
 def on_request(request: Request) -> None:
     """Middleware function that runs prior to processing a request via Sanic."""
+
     # Generate a unique request ID and use it as a field in any logging that
     # takes place during the request handling.
     req_id = shortuuid.uuid()
     request.ctx.uuid = req_id
 
-    contextvars.clear_contextvars()
-    contextvars.bind_contextvars(
+    contextvars.clear()
+    contextvars.bind(
         request_id=req_id,
     )
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def on_response(request: Request, response: HTTPResponse) -> None:
     )
 
     # Unbind the request ID from the logger.
-    contextvars.unbind_contextvars(
+    contextvars.unbind(
         'request_id',
     )
 
diff --git a/synse_server/cache.py b/synse_server/cache.py
index 8f2d2800..340b06a9 100644
--- a/synse_server/cache.py
+++ b/synse_server/cache.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import aiocache
 import grpc
 import synse_grpc.utils
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import get_logger
 from synse_grpc import api
 
 from synse_server import loop, plugin
diff --git a/synse_server/cmd/config.py b/synse_server/cmd/config.py
index 9f0370d7..2bff2588 100644
--- a/synse_server/cmd/config.py
+++ b/synse_server/cmd/config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import get_logger
 
 from synse_server.config import options
 
diff --git a/synse_server/cmd/info.py b/synse_server/cmd/info.py
index c17afa66..2a6e8b0d 100644
--- a/synse_server/cmd/info.py
+++ b/synse_server/cmd/info.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import get_logger
 from synse_grpc import utils
 
 from synse_server import cache, errors
diff --git a/synse_server/cmd/plugin.py b/synse_server/cmd/plugin.py
index 0c8cdb25..2faa703f 100644
--- a/synse_server/cmd/plugin.py
+++ b/synse_server/cmd/plugin.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import get_logger
 from synse_grpc import api, utils
 
 import synse_server.utils
diff --git a/synse_server/cmd/read.py b/synse_server/cmd/read.py
index a6a6fd39..0d85d01b 100644
--- a/synse_server/cmd/read.py
+++ b/synse_server/cmd/read.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import synse_grpc.utils
 import websockets
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import get_logger
 from synse_grpc import api
 
 from synse_server import cache, errors, plugin
diff --git a/synse_server/cmd/scan.py b/synse_server/cmd/scan.py
index 80d0dab4..4a64f3e3 100644
--- a/synse_server/cmd/scan.py
+++ b/synse_server/cmd/scan.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import get_logger
 from synse_grpc import utils
 
 from synse_server import cache, errors
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ async def scan(
             try:
                 device_group = await cache.get_devices(*group)
             except Exception as e:
-                logger.exception(e)
+                logger.exception(str(e))
                 raise errors.ServerError('failed to get devices from cache') from e
 
             for device in device_group:
diff --git a/synse_server/cmd/tags.py b/synse_server/cmd/tags.py
index 62833c31..f37854f5 100644
--- a/synse_server/cmd/tags.py
+++ b/synse_server/cmd/tags.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 from typing import List
 
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import get_logger
 
 from synse_server import cache
 
diff --git a/synse_server/cmd/test.py b/synse_server/cmd/test.py
index a2086099..d08aa25e 100644
--- a/synse_server/cmd/test.py
+++ b/synse_server/cmd/test.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 from typing import Dict
 
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import get_logger
 
 from synse_server import utils
 
diff --git a/synse_server/cmd/transaction.py b/synse_server/cmd/transaction.py
index e280dca0..c0196e18 100644
--- a/synse_server/cmd/transaction.py
+++ b/synse_server/cmd/transaction.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
 import synse_grpc.utils
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import get_logger
 
 from synse_server import cache, errors, plugin, utils
 
diff --git a/synse_server/cmd/version.py b/synse_server/cmd/version.py
index 1aea1c96..67b6814c 100644
--- a/synse_server/cmd/version.py
+++ b/synse_server/cmd/version.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 from typing import Dict
 
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import get_logger
 
 import synse_server
 
diff --git a/synse_server/cmd/write.py b/synse_server/cmd/write.py
index 9bfe4858..10bf939c 100644
--- a/synse_server/cmd/write.py
+++ b/synse_server/cmd/write.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Union
 
