diff --git a/.circleci/deployment/values/speckle-server.values.yaml b/.circleci/deployment/values/speckle-server.values.yaml
index 08bfd417f..d798f4b35 100644
--- a/.circleci/deployment/values/speckle-server.values.yaml
+++ b/.circleci/deployment/values/speckle-server.values.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ server:
     local:
       enabled: true
   logLevel: debug
+  logPretty: true
 
   email:
     enabled: false
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ objects:
     local:
       enabled: true
   logLevel: debug
+  logPretty: true
 
   email:
     enabled: false
@@ -44,18 +46,23 @@ objects:
 
 frontend_2:
   enabled: true
+  logPretty: true
 
 preview_service:
   replicas: 0
+  logPretty: true
 
 webhook_service:
   replicas: 0
+  logPretty: true
 
 fileimport_service:
   replicas: 0
+  logPretty: true
 
 monitoring:
   replicas: 0
+  logPretty: true
 
 s3:
   endpoint: 'http://minio.minio.svc.cluster.local:9000'
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 65b4c6aa9..02b781c6c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ repos:
       - id: shellcheck-system
         name: shellcheck
 
-  - repo: https://github.com/gruntwork-io/pre-commit
-    rev: 'v0.1.17'
-    hooks:
-      - id: helmlint
-
   - repo: https://github.com/syntaqx/git-hooks
     rev: 'v0.0.17'
     hooks:
@@ -50,5 +45,11 @@ repos:
         entry: utils/helm/update-schema-json.sh
         description: If this fails it is because the values.yaml file was updated. Or has missing or incorrect documentation.
 
+    # helmlint should occur after the json schema is updated
+  - repo: https://github.com/gruntwork-io/pre-commit
+    rev: 'v0.1.17'
+    hooks:
+      - id: helmlint
+
 ci:
   autoupdate_schedule: quarterly
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/_helpers.tpl b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 86f33d8cd..c3ee52b19 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -544,6 +544,8 @@ Generate the environment variables for Speckle server and Speckle objects deploy
   value: {{ include "server.port" $ | quote }}
 - name: LOG_LEVEL
   value: {{ .Values.server.logLevel }}
+- name: LOG_PRETTY
+  value: {{ .Values.server.logPretty | quote }}
 
 - name: USE_FRONTEND_2
   value: {{ .Values.frontend_2.enabled | quote }}
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/fileimport_service/deployment.yml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/fileimport_service/deployment.yml
index bf8924138..b7b834ad0 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/fileimport_service/deployment.yml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/fileimport_service/deployment.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ spec:
           - name: LOG_LEVEL
             value: {{ .Values.fileimport_service.logLevel | quote }}
 
+          - name: LOG_PRETTY
+            value: {{ .Values.fileimport_service.logPretty | quote }}
+
           {{- if .Values.db.useCertificate }}
           - name: NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS
             value: "/postgres-certificate/ca-certificate.crt"
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/frontend_2/deployment.yml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/frontend_2/deployment.yml
index a0b398121..3438fa6f4 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/frontend_2/deployment.yml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/frontend_2/deployment.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ spec:
             value: {{ .Values.analytics.mixpanel_api_host }}
           - name: NUXT_PUBLIC_LOG_LEVEL
             value: {{ .Values.frontend_2.logLevel }}
+          - name: NUXT_PUBLIC_LOG_PRETTY
+            value: {{ .Values.frontend_2.logPretty | quote }}
           - name: NUXT_PUBLIC_SERVER_NAME
             value: {{ .Release.Name }}
           - name: NUXT_PUBLIC_LOG_CLIENT_API_TOKEN
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/monitoring/deployment.yml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/monitoring/deployment.yml
index 97e63848a..0fe1aafa8 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/monitoring/deployment.yml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/monitoring/deployment.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ spec:
             value: "/postgres-certificate/ca-certificate.crt"
           {{- end }}
 
+          - name: LOG_LEVEL
+            value: {{ .Values.monitoring.logLevel }}
+          - name: LOG_PRETTY
+            value: {{ .Values.monitoring.logPretty | quote }}
+
       priorityClassName: low-priority
       {{- if .Values.monitoring.serviceAccount.create }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "monitoring.name" $ }}
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/preview_service/deployment.yml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/preview_service/deployment.yml
index f7cf8ed58..04dbda5e0 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/preview_service/deployment.yml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/preview_service/deployment.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ spec:
 
           - name: LOG_LEVEL
             value: {{ .Values.preview_service.logLevel | quote }}
+          - name: LOG_PRETTY
+            value: {{ .Values.preview_service.logPretty | quote }}
 
           {{- if .Values.db.useCertificate }}
           - name: NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/tests/deployment.yml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/tests/deployment.yml
index 77687498c..51ff1bd4a 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/tests/deployment.yml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/tests/deployment.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ spec:
               {{- end }}
             - name: VERIFY_CERTIFICATE
               value: {{ (default "1" .Values.tlsRejectUnauthorized) | quote }}
+            - name: LOG_LEVEL
+              value: {{ .Values.test.logLevel }}
+            - name: LOG_PRETTY
+              value: {{ .Values.test.logPretty | quote }}
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: {{ .Values.test.requests.cpu }}
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/webhook_service/deployment.yml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/webhook_service/deployment.yml
index f4161fdf1..ef419c932 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/webhook_service/deployment.yml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/templates/webhook_service/deployment.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ spec:
 
           - name: LOG_LEVEL
             value: {{ .Values.webhook_service.logLevel }}
+          - name: LOG_PRETTY
+            value: {{ .Values.webhook_service.logPretty | quote }}
 
