diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/access/carrier.go b/cmd/cloudflared/access/carrier.go
index 435ef303..87a4584e 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/access/carrier.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/access/carrier.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/logger"
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/validation"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	cli "github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
 // StartForwarder starts a client side websocket forward
@@ -52,19 +52,7 @@ func StartForwarder(forwarder config.Forwarder, shutdown <-chan struct{}, logger
 // useful for proxying other protocols (like ssh) over websockets
 // (which you can put Access in front of)
 func ssh(c *cli.Context) error {
-	logDirectory, logLevel := config.FindLogSettings()
-
-	flagLogDirectory := c.String(sshLogDirectoryFlag)
-	if flagLogDirectory != "" {
-		logDirectory = flagLogDirectory
-	}
-
-	flagLogLevel := c.String(sshLogLevelFlag)
-	if flagLogLevel != "" {
-		logLevel = flagLogLevel
-	}
-
-	logger, err := logger.New(logger.DefaultFile(logDirectory), logger.LogLevelString(logLevel))
+	logger, err := logger.CreateSSHLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return cliutil.PrintLoggerSetupError("error setting up logger", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/access/cmd.go b/cmd/cloudflared/access/cmd.go
index cd161678..20f70816 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/access/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/access/cmd.go
@@ -25,16 +25,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	sshHostnameFlag     = "hostname"
-	sshDestinationFlag  = "destination"
-	sshURLFlag          = "url"
-	sshHeaderFlag       = "header"
-	sshTokenIDFlag      = "service-token-id"
-	sshTokenSecretFlag  = "service-token-secret"
-	sshGenCertFlag      = "short-lived-cert"
-	sshLogDirectoryFlag = "log-directory"
-	sshLogLevelFlag     = "log-level"
-	sshConfigTemplate   = `
+	sshHostnameFlag    = "hostname"
+	sshDestinationFlag = "destination"
+	sshURLFlag         = "url"
+	sshHeaderFlag      = "header"
+	sshTokenIDFlag     = "service-token-id"
+	sshTokenSecretFlag = "service-token-secret"
+	sshGenCertFlag     = "short-lived-cert"
+	sshConfigTemplate  = `
 Add to your {{.Home}}/.ssh/config:
 
 Host {{.Hostname}}
@@ -157,12 +155,12 @@ func Commands() []*cli.Command {
 							Usage:   "specify an Access service token secret you wish to use.",
 						},
 						&cli.StringFlag{
-							Name:    sshLogDirectoryFlag,
+							Name:    logger.LogSSHDirectoryFlag,
 							Aliases: []string{"logfile"}, //added to match the tunnel side
 							Usage:   "Save application log to this directory for reporting issues.",
 						},
 						&cli.StringFlag{
-							Name:    sshLogLevelFlag,
+							Name:    logger.LogSSHLevelFlag,
 							Aliases: []string{"loglevel"}, //added to match the tunnel side
 							Usage:   "Application logging level {fatal, error, info, debug}. ",
 						},
@@ -207,7 +205,7 @@ func login(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	logger, err := logger.New()
+	logger, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up logger")
 	}
@@ -252,7 +250,7 @@ func curl(c *cli.Context) error {
 	if err := raven.SetDSN(sentryDSN); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	logger, err := logger.New()
+	logger, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up logger")
 	}
@@ -331,7 +329,7 @@ func sshConfig(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 // sshGen generates a short lived certificate for provided hostname
 func sshGen(c *cli.Context) error {
-	logger, err := logger.New()
+	logger, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up logger")
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/app_service.go b/cmd/cloudflared/app_service.go
index d2c0b0c3..5f5197d0 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/app_service.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/app_service.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func (s *AppService) Run() error {
 func (s *AppService) Shutdown() error {
 	s.configManager.Shutdown()
 	s.shutdownC <- struct{}{}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/config/configuration.go b/cmd/cloudflared/config/configuration.go
index e75e45a2..ce27505e 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/config/configuration.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/config/configuration.go
@@ -151,35 +151,6 @@ func FindOrCreateConfigPath() string {
 	return path
 }
 
