diff --git a/lib/forever.js b/lib/forever.js
index 13375f62..50cd81d2 100755
--- a/lib/forever.js
+++ b/lib/forever.js
@@ -41,26 +41,6 @@ function newEmitter() {
     return new events2.EventEmitter2()
 }
 
-//
-// Setup `forever.log` to be a custom `winston` logger.
-//
-forever.log = new (winston.Logger)({
-  transports: [
-    new (winston.transports.Console)()
-  ]
-});
-
-forever.log.cli();
-
-//
-// Setup `forever out` for logEvents with `winston` custom logger.
-//
-forever.out = new (winston.Logger)({
-  transports: [
-    new (winston.transports.Console)()
-  ]
-});
-
 //
 // ### Export Components / Settings
 // Export `version` and important Prototypes from `lib/forever/*`
@@ -79,6 +59,27 @@ forever.cli          = require('./forever/cli');
 //
 exports.version = require('../package').version;
 
+//
+// Setup `forever.log` to be a custom `winston` logger.
+//
+forever.log = winston.createLogger({
+  transports: [
+    new (winston.transports.Console)()
+  ],
+  levels: winston.config.cli.levels,
+  format: winston.format.cli(),
+});
+
+//
+// Setup `forever out` for logEvents with `winston` custom logger.
+//
+forever.out = winston.createLogger({
+  format: (forever.config.get('timestamp') === 'true') ? winston.format.timestamp(): undefined,
+  transports: [
+    new winston.transports.Console(),
+  ],
+});
+
 //
 // ### function getSockets (sockPath, callback)
 // #### @sockPath {string} Path in which to look for UNIX domain sockets
@@ -330,11 +331,6 @@ forever.load = function (options) {
   forever.config.set('logstream', options.logstream);
   forever.config.set('columns', options.columns);
 
-  //
-  // Setup timestamp to event logger
-  //
-  forever.out.transports.console.timestamp = forever.config.get('timestamp') === 'true';
-
   //
   // Attempt to see if `forever` has been configured to
   // run in debug mode.
@@ -365,10 +361,10 @@ forever._debug = function () {
 
   if (!debug) {
     forever.config.set('debug', true);
-    forever.log.add(winston.transports.File, {
+    forever.log.add(new winston.transports.File({
       level: 'silly',
-      filename: path.join(forever.config.get('root'), 'forever.debug.log')
-    });
+      filename: path.join(forever.config.get('root'), 'forever.debug.log'),
+    }));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e8885d24..89823857 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "object-assign": "^4.1.1",
     "prettyjson": "^1.2.2",
     "shush": "^1.0.0",
-    "winston": "~0.8.1"
+    "winston": "^3.4.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",