diff --git a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Api/Program.cs b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Api/Program.cs
index c65f57179..43431a5ae 100644
--- a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Api/Program.cs
+++ b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Api/Program.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using FilterLists.Archival.Application;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
-using static FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging.HostRunner;
 
 namespace FilterLists.Archival.Api
 {
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ public static class Program
         public static async Task Main(string[] args)
         {
             var host = CreateHostBuilder(args).Build();
-            await host.TryRunWithLoggingAsync();
+            await host.RunAsync();
         }
 
         public static IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(string[] args)
diff --git a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/Program.cs b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/Program.cs
index f5528dafd..aa333b1bc 100644
--- a/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/Program.cs
+++ b/services/Directory/FilterLists.Directory.Api/Program.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using FilterLists.Directory.Application;
 using FilterLists.Directory.Infrastructure.Persistence;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
-using static FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging.HostRunner;
 
 namespace FilterLists.Directory.Api
 {
@@ -12,7 +11,8 @@ public static class Program
         public static async Task Main(string[] args)
         {
             var host = CreateHostBuilder(args).Build();
-            await host.TryRunWithLoggingAsync(async () => await host.MigrateAsync());
+            await host.MigrateAsync();
+            await host.RunAsync();
         }
 
         public static IHostBuilder CreateHostBuilder(string[] args)
diff --git a/services/SharedKernel/FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging/ConfigurationExtensions.cs b/services/SharedKernel/FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
index 76ab48a6e..dbdec4ff9 100644
--- a/services/SharedKernel/FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/services/SharedKernel/FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging.Options;
 using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Channel;
+using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Extensibility;
 using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.WindowsServer.TelemetryChannel;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
@@ -14,7 +15,13 @@ public static class ConfigurationExtensions
     {
         public static IHostBuilder UseLogging(this IHostBuilder hostBuilder)
         {
-            return hostBuilder.UseSerilog();
+            return hostBuilder.UseSerilog((_, services, __) => ConfigurationBuilder.BaseLoggerConfiguration
+                .WriteTo.Conditional(
+                    ___ => services.GetService<IHostEnvironment>().IsProduction(),
+                    c => c.ApplicationInsights(
+                        services.GetRequiredService<TelemetryConfiguration>(),
+                        TelemetryConverter.Traces))
+                .WriteTo.Console());
         }
 
         public static void AddSharedKernelLogging(this IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration configuration)
diff --git a/services/SharedKernel/FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging/HostRunner.cs b/services/SharedKernel/FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging/HostRunner.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d467b99e..000000000
--- a/services/SharedKernel/FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging/HostRunner.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights;
-using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.Extensibility;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
-using Serilog;
-
-namespace FilterLists.SharedKernel.Logging
-{
-    public static class HostRunner
-    {
-        public static async Task TryRunWithLoggingAsync(this IHost host, Func<Task>? runPreHostAsync = default)
-        {
-            _ = host ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(host));
-
-            Log.Logger = ConfigurationBuilder.BaseLoggerConfiguration
-                .WriteTo.Conditional(
-                    _ => host.Services.GetService<IHostEnvironment>().IsProduction(),
-                    c => c.ApplicationInsights(
-                        host.Services.GetRequiredService<TelemetryConfiguration>(),
-                        TelemetryConverter.Traces))
-                .CreateLogger();
-
-            try
-            {
-                // TODO: rm, for debugging
-                var client = host.Services.GetService<TelemetryClient>();
-                Log.Warning("Application Insights Instrumentation Key: {InstrumentationKey}", client.InstrumentationKey);
-
-                if (runPreHostAsync != null)
-                {
-                    Log.Information("Initializing pre-host");
-                    await runPreHostAsync();
-                }
-
-                Log.Information("Initializing host");
-                await host.RunAsync();
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Log.Fatal(ex, "Host terminated unexpectedly");
-                throw;
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Log.CloseAndFlush();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}