diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f10a96f..722884a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -3,80 +3,9 @@ const winston = require('winston');
 const Elasticsearch = require('winston-elasticsearch');
 const config = require('./config.json');
 const {sendEmbedMessage} = require('./helpers.js');
+const { initialiseLogger } = require('./logger.js');
 const client = new Discord.Client();
-
-const { format } = winston;
-const { combine, timestamp } = format;
-
-let env = 'dev';
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
-  env = 'prod';
-}
-
-// Custom format function that will look for an error object and log out the stack and if
-// its not production, the error itself
-const myFormat = format.printf((info) => {
-  const { timestamp: tmsmp, level, message, error, ...rest } = info;
-  let log = `${tmsmp} - ${level}:\t${message}`;
-  // Only if there is an error
-  if ( error ) {
-    if ( error.stack) log = `${log}\n${error.stack}`;
-    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') log = `${log}\n${JSON.stringify(error, null, 2)}`;
-  }
-  // Check if rest is object
-  if ( !( Object.keys(rest).length === 0 && rest.constructor === Object ) ) {
-    log = `${log}\n${JSON.stringify(rest, null, 2)}`;
-  }
-  return log;
-});
-
-const esTransportOpts = {
-  level: 'info',
-  indexPrefix: 'logs_denbot',
-  clientOpts: {
-      host: config.elasticsearch.elasticsearch_address,
-      log: 'info'
-  },
-  transformer: logData => {
-      return {
-        timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
-        severity: logData.level,
-        message: logData.message,
-        meta: {
-          app: 'denBot',
-          env: env,
-          stack: logData.meta.stack
-        }
-      }
-  }
-};
-
-const logger = winston.createLogger({
-  level: 'info',
-  format: combine(
-    winston.format.errors({ stack: true }), // <-- use errors format
-    winston.format.timestamp(),
-    winston.format.prettyPrint(),
-    myFormat,
-    winston.format.json()
-  ),
-  defaultMeta: { service: 'user-service' },
-  transports: [
-    new winston.transports.File({ filename: 'error.log', level: 'error' }),
-    new winston.transports.File({ filename: 'combined.log' }),
-    new Elasticsearch(esTransportOpts)
-  ],
-});
-
-//
-// If we're not in production then log to the `console` with the format:
-// `${info.level}: ${info.message} JSON.stringify({ ...rest }) `
-//
-//if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
-  logger.add(new winston.transports.Console({
-    format: winston.format.simple(),
-  }));
-//}
+const logger = initialiseLogger(config, winston, Elasticsearch);
 
 let playerQueue = [];
 let playerVotes = [];
@@ -485,3 +414,4 @@ The commands available to you are:
     message.channel.send(msg);
   }
 });
+
diff --git a/logger.js b/logger.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c17e64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+module.exports = {
+    initialiseLogger: function (config, winston, Elasticsearch) {
+      const { format } = winston;
+      const { combine, timestamp } = format;
+
+      let env = 'dev';
+      if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
+        env = 'prod';
+      }
+
+      // Custom format function that will look for an error object and log out the stack and if
+      // its not production, the error itself
+      const myFormat = format.printf((info) => {
+        const { timestamp: tmsmp, level, message, error, ...rest } = info;
+        let log = `${tmsmp} - ${level}:\t${message}`;
+        // Only if there is an error
+        if ( error ) {
+          if ( error.stack) log = `${log}\n${error.stack}`;
+          if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') log = `${log}\n${JSON.stringify(error, null, 2)}`;
+        }
+        // Check if rest is object
+        if ( !( Object.keys(rest).length === 0 && rest.constructor === Object ) ) {
+          log = `${log}\n${JSON.stringify(rest, null, 2)}`;
+        }
+        return log;
+      });
+
+      const esTransportOpts = {
+        level: 'info',
+        indexPrefix: 'logs_denbot',
+        clientOpts: {
+            host: config.elasticsearch.elasticsearch_address,
+            log: 'info'
+        },
+        transformer: logData => {
+            return {
+              timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+              severity: logData.level,
+              message: logData.message,
+              meta: {
+                app: 'denbot',
+                env: env,
+                stack: logData.meta.stack
+              }
+            }
+        }
+      };
+
+      const logger = winston.createLogger({
+        level: 'info',
+        format: combine(
+          winston.format.errors({ stack: true }), // <-- use errors format
+          winston.format.timestamp(),
+          winston.format.prettyPrint(),
+          myFormat,
+          winston.format.json()
+        ),
+        defaultMeta: { service: 'user-service' },
+        transports: [
+          new winston.transports.File({ filename: 'error.log', level: 'error' }),
+          new winston.transports.File({ filename: 'combined.log' }),
+          new Elasticsearch(esTransportOpts)
+        ],
+      });
+
+      //
+      // If we're not in production then log to the `console` with the format:
+      // `${info.level}: ${info.message} JSON.stringify({ ...rest }) `
+      //
+      //if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+        logger.add(new winston.transports.Console({
+          format: winston.format.simple(),
+        }));
+      //}
+
+      return logger;
+    },
+  };