diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8ab1b7d736..884015a338 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ RUN if [ -f "public/themes/${SC_THEME}/bbb/presentation.pdf" ]; then \
 
 # run stage
 FROM docker.io/nginx:1.27
+ENV NGINX_LOG_FORMAT main
 RUN mkdir /etc/nginx/templates
 COPY config/docker/nginx.conf.template /etc/nginx/templates/default.conf.template
 COPY --from=build-stage /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html/frontend
diff --git a/config/docker/nginx.conf.template b/config/docker/nginx.conf.template
index 4f6994f11a..ce8c2a769a 100644
--- a/config/docker/nginx.conf.template
+++ b/config/docker/nginx.conf.template
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
+# Conditionally enable json log
+log_format json escape=json
+  '{'
+    '"time_local":"$time_local",'
+    '"remote_addr":"$remote_addr",'
+    '"remote_user":"$remote_user",'
+    '"request":"$request",'
+    '"status": "$status",'
+    '"body_bytes_sent":"$body_bytes_sent",'
+    '"request_time":"$request_time",'
+    '"http_referrer":"$http_referer",'
+    '"http_user_agent":"$http_user_agent"'
+  '}';
+
 server {
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log ${NGINX_LOG_FORMAT};
     listen 4000;
     server_name  localhost;