           {{- if .Values.db.useCertificate }}
           - name: NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.schema.json b/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.schema.json
index ac2c5940f..b1a01a316 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.schema.json
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.schema.json
@@ -486,6 +486,11 @@
           "description": "The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent",
           "default": "info"
         },
+        "logPretty": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.",
+          "default": false
+        },
         "image": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "The Docker image to be used for the Speckle Server component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-server:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.",
@@ -1255,6 +1260,11 @@
           "description": "The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent",
           "default": "info"
         },
+        "logPretty": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.",
+          "default": false
+        },
         "inspect": {
           "type": "object",
           "properties": {
@@ -1397,6 +1407,11 @@
           "description": "The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent",
           "default": "info"
         },
+        "logPretty": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.",
+          "default": false
+        },
         "image": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "The Docker image to be used for the Speckle Frontend component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-frontend:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.",
@@ -1499,6 +1514,11 @@
           "description": "The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent",
           "default": "info"
         },
+        "logPretty": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.",
+          "default": false
+        },
         "enabled": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "description": "Feature flag to enable running the new web application frontend.",
@@ -1596,6 +1616,11 @@
           "description": "The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent",
           "default": "info"
         },
+        "logPretty": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.",
+          "default": false
+        },
         "image": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "The Docker image to be used for the Speckle Preview Service component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-preview-service:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.",
@@ -1703,6 +1728,11 @@
           "description": "The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent",
           "default": "info"
         },
+        "logPretty": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.",
+          "default": false
+        },
         "image": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "The Docker image to be used for the Speckle Webhook Service component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-webhook-service:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.",
@@ -1795,6 +1825,11 @@
           "description": "The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent",
           "default": "info"
         },
+        "logPretty": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.",
+          "default": false
+        },
         "image": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "The Docker image to be used for the Speckle FileImport Service component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-fileimport-service:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.",
@@ -1892,6 +1927,11 @@
           "description": "The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent",
           "default": "info"
         },
+        "logPretty": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.",
+          "default": false
+        },
         "image": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "The Docker image to be used for the Speckle Monitoring component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-monitoring-deployment:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.",
@@ -1984,6 +2024,11 @@
           "description": "The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent",
           "default": "info"
         },
+        "logPretty": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.",
+          "default": false
+        },
         "image": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "The Docker image to be used for the Speckle Test component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-test-deployment:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.",
diff --git a/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.yaml b/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.yaml
index 5e8342780..cf784975b 100644
--- a/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.yaml
+++ b/utils/helm/speckle-server/values.yaml
@@ -388,6 +388,9 @@ server:
   ## @param server.logLevel The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent
   ##
   logLevel: 'info'
+  ## @param server.logPretty If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.
+  ##
+  logPretty: false
 
   ## @param server.image The Docker image to be used for the Speckle Server component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-server:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.
   ##
@@ -787,6 +790,9 @@ objects:
   ## @param objects.logLevel The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent
   ##
   logLevel: 'info'
+  ## @param objects.logPretty If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.
+  ##
+  logPretty: false
   inspect:
     ## @param objects.inspect.enabled If enabled, indicates that the Speckle server should be deployed with the nodejs inspect feature enabled
     enabled: false
@@ -874,6 +880,9 @@ frontend:
   ## @param frontend.logLevel The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent
   ##
   logLevel: 'info'
+  ## @param frontend.logPretty If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.
+  ##
+  logPretty: false
 
   ## @param frontend.image The Docker image to be used for the Speckle Frontend component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-frontend:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.
   ##
@@ -948,6 +957,9 @@ frontend_2:
   ## @param frontend_2.logLevel The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent
   ##
   logLevel: 'info'
+  ## @param frontend_2.logPretty If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.
+  ##
+  logPretty: false
   ## @param frontend_2.enabled Feature flag to enable running the new web application frontend.
   ##
   enabled: true
@@ -1017,6 +1029,9 @@ preview_service:
   ## @param preview_service.logLevel The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent
   ##
   logLevel: 'info'
+  ## @param preview_service.logPretty If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.
+  ##
+  logPretty: false
 
   ## @param preview_service.image The Docker image to be used for the Speckle Preview Service component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-preview-service:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.
   ##
@@ -1092,6 +1107,9 @@ webhook_service:
   ## @param webhook_service.logLevel The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent
   ##
   logLevel: 'info'
+  ## @param webhook_service.logPretty If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.
+  ##
+  logPretty: false
   ## @param webhook_service.image The Docker image to be used for the Speckle Webhook Service component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-webhook-service:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.
   ##
   image: ''
@@ -1159,6 +1177,9 @@ fileimport_service:
   ## @param fileimport_service.logLevel The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent
   ##
   logLevel: 'info'
+  ## @param fileimport_service.logPretty If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.
+  ##
+  logPretty: false
 
   ## @param fileimport_service.image The Docker image to be used for the Speckle FileImport Service component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-fileimport-service:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.
   ##
@@ -1233,6 +1254,9 @@ monitoring:
   ## @param monitoring.logLevel The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent
   ##
   logLevel: 'info'
+  ## @param monitoring.logPretty If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.
+  ##
+  logPretty: false
 
   ## @param monitoring.image The Docker image to be used for the Speckle Monitoring component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-monitoring-deployment:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.
   ##
@@ -1303,6 +1327,9 @@ test:
   ## @param test.logLevel The minimum level of logs which will be output. Suitable values are trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, or silent
   ##
   logLevel: 'info'
+  ## @param test.logPretty If enabled, will output logs in a human-readable format. Otherwise, logs will be output in JSON format.
+  ##
+  logPretty: false
 
   ## @param test.image The Docker image to be used for the Speckle Test component. If blank, defaults to speckle/speckle-test-deployment:{{ .Values.docker_image_tag }}. If provided, this value should be the full path including tag. The docker_image_tag value will be ignored.
   ##