diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 29897d73..e0a8591f 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 
 var app = require('express')();
+var peliasConfig = require( 'pelias-config' ).generate().api;
 
-app.use( require( './middleware/access_log' ) );
+if( peliasConfig.accessLog ){
+  app.use( require( './middleware/access_log' )( peliasConfig.accessLog ) );
+}
 
 /** ----------------------- middleware ----------------------- **/
 
diff --git a/middleware/access_log.js b/middleware/access_log.js
index ff79eb00..812a8849 100644
--- a/middleware/access_log.js
+++ b/middleware/access_log.js
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 /**
- * Print out access logs.
+ * Create a middleware that prints access logs via pelias-logger.
  */
 
 'use strict';
 
-var peliasConfig = require( 'pelias-config' ).generate().api;
 var morgan = require( 'morgan' );
+var through = require( 'through2' );
+var peliasLogger = require( 'pelias-logger' ).get( 'api' );
 
-module.exports = peliasConfig.accessLog ?
-  morgan( peliasConfig.accessLog ) :
-  function noop(req, res, next){
-    next();
-  };
+function createAccessLogger( logFormat ){
+  return morgan( logFormat, {
+    stream: through( function write( ln, _, next ){
+      peliasLogger.info( ln.toString().trim() );
+      next();
+    })
+  });
+}
+
+module.exports = createAccessLogger;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67a809a1..ece2b7e2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "markdown": "0.5.0",
     "pelias-esclient": "0.0.25",
     "pelias-logger": "^0.0.8",
+    "through2": "0.6.5",
     "morgan": "1.5.2",
     "pelias-config": "^0.1.4",
     "pelias-suggester-pipeline": "2.0.2"