diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index bd21dded..533f4c88 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "multer": "^2.0.1",
     "nats": "^2.29.3",
     "nestjs-pino": "^4.5.0",
+    "pino": "^9.6.0",
     "passport": "^0.6.0",
     "passport-jwt": "^4.0.1",
     "passport-local": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/api/src/main.ts b/api/src/main.ts
index 73b349fb..f20a0e4d 100644
--- a/api/src/main.ts
+++ b/api/src/main.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 import { ValidationPipe } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { NestFactory } from "@nestjs/core";
 import { Logger } from "nestjs-pino";
+import pino from "pino";
 import { AppModule } from "./app.module";
 import { runMigrations } from "./database/migrate";
 
+const bootstrapLogger = pino({ name: "bootstrap" });
+
 async function bootstrap() {
   // Run database migrations before starting the application
-  // Note: migrations run before NestJS app is created, so we use console here
-  console.log("Running database migrations...");
+  bootstrapLogger.info("Running database migrations...");
   await runMigrations();
-  console.log("Database migrations completed");
+  bootstrapLogger.info("Database migrations completed");
 
   const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule, { bufferLogs: true });
 
@@ -39,6 +41,6 @@ async function bootstrap() {
 }
 
 bootstrap().catch((error) => {
-  console.error("Failed to start the0 API:", error);
+  bootstrapLogger.error({ err: error }, "Failed to start the0 API");
   process.exit(1);
 });