diff --git a/api/server.js b/api/server.js
index 75a0f42..0c7a723 100644
--- a/api/server.js
+++ b/api/server.js
@@ -48,19 +48,24 @@ app.use(favicon(path.join(__dirname + '/..', 'public', 'favicon.ico')));
 app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname + '/..', 'public')));
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
-// logging
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== config.test.env) {
-  app.use(requestLogger('dev'));
-}
 
 // API request checks for API-version and JSON etc.
 app.use(restAPIchecks);
 
 
 // Routes ******************************************************
-app.use(urls.auth, authenticateRouter);
 app.use(urls.signatures, signatureRouter);
 
+// initialize logging here to exclude /signature requests
+if (!process.env.NODE_ENV) {
+  // development logging
+  app.use(requestLogger('dev'));
+} else if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== config.test.env) {
+  // production logging, apache style
+  app.use(requestLogger(':date :remote-addr :method :url :status :response-time ms'));
+}
+
+app.use(urls.auth, authenticateRouter);
 app.use(urls.overview, overviewRouter);
 app.use(urls.users, userRouter);
 app.use(urls.squads, squadRouter);