diff --git a/src/pages/api/services/proxy.js b/src/pages/api/services/proxy.js
index 1cc5a244d..5b1cbd938 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/services/proxy.js
+++ b/src/pages/api/services/proxy.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import logger from "utils/logger";
+import createLogger from "utils/logger";
 import genericProxyHandler from "utils/proxies/generic";
 import credentialedProxyHandler from "utils/proxies/credentialed";
 import rutorrentProxyHandler from "utils/proxies/rutorrent";
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import npmProxyHandler from "utils/proxies/npm";
 import transmissionProxyHandler from "utils/proxies/transmission";
 import qbittorrentProxyHandler from "utils/proxies/qbittorrent";
 
+const logger = createLogger('servicesProxy');
+
 function asJson(data) {
   if (data?.length > 0) {
     const json = JSON.parse(data.toString());
diff --git a/src/pages/index.jsx b/src/pages/index.jsx
index db2bba85e..16cb836f6 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/index.jsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import ServicesGroup from "components/services/group";
 import BookmarksGroup from "components/bookmarks/group";
 import Widget from "components/widget";
 import Revalidate from "components/revalidate";
+import createLogger from "utils/logger";
 import { getSettings } from "utils/config";
 import { ColorContext } from "utils/color-context";
 import { ThemeContext } from "utils/theme-context";
@@ -26,7 +27,9 @@ const ColorToggle = dynamic(() => import("components/color-toggle"), {
 const rightAlignedWidgets = ["weatherapi", "openweathermap", "weather", "search", "datetime"];
 
 export function getStaticProps() {
+  let logger;
   try {
+    logger = createLogger('index');
     const { providers, ...settings } = getSettings();
 
     return {
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ export function getStaticProps() {
       },
     };
   } catch (e) {
+    if (logger) { logger.error(e); }
     return {
       props: {
         initialSettings: {},
diff --git a/src/utils/logger.js b/src/utils/logger.js
index a4d0f1fea..5bc0ed373 100644
--- a/src/utils/logger.js
+++ b/src/utils/logger.js
@@ -1,80 +1,88 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
 import { join } from "path";
+import { format as utilFormat } from "node:util"
 
 import winston from "winston";
 
-const configPath = join(process.cwd(), "config");
+let winstonLogger;
 
-function messageFormatter(logInfo) {
-  if (logInfo.stack) {
-    return `[${logInfo.timestamp}] ${logInfo.level}: ${logInfo.stack}`;
-  }
-  return `[${logInfo.timestamp}] ${logInfo.level}: ${logInfo.message}`;
-};
-
-const consoleFormat = winston.format.combine(
-  winston.format.errors({ stack: true }),
-  winston.format.splat(),
-  winston.format.timestamp(),
-  winston.format.colorize(),
-  winston.format.printf(messageFormatter)
-);
-
-const fileFormat = winston.format.combine(
-  winston.format.errors({ stack: true }),
-  winston.format.splat(),
-  winston.format.timestamp(),
-  winston.format.printf(messageFormatter)
-);
+function init() {
+  const configPath = join(process.cwd(), "config");
 
-const logger = winston.createLogger({
-  level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
-  transports: [
-    new winston.transports.Console({
-      format: consoleFormat,
-      handleExceptions: true,
-      handleRejections: true
-    }),
-
-    new winston.transports.File({
-      format: fileFormat,
-      filename: `${configPath}/logs/homepage.log`,
-      handleExceptions: true,
-      handleRejections: true
-    }),
-  ]
-});
-
-function debug(message, ...args) {
-  logger.debug(message, ...args);
-}
+  function combineMessageAndSplat() {
+    return {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+      transform: (info, opts) => {
+        // combine message and args if any
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
+        info.message =  utilFormat(info.message, ...info[Symbol.for('splat')]  ||  []);
+        return info;
+      }
+    }
+  }
 
-function verbose(message, ...args) {
-  logger.verbose(message, ...args);
-}
+  function messageFormatter(logInfo) {
+    if (logInfo.label) {
+      if (logInfo.stack) {
+        return `[${logInfo.timestamp}] ${logInfo.level}: <${logInfo.label}> ${logInfo.stack}`;
+      }
+      return `[${logInfo.timestamp}] ${logInfo.level}: <${logInfo.label}> ${logInfo.message}`;
+    }
 
-function info(message, ...args) {
-  logger.info(message, ...args);
-}
+    if (logInfo.stack) {
+      return `[${logInfo.timestamp}] ${logInfo.level}: ${logInfo.stack}`;
+    }
+    return `[${logInfo.timestamp}] ${logInfo.level}: ${logInfo.message}`;
+  };
 
-function warn(message, ...args) {
-  logger.warn(message, ...args);
-}
+  winstonLogger = winston.createLogger({
+    level: process.env.LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
+    transports: [
+      new winston.transports.Console({
+        format: winston.format.combine(
+          winston.format.errors({ stack: true}),
+          combineMessageAndSplat(),
+          winston.format.timestamp(),
+          winston.format.colorize(),
+          winston.format.printf(messageFormatter)
+        ),
+        handleExceptions: true,
+        handleRejections: true
+      }),
 
-function error(message, ...args) {
-  logger.error(message, ...args);
-}
+      new winston.transports.File({
+        format: winston.format.combine(
+          winston.format.errors({ stack: true}),
+          combineMessageAndSplat(),
+          winston.format.timestamp(),
+          winston.format.printf(messageFormatter)
+        ),
+        filename: `${configPath}/logs/homepage.log`,
+        handleExceptions: true,
+        handleRejections: true
+      }),
+    ]
+  });
 
-function crit(message, ...args) {
-  logger.crit(message, ...args);
+  // patch the console log mechanism to use our logger
+  const consoleMethods = ['log', 'debug', 'info', 'warn', 'error']
+  consoleMethods.forEach(method => {
+    // workaround for https://github.com/winstonjs/winston/issues/1591
+    switch (method) {
+      case 'log':
+        console[method] = winstonLogger.info.bind(winstonLogger);
+        break;
+      default:
+        console[method] = winstonLogger[method].bind(winstonLogger);
+        break;
+    }
+  })
 }
 
-const thisModule = {
-  debug,
-  verbose,
-  info,
-  warn,
-  error,
-  crit
-};
+export default function createLogger(label) {
+  if (!winstonLogger) {
+    init();
+  }
 
-export default thisModule;
\ No newline at end of file
+  return winstonLogger.child({ label });
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/utils/proxies/generic.js b/src/utils/proxies/generic.js
index 06c6bbf46..70dab4aa1 100644
--- a/src/utils/proxies/generic.js
+++ b/src/utils/proxies/generic.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import getServiceWidget from "utils/service-helpers";
 import { formatApiCall } from "utils/api-helpers";
 import { httpProxy } from "utils/http";
-import logger from "utils/logger";
+import createLogger from "utils/logger";
+
+const logger = createLogger('genericProxyHandler');
 
 export default async function genericProxyHandler(req, res, maps) {
   const { group, service, endpoint } = req.query;