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import get_logger
 from synse_grpc import utils as grpc_utils
 
 from synse_server import cache, errors, utils
diff --git a/synse_server/config.py b/synse_server/config.py
index a0f8a658..1e08671a 100644
--- a/synse_server/config.py
+++ b/synse_server/config.py
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 
 # The Synse Server configuration scheme
 scheme = Scheme(
+    # DEPRECATED: no longer supporting logging in this format. This will
+    # be removed by upcoming release.
     Option('logging', default='debug', choices=['debug', 'info', 'warning', 'error', 'critical']),
+
+    Option('debug', default=True, field_type=bool),
     Option('pretty_json', default=True, field_type=bool),
     DictOption('plugin', default={}, scheme=Scheme(
         ListOption('tcp', default=[], member_type=str, bind_env=True),
diff --git a/synse_server/discovery/kubernetes.py b/synse_server/discovery/kubernetes.py
index cb5cc893..2ecfe17b 100644
--- a/synse_server/discovery/kubernetes.py
+++ b/synse_server/discovery/kubernetes.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import kubernetes.client
 import kubernetes.config
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import get_logger
 
 from synse_server import config
 
diff --git a/synse_server/errors.py b/synse_server/errors.py
index 43731a7f..7a596734 100644
--- a/synse_server/errors.py
+++ b/synse_server/errors.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 """Error definitions for Synse Server."""
 
+from containerlog import get_logger
 from sanic.exceptions import SanicException
 from sanic.handlers import ErrorHandler
 from sanic.request import Request
 from sanic.response import HTTPResponse
-from structlog import get_logger
 
 from synse_server import utils
 
diff --git a/synse_server/log.py b/synse_server/log.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 551197c2..00000000
--- a/synse_server/log.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-"""Synse Server application logging."""
-
-import logging
-import logging.config
-import sys
-
-import structlog
-from sanic import app, asgi, handlers, request, server
-from structlog import contextvars
-
-from synse_server import config
-
-logging_config = {
-    'version': 1,
-    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
-    'loggers': {
-        'root': {
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'handlers': ['default'],
-        },
-        'synse_server': {
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'handlers': ['default'],
-            'propagate': True,
-        },
-        'sanic.root': {
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'handlers': ['default'],
-        },
-        'sanic.error': {
-            'level': 'INFO',
-            'handlers': ['error'],
-            'propagate': True,
-            'qualname': 'sanic.error',
-        },
-    },
-    'handlers': {
-        'default': {
-            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'stream': sys.stdout,
-        },
-        'error': {
-            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
-            'stream': sys.stderr,
-        },
-    },
-}
-
-logging.config.dictConfig(logging_config)
-
-structlog.configure(
-    processors=[
-        contextvars.merge_contextvars,
-        structlog.stdlib.filter_by_level,
-        structlog.stdlib.add_logger_name,
-        structlog.stdlib.add_log_level,
-        structlog.stdlib.PositionalArgumentsFormatter(),
-        structlog.processors.TimeStamper(fmt='iso'),
-        structlog.processors.StackInfoRenderer(),
-        structlog.processors.format_exc_info,
-        structlog.processors.UnicodeDecoder(),
-        structlog.processors.KeyValueRenderer(
-            key_order=['timestamp', 'logger', 'level', 'event']
-        ),
-    ],
-    context_class=dict,
-    logger_factory=structlog.stdlib.LoggerFactory(),
-    wrapper_class=structlog.stdlib.BoundLogger,
-    cache_logger_on_first_use=True,
-)
-
-
-def override_sanic_loggers():
-    # Override Sanic loggers with structlog loggers. Unfortunately
-    # there isn't a great way of doing this because the Sanic modules
-    # already hold a reference to the logging.Logger at import load,
-    # so we are stuck with just replacing those references in their
-    # respective modules.
-    root = structlog.get_logger('sanic.root')
-    error = structlog.get_logger('sanic.error')
-
-    app.error_logger = error
-    app.logger = root
-    asgi.logger = root
-    handlers.logger = root
-    request.logger = root
-    request.error_logger = error
-    server.logger = root
-
-
-override_sanic_loggers()
-
-
-def setup_logger() -> None:
-    """Configure the Synse Server logger."""
-    level = logging.getLevelName(config.options.get('logging', 'info').upper())
-    structlog.get_logger('synse_server').setLevel(level)
diff --git a/synse_server/plugin.py b/synse_server/plugin.py
index 1f27050d..f37aca22 100644
--- a/synse_server/plugin.py
+++ b/synse_server/plugin.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import time
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import contextvars, get_logger
 from synse_grpc import client, utils
 
 from synse_server import backoff, config, errors, loop
@@ -466,30 +466,32 @@ async def _reconnect(self):
         of a failure to connect with the plugin.
         """
         start = time.time()
-        _l = logger.bind(plugin=self.id)
-        _l.info('starting plugin reconnect task')
+        contextvars.bind(plugin=self.id)
+        logger.info('starting plugin reconnect task')
         bo = backoff.ExponentialBackoff()
+        try:
+            while True:
+                logger.debug('plugin reconnect task: attempting reconnect')
+                try:
+                    self.client.test()
+                except Exception as ex:
+                    logger.info('plugin reconnect task: failed to reconnect to plugin', error=ex)
+                    # The plugin should still be in the inactive state, but we re-set
+                    # it here to ensure it is true.
+                    self.mark_inactive()
+                else:
+                    self.mark_active()
+                    logger.info(
+                        'plugin reconnect task: established connection with plugin',
+                        total_time=time.time() - start,
+                    )
+                    return
 
