diff --git a/app/cloudfoundry_config.py b/app/cloudfoundry_config.py
index 5ad48d854..d04b3eb5d 100644
--- a/app/cloudfoundry_config.py
+++ b/app/cloudfoundry_config.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def extract_cloudfoundry_config():
 def set_config_env_vars(vcap_services):
     vcap_application = json.loads(os.environ.get('VCAP_APPLICATION'))
     os.environ['NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT'] = vcap_application['space_name']
-    os.environ['LOGGING_STDOUT_JSON'] = '1'
+    os.environ['NOTIFY_LOG_PATH'] = '/home/vcap/logs/app.log'
 
     for s in vcap_services['user-provided']:
         if s['name'] == 'notify-config':
diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 4f48121ce..123e958a2 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Config(object):
 
     # Logging
     DEBUG = False
-    LOGGING_STDOUT_JSON = os.getenv('LOGGING_STDOUT_JSON') == '1'
+    NOTIFY_LOG_PATH = os.getenv('NOTIFY_LOG_PATH')
 
     DESKPRO_DEPT_ID = 5
     DESKPRO_ASSIGNED_AGENT_TEAM_ID = 5
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class Config(object):
     MAX_FAILED_LOGIN_COUNT = 10
     NOTIFY_APP_NAME = 'admin'
     NOTIFY_LOG_LEVEL = 'DEBUG'
-    NOTIFY_LOG_PATH = '/var/log/notify/application.log'
     PERMANENT_SESSION_LIFETIME = 20 * 60 * 60  # 20 hours
     SEND_FILE_MAX_AGE_DEFAULT = 365 * 24 * 60 * 60  # 1 year
     SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
@@ -93,6 +92,7 @@ class Config(object):
 
 
 class Development(Config):
+    NOTIFY_LOG_PATH = 'application.log'
     DEBUG = True
     SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = False
     SESSION_PROTECTION = None
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7054eb9fa..bd9cb61f8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ notifications-python-client==4.3.1
 awscli>=1.11,<1.12
 awscli-cwlogs>=1.4,<1.5
 
-git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-utils.git@17.8.0#egg=notifications-utils==17.8.0
+git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-utils.git@18.0.0#egg=notifications-utils==18.0.0
diff --git a/scripts/run_app_paas.sh b/scripts/run_app_paas.sh
index 2ac52c388..8e0bf6ee8 100755
--- a/scripts/run_app_paas.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_app_paas.sh
@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@ function on_exit {
   kill 0
 }
 
-function start_appplication {
-  exec "$@" 2>&1 | while read line; do echo $line; echo $line >> /home/vcap/logs/app.log.`date +%Y-%m-%d`; done &
-  LOGGER_PID=$!
+function start_application {
+  exec "$@" &
   APP_PID=`jobs -p`
-  echo "Logger process pid: ${LOGGER_PID}"
   echo "Application process pid: ${APP_PID}"
 }
 
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ function start_aws_logs_agent {
 function run {
   while true; do
     kill -0 ${APP_PID} 2&>/dev/null || break
-    kill -0 ${LOGGER_PID} 2&>/dev/null || break
     kill -0 ${AWSLOGS_AGENT_PID} 2&>/dev/null || start_aws_logs_agent
     sleep 1
   done
diff --git a/tests/app/test_cloudfoundry_config.py b/tests/app/test_cloudfoundry_config.py
index a3a8ab63a..81852d7bf 100644
--- a/tests/app/test_cloudfoundry_config.py
+++ b/tests/app/test_cloudfoundry_config.py
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ def cloudfoundry_environ(monkeypatch, cloudfoundry_config):
 def test_extract_cloudfoundry_config_populates_other_vars():
     extract_cloudfoundry_config()
 
-    assert os.environ['LOGGING_STDOUT_JSON'] == '1'
     assert os.environ['NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT'] == '🚀🌌'
+    assert os.environ['NOTIFY_LOG_PATH'] == '/home/vcap/logs/app.log'
 
 
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('os_environ', 'cloudfoundry_environ')
diff --git a/tests/app/test_config.py b/tests/app/test_config.py
index eb4dd1e5f..87cc10aed 100644
--- a/tests/app/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/app/test_config.py
@@ -51,24 +51,3 @@ def test_load_config_if_cloudfoundry_not_available(monkeypatch, reload_config):
 
     assert os.environ['API_HOST_NAME'] == 'env'
     assert config.Config.API_HOST_NAME == 'env'
-
-
-def test_logging_stdout_json_defaults_to_off(reload_config):
-    os.environ.pop('LOGGING_STDOUT_JSON', None)
-    assert config.Config.LOGGING_STDOUT_JSON is False
-
-
-def test_logging_stdout_json_sets_to_off_if_not_recognised(reload_config):
-    os.environ['LOGGING_STDOUT_JSON'] = 'foo'
-
-    importlib.reload(config)
-
-    assert config.Config.LOGGING_STDOUT_JSON is False
-
-
-def test_logging_stdout_json_sets_to_on_if_set_to_1(reload_config):
-    os.environ['LOGGING_STDOUT_JSON'] = '1'
-
-    importlib.reload(config)
-
-    assert config.Config.LOGGING_STDOUT_JSON is True