diff --git a/services/terraform/remote/service_tunnelbroker.tf b/services/terraform/remote/service_tunnelbroker.tf
--- a/services/terraform/remote/service_tunnelbroker.tf
+++ b/services/terraform/remote/service_tunnelbroker.tf
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@
         {
           name  = "COMM_TUNNELBROKER_IDENTITY_ENDPOINT",
           value = local.identity_local_url
+        },
+        {
+          name  = "COMM_SERVICES_USE_JSON_LOGS",
+          value = local.comm_services_use_json_logs
         }
       ]
       secrets = [
diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/Cargo.toml b/services/tunnelbroker/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 tonic = "0.8"
 tracing = { workspace = true }
-tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
 tunnelbroker_messages = { path = "../../shared/tunnelbroker_messages" }
 derive_more = { workspace = true }
 lapin = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/src/constants.rs b/services/tunnelbroker/src/constants.rs
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/src/constants.rs
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/src/constants.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 pub const ENV_FCM_CONFIG: &str = "FCM_CONFIG";
 pub const ENV_WEB_PUSH_CONFIG: &str = "WEB_PUSH_CONFIG";
 pub const ENV_WNS_CONFIG: &str = "WNS_CONFIG";
+pub const COMM_SERVICES_USE_JSON_LOGS: &str = "COMM_SERVICES_USE_JSON_LOGS";
 
 pub const LOG_LEVEL_ENV_VAR: &str =
   tracing_subscriber::filter::EnvFilter::DEFAULT_ENV;
diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/src/main.rs b/services/tunnelbroker/src/main.rs
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/src/main.rs
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/src/main.rs
@@ -15,19 +15,35 @@
 use crate::notifs::NotifClient;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use config::CONFIG;
+use constants::COMM_SERVICES_USE_JSON_LOGS;
+use std::env;
 use tracing::{self, error, info, Level};
 use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+  let use_json_logs: bool = env::var(COMM_SERVICES_USE_JSON_LOGS)
+    .unwrap_or("false".to_string())
+    .parse()
+    .unwrap_or_default();
+
   let filter = EnvFilter::builder()
     .with_default_directive(Level::INFO.into())
     .with_env_var(constants::LOG_LEVEL_ENV_VAR)
     .from_env_lossy();
 
-  let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_env_filter(filter).finish();
-  tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber)
-    .expect("Unable to configure tracing");
+  if use_json_logs {
+    let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+      .json()
+      .with_env_filter(filter)
+      .finish();
+    tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber)
+      .expect("Unable to configure tracing");
+  } else {
+    let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_env_filter(filter).finish();
+    tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber)
+      .expect("Unable to configure tracing");
+  }
 
   config::parse_cmdline_args()?;
   let aws_config = config::load_aws_config().await;