diff --git a/Earthfile b/Earthfile
index 947a65fe..98fc0248 100644
--- a/Earthfile
+++ b/Earthfile
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ docker-image:
   ENV APP_DATABASE_URL="file:$APP_DATABASE_PATH"
   ENV CACHE_DATABASE_FILENAME="cache.db"
   ENV CACHE_DATABASE_PATH="/data/$CACHE_DATABASE_FILENAME"
-  ENV HTTP_LOG_PATH="/data/http-log.jsonl"
   ENV INTERNAL_PORT="8080"
   ENV PORT="8081"
 
diff --git a/app/utils/env.server.ts b/app/utils/env.server.ts
index 81394c5f..02d30e94 100644
--- a/app/utils/env.server.ts
+++ b/app/utils/env.server.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const schema = z.object({
 	APP_DATABASE_PATH: z.string(),
 	APP_DATABASE_URL: z.string(),
 	GB_DATABASE_PATH: z.string(),
-	HTTP_LOG_PATH: z.string(),
+	HTTP_LOG_PATH: z.optional(z.string()),
 	SESSION_SECRET: z.string(),
 	INTERNAL_COMMAND_TOKEN: z.string(),
 	HONEYPOT_SECRET: z.string(),
diff --git a/server/index.ts b/server/index.ts
index 34d5e474..de640885 100644
--- a/server/index.ts
+++ b/server/index.ts
@@ -96,27 +96,29 @@ app.use(
 app.use(express.static('public', { maxAge: '1h' }))
 
 const httpLogPath = process.env.HTTP_LOG_PATH
-const logger = pino(pino.destination(httpLogPath))
-
-// Use pino-http middleware with custom logging
-app.use(
-	pinoHttp({
-		logger,
-		serializers: {
-			// https://github.com/pinojs/pino-http/issues/5#issuecomment-955748053
-			res: pino.stdSerializers.wrapResponseSerializer((res: any) => {
-				return {
-					statusCode: res.raw.statusCode,
-					// Allowlist useful headers
-					headers: {
-						'content-type': res.raw.headers['content-type'],
-						'content-length': res.raw.headers['content-length'],
-					},
-				}
-			}),
-		},
-	}),
-)
+if (httpLogPath !== undefined) {
+	const logger = pino(pino.destination(httpLogPath))
+
+	// Use pino-http middleware with custom logging
+	app.use(
+		pinoHttp({
+			logger,
+			serializers: {
+				// https://github.com/pinojs/pino-http/issues/5#issuecomment-955748053
+				res: pino.stdSerializers.wrapResponseSerializer((res: any) => {
+					return {
+						statusCode: res.raw.statusCode,
+						// Allowlist useful headers
+						headers: {
+							'content-type': res.raw.headers['content-type'],
+							'content-length': res.raw.headers['content-length'],
+						},
+					}
+				}),
+			},
+		}),
+	)
+}
 
 app.get(['/build/*', '/img/*', '/fonts/*', '/favicons/*'], (req, res) => {
 	// if we made it past the express.static for these, then we're missing something.