-        while True:
-            _l.debug('plugin reconnect task: attempting reconnect')
-            try:
-                self.client.test()
-            except Exception as ex:
-                _l.info('plugin reconnect task: failed to reconnect to plugin', error=ex)
-                # The plugin should still be in the inactive state, but we re-set
-                # it here to ensure it is true.
-                self.mark_inactive()
-            else:
-                self.mark_active()
-                _l.info(
-                    'plugin reconnect task: established connection with plugin',
-                    total_time=time.time() - start,
-                )
-                return
-
-            delay = bo.delay()
-            _l.debug('plugin reconnect task: waiting until next retry', delay=delay)
-            await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+                delay = bo.delay()
+                logger.debug('plugin reconnect task: waiting until next retry', delay=delay)
+                await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+        finally:
+            contextvars.unbind('plugin_id')
 
     def refresh_state(self):
         """Refresh the state of the plugin.
@@ -508,21 +510,24 @@ def refresh_state(self):
         also refreshes the state of each existing individual plugin to ensure that
         its active/inactive state is up-to-date.
         """
-        _l = logger.bind(plugin=self.id)
-        _l.info('refreshing plugin state')
-
-        if self.disabled:
-            _l.info('plugin is disabled, will not refresh')
-            return
+        contextvars.bind(plugin=self.id)
+        logger.info('refreshing plugin state')
 
         try:
-            self.client.test()
-        except Exception as ex:
-            _l.debug('plugin refresh: failed to connect to plugin', errror=ex)
-            self.mark_inactive()
-        else:
-            _l.debug('plugin refresh: successfully connected to plugin')
-            self.mark_active()
+            if self.disabled:
+                logger.info('plugin is disabled, will not refresh')
+                return
+
+            try:
+                self.client.test()
+            except Exception as ex:
+                logger.debug('plugin refresh: failed to connect to plugin', errror=ex)
+                self.mark_inactive()
+            else:
+                logger.debug('plugin refresh: successfully connected to plugin')
+                self.mark_active()
+        finally:
+            contextvars.unbind('plugin')
 
     def is_ready(self):
         """Check whether the plugin is ready to communicate with.
diff --git a/synse_server/server.py b/synse_server/server.py
index 7951e5d2..ec8b6523 100644
--- a/synse_server/server.py
+++ b/synse_server/server.py
@@ -9,13 +9,17 @@
 import os
 import signal
 import sys
+import warnings
 
-from structlog import get_logger
+import containerlog.proxy.std
+from containerlog import get_logger
 
 import synse_server
-from synse_server import (app, cache, config, errors, loop, metrics, plugin,
-                          tasks)
-from synse_server.log import setup_logger
+from synse_server import app, cache, config, loop, metrics, plugin, tasks
+
+# Patch the sanic loggers to use the containerlog proxy.
+containerlog.proxy.std.patch("sanic*")
+containerlog.enable_contextvars()
 
 logger = get_logger()
 
@@ -102,10 +106,6 @@ def _initialize(self) -> None:
             config=config.options.config,
         )
 
-        # Configure logging, using the loaded config.
-        setup_logger()
-        logger.info('configured logger')
-
         # Make sure that the filesystem layout needed by Synse Server
         # is present. If not, create the required directories.
         os.makedirs(self._server_config_dir, exist_ok=True)
@@ -121,6 +121,19 @@ def _initialize(self) -> None:
     def run(self) -> None:
         """Run Synse Server."""
 
+        # Set up application logging. Default is debug mode enabled. Set the level
+        # to INFO if debug disabled.
+        # FIXME (also checking the historical "logging" configuration option, which
+        #  is now deprecated. This will be removed in an upcoming release.)
+        _log_opt_debug = config.options.get('logging') != 'debug'
+        if not config.options.get('debug') or _log_opt_debug:
+            if _log_opt_debug:
+                warnings.warn(
+                    'You are using a deprecated configuration option (logging). '
+                    'Instead, use "debug" (debug=True / debug=False)'
+                )
+            containerlog.set_level(containerlog.INFO)  # pragma: nocover
+
         # Register signals for graceful termination
         for sig in ('SIGINT', 'SIGTERM'):
             logger.info('adding signal handler to synse loop')
diff --git a/synse_server/tasks.py b/synse_server/tasks.py
index 709e46ea..4fd046bd 100644
--- a/synse_server/tasks.py
+++ b/synse_server/tasks.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import asyncio
 
