diff --git a/.changeset/giant-mails-tap.md b/.changeset/giant-mails-tap.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ad0560bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/giant-mails-tap.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"blitz": patch
+"@blitzjs/next": patch
+---
+
+Add BlitzLogger plugin and allow customizing logging
diff --git a/apps/toolkit-app-passportjs/app/blitz-server.ts b/apps/toolkit-app-passportjs/app/blitz-server.ts
index 37f87cd20..2ae3e854d 100644
--- a/apps/toolkit-app-passportjs/app/blitz-server.ts
+++ b/apps/toolkit-app-passportjs/app/blitz-server.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { setupBlitzServer } from "@blitzjs/next"
 import { AuthServerPlugin, PrismaStorage } from "@blitzjs/auth"
 import db from "db"
 import { simpleRolesIsAuthorized } from "@blitzjs/auth"
+import { BlitzLogger } from "blitz"
 
 const { gSSP, gSP, api } = setupBlitzServer({
   plugins: [
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ const { gSSP, gSP, api } = setupBlitzServer({
       isAuthorized: simpleRolesIsAuthorized,
     }),
   ],
+  logger: BlitzLogger({}),
 })
 
 export { gSSP, gSP, api }
diff --git a/apps/toolkit-app/app/blitz-server.ts b/apps/toolkit-app/app/blitz-server.ts
index b911a664b..63925562e 100644
--- a/apps/toolkit-app/app/blitz-server.ts
+++ b/apps/toolkit-app/app/blitz-server.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { setupBlitzServer } from "@blitzjs/next"
 import { AuthServerPlugin, PrismaStorage } from "@blitzjs/auth"
 import db from "db"
 import { simpleRolesIsAuthorized } from "@blitzjs/auth"
+import { BlitzLogger } from "blitz"
 
 const { gSSP, gSP, api } = setupBlitzServer({
   plugins: [
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ const { gSSP, gSP, api } = setupBlitzServer({
       isAuthorized: simpleRolesIsAuthorized,
     }),
   ],
+  logger: BlitzLogger({}),
 })
 
 export { gSSP, gSP, api }
diff --git a/apps/toolkit-app/pages/index.tsx b/apps/toolkit-app/pages/index.tsx
index 00c2dddf0..021f0fb4e 100644
--- a/apps/toolkit-app/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/toolkit-app/pages/index.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import logout from "app/auth/mutations/logout"
 import logo from "public/logo.png"
 import { useMutation } from "@blitzjs/rpc"
 import { Routes, BlitzPage } from "@blitzjs/next"
+import { getSession, useSession } from "@blitzjs/auth"
 
 /*
  * This file is just for a pleasant getting started page for your new app.
@@ -271,6 +272,4 @@ const Home: BlitzPage = () => {
   )
 }
 
-Home.authenticate = true
-
 export default Home
diff --git a/apps/web/app/blitz-server.ts b/apps/web/app/blitz-server.ts
index 960e50160..d26e2e7b0 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/blitz-server.ts
+++ b/apps/web/app/blitz-server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import {setupBlitzServer} from "@blitzjs/next"
 import {AuthServerPlugin, PrismaStorage} from "@blitzjs/auth"
-import db from "db"
 import {simpleRolesIsAuthorized} from "@blitzjs/auth"
+import {BlitzLogger} from "blitz"
+import db from "db"
 
 const {gSSP, gSP, api} = setupBlitzServer({
   plugins: [
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ const {gSSP, gSP, api} = setupBlitzServer({
       isAuthorized: simpleRolesIsAuthorized,
     }),
   ],
+  logger: BlitzLogger({
+    colorizePrettyLogs: true,
+    prefix: ["[blitz]>>>>>"],
+  }),
 })
 
 export {gSSP, gSP, api}
diff --git a/integration-tests/auth/app/blitz-server.ts b/integration-tests/auth/app/blitz-server.ts
index 7e18245aa..fae209335 100644
--- a/integration-tests/auth/app/blitz-server.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/auth/app/blitz-server.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {setupBlitzServer} from "@blitzjs/next"
 import {AuthServerPlugin, PrismaStorage} from "@blitzjs/auth"
 import {simpleRolesIsAuthorized} from "@blitzjs/auth"
 import db from "../db/index"
+import {BlitzLogger} from "blitz"
 
 const {gSSP, gSP, api} = setupBlitzServer({
   plugins: [
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ const {gSSP, gSP, api} = setupBlitzServer({
       isAuthorized: simpleRolesIsAuthorized,
     }),
   ],
+  logger: BlitzLogger({}),
 })
 
