diff --git a/core/server/ghost-server.js b/core/server/ghost-server.js
index 3592ee723a3..59df2e86ec3 100644
--- a/core/server/ghost-server.js
+++ b/core/server/ghost-server.js
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ var debug = require('debug')('ghost:server'),
     _ = require('lodash'),
     errors = require('./errors'),
     events = require('./events'),
+    logging = require('./logging'),
     config = require('./config'),
     utils = require('./utils'),
-    i18n   = require('./i18n'),
+    i18n = require('./i18n'),
     moment = require('moment');
 
 /**
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ GhostServer.prototype.restart = function () {
  * To be called after `stop`
  */
 GhostServer.prototype.hammertime = function () {
-    console.log(chalk.green(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.cantTouchThis')));
+    logging.info(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.cantTouchThis'));
 
     return Promise.resolve(this);
 };
@@ -192,34 +193,30 @@ GhostServer.prototype.closeConnections = function () {
 GhostServer.prototype.logStartMessages = function () {
     // Startup & Shutdown messages
     if (config.get('env') === 'production') {
-        console.log(
-            chalk.red('Currently running Ghost 1.0.0 Beta, this is NOT suitable for production! \n'),
-            chalk.white('Please switch to the stable branch. \n'),
-            chalk.white('More information on the Ghost 1.0.0 Beta at: ') + chalk.cyan('https://dev.ghost.org/1-0-0-beta') + '\n',
-            chalk.gray(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.ctrlCToShutDown'))
+        logging.error('\nCurrently running Ghost 1.0.0 Beta, this is NOT suitable for production!\n' +
+            chalk.white('Please switch to the stable branch. \n') +
+            chalk.white('More information on the Ghost 1.0.0 Beta at: ') + chalk.cyan('https://dev.ghost.org/1-0-0-beta') + '\n'
         );
+
+        logging.info(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.ctrlCToShutDown'));
     } else {
-        console.log(
-            chalk.yellow('Welcome to the Ghost 1.0.0 Beta - this version of Ghost is for development only.')
-        );
-        console.log(
-            chalk.green(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.ghostIsRunningIn', {env: config.get('env')})),
-            i18n.t('notices.httpServer.listeningOn'),
-            config.get('server').socket || config.get('server').host + ':' + config.get('server').port,
-            i18n.t('notices.httpServer.urlConfiguredAs', {url: utils.url.urlFor('home', true)}),
-            chalk.gray(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.ctrlCToShutDown'))
-        );
+        logging.warn('Welcome to the Ghost 1.0.0 Beta - this version of Ghost is for development only.');
+        logging.info(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.ghostIsRunningIn', {env: config.get('env')}));
+        logging.info(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.listeningOn', {
+            host: config.get('server').socket || config.get('server').host,
+            port: config.get('server').port
+        }));
+        logging.info(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.urlConfiguredAs', {url: utils.url.urlFor('home', true)}));
+        logging.info(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.ctrlCToShutDown'));
     }
 
     function shutdown() {
-        console.log(chalk.red(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.ghostHasShutdown')));
+        logging.warn(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.ghostHasShutdown'));
 
         if (config.get('env') === 'production') {
-            console.log(
-                i18n.t('notices.httpServer.yourBlogIsNowOffline')
-            );
+            logging.warn(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.yourBlogIsNowOffline'));
         } else {
-            console.log(
+            logging.warn(
                 i18n.t('notices.httpServer.ghostWasRunningFor'),
                 moment.duration(process.uptime(), 'seconds').humanize()
             );
@@ -227,17 +224,16 @@ GhostServer.prototype.logStartMessages = function () {
 
         process.exit(0);
     }
+
     // ensure that Ghost exits correctly on Ctrl+C and SIGTERM
-    process.
-        removeAllListeners('SIGINT').on('SIGINT', shutdown).
-        removeAllListeners('SIGTERM').on('SIGTERM', shutdown);
+    process.removeAllListeners('SIGINT').on('SIGINT', shutdown).removeAllListeners('SIGTERM').on('SIGTERM', shutdown);
 };
 
 /**
  * ### Log Shutdown Messages
  */
 GhostServer.prototype.logShutdownMessages = function () {
-    console.log(chalk.red(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.ghostIsClosingConnections')));
+    logging.warn(i18n.t('notices.httpServer.ghostIsClosingConnections'));
 };
 
 module.exports = GhostServer;
diff --git a/core/server/translations/en.json b/core/server/translations/en.json
index 1b28e08539e..3105f21f5f3 100644
--- a/core/server/translations/en.json
+++ b/core/server/translations/en.json
@@ -538,14 +538,14 @@
         "httpServer": {
             "cantTouchThis": "Can't touch this",
             "ghostIsRunning": "Ghost is running...",
-            "yourBlogIsAvailableOn": "\nYour blog is now available on {url}",
-            "ctrlCToShutDown": "\nCtrl+C to shut down",
+            "yourBlogIsAvailableOn": "Your blog is now available on {url}",
+            "ctrlCToShutDown": "Ctrl+C to shut down",
             "ghostIsRunningIn": "Ghost is running in {env}...",
-            "listeningOn": "\nListening on",
-            "urlConfiguredAs": "\nUrl configured as: {url}",
-            "ghostHasShutdown": "\nGhost has shut down",
-            "yourBlogIsNowOffline": "\nYour blog is now offline",
-            "ghostWasRunningFor": "\nGhost was running for",
+            "listeningOn": "Listening on: {host}:{port}",
+            "urlConfiguredAs": "Url configured as: {url}",
+            "ghostHasShutdown": "Ghost has shut down",
+            "yourBlogIsNowOffline": "Your blog is now offline",
+            "ghostWasRunningFor": "Ghost was running for",
             "ghostIsClosingConnections": "Ghost is closing connections"
         },
         "mail": {
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 458a90662f5..18e2295cb60 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // # Ghost Startup
 // Orchestrates the startup of Ghost when run from command line.
-console.time('Ghost boot');
 
-var debug = require('debug')('ghost:boot:index'),
+var startTime = Date.now(),
+    debug = require('debug')('ghost:boot:index'),
     ghost, express, logging, errors, utils, parentApp;
 
 debug('First requires...');
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ ghost().then(function (ghostServer) {
     debug('Starting Ghost');
     // Let Ghost handle starting our server instance.
     return ghostServer.start(parentApp).then(function afterStart() {
-        console.timeEnd('Ghost boot');
+        logging.info('Ghost boot', (Date.now() - startTime) / 1000 + 's');
+
         // if IPC messaging is enabled, ensure ghost sends message to parent
         // process on successful start
         if (process.send) {