diff --git a/src/backend/middlewares/GalleryMWs.ts b/src/backend/middlewares/GalleryMWs.ts
index da28a013..0b7dc1ec 100644
--- a/src/backend/middlewares/GalleryMWs.ts
+++ b/src/backend/middlewares/GalleryMWs.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {LocationLookupException} from '../exceptions/LocationLookupException';
 import {SupportedFormats} from '../../common/SupportedFormats';
 import {ServerTime} from './ServerTimingMWs';
 import {SortByTypes} from '../../common/entities/SortingMethods';
+import {Logger} from '../Logger';
 
 export class GalleryMWs {
   @ServerTime('1.db', 'List Directory')
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ export class GalleryMWs {
       });
 
       res.on('close', () => {
-        console.log('zip ' + archive.pointer() + ' bytes');
+        Logger.info('zip ' + archive.pointer() + ' bytes');
       });
 
       archive.on('error', (err: Error) => {
diff --git a/src/backend/middlewares/RenderingMWs.ts b/src/backend/middlewares/RenderingMWs.ts
index bb4ca0c1..a0f4b397 100644
--- a/src/backend/middlewares/RenderingMWs.ts
+++ b/src/backend/middlewares/RenderingMWs.ts
@@ -132,11 +132,14 @@ export class RenderingMWs {
   ): void {
     if (err instanceof ErrorDTO) {
       if (err.details) {
+        const logFn = Logger.logLevelForError(err.code)
+
+        logFn('Handled error:');
         LoggerRouter.log(logFn, req, res);
         // use separate rendering for detailsStr
         const d = err.detailsStr;
         delete err.detailsStr;
-        console.log(err);
+        logFn(err);
         err.detailsStr = d;
         delete err.details; // do not send back error object to the client side
 
diff --git a/src/backend/model/database/GalleryManager.ts b/src/backend/model/database/GalleryManager.ts
index 7d551e1e..06995371 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/database/GalleryManager.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/database/GalleryManager.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class GalleryManager {
         );
         ObjectManagers.getInstance()
             .IndexingManager.indexDirectory(relativeDirectoryName)
-            .catch(console.error);
+            .catch(Logger.error);
       }
       return await this.getParentDirFromId(connection, dir.id);
     }
diff --git a/src/backend/model/database/IndexingManager.ts b/src/backend/model/database/IndexingManager.ts
index a07bd083..fd09e679 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/database/IndexingManager.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/database/IndexingManager.ts
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ export class IndexingManager {
         resolve(dirClone);
 
         // save directory to DB
-        this.queueForSave(scannedDirectory).catch(console.error);
+        this.queueForSave(scannedDirectory).catch(Logger.error);
       } catch (error) {
         NotificationManager.warning(
           'Unknown indexing error for: ' + relativeDirectoryName,
           error.toString()
         );
-        console.error(error);
+        Logger.error(error);
         return reject(error);
       }
     });
diff --git a/src/backend/model/database/SQLConnection.ts b/src/backend/model/database/SQLConnection.ts
index 07eb2ec9..047ef7a3 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/database/SQLConnection.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/database/SQLConnection.ts
@@ -155,8 +155,7 @@ export class SQLConnection {
         this.connection = null;
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      console.error('Error during closing sql db:');
-      console.error(err);
+      Logger.error('Error during closing sql db:\n', err);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/model/extension/ExtensionConfigWrapper.ts b/src/backend/model/extension/ExtensionConfigWrapper.ts
index eaa7270f..5f5f248a 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/extension/ExtensionConfigWrapper.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/extension/ExtensionConfigWrapper.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {PrivateConfigClass} from '../../../common/config/private/PrivateConfigCl
 import {ConfigClassBuilder} from 'typeconfig/node';
 import {ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader} from './ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader';
 import {NotificationManager} from '../NotifocationManager';
-
+import {Logger} from '../../Logger';
 
 const LOG_TAG = '[ExtensionConfigWrapper]';
 
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ export class ExtensionConfigWrapper {
       await pc.load(); // loading the basic configs, but we do not know the extension config hierarchy yet
 
