diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Bot.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Bot.cs
index b6b71e99..c2f02d20 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Bot.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Bot.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ using PluralKit.Core;
 using Sentry;
 
 using Serilog;
+using Serilog.Context;
 using Serilog.Events;
 
 namespace PluralKit.Bot
@@ -101,6 +102,19 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
 
             async Task HandleEventInner()
             {
+                // Mainly for testing ELK volume atm, no-op unless Elastic is configured
+                if (evt is MessageCreateEventArgs mc)
+                    using (LogContext.PushProperty("Elastic", "yes?"))
+                        _logger.Information("Received event {@Event}", new
+                        {
+                            Id = Guid.NewGuid(),
+                            Type = mc.GetType().Name.Replace("EventArgs", ""),
+                            MessageId = mc.Message.Id,
+                            ChannelId = mc.Channel.Id,
+                            GuildId = mc.Guild?.Id ?? 0,
+                            UserId = mc.Author.Id,
+                        });
+                    
                 await using var serviceScope = _services.BeginLifetimeScope();
                 
                 // Also, find a Sentry enricher for the event type (if one is present), and ask it to put some event data in the Sentry scope
diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/CoreConfig.cs b/PluralKit.Core/CoreConfig.cs
index 35d88e46..800547a4 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/CoreConfig.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/CoreConfig.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace PluralKit.Core
         public string InfluxUrl { get; set; }
         public string InfluxDb { get; set; }
         public string LogDir { get; set; }
+        public string ElasticUrl { get; set; }
 
         public LogEventLevel ConsoleLogLevel { get; set; } = LogEventLevel.Debug;
         public LogEventLevel FileLogLevel { get; set; } = LogEventLevel.Information;
diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/Modules.cs b/PluralKit.Core/Modules.cs
index 8e7db2dc..0a490b35 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/Modules.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/Modules.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using NodaTime;
 
 using Serilog;
+using Serilog.Events;
 using Serilog.Formatting.Compact;
+using Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch;
 using Serilog.Sinks.SystemConsole.Themes;
 
 namespace PluralKit.Core
@@ -95,7 +97,8 @@ namespace PluralKit.Core
         {
             var outputTemplate = "[{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffffff}] {Level:u3} {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}";
 
-            return new LoggerConfiguration()
+            var logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
+                .Enrich.FromLogContext()
                 .ConfigureForNodaTime(DateTimeZoneProviders.Tzdb)
                 .MinimumLevel.Is(config.ConsoleLogLevel)
                 .WriteTo.Async(a =>
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ namespace PluralKit.Core
                         restrictedToMinimumLevel: config.FileLogLevel,
                         formatProvider: new UTCTimestampFormatProvider(),
                         buffered: true);
-                    
+
                     a.File(
                         new RenderedCompactJsonFormatter(),
                         (config.LogDir ?? "logs") + $"/pluralkit.{_component}.json",
@@ -121,9 +124,26 @@ namespace PluralKit.Core
                         buffered: true);
                 })
                 // TODO: render as UTC in the console, too? or just in log files
-                .WriteTo.Async(a => 
-                    a.Console(theme: AnsiConsoleTheme.Code, outputTemplate: outputTemplate, formatProvider: new UTCTimestampFormatProvider()))
-                .CreateLogger();
+                .WriteTo.Async(a =>
+                    a.Console(theme: AnsiConsoleTheme.Code, outputTemplate: outputTemplate,
+                        formatProvider: new UTCTimestampFormatProvider()));
+
+            if (config.ElasticUrl != null)
+            {
+                var elasticConfig = new ElasticsearchSinkOptions(new Uri(config.ElasticUrl))
+                {
+                    AutoRegisterTemplate = true,
+                    AutoRegisterTemplateVersion = AutoRegisterTemplateVersion.ESv7,
+                    MinimumLogEventLevel = LogEventLevel.Verbose,
+                    IndexFormat = "pluralkit-logs-{0:yyyy.MM.dd}"
+                };
+               
+                logger.WriteTo
+                    .Conditional(e => e.Properties.ContainsKey("Elastic"), 
+                        c => c.Elasticsearch(elasticConfig));
+            }
+
+            return logger.CreateLogger();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj b/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj
index d848d014..0fe8e7ea 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
       <PackageReference Include="Serilog.NodaTime" Version="3.0.0-beta01" />
       <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Async" Version="1.4.1-dev-00071" />
       <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="4.0.0-dev-00834" />
+      <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Elasticsearch" Version="8.2.0" />
       <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="4.1.0" />
       <PackageReference Include="System.Interactive.Async" Version="4.0.0" />
     </ItemGroup>