diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/EmbyServer.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/EmbyServer.csproj
index 038a26f9d1..da7883e6bf 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/EmbyServer.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/EmbyServer.csproj
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="2.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Mono.Posix.NETStandard" Version="1.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="2.1.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="3.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Settings.Configuration" Version="3.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="3.1.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="4.0.0" />
+
     <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="1.68.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="SQLitePCLRaw.bundle_e_sqlite3" Version="1.1.11" />
     <PackageReference Include="SQLitePCLRaw.core" Version="1.1.11" />
@@ -50,6 +54,10 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\SocketHttpListener\SocketHttpListener.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources/Configuration/*" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="..\SharedVersion.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/Program.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/Program.cs
index 0630df431a..1e47322f1d 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/Program.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/Program.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ using X509Certificate = System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certif
 using System.Threading;
 using InteropServices = System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using ILogger = Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger;
 using Serilog;
 using Serilog.AspNetCore;
@@ -53,12 +54,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Mono
             var appPaths = CreateApplicationPaths(applicationPath, customProgramDataPath);
             _appPaths = appPaths;
 
-            using (var loggerFactory = new SerilogLoggerFactory(
-                    new LoggerConfiguration()
-                        .Enrich.FromLogContext()
-                        .WriteTo.Console()
-                        .CreateLogger()
-                , true))
+            createLogger();
+
+            using (var loggerFactory = new SerilogLoggerFactory())
             {
                 _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
 
@@ -156,6 +154,47 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Mono
             }
         }
 
+        private static async Task createLogger()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                string path = Path.Combine(_appPaths.ProgramDataPath, "logging.json");
+
+                if (!File.Exists(path))
+                {
+                    var assembly = typeof(MainClass).Assembly;
+                    // For some reason the csproj name is used instead of the assembly name
+                    var resourcePath = "EmbyServer.Resources.Configuration.logging.json";
+                    using (Stream rscstr = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resourcePath))
+                    using (Stream fstr = File.Open(path, FileMode.CreateNew))
+                    {
+                        await rscstr.CopyToAsync(fstr);
+                    }
+                }
+                var configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
+                    .AddJsonFile(path)
+                    .Build();
+
+                Serilog.Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
+                    .ReadFrom.Configuration(configuration)
+                    .Enrich.FromLogContext()
+                    .CreateLogger();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Serilog.Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
+                    .WriteTo.Console(outputTemplate: "[{Timestamp:HH:mm:ss}] [{Level:u3}] {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}")
+                    .WriteTo.File(
+                        Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "logs", "log_.log"),
+                        rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day,
+                        outputTemplate: "[{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff zzz}] [{Level:u3}] {Message}{NewLine}{Exception}")
+                    .Enrich.FromLogContext()
+                    .CreateLogger();
+
+                Serilog.Log.Logger.Fatal(ex, "Failed to read logger config");
+            }
+        }
+
         private static MonoEnvironmentInfo GetEnvironmentInfo()
         {
             var info = new MonoEnvironmentInfo();
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/Resources/Configuration/logging.json b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/Resources/Configuration/logging.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68b57b2761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/Resources/Configuration/logging.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    "Serilog": {
+        "MinimumLevel": "Information",
+        "WriteTo": [
+            { "Name": "Console",
+                "Args": {
+                    "outputTemplate": "[{Timestamp:HH:mm:ss}] [{Level:u3}] {Message}{NewLine}{Exception}"
+                }
+            },
+            { "Name": "File",
+                "Args": {
+                    "path": "logs//log_.log",
+                    "rollingInterval": "Day",
+                    "outputTemplate": "[{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff zzz}] [{Level:u3}] {Message}{NewLine}{Exception}"
+                }
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}