-// FindLogSettings gets the log directory and level from the config file
-func FindLogSettings() (string, string) {
-	configPath := FindOrCreateConfigPath()
-	defaultDirectory := DefaultLogDirectory()
-	defaultLevel := "info"
-
-	file, err := os.Open(configPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return defaultDirectory, defaultLevel
-	}
-	defer file.Close()
-
-	var config Root
-	if err := yaml.NewDecoder(file).Decode(&config); err != nil {
-		return defaultDirectory, defaultLevel
-	}
-
-	directory := defaultDirectory
-	if config.LogDirectory != "" {
-		directory = config.LogDirectory
-	}
-
-	level := defaultLevel
-	if config.LogLevel != "" {
-		level = config.LogLevel
-	}
-	return directory, level
-}
-
 // ValidateUnixSocket ensures --unix-socket param is used exclusively
 // i.e. it fails if a user specifies both --url and --unix-socket
 func ValidateUnixSocket(c *cli.Context) (string, error) {
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/linux_service.go b/cmd/cloudflared/linux_service.go
index 3e04c704..a68751ea 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/linux_service.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/linux_service.go
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func copyUserConfiguration(userConfigDir, userConfigFile, userCredentialFile str
 }
 
 func installLinuxService(c *cli.Context) error {
-	logger, err := logger.New()
+	logger, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up logger")
 	}
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func installSysv(templateArgs *ServiceTemplateArgs, logger logger.Service) error
 }
 
 func uninstallLinuxService(c *cli.Context) error {
-	logger, err := logger.New()
+	logger, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up logger")
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/macos_service.go b/cmd/cloudflared/macos_service.go
index 43f65b20..0970fa04 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/macos_service.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/macos_service.go
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
-
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared/cliutil"
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/logger"
+
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func stderrPath() (string, error) {
 }
 
 func installLaunchd(c *cli.Context) error {
-	logger, err := logger.New()
+	logger, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up logger")
 	}
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func installLaunchd(c *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func uninstallLaunchd(c *cli.Context) error {
-	logger, err := logger.New()
+	logger, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up logger")
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/main.go b/cmd/cloudflared/main.go
index 44b1028e..0be2952c 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/main.go
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/overwatch"
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/tunneldns"
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/watcher"
-
-	raven "github.com/getsentry/raven-go"
-	homedir "github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
-	cli "github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+	"github.com/getsentry/raven-go"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ func isEmptyInvocation(c *cli.Context) bool {
 func action(version string, shutdownC, graceShutdownC chan struct{}) cli.ActionFunc {
 	return cliutil.ErrorHandler(func(c *cli.Context) (err error) {
 		if isEmptyInvocation(c) {
-			return handleServiceMode(shutdownC)
+			return handleServiceMode(c, shutdownC)
 		}
 		tags := make(map[string]string)
 		tags["hostname"] = c.String("hostname")
@@ -184,15 +183,13 @@ func captureError(err error) {
 }
 
 // cloudflared was started without any flags
-func handleServiceMode(shutdownC chan struct{}) error {
+func handleServiceMode(c *cli.Context, shutdownC chan struct{}) error {
 	defer log.SharedWriteManager.Shutdown()
-	logDirectory, logLevel := config.FindLogSettings()
 
-	logger, err := log.New(log.DefaultFile(logDirectory), log.LogLevelString(logLevel))
+	logger, err := log.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, log.DisableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return cliutil.PrintLoggerSetupError("error setting up logger", err)
 	}
-	logger.Infof("logging to directory: %s", logDirectory)
 
 	// start the main run loop that reads from the config file
 	f, err := watcher.NewFile()
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
index 8667146d..58f963a8 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/cmd.go
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ const (
 	// uiFlag is to enable launching cloudflared in interactive UI mode
 	uiFlag = "ui"
 
-	logDirectoryFlag = "log-directory"
-
 	debugLevelWarning = "At debug level, request URL, method, protocol, content legnth and header will be logged. " +
 		"Response status, content length and header will also be logged in debug level."
 )
@@ -209,40 +207,6 @@ func routeFromFlag(c *cli.Context) (tunnelstore.Route, bool) {
 	return nil, false
 }
 
