diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index c2df7a28093..59cb6f27b7f 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
   },
   "extends": "airbnb",
   "globals": {
-    "CLIENT": true,
     "CLIENT_CONFIG": true,
-    "DEVELOPMENT": true,
-    "SERVER": true,
     "assert": true,
     "sinon": true,
     "webpackIsomorphicTools": true
diff --git a/config/default.js b/config/default.js
index 547e0e669ff..a13437c5fa8 100644
--- a/config/default.js
+++ b/config/default.js
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ module.exports = {
   cookieMaxAge: 2592000,
   cookieName: 'jwt_api_auth_token',
 
+  isDeployed: true,
+  isDevelopment: false,
+
   // The canonical list of enabled apps.
   validAppNames,
 
@@ -46,6 +49,8 @@ module.exports = {
     'apiBase',
     'cookieName',
     'cookieMaxAge',
+    'isDeployed',
+    'isDevelopment',
     'startLoginUrl',
   ],
 
diff --git a/config/development.js b/config/development.js
index cf5d013e209..03985babdb0 100644
--- a/config/development.js
+++ b/config/development.js
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ module.exports = {
   apiHost: 'https://addons-dev.allizom.org',
   amoCDN: 'https://addons-dev-cdn.allizom.org',
 
+  isDeployed: false,
+  isDevelopment: true,
+
   webpackServerHost: '127.0.0.1',
   webpackServerPort: 3001,
   webpackHost: defer((cfg) => `http://${cfg.webpackServerHost}:${cfg.webpackServerPort}`),
diff --git a/karma.conf.js b/karma.conf.js
index 26261deec74..d7a28b1b365 100644
--- a/karma.conf.js
+++ b/karma.conf.js
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ const coverageReporters = [{
 const newWebpackConfig = Object.assign({}, webpackConfigProd, {
   plugins: [
     new webpack.DefinePlugin({
-      DEVELOPMENT: false,
-      CLIENT: true,
-      SERVER: false,
       CLIENT_CONFIG: JSON.stringify(clientConfig),
     }),
     new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(/config$/, 'client-config.js'),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f8960853dcf..3c60960660e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
     "eslint": "npm run lint",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "servertest": "npm run build && better-npm-run servertest",
-    "start:disco": "better-npm-run start:disco",
-    "start:search": "better-npm-run start:search",
+    "start": "npm run version-check && NODE_PATH='./:./src' node bin/server.js",
+    "start:disco": "NODE_APP_INSTANCE=disco npm start",
+    "start:search": "NODE_APP_INSTANCE=search npm start",
     "test": "better-npm-run test",
     "unittest": "better-npm-run unittest",
     "unittest:dev": "better-npm-run unittest:dev",
@@ -68,24 +69,6 @@
         "NODE_ENV": "production"
       }
     },
-    "start": {
-      "command": "npm run version-check && node bin/server.js",
-      "env": {
-        "NODE_PATH": "./:./src"
-      }
-    },
-    "start:search": {
-      "command": "better-npm-run start",
-      "env": {
-        "NODE_APP_INSTANCE": "search"
-      }
-    },
-    "start:disco": {
-      "command": "better-npm-run start",
-      "env": {
-        "NODE_APP_INSTANCE": "disco"
-      }
-    },
     "test": {
       "command": "npm run version-check && npm run unittest && npm run servertest && npm run lint",
       "env": {
@@ -127,9 +110,9 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mozillla/addons-frontend#readme",
   "dependencies": {
     "better-npm-run": "0.0.8",
+    "bunyan": "1.8.1",
     "camelcase": "2.1.1",
     "classnames": "2.2.5",
-    "common-tags": "0.0.3",
     "config": "1.20.1",
     "express": "4.13.4",
     "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "1.0.1",
diff --git a/src/core/server/base.js b/src/core/server/base.js
index 7b23d3b3548..5181c6bc12b 100644
--- a/src/core/server/base.js
+++ b/src/core/server/base.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import cookie from 'react-cookie';
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/server';
 import ReactHelmet from 'react-helmet';
+import bunyan from 'bunyan';
 
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import { match } from 'react-router';
@@ -19,20 +20,32 @@ import config from 'config';
 import { setJWT } from 'core/actions';
 
 const env = config.util.getEnv('NODE_ENV');
-const isDeployed = ['stage', 'dev', 'production'].indexOf(env) > -1;
+const isDeployed = config.get('isDeployed');
+const isDevelopment = config.get('isDevelopment');
 
 const errorString = 'Internal Server Error';
 const appName = config.get('appName');
 
-// Globals (these are set by definePlugin for client-side builds).
-global.CLIENT = false;
-global.SERVER = true;
-global.DEVELOPMENT = env === 'development';
+const log = bunyan.createLogger({
+  name: 'server',
+  app: appName,
+  serializers: bunyan.stdSerializers,
+});
+
+function logRequests(req, res, next) {
+  const start = new Date();
+  next();
+  const finish = new Date();
+  const elapsed = finish - start;
+  log.info({req, res, start, finish, elapsed});
+}
 
 function baseServer(routes, createStore, { appInstanceName = appName } = {}) {
   const app = new Express();
   app.disable('x-powered-by');
 
+  app.use(logRequests);
+
   // Sets X-Frame-Options
   app.use(helmet.frameguard('deny'));
 
@@ -45,8 +58,8 @@ function baseServer(routes, createStore, { appInstanceName = appName } = {}) {
   // CSP configuration.
   app.use(helmet.contentSecurityPolicy(config.get('CSP')));
 
-  if (env === 'development') {
-    console.log('Running in Development Mode'); // eslint-disable-line no-console
+  if (isDevelopment) {
+    log.info('Running in Development Mode');
 
     // clear require() cache if in development mode
     webpackIsomorphicTools.refresh();
@@ -67,7 +80,7 @@ function baseServer(routes, createStore, { appInstanceName = appName } = {}) {
       cookie.plugToRequest(req, res);
 
       if (err) {
-        console.error(err); // eslint-disable-line no-console
+        log.error({err, req});
         return res.status(500).end(errorString);
       }
 
@@ -109,8 +122,7 @@ function baseServer(routes, createStore, { appInstanceName = appName } = {}) {
           res.send(`<!DOCTYPE html>${HTML}`);
         })
         .catch((error) => {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-          console.error(error.stack);
+          log.error({err: error});
           res.status(500).end(errorString);
         });
     });
@@ -118,8 +130,7 @@ function baseServer(routes, createStore, { appInstanceName = appName } = {}) {
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
   app.use((err, req, res, next) => {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.error(err.stack);
+    log.error({err});
     res.status(500).end(errorString);
   });
 
@@ -128,8 +139,7 @@ function baseServer(routes, createStore, { appInstanceName = appName } = {}) {
 
 export function runServer({listen = true, app = appName} = {}) {
   if (!app) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.log(`Please specify a valid appName from ${config.get('validAppNames')}`);
+    log.fatal(`Please specify a valid appName from ${config.get('validAppNames')}`);
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
@@ -137,7 +147,7 @@ export function runServer({listen = true, app = appName} = {}) {
   const host = config.get('serverHost');
 