     } catch (e) {
-      console.error(LOG_TAG, 'Error during loading config. Reverting to defaults.');
-      console.error(e);
+      Logger.error(LOG_TAG, 'Error during loading config. Reverting to defaults.\n', e);
       if (showDetailedError) {
-        console.error(LOG_TAG, 'This is most likely due to: 1) you added a bad configuration in the server.json OR 2) The configuration changed in the latest release.');
+        Logger.error(LOG_TAG, 'This is most likely due to: 1) you added a bad configuration in the server.json OR 2) The configuration changed in the latest release.');
         NotificationManager.error('Can\'t load config. Reverting to default. This is most likely due to: 1) you added a bad configuration in the server.json OR 2) The configuration changed in the latest release.', (e.toString ? e.toString() : JSON.stringify(e)));
       }
     }
@@ -37,10 +36,9 @@ export class ExtensionConfigWrapper {
       pc.loadSync(); // loading the basic configs, but we do not know the extension config hierarchy yet
 
     } catch (e) {
-      console.error(LOG_TAG, 'Error during loading config. Reverting to defaults.');
-      console.error(e);
+      Logger.error(LOG_TAG, 'Error during loading config. Reverting to defaults.\n', e);
       if (showDetailedError) {
-        console.error(LOG_TAG, 'This is most likely due to: 1) you added a bad configuration in the server.json OR 2) The configuration changed in the latest release.');
+        Logger.error(LOG_TAG, 'This is most likely due to: 1) you added a bad configuration in the server.json OR 2) The configuration changed in the latest release.');
         NotificationManager.error('Ca\'nt load config. Reverting to default. This is most likely due to: 1) you added a bad configuration in the server.json OR 2) The configuration changed in the latest release.', (e.toString ? e.toString() : JSON.stringify(e)));
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/backend/model/fileaccess/DiskManager.ts b/src/backend/model/fileaccess/DiskManager.ts
index e07ff2e3..5efaf424 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/fileaccess/DiskManager.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/fileaccess/DiskManager.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export class DiskManager {
             'Unknown directory reading error, skipping: ' + path.join(relativeDirectoryName, file),
             err.toString()
           );
-          console.error(err);
+          Logger.error(err);
         }
       } else if (PhotoProcessing.isPhoto(fullFilePath)) {
         try {
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export class DiskManager {
             ', reason: ' +
             err.toString()
           );
-          console.error(err);
+          Logger.error(err);
         }
       } else if (VideoProcessing.isVideo(fullFilePath)) {
         try {
diff --git a/src/backend/model/fileaccess/MetadataLoader.ts b/src/backend/model/fileaccess/MetadataLoader.ts
index 5a61af21..84ffa2be 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/fileaccess/MetadataLoader.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/fileaccess/MetadataLoader.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class MetadataLoader {
       metadata.fileSize = stat.size;
       metadata.creationDate = stat.mtime.getTime(); //Default date is file system time of last modification
     } catch (err) {
-      console.log(err);
+      Logger.info(err);
       // ignoring errors
     }
     try {
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ export class MetadataLoader {
       try {
         await fileHandle.read(data, 0, bufferSize, 0);
       } catch (err) {
-        Logger.error(LOG_TAG, 'Error during reading photo: ' + fullPath);
-        console.error(err);
+        Logger.error(LOG_TAG, 'Error during reading photo: ' + fullPath + '\n', err);
         return MetadataLoader.EMPTY_METADATA;
       } finally {
         await fileHandle.close();
@@ -295,13 +294,11 @@ export class MetadataLoader {
           metadata.creationDate = 0;
         }
       } catch (err) {
-        Logger.error(LOG_TAG, 'Error during reading photo: ' + fullPath);
-        console.error(err);
+        Logger.error(LOG_TAG, 'Error during reading photo: ' + fullPath + '\n', err);
         return MetadataLoader.EMPTY_METADATA;
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      Logger.error(LOG_TAG, 'Error during reading photo: ' + fullPath);
-      console.error(err);
+      Logger.error(LOG_TAG, 'Error during reading photo: ' + fullPath + '\n', err);
       return MetadataLoader.EMPTY_METADATA;
     }
     return metadata;
diff --git a/src/backend/model/fileaccess/TaskExecuter.ts b/src/backend/model/fileaccess/TaskExecuter.ts
index 4e203f03..33ee75f3 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/fileaccess/TaskExecuter.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/fileaccess/TaskExecuter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {TaskQue} from './TaskQue';
 import {EventLoopHandler} from '../EventLoopHandler';
+import { Logger } from '../../Logger';
 
 export interface ITaskExecuter<I, O> {
   execute(input: I): Promise<O>;
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ export class TaskExecuter<I, O> implements ITaskExecuter<I, O> {
 