 export {gSSP, gSP, api}
diff --git a/integration-tests/get-initial-props/app/blitz-server.ts b/integration-tests/get-initial-props/app/blitz-server.ts
index bc44d6957..2115f0137 100644
--- a/integration-tests/get-initial-props/app/blitz-server.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/get-initial-props/app/blitz-server.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {setupBlitzServer} from "@blitzjs/next"
 import {AuthServerPlugin, PrismaStorage} from "@blitzjs/auth"
 import {simpleRolesIsAuthorized} from "@blitzjs/auth"
 import db from "../db"
+import {BlitzLogger} from "blitz"
 
 const {gSSP, gSP, api} = setupBlitzServer({
   plugins: [
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ const {gSSP, gSP, api} = setupBlitzServer({
       isAuthorized: simpleRolesIsAuthorized,
     }),
   ],
+  logger: BlitzLogger({}),
 })
 
 export {gSSP, gSP, api}
diff --git a/integration-tests/middleware/app/blitz-server.ts b/integration-tests/middleware/app/blitz-server.ts
index 50f78167d..0090f2b56 100644
--- a/integration-tests/middleware/app/blitz-server.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/middleware/app/blitz-server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import {setupBlitzServer} from "@blitzjs/next"
+import {BlitzLogger} from "blitz"
 
 const {gSSP, gSP, api} = setupBlitzServer({
   plugins: [],
+  logger: BlitzLogger({}),
 })
 
 export {gSSP, gSP, api}
diff --git a/integration-tests/no-suspense/app/blitz-server.ts b/integration-tests/no-suspense/app/blitz-server.ts
index fee97c3cd..05817b751 100644
--- a/integration-tests/no-suspense/app/blitz-server.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/no-suspense/app/blitz-server.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {setupBlitzServer} from "@blitzjs/next"
 import {AuthServerPlugin, PrismaStorage} from "@blitzjs/auth"
 import {simpleRolesIsAuthorized} from "@blitzjs/auth"
 import db from "../db/index"
+import {BlitzLogger} from "blitz"
 
 const {gSSP, gSP, api} = setupBlitzServer({
   plugins: [
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ const {gSSP, gSP, api} = setupBlitzServer({
       isAuthorized: simpleRolesIsAuthorized,
     }),
   ],
+  logger: BlitzLogger({}),
 })
 
 export {gSSP, gSP, api}
diff --git a/integration-tests/react-query-utils/app/blitz-server.ts b/integration-tests/react-query-utils/app/blitz-server.ts
index 7793a8dc9..379376b86 100644
--- a/integration-tests/react-query-utils/app/blitz-server.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/react-query-utils/app/blitz-server.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {setupBlitzServer} from "@blitzjs/next"
 import {AuthServerPlugin, PrismaStorage} from "@blitzjs/auth"
 import {simpleRolesIsAuthorized} from "@blitzjs/auth"
 import db from "../db"
+import {BlitzLogger} from "blitz"
 
 const {gSSP, gSP, api} = setupBlitzServer({
   plugins: [
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ const {gSSP, gSP, api} = setupBlitzServer({
       isAuthorized: simpleRolesIsAuthorized,
     }),
   ],
+  logger: BlitzLogger({}),
 })
 
 export {gSSP, gSP, api}
diff --git a/integration-tests/trailing-slash/app/blitz-server.ts b/integration-tests/trailing-slash/app/blitz-server.ts
index bc44d6957..2115f0137 100644
--- a/integration-tests/trailing-slash/app/blitz-server.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/trailing-slash/app/blitz-server.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {setupBlitzServer} from "@blitzjs/next"
 import {AuthServerPlugin, PrismaStorage} from "@blitzjs/auth"
 import {simpleRolesIsAuthorized} from "@blitzjs/auth"
 import db from "../db"
+import {BlitzLogger} from "blitz"
 
 const {gSSP, gSP, api} = setupBlitzServer({
   plugins: [
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ const {gSSP, gSP, api} = setupBlitzServer({
       isAuthorized: simpleRolesIsAuthorized,
     }),
   ],
+  logger: BlitzLogger({}),
 })
 
 export {gSSP, gSP, api}
diff --git a/packages/blitz-next/src/index-server.ts b/packages/blitz-next/src/index-server.ts
index 4b6a4ee89..4233f67d2 100644
--- a/packages/blitz-next/src/index-server.ts
+++ b/packages/blitz-next/src/index-server.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type {
   NextApiRequest,
   NextApiResponse,
 } from "next"
-import type {
+import {
   AddParameters,
   AsyncFunc,
   BlitzServerPlugin,
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import type {
   FirstParam,
   RequestMiddleware,
   MiddlewareResponse,
+  BlitzLogger,
+  initializeLogger,
 } from "blitz"
 import {handleRequestWithMiddleware, startWatcher, stopWatcher} from "blitz"
 import {
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ export type NextApiHandler<TResult> = (
 type SetupBlitzOptions = {
   plugins: BlitzServerPlugin<RequestMiddleware, Ctx>[]
   onError?: (err: Error) => void
+  logger: ReturnType<typeof BlitzLogger>
 }
 
 export type Redirect =
@@ -127,7 +130,9 @@ const prefetchQueryFactory = (
   }
 }
 
