diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index 55d9ccb6..bf307b69 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ MAXIMUM_IMPORT_SIZE=5120000
 
 # You may enable or disable debugging categories to increase the noisiness of
 # logs. The default is a good balance
-DEBUG=cache,presenters,events,emails,mailer,utils,multiplayer,server,services
+DEBUG=cache,presenters,events,emails,mailer,utils,http,server,services
 
 # Comma separated list of domains to be allowed to signin to the wiki. If not
 # set, all domains are allowed by default when using Google OAuth to signin
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e970cafc..ec0d38cd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     "koa-convert": "1.2.0",
     "koa-helmet": "5.2.0",
     "koa-jwt": "^3.6.0",
-    "koa-logger": "^2.0.1",
+    "koa-logger": "^3.2.1",
     "koa-mount": "^3.0.0",
     "koa-onerror": "^4.0.0",
     "koa-router": "7.0.1",
@@ -231,4 +231,4 @@
     "js-yaml": "^3.13.1"
   },
   "version": "0.56.0"
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/app.js b/server/app.js
index 8f7631e9..4ab9c943 100644
--- a/server/app.js
+++ b/server/app.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import * as Sentry from "@sentry/node";
+import debug from "debug";
 import Koa from "koa";
 import compress from "koa-compress";
 import helmet, {
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import updates from "./utils/updates";
 const app = new Koa();
 const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
 const isTest = process.env.NODE_ENV === "test";
+const log = debug("http");
 
 // Construct scripts CSP based on services in use by this installation
 const defaultSrc = ["'self'"];
@@ -105,11 +107,16 @@ if (isProduction) {
       })
     )
   );
-  app.use(logger());
-
   app.use(mount("/emails", emails));
 }
 
+// redirect routing logger to optional "http" debug
+app.use(
+  logger((str, args) => {
+    log(str);
+  })
+);
+
 // catch errors in one place, automatically set status and response headers
 onerror(app);
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1c511a7c..8a26b5e2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3401,12 +3401,7 @@ busboy@^0.2.11:
     dicer "0.2.5"
     readable-stream "1.1.x"
 
-bytes@1:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bytes/-/bytes-1.0.0.tgz#3569ede8ba34315fab99c3e92cb04c7220de1fa8"
-  integrity sha1-NWnt6Lo0MV+rmcPpLLBMciDeH6g=
-
-bytes@3.1.0:
+bytes@3.1.0, bytes@^3.1.0:
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bytes/-/bytes-3.1.0.tgz#f6cf7933a360e0588fa9fde85651cdc7f805d1f6"
   integrity sha512-zauLjrfCG+xvoyaqLoV8bLVXXNGC4JqlxFCutSDWA6fJrTo2ZuvLYTqZ7aHBLZSMOopbzwv8f+wZcVzfVTI2Dg==
@@ -8062,13 +8057,13 @@ koa-jwt@^3.6.0:
     koa-unless "1.0.7"
     p-any "1.1.0"
 
-koa-logger@^2.0.1:
-  version "2.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/koa-logger/-/koa-logger-2.0.1.tgz#3ee42f457c40fb4d4a19a131c8022504b5b232b8"
-  integrity sha1-PuQvRXxA+01KGaExyAIlBLWyMrg=
+koa-logger@^3.2.1:
+  version "3.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/koa-logger/-/koa-logger-3.2.1.tgz#ab9db879526db3837cc9ce4fd983c025b1689f22"
+  integrity sha512-MjlznhLLKy9+kG8nAXKJLM0/ClsQp/Or2vI3a5rbSQmgl8IJBQO0KI5FA70BvW+hqjtxjp49SpH2E7okS6NmHg==
   dependencies:
-    bytes "1"
-    chalk "^1.1.3"
+    bytes "^3.1.0"
+    chalk "^2.4.2"
     humanize-number "0.0.2"
     passthrough-counter "^1.0.0"