   execute(input: I): Promise<O> {
     const promise = this.taskQue.add(input).promise.obj;
-    this.run().catch(console.error);
+    this.run().catch(Logger.error);
     return promise;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/model/jobs/JobProgressManager.ts b/src/backend/model/jobs/JobProgressManager.ts
index a1c46426..4c637a2d 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/jobs/JobProgressManager.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/jobs/JobProgressManager.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import {ProjectPath} from '../../ProjectPath';
 import {Config} from '../../../common/config/private/Config';
 import {JobProgressDTO, JobProgressStates,} from '../../../common/entities/job/JobProgressDTO';
+import { Logger } from '../../Logger';
 
 export class JobProgressManager {
   private static readonly VERSION = 3;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ export class JobProgressManager {
 
   constructor() {
     this.dbPath = path.join(ProjectPath.DBFolder, 'jobs.db');
-    this.loadDB().catch(console.error);
+    this.loadDB().catch(Logger.error);
   }
 
   get Progresses(): { [key: string]: JobProgressDTO } {
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ export class JobProgressManager {
       return;
     }
     this.timer = setTimeout(async (): Promise<void> => {
-      this.saveDB().catch(console.error);
+      this.saveDB().catch(Logger.error);
       this.timer = null;
     }, 5000);
   }
diff --git a/src/backend/model/jobs/jobs/IndexingJob.ts b/src/backend/model/jobs/jobs/IndexingJob.ts
index 65973e85..b85beb40 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/jobs/jobs/IndexingJob.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/jobs/jobs/IndexingJob.ts
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ export class IndexingJob<
     } catch (e) {
       this.Progress.log('Skipping. Indexing failed for: ' + directory);
       this.Progress.Skipped++;
-      Logger.warn(LOG_TAG, 'Skipping. Indexing failed for: ' + directory);
-      console.error(e);
+      Logger.warn(LOG_TAG, 'Skipping. Indexing failed for: ' + directory, + '\n', e);
     }
     if (this.Progress.State !== JobProgressStates.running) {
       return false;
diff --git a/src/backend/model/jobs/jobs/Job.ts b/src/backend/model/jobs/jobs/Job.ts
index 36a7a0cb..ddf7c3f3 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/jobs/jobs/Job.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/jobs/jobs/Job.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export abstract class Job<T extends Record<string, unknown> = Record<string, unk
       const pr = new Promise<void>((resolve): void => {
         this.prResolve = resolve;
       });
-      this.init().catch(console.error);
+      this.init().catch(Logger.error);
       this.run();
       if (!this.IsInstant) {
         // if instant, wait for execution, otherwise, return right away
diff --git a/src/backend/model/messenger/StdoutMessenger.ts b/src/backend/model/messenger/StdoutMessenger.ts
index 1edbf20a..86cabbb6 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/messenger/StdoutMessenger.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/messenger/StdoutMessenger.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {MediaDTOWithThPath, Messenger} from './Messenger';
 import {DynamicConfig} from '../../../common/entities/DynamicConfig';
 import {DefaultMessengers} from '../../../common/entities/job/JobDTO';
+import { Logger } from '../../Logger';
 
 export class StdoutMessenger extends Messenger {
   public readonly Name = DefaultMessengers[DefaultMessengers.Stdout];
@@ -12,6 +13,6 @@ export class StdoutMessenger extends Messenger {
 
 
   protected async sendMedia(config: never, media: MediaDTOWithThPath[]) {
-    console.log(media.map(m => m.thumbnailPath));
+    Logger.info(media.map(m => m.thumbnailPath));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/routes/ErrorRouter.ts b/src/backend/routes/ErrorRouter.ts
index 3507e631..6fc76e96 100644
--- a/src/backend/routes/ErrorRouter.ts
+++ b/src/backend/routes/ErrorRouter.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ export class ErrorRouter {
           }
 
           // Flush out the stack to the console
-          Logger.error('Unexpected error:');
-          console.error(err);
+          Logger.error('Unexpected error:\n', err);
           return next(
               new ErrorDTO(
                   ErrorCodes.SERVER_ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/server.ts b/src/backend/server.ts
index 382330e6..9c0a9213 100644
--- a/src/backend/server.ts
+++ b/src/backend/server.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class Server {
         'Running in DEBUG mode, set env variable NODE_ENV=production to disable '
       );
     }
-    this.init(listen).catch(console.error);
+    this.init(listen).catch(Logger.error);
   }
 
   get Server(): HttpServer {