diff --git a/ocis-pkg/config/config.go b/ocis-pkg/config/config.go
index 1b8f7e9634..0f1edfb95d 100644
--- a/ocis-pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/ocis-pkg/config/config.go
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@ import (
 	webdav "github.com/owncloud/ocis/webdav/pkg/config"
 )
 
-// Log defines the available logging configuration.
-type Log struct {
-	Level  string `mapstructure:"level"`
-	Pretty bool   `mapstructure:"pretty"`
-	Color  bool   `mapstructure:"color"`
-	File   string `mapstructure:"file"`
-}
-
 // Debug defines the available debug configuration.
 type Debug struct {
 	Addr   string `mapstructure:"addr"`
@@ -87,7 +79,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	OcisURL string `mapstructure:"ocis_url"`
 
 	Registry     string       `mapstructure:"registry"`
-	Log          Log          `mapstructure:"log"`
+	Log          shared.Log   `mapstructure:"log"`
 	Debug        Debug        `mapstructure:"debug"`
 	HTTP         HTTP         `mapstructure:"http"`
 	GRPC         GRPC         `mapstructure:"grpc"`
@@ -131,7 +123,7 @@ func New() *Config {
 
 func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	return &Config{
-		Log: Log{
+		Log: shared.Log{
 			Level: "info",
 		},
 		Debug: Debug{
diff --git a/ocis-pkg/shared/shared_types.go b/ocis-pkg/shared/shared_types.go
index 4897dc3cb0..9a938d5533 100644
--- a/ocis-pkg/shared/shared_types.go
+++ b/ocis-pkg/shared/shared_types.go
@@ -7,3 +7,11 @@ type EnvBinding struct {
 	EnvVars     []string    // name of the environment var.
 	Destination interface{} // pointer to the original config value to modify.
 }
+
+// Log defines the available logging configuration.
+type Log struct {
+	Level  string `mapstructure:"level"`
+	Pretty bool   `mapstructure:"pretty"`
+	Color  bool   `mapstructure:"color"`
+	File   string `mapstructure:"file"`
+}
diff --git a/ocis/pkg/command/proxy.go b/ocis/pkg/command/proxy.go
index df4e865629..3b768a201d 100644
--- a/ocis/pkg/command/proxy.go
+++ b/ocis/pkg/command/proxy.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ func ProxyCommand(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 			return ParseConfig(ctx, cfg)
 		},
 		Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+			cfg.Proxy.Log = cfg.Log
 			origCmd := command.Server(cfg.Proxy)
 			return handleOriginalAction(c, origCmd)
 		},
diff --git a/proxy/pkg/command/root.go b/proxy/pkg/command/root.go
index 64ecbe874d..cc1f91fe1e 100644
--- a/proxy/pkg/command/root.go
+++ b/proxy/pkg/command/root.go
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ type SutureService struct {
 
 // NewSutureService creates a new proxy.SutureService
 func NewSutureService(cfg *ociscfg.Config) suture.Service {
+	cfg.Proxy.Log = cfg.Log
 	return SutureService{
 		cfg: cfg.Proxy,
 	}
diff --git a/proxy/pkg/config/config.go b/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
index f2c16df67b..fec1e7449f 100644
--- a/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/ocis-pkg/config/defaults"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/ocis-pkg/shared"
 )
 
 // Log defines the available logging configuration.
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	OcisURL string
 
 	File                  string          `mapstructure:"file"`
-	Log                   Log             `mapstructure:"log"`
+	Log                   shared.Log      `mapstructure:"log"`
 	Debug                 Debug           `mapstructure:"debug"`
 	HTTP                  HTTP            `mapstructure:"http"`
 	Service               Service         `mapstructure:"service"`
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ func New() *Config {
 func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	return &Config{
 		File: "",
-		Log:  Log{}, // logging config is inherited.
+		Log:  shared.Log{}, // logging config is inherited.
 		Debug: Debug{
 			Addr:  "0.0.0.0:9205",
 			Token: "",