diff --git a/api/src/utils/logger.ts b/api/src/utils/logger.ts
index 4f7e741719f..8030312ef3b 100644
--- a/api/src/utils/logger.ts
+++ b/api/src/utils/logger.ts
@@ -1,40 +1,22 @@
-import pino, { TransportTargetOptions } from 'pino';
+import { Transform, TransformCallback, TransformOptions } from 'stream';
 import { FastifyRequest, FastifyReply } from 'fastify';
 import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
+import pino, {
+  TransportTargetOptions,
+  DestinationStream,
+  LoggerOptions
+} from 'pino';
 import { FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL, FCC_API_LOG_TRANSPORT } from './env';
 
-const transportOptionsPretty: TransportTargetOptions = {
-  target: 'pino-pretty',
-  options: {
-    singleLine: true,
-    translateTime: 'HH:MM:ss Z',
-    ignore: 'pid,hostname',
-    colorize: true
-  }
-};
-
-const serializersPretty = {
-  req: (req: FastifyRequest) => {
-    return {
-      REQ_METHOD: req.method,
-      REQ_URL: req.url
-    };
-  },
-  res: (res: FastifyReply) => {
-    return {
-      RES_STATUS_CODE: res.statusCode,
-      RES_ELAPSED_TIME: res.elapsedTime
-    };
-  }
-};
-
-const serializersDefault = {
+const serializers = {
   req: (req: FastifyRequest) => {
     const id = req.id || 'ID not found';
     const method = req.method || 'METHOD not found';
     const url = req.url || 'URL not found';
     const xForwardedFor = Array.isArray(req.headers['x-forwarded-for'])
       ? req.headers['x-forwarded-for'][0]
+        ? req.headers['x-forwarded-for'][0]
+        : req.headers['x-forwarded-for']
       : req.headers['x-forwarded-for'];
     const ip =
       req.headers['cf-connecting-ip'] ||
@@ -64,19 +46,70 @@ const serializersDefault = {
   }
 };
 
+const prettyTarget: TransportTargetOptions = {
+  target: 'pino-pretty',
+  options: {
+    singleLine: true,
+    translateTime: 'HH:MM:ss Z',
+    ignore: 'pid,hostname',
+    colorize: true
+  }
+};
+
+class DeduplicatingTransform extends Transform {
+  constructor(options?: TransformOptions) {
+    super({ ...options, objectMode: false });
+  }
+
+  _transform(
+    chunk: Buffer | string,
+    encoding: BufferEncoding,
+    callback: TransformCallback
+  ): void {
+    try {
+      const logString = Buffer.isBuffer(chunk) ? chunk.toString() : chunk;
+      logString.split('\n').forEach(line => {
+        if (line.trim() === '') return;
+        const logObject = JSON.parse(line);
+        const processedLog = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(logObject));
+        this.push(JSON.stringify(processedLog) + '\n');
+      });
+      callback();
+    } catch (_err) {
+      // If parsing or processing fails, pass the original chunk through
+      // In a production scenario, you might want to log this internal error
+      // to a different stream or use a fallback mechanism.
+      this.push(chunk);
+      callback();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /**
- * Get a logger instance with the default options.
+ * Get a logger instance.
  *
- * @returns A logger instance with the default options.
+ * @returns A logger instance.
  */
 export const getLogger = () => {
   const isPretty = FCC_API_LOG_TRANSPORT === 'pretty';
-  const options = {
+  const options: LoggerOptions = {
     level: FCC_API_LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
-    serializers: isPretty ? serializersPretty : serializersDefault
+    serializers
   };
 
-  return isPretty
-    ? pino({ ...options, transport: transportOptionsPretty })
-    : pino(options);
+  if (isPretty) {
+    const transport = pino.transport({ targets: [prettyTarget] }) as
+      | DestinationStream
+      | undefined;
+    return pino(options, transport);
+  } else {
+    // For non-pretty, use the custom de-duplicating transform stream
+    // This logger will write to a stream that then pipes to our de-duplicator
+    const deduplicator = new DeduplicatingTransform();
+    // Pino writes NDJSON, so our transform needs to handle that.
+    // The pino instance itself doesn't need a complex transport, it writes to the stream.
+    const logger = pino(options, deduplicator);
+    deduplicator.pipe(process.stdout);
+    return logger;
+  }
 };