diff --git a/hepcrawl/settings.py b/hepcrawl/settings.py
index ceb025fb..70e4d969 100644
--- a/hepcrawl/settings.py
+++ b/hepcrawl/settings.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from scrapy.settings import default_settings
 
 import os
+import structlog
 
 
 BOT_NAME = 'hepcrawl'
@@ -206,3 +207,9 @@ def redis_url(service_name, database):
     from local_settings import *
 except ImportError:
     pass
+
+structlog.configure(
+    processors=[
+        structlog.processors.JSONRenderer()
+    ],
+)