-func createLogger(c *cli.Context, isTransport bool, disableTerminal bool) (*logger.OutputWriter, error) {
-	var loggerOpts []logger.Option
-
-	logPath := c.String("logfile")
-	if logPath == "" {
-		logPath = c.String(logDirectoryFlag)
-	}
-
-	if logPath != "" {
-		loggerOpts = append(loggerOpts, logger.DefaultFile(logPath))
-	}
-
-	logLevel := c.String("loglevel")
-	if isTransport {
-		logLevel = c.String("transport-loglevel")
-		if logLevel == "" {
-			logLevel = "fatal"
-		}
-	}
-	loggerOpts = append(loggerOpts, logger.LogLevelString(logLevel))
-
-	if disableTerminal {
-		disableOption := logger.DisableTerminal(true)
-		loggerOpts = append(loggerOpts, disableOption)
-	}
-
-	l, err := logger.New(loggerOpts...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return l, nil
-}
-
 func StartServer(
 	c *cli.Context,
 	version string,
@@ -362,7 +326,7 @@ func StartServer(
 		return fmt.Errorf(errText)
 	}
 
-	transportLogger, err := createLogger(c, true, isUIEnabled)
+	transportLogger, err := logger.CreateTransportLoggerFromContext(c, isUIEnabled)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up transport logger")
 	}
@@ -416,7 +380,7 @@ func forceSetFlag(c *cli.Context, name, value string) {
 
 func SetFlagsFromConfigFile(c *cli.Context) error {
 	const exitCode = 1
-	log, err := createLogger(c, false, false)
+	log, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return cliutil.PrintLoggerSetupError("error setting up logger", err)
 	}
@@ -974,14 +938,14 @@ func sshFlags(shouldHide bool) []cli.Flag {
 func configureLoggingFlags(shouldHide bool) []cli.Flag {
 	return []cli.Flag{
 		altsrc.NewStringFlag(&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:    "loglevel",
+			Name:    logger.LogLevelFlag,
 			Value:   "info",
 			Usage:   "Application logging level {fatal, error, info, debug}. " + debugLevelWarning,
 			EnvVars: []string{"TUNNEL_LOGLEVEL"},
 			Hidden:  shouldHide,
 		}),
 		altsrc.NewStringFlag(&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:    "transport-loglevel",
+			Name:    logger.LogTransportLevelFlag,
 			Aliases: []string{"proto-loglevel"}, // This flag used to be called proto-loglevel
 			Value:   "info",
 			Usage:   "Transport logging level(previously called protocol logging level) {fatal, error, info, debug}",
@@ -989,13 +953,13 @@ func configureLoggingFlags(shouldHide bool) []cli.Flag {
 			Hidden:  shouldHide,
 		}),
 		altsrc.NewStringFlag(&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:    "logfile",
+			Name:    logger.LogFileFlag,
 			Usage:   "Save application log to this file for reporting issues.",
 			EnvVars: []string{"TUNNEL_LOGFILE"},
 			Hidden:  shouldHide,
 		}),
 		altsrc.NewStringFlag(&cli.StringFlag{
-			Name:    logDirectoryFlag,
+			Name:    logger.LogDirectoryFlag,
 			Usage:   "Save application log to this directory for reporting issues.",
 			EnvVars: []string{"TUNNEL_LOGDIRECTORY"},
 			Hidden:  shouldHide,
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/login.go b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/login.go
index 48cba5f3..1f2aee2a 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/login.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/login.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func buildLoginSubcommand(hidden bool) *cli.Command {
 }
 
 func login(c *cli.Context) error {
-	logger, err := logger.New()
+	logger, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up logger")
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/subcommand_context.go b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/subcommand_context.go
index 130f4fa6..f5f3f4f8 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/subcommand_context.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/subcommand_context.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func newSubcommandContext(c *cli.Context) (*subcommandContext, error) {
 	isUIEnabled := c.IsSet(uiFlag) && c.String("name") != ""
 
 	// If UI is enabled, terminal log output should be disabled -- log should be written into a UI log window instead
-	logger, err := createLogger(c, false, isUIEnabled)
+	logger, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, isUIEnabled)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up logger")
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/updater/update.go b/cmd/cloudflared/updater/update.go
index 3ed86d45..30fa7bc7 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/updater/update.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/updater/update.go
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func checkForUpdateAndApply(options updateOptions) UpdateOutcome {
 
