diff --git a/services/postprocessing/pkg/command/server.go b/services/postprocessing/pkg/command/server.go
index 575bc40cf..c80e00f9f 100644
--- a/services/postprocessing/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/services/postprocessing/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 
+	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/runner"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/tracing"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/postprocessing/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/parser"
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/postprocessing/pkg/logging"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/postprocessing/pkg/server/debug"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/postprocessing/pkg/service"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/reva/v2/pkg/store"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 			return err
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			logger := logging.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Log)
+			logger := log.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Commons, cfg.LogLevel)
 
 			var cancel context.CancelFunc
 			if cfg.Context == nil {
diff --git a/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/config.go b/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/config.go
index d651d602a..858f6e514 100644
--- a/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	Service Service `yaml:"-"`
 
-	Log   *Log  `yaml:"log"`
-	Debug Debug `yaml:"debug"`
+	LogLevel string `yaml:"loglevel" env:"OC_LOG_LEVEL;POSTPROCESSING_LOG_LEVEL" desc:"The log level. Valid values are: 'panic', 'fatal', 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug', 'trace'." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
+	Debug    Debug  `yaml:"debug"`
 
 	Store          Store          `yaml:"store"`
 	Postprocessing Postprocessing `yaml:"postprocessing"`
diff --git a/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 09305ba7c..39186aaa1 100644
--- a/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -48,18 +48,9 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 
 // EnsureDefaults ensures defaults on a config
 func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
-	// provide with defaults for shared logging, since we need a valid destination address for BindEnv.
-	if cfg.Log == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Log != nil {
-		cfg.Log = &config.Log{
-			Level:  cfg.Commons.Log.Level,
-			Pretty: cfg.Commons.Log.Pretty,
-			Color:  cfg.Commons.Log.Color,
-			File:   cfg.Commons.Log.File,
-		}
-	} else if cfg.Log == nil {
-		cfg.Log = &config.Log{}
+	if cfg.LogLevel == "" {
+		cfg.LogLevel = "error"
 	}
-
 }
 
 // Sanitize does nothing atm
diff --git a/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/log.go b/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/log.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1066e805f..000000000
--- a/services/postprocessing/pkg/config/log.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-// Log defines the available log configuration.
-type Log struct {
-	Level  string `mapstructure:"level" env:"OC_LOG_LEVEL;POSTPROCESSING_LOG_LEVEL" desc:"The log level. Valid values are: 'panic', 'fatal', 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug', 'trace'." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	Pretty bool   `mapstructure:"pretty" env:"OC_LOG_PRETTY;POSTPROCESSING_LOG_PRETTY" desc:"Activates pretty log output." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	Color  bool   `mapstructure:"color" env:"OC_LOG_COLOR;POSTPROCESSING_LOG_COLOR" desc:"Activates colorized log output." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-	File   string `mapstructure:"file" env:"OC_LOG_FILE;POSTPROCESSING_LOG_FILE" desc:"The path to the log file. Activates logging to this file if set." introductionVersion:"1.0.0"`
-}
diff --git a/services/postprocessing/pkg/logging/logging.go b/services/postprocessing/pkg/logging/logging.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 98468ab7e..000000000
--- a/services/postprocessing/pkg/logging/logging.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package logging
-
-import (
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/log"
-	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/services/postprocessing/pkg/config"
-)
-
-// Configure initializes a service-specific logger instance.
-func Configure(name string, cfg *config.Log) log.Logger {
-	return log.NewLogger(
-		log.Name(name),
-		log.Level(cfg.Level),
-		log.Pretty(cfg.Pretty),
-		log.Color(cfg.Color),
-		log.File(cfg.File),
-	)
-}