diff --git a/litellm/_logging.py b/litellm/_logging.py
index f31ee41f8b..44f87248c7 100644
--- a/litellm/_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/_logging.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import logging
+import logging, os
 
 set_verbose = False
-json_logs = False
+json_logs = bool(os.getenv("JSON_LOGS", False))
 # Create a handler for the logger (you may need to adapt this based on your needs)
 handler = logging.StreamHandler()
 handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_logging.py b/litellm/proxy/_logging.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcabad7cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_logging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import json
+import logging
+from logging import Formatter
+
+
+class JsonFormatter(Formatter):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(JsonFormatter, self).__init__()
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        json_record = {}
+        json_record["message"] = record.getMessage()
+        return json.dumps(json_record)
+
+
+logger = logging.root
+handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+handler.setFormatter(JsonFormatter())
+logger.handlers = [handler]
+logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_super_secret_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/_super_secret_config.yaml
index f349bd09e9..2195a077d3 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_super_secret_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_super_secret_config.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ model_list:
       api_key: os.environ/AZURE_API_KEY # The `os.environ/` prefix tells litellm to read this from the env. See https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/simple_proxy#load-api-keys-from-vault
   
 router_settings:
-  enable_pre_call_checks: true
+  enable_pre_call_checks: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
index 50eca5ecb3..537f437364 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ if litellm_mode == "DEV":
 from importlib import resources
 import shutil
 
+
 telemetry = None
 
 
@@ -505,6 +506,7 @@ def run_server(
             port = random.randint(1024, 49152)
 
         from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import app
+        import litellm
 
         if run_gunicorn == False:
             if ssl_certfile_path is not None and ssl_keyfile_path is not None:
@@ -519,7 +521,15 @@ def run_server(
                     ssl_certfile=ssl_certfile_path,
                 )  # run uvicorn
             else:
-                uvicorn.run(app, host=host, port=port)  # run uvicorn
+                print(f"litellm.json_logs: {litellm.json_logs}")
+                if litellm.json_logs:
+                    from litellm.proxy._logging import logger
+
+                    uvicorn.run(
+                        app, host=host, port=port, log_config=None
+                    )  # run uvicorn w/ json
+                else:
+                    uvicorn.run(app, host=host, port=port)  # run uvicorn
         elif run_gunicorn == True:
             import gunicorn.app.base