diff --git a/PluralKit.API/Startup.cs b/PluralKit.API/Startup.cs
index acd6c7bd..974c615e 100644
--- a/PluralKit.API/Startup.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.API/Startup.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ namespace PluralKit.API
                 .AddScoped<TokenAuthService>()
 
                 .AddTransient(_ => Configuration.GetSection("PluralKit").Get<CoreConfig>() ?? new CoreConfig())
+                .AddSingleton(svc => InitUtils.InitLogger(svc.GetRequiredService<CoreConfig>(), "api"))
                 .AddSingleton(svc => new DbConnectionFactory(svc.GetRequiredService<CoreConfig>().Database));
         }
 
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Bot.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Bot.cs
index 36edb58a..4acd9505 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Bot.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Bot.cs
@@ -116,18 +116,8 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
             })
             .AddSingleton<PeriodicStatCollector>()
 
-            .AddSingleton<ILogger>(svc => new LoggerConfiguration()
-                .ConfigureForNodaTime(DateTimeZoneProviders.Tzdb)
-                .WriteTo.File(
-                    new CompactJsonFormatter(),
-                        (svc.GetRequiredService<CoreConfig>().LogDir ?? "logs") + "/pluralkit.bot.log",
-                        rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day,
-                        flushToDiskInterval: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10),
-                        buffered: true)
-                    .WriteTo.Console(theme: AnsiConsoleTheme.Code)
-                    .CreateLogger())
-                
-                .BuildServiceProvider();
+            .AddSingleton(svc => InitUtils.InitLogger(svc.GetRequiredService<CoreConfig>(), "bot"))
+            .BuildServiceProvider();
     }
     class Bot
     {
diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/PluralKit.Bot.csproj b/PluralKit.Bot/PluralKit.Bot.csproj
index 059f28ea..75aed6c6 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/PluralKit.Bot.csproj
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/PluralKit.Bot.csproj
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
       <PackageReference Include="Discord.Net.WebSocket" Version="2.0.1" />
       <PackageReference Include="Humanizer.Core" Version="2.6.2" />
       <PackageReference Include="Sentry" Version="2.0.0-beta2" />
-      <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Formatting.Compact" Version="1.0.0" />
-      <PackageReference Include="Serilog.NodaTime" Version="1.0.0" />
-      <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="3.1.1" />
-      <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="4.0.0" />
       <PackageReference Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp" Version="1.0.0-beta0006" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj b/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj
index 0d2c4a76..76055dcc 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
       <PackageReference Include="Npgsql" Version="4.0.6" />
       <PackageReference Include="Npgsql.NodaTime" Version="4.0.6" />
       <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="2.8.0" />
+      <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Formatting.Compact" Version="1.0.0" />
+      <PackageReference Include="Serilog.NodaTime" Version="1.0.0" />
+      <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="3.1.1" />
+      <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="4.0.0" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/Utils.cs b/PluralKit.Core/Utils.cs
index b0c89c22..49bf0842 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/Utils.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/Utils.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ using NodaTime;
 using NodaTime.Serialization.JsonNet;
 using NodaTime.Text;
 using Npgsql;
+using Serilog;
+using Serilog.Formatting.Compact;
+using Serilog.Sinks.SystemConsole.Themes;
 
 
 namespace PluralKit
@@ -299,6 +302,20 @@ namespace PluralKit
             SqlMapper.AddTypeHandler(new PassthroughTypeHandler<LocalDate>());
         }
 
+        public static ILogger  InitLogger(CoreConfig config, string component)
+        {
+            return new LoggerConfiguration()
+                .ConfigureForNodaTime(DateTimeZoneProviders.Tzdb)
+                .WriteTo.File(
+                    new CompactJsonFormatter(),
+                    (config.LogDir ?? "logs") + $"/pluralkit.{component}.log",
+                    rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day,
+                    flushToDiskInterval: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10),
+                    buffered: true)
+                .WriteTo.Console(theme: AnsiConsoleTheme.Code)
+                .CreateLogger();
+        }
+
         public static JsonSerializerSettings BuildSerializerSettings() => new JsonSerializerSettings().BuildSerializerSettings();
 
         public static JsonSerializerSettings BuildSerializerSettings(this JsonSerializerSettings settings)