diff --git a/packages/server/src/node/di/app-module.ts b/packages/server/src/node/di/app-module.ts
index 8404d62..eec57d6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/node/di/app-module.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/node/di/app-module.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import { BindingContext } from '@eclipse-glsp/protocol/lib/di';
 import { ContainerModule } from 'inversify';
 import * as winston from 'winston';
-import { InjectionContainer, LogLevel, Logger, LoggerFactory, getRequestParentName } from '../../common';
+import { InjectionContainer, LogLevel, Logger, LoggerFactory, NullLogger, getRequestParentName } from '../../common';
 import { LaunchOptions } from '../launch/cli-parser';
 import { WinstonLogger } from './winston-logger';
 
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ export function configureWinstonLogger<T extends LaunchOptions>(
     rebind = true,
     baseLoggerCreator: (launchOptions: T) => winston.Logger = createWinstonInstance
 ): void {
-    const baseLogger = baseLoggerCreator(options);
     if (rebind) {
         if (context.isBound(Logger)) {
             context.unbind(Logger);
@@ -83,11 +82,19 @@ export function configureWinstonLogger<T extends LaunchOptions>(
             context.unbind(LoggerFactory);
         }
     }
-
-    context.bind(Logger).toDynamicValue(dynamicContext => new WinstonLogger(baseLogger, getRequestParentName(dynamicContext)));
     context.bind(LoggerFactory).toFactory(dynamicContext => (caller: string) => {
         const logger = dynamicContext.container.get(Logger);
         logger.caller = caller;
         return logger;
     });
+
+    // if no logging is enabled, bind the NullLogger
+    if (!options.consoleLog && !options.fileLog) {
+        context.bind(Logger).to(NullLogger).inSingletonScope();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const baseLogger = baseLoggerCreator(options);
+
+    context.bind(Logger).toDynamicValue(dynamicContext => new WinstonLogger(baseLogger, getRequestParentName(dynamicContext)));
 }