diff --git a/server/utils/logger.js b/server/utils/logger.js
index 6768b6821..46167cab4 100644
--- a/server/utils/logger.js
+++ b/server/utils/logger.js
@@ -24,17 +24,18 @@ const createLogger = () => {
 
     if (isLocal) {
       winstonCloudwatchTransportDefaults.awsOptions.endpoint = `http://${process.env.LOCALSTACK_HOSTNAME}:4566`;
-      console.log(`Winston Transports set to LocalStack end point: ${winstonCloudwatchTransportDefaults.endpoint}`);
+      console.log(
+        `Winston Transports set to LocalStack end point: ${winstonCloudwatchTransportDefaults.awsOptions.endpoint}`
+      );
     }
 
-    const developmentTransports = [
+    const getDevelopmentTransports = () => [
       new winston.transports.Console({
         level: "silly",
         format: winston.format.combine(
-          winston.format.colorize(), // Colorize the output
-          winston.format.timestamp(), // Add timestamps
+          winston.format.colorize(),
+          winston.format.timestamp(),
           winston.format.printf(({ level, message, timestamp, user, record, object }) => {
-            // Format the log message for pretty printing
             return `${timestamp} [${level}]: ${message} ${
               user ? `| user: ${JSON.stringify(user)}` : ""
             } ${record ? `| record: ${JSON.stringify(record)}` : ""} ${
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ const createLogger = () => {
         )
       })
     ];
-    const productionTransports = [
+
+    const getProductionTransports = () => [
       new WinstonCloudWatch({
         level: "error",
         logStreamName: "errors",
@@ -65,9 +67,9 @@ const createLogger = () => {
     const winstonLogger = winston.createLogger({
       format: winston.format.json(),
       transports:
-        process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production"
-          ? productionTransports
-          : [...developmentTransports, ...productionTransports]
+        process.env.NODE_ENV === "production"
+          ? getProductionTransports()
+          : [...getDevelopmentTransports(), ...getProductionTransports()]
     });
 
     return (message, type, user, record, object) => {
@@ -80,7 +82,8 @@ const createLogger = () => {
       });
     };
   } catch (e) {
-    return console.log;
+    console.error("Logger setup failed", e);
+    return () => {}; // Return a no-op function in case of failure
   }
 };