 // Update is the handler for the update command from the command line
 func Update(c *cli.Context) error {
-	logger, err := logger.New()
+	logger, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up logger")
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/cloudflared/windows_service.go b/cmd/cloudflared/windows_service.go
index 7b21e7f7..109ce696 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudflared/windows_service.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudflared/windows_service.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (s *windowsService) Execute(serviceArgs []string, r <-chan svc.ChangeReques
 }
 
 func installWindowsService(c *cli.Context) error {
-	logger, err := logger.New()
+	logger, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up logger")
 	}
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func installWindowsService(c *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func uninstallWindowsService(c *cli.Context) error {
-	logger, err := logger.New()
+	logger, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up logger")
 	}
diff --git a/dbconnect/proxy.go b/dbconnect/proxy.go
index fbdfb0b9..fc45676e 100644
--- a/dbconnect/proxy.go
+++ b/dbconnect/proxy.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func NewInsecureProxy(ctx context.Context, origin string) (*Proxy, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not connect to the database")
 	}
 
-	logger, err := logger.New()
+	logger, err := logger.New() // TODO: Does not obey log configuration
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error setting up logger")
 	}
diff --git a/logger/configuration.go b/logger/configuration.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b38e4fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logger/configuration.go
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+package logger
+
+var defaultConfig = createDefaultConfig()
+
+// Logging configuration
+type Config struct {
+	ConsoleConfig *ConsoleConfig // If nil, the logger will not log into the console
+	FileConfig    *FileConfig    // If nil, the logger will not use an individual log file
+	RollingConfig *RollingConfig // If nil, the logger will not use a rolling log
+
+	MinLevel string // debug | info | error | fatal
+}
+
+type ConsoleConfig struct {
+	noColor bool
+}
+
+type FileConfig struct {
+	Filepath string
+}
+
+type RollingConfig struct {
+	Directory string
+	Filename  string
+
+	maxSize    int // megabytes
+	maxBackups int // files
+	maxAge     int // days
+}
+
+func createDefaultConfig() Config {
+	const minLevel = "fatal"
+
+	const RollingMaxSize = 1    // Mb
+	const RollingMaxBackups = 5 // files
+	const RollingMaxAge = 0     // Keep forever
+	const rollingLogFilename = "cloudflared.log"
+
+	return Config{
+		ConsoleConfig: &ConsoleConfig{
+			noColor: false,
+		},
+		FileConfig: &FileConfig{
+			Filepath: "",
+		},
+		RollingConfig: &RollingConfig{
+			Directory:  "",
+			Filename:   rollingLogFilename,
+			maxSize:    RollingMaxSize,
+			maxBackups: RollingMaxBackups,
+			maxAge:     RollingMaxAge,
+		},
+		MinLevel: minLevel,
+	}
+}
+
+func CreateConfig(
+	minLevel string,
+	disableTerminal bool,
+	rollingLogPath, nonRollingLogFilePath string,
+) *Config {
+	var console *ConsoleConfig
+	if !disableTerminal {
+		console = createConsoleConfig()
+	}
+
+	var file *FileConfig
+	if nonRollingLogFilePath != "" {
+		file = createFileConfig(nonRollingLogFilePath)
+	}
+
+	var rolling *RollingConfig
+	if rollingLogPath != "" {
+		rolling = createRollingConfig(rollingLogPath)
+	}
+
+	if minLevel == "" {
+		minLevel = defaultConfig.MinLevel
+	}
+
+	return &Config{
+		ConsoleConfig: console,
+		FileConfig:    file,
+		RollingConfig: rolling,
+
+		MinLevel: minLevel,
+	}
+}
+
+func createConsoleConfig() *ConsoleConfig {
+	return &ConsoleConfig{
+		noColor: false,
+	}
+}
+
+func createFileConfig(filepath string) *FileConfig {
+	if filepath == "" {
+		filepath = defaultConfig.FileConfig.Filepath
+	}
+
+	return &FileConfig{
+		Filepath: filepath,
+	}
+}
+
+func createRollingConfig(directory string) *RollingConfig {
+	if directory == "" {
+		directory = defaultConfig.RollingConfig.Directory
+	}
+
+	return &RollingConfig{
+		Directory:  directory,
+		Filename:   defaultConfig.RollingConfig.Filename,
+		maxSize:    defaultConfig.RollingConfig.maxSize,
+		maxBackups: defaultConfig.RollingConfig.maxBackups,
+		maxAge:     defaultConfig.RollingConfig.maxAge,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/logger/create.go b/logger/create.go
index c01702cb..03cf3c65 100644
--- a/logger/create.go
+++ b/logger/create.go
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/units"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+)
+
+const (
+	EnableTerminalLog  = false
+	DisableTerminalLog = true
+
+	LogLevelFlag          = "loglevel"
+	LogFileFlag           = "logfile"
+	LogDirectoryFlag      = "log-directory"
+	LogTransportLevelFlag = "transport-loglevel"
+
+	LogSSHDirectoryFlag = "log-directory"
+	LogSSHLevelFlag     = "log-level"
 )
 
