diff --git a/services/nats/pkg/command/server.go b/services/nats/pkg/command/server.go
index 3bf9169389..342036167e 100644
--- a/services/nats/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/services/nats/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/config/configlog"
 	pkgcrypto "github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/crypto"
+	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/runner"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/nats/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/nats/pkg/config/parser"
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 			return configlog.ReturnFatal(parser.ParseConfig(cfg))
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			logger := logging.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Log)
+			logger := log.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Commons, cfg.LogLevel)
 
 			var cancel context.CancelFunc
 			if cfg.Context == nil {
diff --git a/services/nats/pkg/config/config.go b/services/nats/pkg/config/config.go
index 3f4cb34eb1..0cda2038b4 100644
--- a/services/nats/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/nats/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import (
 
 // Config combines all available configuration parts.
 type Config struct {
-	Commons *shared.Commons `yaml:"-"` // don't use this directly as configuration for a service
-	Service Service         `yaml:"-"`
-	Log     *Log            `yaml:"log"`
-	Debug   Debug           `yaml:"debug"`
+	Commons  *shared.Commons `yaml:"-"` // don't use this directly as configuration for a service
+	Service  Service         `yaml:"-"`
+	LogLevel string          `mapstructure:"level" env:"OC_LOG_LEVEL;NATS_LOG_LEVEL" desc:"The log level. Valid values are: 'panic', 'fatal', 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug', 'trace'." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
+	Debug    Debug           `yaml:"debug"`
 
 	Nats Nats `ociConfig:"nats"`
 
diff --git a/services/nats/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/nats/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 05a2f4e341..52dcfda07f 100644
--- a/services/nats/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/nats/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -44,18 +44,9 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 
 // EnsureDefaults adds default values to the configuration if they are not set yet
 func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
-	// provide with defaults for shared logging, since we need a valid destination address for "envdecode".
-	if cfg.Log == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Log != nil {
-		cfg.Log = &config.Log{
-			Level:  cfg.Commons.Log.Level,
-			Pretty: cfg.Commons.Log.Pretty,
-			Color:  cfg.Commons.Log.Color,
-			File:   cfg.Commons.Log.File,
-		}
-	} else if cfg.Log == nil {
-		cfg.Log = &config.Log{}
+	if cfg.LogLevel == "" {
+		cfg.LogLevel = "error"
 	}
-
 }
 
 // Sanitize sanitizes the configuration
diff --git a/services/nats/pkg/config/log.go b/services/nats/pkg/config/log.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b0340b72b..0000000000
--- a/services/nats/pkg/config/log.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-// Log defines the available log configuration.
-type Log struct {
-	Level  string `mapstructure:"level" env:"OC_LOG_LEVEL;NATS_LOG_LEVEL" desc:"The log level. Valid values are: 'panic', 'fatal', 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug', 'trace'." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	Pretty bool   `mapstructure:"pretty" env:"OC_LOG_PRETTY;NATS_LOG_PRETTY" desc:"Activates pretty log output." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	Color  bool   `mapstructure:"color" env:"OC_LOG_COLOR;NATS_LOG_COLOR" desc:"Activates colorized log output." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	File   string `mapstructure:"file" env:"OC_LOG_FILE;NATS_LOG_FILE" desc:"The path to the log file. Activates logging to this file if set." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-}
diff --git a/services/nats/pkg/logging/logging.go b/services/nats/pkg/logging/logging.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e3b93418b9..0000000000
--- a/services/nats/pkg/logging/logging.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package logging
-
-import (
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/log"
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/nats/pkg/config"
-)
-
-// Configure initializes a service-specific logger instance.
-func Configure(name string, cfg *config.Log) log.Logger {
-	return log.NewLogger(
-		log.Name(name),
-		log.Level(cfg.Level),
-		log.Pretty(cfg.Pretty),
-		log.Color(cfg.Color),
-		log.File(cfg.File),
-	)
-}