diff --git a/packages/server/knexfile.js b/packages/server/knexfile.js
index 6a29fc636..5a9a93501 100644
--- a/packages/server/knexfile.js
+++ b/packages/server/knexfile.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const {
   ignoreMissingMigrations,
   postgresMaxConnections
 } = require('@/modules/shared/helpers/envHelper')
+const { dbLogger: logger } = require('./logging/logging')
 
 function walk(dir) {
   let results = []
@@ -75,6 +76,22 @@ const commonConfig = {
     loadExtensions: isTestEnv() ? ['.js', '.ts'] : ['.js'],
     directory: migrationDirs
   },
+  log: {
+    warn(message) {
+      logger.warn(message)
+    },
+    error(message) {
+      logger.error(message)
+    },
+    deprecate(message) {
+      logger.info(message)
+    },
+    debug(message) {
+      logger.debug(message)
+    }
+  },
+  // we wish to avoid leaking sql queries in the logs: https://knexjs.org/guide/#compilesqlonerror
+  compileSqlOnError: false,
   pool: { min: 0, max: postgresMaxConnections() }
 }
 
@@ -86,6 +103,7 @@ const config = {
       connectionString: connectionUri || 'postgres://127.0.0.1/speckle2_test',
       application_name: 'speckle_server'
     },
+    compileSqlOnError: true,
     asyncStackTraces: true
   },
   development: {
@@ -94,6 +112,7 @@ const config = {
       connectionString: connectionUri || 'postgres://127.0.0.1/speckle2_dev',
       application_name: 'speckle_server'
     },
+    compileSqlOnError: true,
     asyncStackTraces: true
   },
   production: {