diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 498230fe3..51cfbb27b 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from app.notify_client.api_client import AdminAPIClient
 from app.its_dangerous_session import ItsdangerousSessionInterface
 import app.proxy_fix
 from config import configs
+from utils import logging
 
 
 db = SQLAlchemy()
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ def create_app(config_name):
     db.init_app(application)
     init_app(application)
     init_csrf(application)
+    logging.init_app(application)
 
     login_manager.init_app(application)
     login_manager.login_view = 'main.render_sign_in'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 42b66ee5a..1c6175044 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ Flask-Login==0.2.11
 Flask-Bcrypt==0.6.2
 
 git+https://github.com/alphagov/notify-api-client.git@0.1.4#egg=notify-api-client==0.1.4
+
+git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-utils.git@0.0.3#egg=notifications-utils==0.0.3
diff --git a/scripts/run_app.sh b/scripts/run_app.sh
index a5ec9d8b5..96947cc19 100755
--- a/scripts/run_app.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_app.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-python app.py runserver
+python3 app.py runserver