diff --git a/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerCommitmentsV2.Web/Program.cs b/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerCommitmentsV2.Web/Program.cs
index 8039854da..52461e310 100644
--- a/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerCommitmentsV2.Web/Program.cs
+++ b/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerCommitmentsV2.Web/Program.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using NLog.Web;
 using SFA.DAS.EmployerCommitmentsV2.Web.Startup;
 using StructureMap.AspNetCore;
+using System;
 
 namespace SFA.DAS.EmployerCommitmentsV2.Web
 {
@@ -10,6 +11,10 @@ public static class Program
     {
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
+            var environment = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT");
+            var logger = NLogBuilder.ConfigureNLog(environment == "Development" ? "nlog.Development.config" : "nlog.config").GetCurrentClassLogger();
+            logger.Info("Starting up host");
+
             CreateWebHostBuilder(args).Build().Run();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerCommitmentsV2.Web/nlog.Development.config b/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerCommitmentsV2.Web/nlog.Development.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2842fb6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerCommitmentsV2.Web/nlog.Development.config
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+
+<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"
+      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+      autoReload="true"
+      internalLogLevel="info"
+      internalLogFile="internal-nlog.txt"
+      throwExceptions="false">
+
+  <variable name="appName" value="das-employercommitments-v2-web" />
+  <variable name="simplelayout" value="${longdate} [${uppercase:${level}}] [${logger}] - ${message} ${onexception:${exception:format=tostring}}" />
+  <targets>
+    <target name="Console" layout="${simplelayout}" xsi:type="Console" />
+    <target name="File" fileName="${basedir}/logs/${appName}.${shortdate}.log" layout="${simplelayout}" xsi:type="File" />
+  </targets>
+  <rules>
+    <logger name="*" minlevel="Info" writeTo="File" />
+  </rules>
+</nlog>
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diff --git a/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerCommitmentsV2.Web/nlog.config b/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerCommitmentsV2.Web/nlog.config
index b9504c5d1..ca12e440f 100644
--- a/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerCommitmentsV2.Web/nlog.config
+++ b/src/SFA.DAS.EmployerCommitmentsV2.Web/nlog.config
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
   <variable name="simplelayout" value="${longdate} [${uppercase:${level}}] [${logger}] - ${message} ${onexception:${exception:format=tostring}}" />
   <targets>
     <target name="Console" layout="${simplelayout}" xsi:type="Console" />
-    <target name="File" fileName="${basedir}/logs/${appName}.${shortdate}.log" layout="${simplelayout}" xsi:type="File" />
     <target name="Redis" appName="${appName}" environmentKeyName="APPSETTING_EnvironmentName" connectionStringName="APPSETTING_LoggingRedisConnectionString" includeAllProperties="true" layout="${message}" xsi:type="Redis" />
   </targets>
   <rules>
-    <logger name="*" minlevel="Info" writeTo="File, Redis" />
+    <logger name="*" minlevel="Info" writeTo="Redis" />
   </rules>
 </nlog>
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