diff --git a/statsd/spec/configure_spec.rb b/statsd/spec/configure_spec.rb
index 6961bef04..8f6a22ed8 100644
--- a/statsd/spec/configure_spec.rb
+++ b/statsd/spec/configure_spec.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
     conf << "    token: '123',\n"
     conf << "    source: '#{stack_name.gsub!(' ', '-')}',\n"
     conf << "    batchSize: 200\n"
+    conf << "  },\n"
+    conf << "  log: {\n"
+    conf << "    backend: 'syslog'\n"
     conf << "  }\n"
     conf << "}\n"
 
diff --git a/statsd/templates/default/easybib-config.js.erb b/statsd/templates/default/easybib-config.js.erb
index 99e03654b..38cc39585 100644
--- a/statsd/templates/default/easybib-config.js.erb
+++ b/statsd/templates/default/easybib-config.js.erb
@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@
     token: '<%= @metrics["api_key"] -%>',
     source: '<%= @cluster_name -%>',
     batchSize: <%= @metrics["batch"] %>
+  },
+  log: {
+    backend: 'syslog'
   }
 }