diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/debugging.md b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/debugging.md
index c5653d90f712..b9f2ba8da981 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/debugging.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/debugging.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 - debug (prints info logs)
 - detailed debug (prints debug logs)
 
+The proxy also supports json logs. [See here](#json-logs)
+
 ## `debug`
 
 **via cli**
@@ -31,4 +33,20 @@ $ litellm --detailed_debug
 
 ```python
 os.environ["LITELLM_LOG"] = "DEBUG"
-```
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+```
+
+## JSON LOGS
+
+Set `JSON_LOGS="True"` in your env:
+
+```bash
+export JSON_LOGS="True"
+```
+
+Start proxy 
+
+```bash
+$ litellm
+```
+
+The proxy will now all logs in json format.
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diff --git a/litellm/_logging.py b/litellm/_logging.py
index f31ee41f8bf7..0759ad51e959 100644
--- a/litellm/_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/_logging.py
@@ -1,19 +1,33 @@
-import logging
+import logging, os, json
+from logging import Formatter
 
 set_verbose = False
-json_logs = False
+json_logs = bool(os.getenv("JSON_LOGS", False))
 # Create a handler for the logger (you may need to adapt this based on your needs)
 handler = logging.StreamHandler()
 handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
-# Create a formatter and set it for the handler
-formatter = logging.Formatter(
-    "\033[92m%(asctime)s - %(name)s:%(levelname)s\033[0m: %(filename)s:%(lineno)s - %(message)s",
-    datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
-)
 
+class JsonFormatter(Formatter):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(JsonFormatter, self).__init__()
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        json_record = {}
+        json_record["message"] = record.getMessage()
+        return json.dumps(json_record)
+
+
+# Create a formatter and set it for the handler
+if json_logs:
+    handler.setFormatter(JsonFormatter())
+else:
+    formatter = logging.Formatter(
+        "\033[92m%(asctime)s - %(name)s:%(levelname)s\033[0m: %(filename)s:%(lineno)s - %(message)s",
+        datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
+    )
 
-handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
 
 verbose_proxy_logger = logging.getLogger("LiteLLM Proxy")
 verbose_router_logger = logging.getLogger("LiteLLM Router")
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_logging.py b/litellm/proxy/_logging.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fcabad7cd60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_logging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import json
+import logging
+from logging import Formatter
+
+
+class JsonFormatter(Formatter):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(JsonFormatter, self).__init__()
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        json_record = {}
+        json_record["message"] = record.getMessage()
+        return json.dumps(json_record)
+
+
+logger = logging.root
+handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+handler.setFormatter(JsonFormatter())
+logger.handlers = [handler]
+logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_super_secret_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/_super_secret_config.yaml
index f349bd09e9ab..2195a077d362 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_super_secret_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_super_secret_config.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ model_list:
       api_key: os.environ/AZURE_API_KEY # The `os.environ/` prefix tells litellm to read this from the env. See https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/simple_proxy#load-api-keys-from-vault
   
 router_settings:
-  enable_pre_call_checks: true
+  enable_pre_call_checks: true
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diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
index 50eca5ecb3a5..537f43736405 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from importlib import resources
 import shutil
 
+
 telemetry = None
 
 
@@ -505,6 +506,7 @@ def _make_openai_completion():
             port = random.randint(1024, 49152)
 
         from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import app
+        import litellm
 
         if run_gunicorn == False:
             if ssl_certfile_path is not None and ssl_keyfile_path is not None:
@@ -519,7 +521,15 @@ def _make_openai_completion():
                     ssl_certfile=ssl_certfile_path,
                 )  # run uvicorn
             else:
-                uvicorn.run(app, host=host, port=port)  # run uvicorn
+                print(f"litellm.json_logs: {litellm.json_logs}")
+                if litellm.json_logs:
+                    from litellm.proxy._logging import logger
+
+                    uvicorn.run(
+                        app, host=host, port=port, log_config=None
+                    )  # run uvicorn w/ json
+                else:
+                    uvicorn.run(app, host=host, port=port)  # run uvicorn
         elif run_gunicorn == True:
             import gunicorn.app.base