-export const setupBlitzServer = ({plugins, onError}: SetupBlitzOptions) => {
+export const setupBlitzServer = ({plugins, onError, logger}: SetupBlitzOptions) => {
+  initializeLogger(logger)
+
   const middlewares = plugins.flatMap((p) => p.requestMiddlewares)
   const contextMiddleware = plugins.flatMap((p) => p.contextMiddleware).filter(Boolean)
 
diff --git a/packages/blitz/src/index-server.ts b/packages/blitz/src/index-server.ts
index 3ac5730e1..1b22fb6d8 100644
--- a/packages/blitz/src/index-server.ts
+++ b/packages/blitz/src/index-server.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export * from "./types"
 export * from "./utils/run-prisma"
 export * from "./middleware"
 export * from "./paginate"
-export {baseLogger, newLine, log} from "./logging"
+export * from "./logging"
 export {startWatcher, stopWatcher} from "./cli/utils/routes-manifest"
 
 export interface MiddlewareResponse<C extends Ctx = Ctx> extends ServerResponse {
diff --git a/packages/blitz/src/logging.ts b/packages/blitz/src/logging.ts
index cb85e0884..19e7d7de6 100644
--- a/packages/blitz/src/logging.ts
+++ b/packages/blitz/src/logging.ts
@@ -1,47 +1,29 @@
-import {ISettingsParam, Logger} from "tslog"
+import {ISettingsParam, Logger, TLogLevelName} from "tslog"
 import c from "chalk"
 import {Table} from "console-table-printer"
 import ora from "ora"
 import readline from "readline"
 
-export type LogLevel = "trace" | "debug" | "info" | "warn" | "error" | "fatal"
+export type BlitzLoggerSettings = ISettingsParam
+export type BlitzLogLevel = TLogLevelName
 
-declare module globalThis {
+declare namespace globalThis {
   let _blitz_baseLogger: Logger
-  let _blitz_logLevel: LogLevel
+  let _blitz_logLevel: BlitzLogLevel
 }
 
-export const newLine = () => {
-  const logLevel: LogLevel = globalThis._blitz_logLevel
-
-  switch (logLevel) {
-    case "trace":
-    case "debug":
-    case "info":
-      console.log(" ")
-      break
-    case "warn":
-    case "error":
-    case "fatal":
-    default:
-      //nothing
-      break
-  }
-}
-
-export const baseLogger = (options?: ISettingsParam): Logger => {
+export const baseLogger = (options: BlitzLoggerSettings = {}): Logger => {
   if (globalThis._blitz_baseLogger) return globalThis._blitz_baseLogger
 
-  let config
-  try {
-    config = {} as any // todo: loadConfigAtRuntime()
-  } catch {
-    config = {}
-  }
+  globalThis._blitz_baseLogger = BlitzLogger(options)
 
-  globalThis._blitz_baseLogger = new Logger({
-    minLevel: config?.log?.level || "info",
-    type: config?.log?.type || "pretty",
+  return globalThis._blitz_baseLogger
+}
+
+export const BlitzLogger = (settings: BlitzLoggerSettings = {}) => {
+  const baseLogger = new Logger({
+    minLevel: "info",
+    type: "pretty",
     dateTimePattern:
       process.env.NODE_ENV === "production"
         ? "year-month-day hour:minute:second.millisecond"
@@ -61,10 +43,14 @@ export const baseLogger = (options?: ISettingsParam): Logger => {
     },
     maskValuesOfKeys: ["password", "passwordConfirmation"],
     exposeErrorCodeFrame: process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production",
-    ...options,
+    ...settings,
   })
 
-  return globalThis._blitz_baseLogger
+  return baseLogger
+}
+
+export const initializeLogger = (logger: Logger) => {
+  globalThis._blitz_baseLogger = logger
 }
 
 export const table = Table
@@ -76,6 +62,24 @@ const blitzBrightBrandColor = "8a3df0"
 // Using bright brand color so it's better for dark terminals
 const brandColor = blitzBrightBrandColor
 