   const isoMorphicServer = new WebpackIsomorphicTools(WebpackIsomorphicToolsConfig);
-  return isoMorphicServer.development(env === 'development')
+  return isoMorphicServer.development(isDevelopment)
     .server(config.get('basePath'))
     .then(() => {
       global.webpackIsomorphicTools = isoMorphicServer;
@@ -154,10 +164,9 @@ export function runServer({listen = true, app = appName} = {}) {
             if (err) {
               reject(err);
             }
-            // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-            console.log(`🔥  Addons-frontend server is running [ENV:${env}] [APP:${app}]`);
-            // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-            console.log(`👁  Open your browser at http://${host}:${port} to view it.`);
+            log.info(`🔥  Addons-frontend server is running [ENV:${env}] [APP:${app}] ` +
+                     `[isDevelopment:${isDevelopment}] [isDeployed:${isDeployed}]`);
+            log.info(`👁  Open your browser at http://${host}:${port} to view it.`);
             resolve(server);
           });
         } else {
@@ -166,8 +175,7 @@ export function runServer({listen = true, app = appName} = {}) {
       });
     })
     .catch((err) => {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.error(err);
+      log.error({err});
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/store.js b/src/core/store.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fceff693921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/store.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
+import createLogger from 'redux-logger';
+import config from 'config';
+
+export function middleware({ __config = config } = {}) {
+  if (__config.get('isDevelopment')) {
+    return applyMiddleware(createLogger());
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
diff --git a/src/disco/store.js b/src/disco/store.js
index 1d7fba679ff..1a930a685c1 100644
--- a/src/disco/store.js
+++ b/src/disco/store.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import { applyMiddleware, createStore as _createStore, combineReducers } from 'redux';
+import { createStore as _createStore, combineReducers } from 'redux';
 import { reducer as reduxAsyncConnect } from 'redux-async-connect';
-import createLogger from 'redux-logger';
+import { middleware } from 'core/store';
 
 export default function createStore(initialState = {}) {
   return _createStore(
     combineReducers({reduxAsyncConnect}),
     initialState,
-    applyMiddleware(createLogger()),
+    middleware(),
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/search/store.js b/src/search/store.js
index b27dffc006c..5c706dbae89 100644
--- a/src/search/store.js
+++ b/src/search/store.js
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-import { applyMiddleware, createStore as _createStore, combineReducers } from 'redux';
+import { createStore as _createStore, combineReducers } from 'redux';
 import { reducer as reduxAsyncConnect } from 'redux-async-connect';
-import createLogger from 'redux-logger';
 
 import addons from 'core/reducers/addons';
 import api from 'core/reducers/api';
 import auth from 'core/reducers/authentication';
 import search from 'search/reducers/search';
+import { middleware } from 'core/store';
 
 export default function createStore(initialState = {}) {
   return _createStore(
     combineReducers({addons, api, auth, search, reduxAsyncConnect}),
     initialState,
-    applyMiddleware(createLogger()),
+    middleware(),
   );
 }
diff --git a/tests/client/core/test_store.js b/tests/client/core/test_store.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e14e69aa8d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/client/core/test_store.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { middleware } from 'core/store';
+
+describe('core store middleware', () => {
+  it('includes the middleware in development', () => {
+    const config = {
+      get() {
+        return true;
+      },
+    };
+    assert.isFunction(middleware({__config: config}));
+  });
+
+  it('is undefined when not in development', () => {
+    const config = {
+      get() {
+        return false;
+      },
+    };
+    assert.strictEqual(undefined, middleware({__config: config}));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/webpack.dev.config.babel.js b/webpack.dev.config.babel.js
index 65027cfc8aa..a3219b9bb13 100644
--- a/webpack.dev.config.babel.js
+++ b/webpack.dev.config.babel.js
@@ -74,10 +74,7 @@ export default Object.assign({}, webpackConfig, {
   },
   plugins: [
     new webpack.DefinePlugin({
-      CLIENT: true,
       CLIENT_CONFIG: JSON.stringify(clientConfig),
-      DEVELOPMENT: true,
-      SERVER: false,
     }),
     new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(/config$/, 'client-config.js'),
     new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
diff --git a/webpack.prod.config.babel.js b/webpack.prod.config.babel.js
index 13249547d64..71c6c885d3b 100644
--- a/webpack.prod.config.babel.js
+++ b/webpack.prod.config.babel.js
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ export default {
   },
   plugins: [
     new webpack.DefinePlugin({
-      DEVELOPMENT: false,
-      CLIENT: true,
-      SERVER: false,
       CLIENT_CONFIG: JSON.stringify(clientConfig),
     }),
     // Replaces server config module with the subset clientConfig object.