diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dc673ad..0b93d3f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,4 +21,3 @@
 version is configured with a service graph that includes
 `ExampleService`, which is a good platform for understanding how to
 build and use XOS.
-
diff --git a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/default.py b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/default.py
index 70fa656..f1a7adc 100644
--- a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/default.py
+++ b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/default.py
@@ -17,10 +17,24 @@
 DEFAULT_VALUES = {
     'xos_dir': '/opt/xos',
     'logging': {
-        'file': '/var/log/xos.log', # TODO remove me, the new logger will be able to decide on which file to log
-        'level': 'info',
-        'channels': ['file', 'console'],
-        'logstash_hostport': 'cordloghost:5617'
+        'version': 1,
+        'handlers': {
+            'console': {
+                'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+            },
+            'file': {
+                'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
+                'filename': '/var/log/xos.log',
+                'maxBytes': 10485760,
+                'backupCount': 5
+            }
+        },
+        'loggers': {
+            '': {
+                'handlers': ['console', 'file'],
+                'level': 'DEBUG'
+            }
+        }
     },
     'accessor': {
         'endpoint': 'xos-core.cord.lab:50051',
@@ -34,9 +48,9 @@
         'client_user': 'pl'
     },
     'proxy_ssh': {
-      'enabled': True,
-      'key': '/opt/cord_profile/node_key',
-      'user': 'root'
+        'enabled': True,
+        'key': '/opt/cord_profile/node_key',
+        'user': 'root'
     },
     'node_key': '/opt/cord_profile/node_key',
     'config_dir': '/etc/xos/sync',
diff --git a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/synchronizer-config-schema.yaml b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/synchronizer-config-schema.yaml
index ae7b83c..95a69b1 100644
--- a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/synchronizer-config-schema.yaml
+++ b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/synchronizer-config-schema.yaml
@@ -19,20 +19,8 @@
     type: str
   xos_dir:
     type: str
-  logging:
-    type: map
-    map:
-      file:
-        type: str
-      logstash_hostport:
-        type: str
-      level:
-        type: str
-      channels:
-        type: seq
-        sequence:
-          - type: str
-            enum: ['file', 'console', 'elkstack']
+  logging: 
+    type: any
   dependency_graph:
     type: str
   link_graph:
diff --git a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/xos-config-schema.yaml b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/xos-config-schema.yaml
index 0319836..216bbf1 100644
--- a/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/xos-config-schema.yaml
+++ b/lib/xos-config/xosconfig/xos-config-schema.yaml
@@ -31,20 +31,7 @@
       password:
         type: str
         required: True
-  logging:
-    type: map
-    map:
-      file:
-        type: str
-      logstash_hostport:
-        type: str
-      level:
-        type: str
-        # TODO add validation [info, debug, warning, error, critical]
-      channels:
-        type: seq
-        sequence:
-          - type: str
-            enum: ['file', 'console', 'elkstack']
+  logging: 
+    type: any
   xos_dir:
     type: str
diff --git a/xos/xos/logger.py b/xos/xos/logger.py
index 6bd62d4..d69062b 100644
--- a/xos/xos/logger.py
+++ b/xos/xos/logger.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
         # Logstash config
         try:
-            logstash_host, logstash_port = Config.get("logging.logstash_hostport").split(':')
+            logstash_host, logstash_port = 'cordloghost', '5617'
             logstash_handler = logstash.LogstashHandler(
                 logstash_host, int(logstash_port), version=1)
             # always log at DEBUG level to logstash
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@
 
         # default is to locate loggername from the logfile if avail.
         if not logfile:
-            logfile = Config.get("logging.file")
+            logfile = '/var/log/xos_legacy.log'
 
         # allow config-file override of console/logfile level
-        level_str = Config.get("logging.level")
+        level_str = 'info'
         if level_str:
             level_str = level_str.lower()