 import sanic
-from structlog import get_logger
+from containerlog import get_logger
 
 from synse_server import config, plugin
 from synse_server.cache import update_device_cache
diff --git a/tests/unit/conftest.py b/tests/unit/conftest.py
index 05213bbe..dae65693 100644
--- a/tests/unit/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/unit/conftest.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """Fixture definitions for Synse Server unit tests."""
 import datetime
-import logging
 
 import asynctest
+import containerlog
 import pytest
 from sanic_testing import TestManager
 from synse_grpc import api, client
@@ -22,17 +22,14 @@
 #   @pytest.mark.usefixtures(<FIXTURE NAME>)
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope='module', autouse=True)
-def disable_loggers():
-    """Fixture to disable loggers for the tests."""
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def disable_logger():
+    """Disable the application logger for unit tests.
 
-    logging.getLogger('synse_server').setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
-
-    logging.getLogger('synse_server').disabled = True
-    logging.getLogger('root').disabled = True
-    logging.getLogger('sanic.access').disabled = True
-    logging.getLogger('sanic.error').disabled = True
-    logging.getLogger('sanic.root').disabled = True
+    This helps to keep the test output cleaner and more easily readable. If there are
+    cases where having the extra logging would be helpful, simply disable this fixture.
+    """
+    containerlog.disable()
 
 
 @pytest.fixture()
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_app.py b/tests/unit/test_app.py
index 84744d1b..ca2aa8cc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_app.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Unit tests for the ``synse_server.app`` module."""
 
+from containerlog import contextvars
 from sanic.response import HTTPResponse, StreamingHTTPResponse
-from structlog import contextvars
 
 from synse_server import app, errors
 
@@ -27,16 +27,16 @@ class MockRequest:
     req = MockRequest()
     resp = HTTPResponse()
 
-    contextvars.bind_contextvars(
+    contextvars.bind(
         request_id='test-request',
     )
-    ctx = contextvars._CONTEXT_VARS
-    assert 'test-request' == ctx['structlog_request_id'].get()
+    ctx = contextvars._CTXVARS
+    assert 'test-request' == ctx['containerlog_request_id'].get()
 
     app.on_response(req, resp)
 
-    ctx = contextvars._CONTEXT_VARS
-    assert ctx['structlog_request_id'].get() is Ellipsis
+    ctx = contextvars._CTXVARS
+    assert ctx['containerlog_request_id'].get() is Ellipsis
 
 
 def test_on_response_streaming_http_response():
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ class MockRequest:
     req = MockRequest()
     resp = StreamingHTTPResponse(None)
 
-    contextvars.bind_contextvars(
+    contextvars.bind(
         request_id='test-request',
     )
-    ctx = contextvars._CONTEXT_VARS
-    assert 'test-request' == ctx['structlog_request_id'].get()
+    ctx = contextvars._CTXVARS
+    assert 'test-request' == ctx['containerlog_request_id'].get()
 
     app.on_response(req, resp)
 
-    ctx = contextvars._CONTEXT_VARS
-    assert ctx['structlog_request_id'].get() is Ellipsis
+    ctx = contextvars._CTXVARS
+    assert ctx['containerlog_request_id'].get() is Ellipsis
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_log.py b/tests/unit/test_log.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 81f62742..00000000
--- a/tests/unit/test_log.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-"""Unit tests for the ``synse_server.log`` module."""
-
-import logging
-
-import mock
-import structlog
-
-from synse_server import log
-
-
-def test_setup_logger_defaults():
-    logger = structlog.get_logger('synse_server')
-    logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-
-    log.setup_logger()
-    assert logger.getEffectiveLevel() == logging.INFO
-
-
-@mock.patch('synse_server.log.config.options.get', return_value='error')
-def test_setup_logger_configured(mock_get):
-    log.setup_logger()
-    assert structlog.get_logger('synse_server').getEffectiveLevel() == logging.ERROR
-    mock_get.assert_called_once_with('logging', 'info')
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_server.py b/tests/unit/test_server.py
index 9fa68cbd..f89f2073 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_server.py
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@ def test_init_ok(self, mock_init):
         mock_init.assert_called_once()
 
     @mock.patch('os.makedirs')
-    @mock.patch('synse_server.server.setup_logger')
     @mock.patch('synse_server.server.Synse.reload_config')
-    def test_initialize(self, mock_reload, mock_logger, mock_mkdirs):
+    def test_initialize(self, mock_reload, mock_mkdirs):
         synse = server.Synse()
 
-        mock_logger.assert_called_once()
         mock_reload.assert_called_once()
         mock_mkdirs.assert_has_calls([
             mock.call(synse._server_config_dir, exist_ok=True),