diff --git a/app/Loader.scala b/app/Loader.scala
index b22a459..af9ae91 100644
--- a/app/Loader.scala
+++ b/app/Loader.scala
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import story_packages.logging.LogStashConfig
 import story_packages.metrics.CloudWatchApplicationMetrics
 import play.api.ApplicationLoader.Context
 import play.api.{Application, ApplicationLoader, Logger, LoggerConfigurator}
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ class Loader extends ApplicationLoader {
       components.actorSystem.scheduler,
       components.isDev
     )
-    new LogStashConfig(components.config)
     new SwitchboardLifecycle(SwitchboardConfiguration(
       objectKey = components.config.switchBoard.objectKey,
       bucket = components.config.switchBoard.bucket,
diff --git a/app/story_packages/logging/LogStash.scala b/app/story_packages/logging/LogStash.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index e41f27b..0000000
--- a/app/story_packages/logging/LogStash.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-package story_packages.logging
-
-import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent
-import ch.qos.logback.classic.{LoggerContext, Logger => LogbackLogger}
-import com.amazonaws.auth.STSAssumeRoleSessionCredentialsProvider
-import com.gu.logback.appender.kinesis.KinesisAppender
-import net.logstash.logback.layout.LogstashLayout
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
-import play.api.{LoggerLike, Logger}
-import conf.ApplicationConfiguration
-import story_packages.services.Logging
-
-object LogStash extends Logging {
-
-  lazy val loggingContext = LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory.asInstanceOf[LoggerContext]
-
-  case class KinesisAppenderConfig(
-     stream: String,
-     region: String,
-     roleArn: String,
-     sessionName: String,
-     bufferSize: Int
-  )
-
-  def makeCustomFields(customFields: Map[String, String]): String = {
-    "{" + (for((k, v) <- customFields) yield(s""""${k}":"${v}"""")).mkString(",") + "}"
-  }
-
-  def asLogBack(l: LoggerLike): Option[LogbackLogger] = l.logger match {
-    case l: LogbackLogger => Some(l)
-    case _ => None
-  }
-
-  def makeLayout(customFields: String) = {
-    val l = new LogstashLayout()
-    l.setCustomFields(customFields)
-    l
-  }
-
-  def makeKinesisAppender(layout: LogstashLayout, context: LoggerContext, appenderConfig: KinesisAppenderConfig) = {
-    val a = new KinesisAppender[ILoggingEvent]()
-    a.setStreamName(appenderConfig.stream)
-    a.setRegion(appenderConfig.region)
-    a.setCredentialsProvider(new STSAssumeRoleSessionCredentialsProvider.Builder(
-      appenderConfig.roleArn, appenderConfig.sessionName
-    ).build)
-    a.setBufferSize(appenderConfig.bufferSize)
-
-    a.setContext(context)
-    a.setLayout(layout)
-
-    layout.start()
-    a.start()
-    a
-  }
-
-  def init(config: ApplicationConfiguration) = {
-    if(config.logging.enabled) {
-      Logger.info("LogConfig initializing")
-      (for {
-        lb <- asLogBack(Logger)
-      } yield {
-        lb.info("Configuring Logback")
-        val context = lb.getLoggerContext
-        val customFields = Map(
-          "stack" -> "cms-fronts",
-          "stage" -> config.environment.stage.toUpperCase,
-          "app"   -> config.environment.applicationName
-        )
-        val layout = makeLayout(makeCustomFields(customFields))
-        val bufferSize = 1000
-        // remove the default configuration
-        val appender  = makeKinesisAppender(layout, context,
-          KinesisAppenderConfig(
-            config.logging.stream,
-            config.logging.streamRegion,
-            config.logging.streamRole,
-            config.environment.applicationName,
-            bufferSize
-          )
-        )
-        lb.addAppender(appender)
-        lb.info("Configured Logback")
-      })getOrElse(Logger.info("not running using logback"))
-    } else {
-      Logger.info("Logging disabled")
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/app/story_packages/logging/LogStashConfig.scala b/app/story_packages/logging/LogStashConfig.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 8130a04..0000000
--- a/app/story_packages/logging/LogStashConfig.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package story_packages.logging
-
-import conf.ApplicationConfiguration
-import story_packages.services.Logging
-
-import scala.util.control.NonFatal
-
-class LogStashConfig(config: ApplicationConfiguration) extends Logging {
-  Logger.info("Starting log stash")
-  try LogStash.init(config)
-  catch {
-    case NonFatal(e) => Logger.error("could not configure log stream", e)
-  }
-}
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 7acf020..167a656 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ libraryDependencies ++= jacksonOverrides ++  Seq(
     "com.gu" %% "content-api-models-json" % capiModelsVersion,
     "com.gu" %% "content-api-client-aws" % "0.7",
     "com.gu" %% "fapi-client-play28" % "4.0.4",
-    "com.gu" % "kinesis-logback-appender" % "1.3.0",
     "com.gu" %% "pan-domain-auth-play_2-8" % "1.3.0",
     "com.gu" %% "story-packages-model" % "2.2.0",
     "com.gu" %% "thrift-serializer" % "4.0.0",
diff --git a/conf/logback.xml b/conf/logback.xml
index 93fc750..c0fca08 100644
--- a/conf/logback.xml
+++ b/conf/logback.xml
@@ -1,22 +1,30 @@
 <configuration>
 
-    <contextName>story-packages</contextName>
+    <conversionRule conversionWord="coloredLevel" converterClass="play.api.libs.logback.ColoredLevel" />
 
     <appender name="LOGFILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
-        <file>logs/story-packages.log</file>
+        <file>logs/application.log</file>
 
         <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
-            <fileNamePattern>logs/story-packages.log.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.gz</fileNamePattern>
-            <maxHistory>7</maxHistory>
+            <fileNamePattern>logs/application.log.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.gz</fileNamePattern>
+            <maxHistory>2</maxHistory>
         </rollingPolicy>
 
         <encoder>
-            <pattern>%date [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n%xException{3}</pattern>
+            <pattern>%date - [%level] - from %logger in %thread %n%message%n%xException%n</pattern>
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder class="net.logstash.logback.encoder.LogstashEncoder" />
+    </appender>
+    <appender name="ASYNCSTDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </appender>
+
     <root level="INFO">
         <appender-ref ref="LOGFILE"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="ASYNCSTDOUT"/>
     </root>
 
     <logger name="com.google.api.client.http" level="WARN" />
diff --git a/riff-raff.yaml b/riff-raff.yaml
index bce7974..7a48d81 100644
--- a/riff-raff.yaml
+++ b/riff-raff.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ deployments:
       prependStackToCloudFormationStackName: false
       cloudFormationStackName: story-packages
       amiTags:
-        Recipe: editorial-tools-focal-java8-ARM
+        Recipe: editorial-tools-focal-java8-ARM-WITH-cdk-base
         AmigoStage: PROD
       amiParameter: MachineImageID