+export const newLine = () => {
+  const logLevel: BlitzLogLevel = globalThis._blitz_logLevel
+
+  switch (logLevel) {
+    case "trace":
+    case "debug":
+    case "info":
+      console.log(" ")
+      break
+    case "warn":
+    case "error":
+    case "fatal":
+    default:
+      //nothing
+      break
+  }
+}
+
 const withBrand = (str: string) => {
   return c.hex(brandColor).bold(str)
 }
diff --git a/packages/blitz/src/middleware.ts b/packages/blitz/src/middleware.ts
index c18c19d32..4c8a877f0 100644
--- a/packages/blitz/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/packages/blitz/src/middleware.ts
@@ -56,61 +56,6 @@ export async function handleRequestWithMiddleware<
   }
 }
 
-// export type InvokeWithMiddlewareConfig = {
-//   req: IncomingMessage
-//   res: ServerResponse
-//   middleware?: Middleware[]
-//   [prop: string]: any
-// }
-
-// export async function invokeWithMiddleware<
-//   T extends AsyncFunc,
-//   TInput = FirstParam<T>,
-//   TResult = PromiseReturnType<T>
-// >(
-//   resolver: T,
-//   params: TInput,
-//   ctx: InvokeWithMiddlewareConfig
-// ): Promise<TResult> {
-//   if (!ctx.req) {
-//     throw new Error(
-//       'You must provide `req` in third argument of invokeWithMiddleware()'
-//     )
-//   }
-//   if (!ctx.res) {
-//     throw new Error(
-//       'You must provide `res` in third argument of invokeWithMiddleware()'
-//     )
-//   }
-
-//   const rpcResolver = (resolver as unknown) as any // todo: as RpcResolver
-
-//   const resolverName =
-//     rpcResolver._resolverName ?? (rpcResolver as any).default?._resolverName
-
-//   try {
-//     // todo
-//     // const log = baseLogger().getChildLogger({
-//     //   prefix: [resolverName + '()'],
-//     // })
-//     console.log("\n")
-//     console.info(chalk.dim('Starting with input:'), params)
-//     const startTime = Date.now()
-
-//     const result = await interopDefault(rpcResolver)(params, res.blitzCtx)
-
-//     const duration = Date.now() - startTime
-//     console.info(chalk.dim(`Finished in ${prettyMs(duration)}`))
-//     console.log("/n")
-
-//     res.blitzResult = result // todo: remove?
-//   } catch (error) {
-//     throw error
-//   }
-
-//   return (ctx.res as MiddlewareResponse).blitzResult as TResult
-// }
-
 /**
  * If the middleware function doesn't declare receiving the `next` callback
  * assume that it's synchronous and invoke `next` ourselves
diff --git a/packages/generator/templates/app/app/blitz-server.ts b/packages/generator/templates/app/app/blitz-server.ts
index cff80f17e..d89437bd7 100644
--- a/packages/generator/templates/app/app/blitz-server.ts
+++ b/packages/generator/templates/app/app/blitz-server.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-import { setupBlitzServer } from "@blitzjs/next"
-import { AuthServerPlugin, PrismaStorage } from "@blitzjs/auth"
-import { simpleRolesIsAuthorized } from "@blitzjs/auth"
-import db from "db"
-import { authConfig } from "./blitz-client"
+import { setupBlitzServer } from '@blitzjs/next';
+import { AuthServerPlugin, PrismaStorage } from '@blitzjs/auth';
+import { simpleRolesIsAuthorized } from '@blitzjs/auth';
+import { BlitzLogger } from 'blitz';
+import db from 'db';
+import { authConfig } from './blitz-client';
 
 export const { gSSP, gSP, api } = setupBlitzServer({
-  plugins: [
-    AuthServerPlugin({
-      ...authConfig,
-      storage: PrismaStorage(db),
-      isAuthorized: simpleRolesIsAuthorized,
-    }),
-  ],
-})
-
+	plugins: [
+		AuthServerPlugin({
+			...authConfig,
+			storage: PrismaStorage(db),
+			isAuthorized: simpleRolesIsAuthorized
+		})
+	],
+	logger: BlitzLogger({})
+});
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 6a4345f87..c2e6cf3eb 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -12857,7 +12857,7 @@ packages:
       pretty-format: 27.5.1
       slash: 3.0.0
       strip-json-comments: 3.1.1
-      ts-node: 10.7.0_fxg3r7oju3tntkxsvleuiot4fa
+      ts-node: 10.7.0_6sxvnwysvlo53egjnie7htsx5a
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - bufferutil
       - canvas
@@ -18364,7 +18364,6 @@ packages:
       typescript: 4.7.4
       v8-compile-cache-lib: 3.0.1
       yn: 3.1.1
-    dev: false
 
   /ts-node/10.7.0_fxg3r7oju3tntkxsvleuiot4fa:
     resolution:
@@ -18398,6 +18397,7 @@ packages:
       typescript: 4.6.3
       v8-compile-cache-lib: 3.0.1
       yn: 3.1.1
+    dev: false
 
   /ts-node/10.7.0_typescript@4.6.3:
     resolution: