diff --git a/src/client/Dockerfile b/src/client/Dockerfile
index e212f043..920f6076 100644
--- a/src/client/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/client/Dockerfile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ RUN npm run build
 FROM nginx:latest AS host
 
 # COPY nginx-client.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 COPY default.conf.template /etc/nginx/templates/
 
 COPY --from=builder /app/build/ /usr/share/nginx/html
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diff --git a/src/client/nginx.conf b/src/client/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40f4072f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+user  nginx;
+worker_processes  auto;
+
+error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log notice;
+pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;
+
+
+events {
+    worker_connections  1024;
+}
+
+http {
+    include       /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+    default_type  application/octet-stream;
+
+    log_format json_combined escape=json
+        '{'
+            '"timestamp":"$msec",'
+            '"address":"$remote_addr",'
+            '"request":"$request",'
+            '"body_bytes_sent":$body_bytes_sent,'
+            '"response_status":$status,'
+            '"http_user_agent":"$http_user_agent"'
+        '}';
+
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log json_combined;
+
+    sendfile        on;
+
+    keepalive_timeout  65;
+
+    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
+
+    server {
+        listen       80;
+        server_name  localhost;
+        client_max_body_size 100M;
+
+        location  ^~ /api/internal {   # Blocks external access to /api/internal/*
+            return 404;
+            }
+
+
+
+        location / {
+            root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
+            index  index.html index.htm;
+            try_files $uri /index.html; # forward all requests to the index.html for react
+        }
+
+        location /api {
+            try_files $uri @backend;      
+        }
+
+        location @backend {
+            proxy_pass http://backend;
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header Host $host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+            proxy_read_timeout 3600;
+            proxy_connect_timeout 3600;
+            proxy_send_timeout 3600;
+            send_timeout 3600;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/server/bin/startServer.sh b/src/server/bin/startServer.sh
index d8d43f76..90d42039 100644
--- a/src/server/bin/startServer.sh
+++ b/src/server/bin/startServer.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ echo "SLEEPING.. WAITING FOR DB"; sleep 5; echo "WAKING"; alembic upgrade head;
 
 # --no-reload prevents Flask restart, which usually happens in middle of create_base_users()
 #TODO: SECURITY - ensure we are not running in debug mode in production
-uwsgi --http-socket :5000 --plugin python38 --module wsgi:app --chdir /app --pythonpath . --processes 2 --threads 4 --master
+uwsgi bin/uwsgi.ini
diff --git a/src/server/bin/uwsgi.ini b/src/server/bin/uwsgi.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c285235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/bin/uwsgi.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[uwsgi]
+http-socket = :5000
+plugin = python38
+module = wsgi:app
+chdir = /app
+pythonpath = .
+processes = 2
+threads = 4
+log-4xx = true
+log-5xx = true
+disable-logging = true
+logformat = {"timestamp": "%(tmsecs)", "address": "%(addr)", "method": "%(method)", "protocol": "%(proto)", "resp_size": "%(size)", "request_body_size": "%(cl)", "response_status": "%(status)", "response_time": "%(secs)", "uri": "%(uri)"}
+logformat-strftime = true
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diff --git a/src/server/config.py b/src/server/config.py
index ac2aebd2..5783158d 100644
--- a/src/server/config.py
+++ b/src/server/config.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         structlog.processors.add_log_level,
         structlog.processors.StackInfoRenderer(),
         structlog.dev.set_exc_info,
-        structlog.processors.TimeStamper(fmt="iso", utc=True ),
+        structlog.processors.TimeStamper(fmt=None, utc=True ),
         structlog.processors.CallsiteParameterAdder(
             [
                 CallsiteParameter.FILENAME,