 // Option is to encaspulate actions that will be called by Parse and run later to build an Options struct
@@ -127,6 +141,63 @@ func New(opts ...Option) (*OutputWriter, error) {
 	return l, nil
 }
 
+func NewInHouse(loggerConfig *Config) (*OutputWriter, error) {
+	var loggerOpts []Option
+
+	var logPath string
+	if loggerConfig.FileConfig != nil {
+		logPath = loggerConfig.FileConfig.Filepath
+	}
+	if logPath == "" && loggerConfig.RollingConfig != nil {
+		logPath = loggerConfig.RollingConfig.Directory
+	}
+
+	if logPath != "" {
+		loggerOpts = append(loggerOpts, DefaultFile(logPath))
+	}
+
+	loggerOpts = append(loggerOpts, LogLevelString(loggerConfig.MinLevel))
+
+	if loggerConfig.ConsoleConfig == nil {
+		disableOption := DisableTerminal(true)
+		loggerOpts = append(loggerOpts, disableOption)
+	}
+
+	l, err := New(loggerOpts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return l, nil
+}
+
+func CreateTransportLoggerFromContext(c *cli.Context, disableTerminal bool) (*OutputWriter, error) {
+	return createFromContext(c, LogTransportLevelFlag, LogDirectoryFlag, disableTerminal)
+}
+
+func CreateLoggerFromContext(c *cli.Context, disableTerminal bool) (*OutputWriter, error) {
+	return createFromContext(c, LogLevelFlag, LogDirectoryFlag, disableTerminal)
+}
+
+func CreateSSHLoggerFromContext(c *cli.Context, disableTerminal bool) (*OutputWriter, error) {
+	return createFromContext(c, LogSSHLevelFlag, LogSSHDirectoryFlag, disableTerminal)
+}
+
+func createFromContext(
+	c *cli.Context,
+	logLevelFlagName,
+	logDirectoryFlagName string,
+	disableTerminal bool,
+) (*OutputWriter, error) {
+	logLevel := c.String(logLevelFlagName)
+	logFile := c.String(LogFileFlag)
+	logDirectory := c.String(logDirectoryFlagName)
+
+	loggerConfig := CreateConfig(logLevel, disableTerminal, logDirectory, logFile)
+
+	return NewInHouse(loggerConfig)
+}
+
 // ParseLevelString returns the expected log levels based on the cmd flag
 func ParseLevelString(lvl string) ([]Level, error) {
 	switch strings.ToLower(lvl) {
diff --git a/tunneldns/tunnel.go b/tunneldns/tunnel.go
index d0524f6d..f7bd6971 100644
--- a/tunneldns/tunnel.go
+++ b/tunneldns/tunnel.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared/cliutil"
-	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared/config"
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/logger"
 	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/metrics"
 
@@ -71,8 +70,7 @@ func Command(hidden bool) *cli.Command {
 
 // Run implements a foreground runner
 func Run(c *cli.Context) error {
-	logDirectory, logLevel := config.FindLogSettings()
-	logger, err := logger.New(logger.DefaultFile(logDirectory), logger.LogLevelString(logLevel))
+	logger, err := logger.CreateLoggerFromContext(c, logger.EnableTerminalLog)
 	if err != nil {
 		return cliutil.PrintLoggerSetupError("error setting up logger", err)
 	}