diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
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+node_modules/
+.git/
+*.md
+tests/
diff --git a/src/logger.js b/src/logger.js
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+++ b/src/logger.js
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+import pino from "pino";
+
+const logger = pino({
+  level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || "info",
+  transport: {
+    target: "pino-pretty",
+    options: { colorize: true, ignore: "pid,hostname" },
+  },
+});
+
+export default logger;