diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9a800978914d..5ae4d076cf87 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,10 +58,8 @@
     "file-loader": "^0.8.4",
     "font-awesome": "^4.3.0",
     "glob": "^4.3.2",
-    "good": "^5.1.2",
-    "good-console": "^4.1.0",
-    "good-file": "^4.0.2",
-    "good-reporter": "^3.1.0",
+    "good": "^6.2.0",
+    "good-squeeze": "^2.1.0",
     "hapi": "^8.6.1",
     "http-auth": "^2.2.5",
     "imports-loader": "^0.6.4",
diff --git a/src/server/config/config.js b/src/server/config/config.js
index 154b0e6fcb29..bc20ab4cea38 100644
--- a/src/server/config/config.js
+++ b/src/server/config/config.js
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ function Config(schema, defaults) {
   this.schema = schema || Joi.object({}).default();
   this.config = {};
   this.set(defaults);
-
-  console.log(this.get('env'));
 }
 
 Config.prototype.extendSchema = function (key, schema) {
diff --git a/src/server/config/schema.js b/src/server/config/schema.js
index 26cc6aadb8ba..b45d92253474 100644
--- a/src/server/config/schema.js
+++ b/src/server/config/schema.js
@@ -4,22 +4,6 @@ var path = require('path');
 var package = require('../utils/closestPackageJson').getSync();
 var fromRoot = require('../utils/fromRoot');
 
-var env = (function () {
-  switch (process.env.NODE_ENV) {
-  case 'production':
-  case 'prod':
-  case undefined:
-    return 'production';
-  case 'development':
-  case 'dev':
-    return 'development';
-  default:
-    throw new TypeError(`Unexpected NODE_ENV "${process.env.NODE_ENV}", expected production or development.`);
-  }
-}());
-var dev = env === 'development';
-var prod = env === 'production';
-
 module.exports = Joi.object({
   env: Joi.object({
     name: Joi.string().default(Joi.ref('$env')),
@@ -67,14 +51,24 @@ module.exports = Joi.object({
 
   logging: Joi.object({
     quiet: Joi.boolean().default(false),
-    file: Joi.string(),
-    console: Joi.object({
-      ops: Joi.any(),
-      log: Joi.any().default('*'),
-      response: Joi.any().default('*'),
-      error: Joi.any().default('*'),
-      json: Joi.boolean().default(false),
-    }).default()
+
+    // not nested under a kbnLogger key so that we can ref "quiet"
+    kbnLogger: Joi.boolean().default(true),
+    kbnLoggerConfig: Joi.object({
+      dest: Joi.string().default('stdout'),
+      json: Joi.boolean().default(Joi.ref('$prod'))
+    }).default(),
+    kbnLoggerEvents: Joi.when('quiet', {
+      is: true,
+      then: Joi.object({
+        error: Joi.string().default('*')
+      }).default(),
+      otherwise: Joi.object({
+        log: Joi.string().default('*'),
+        response: Joi.string().default('*'),
+        error: Joi.string().default('*')
+      }).default()
+    })
   }).default(),
 
   plugins: Joi.object({
diff --git a/src/server/logging/LogFormat.js b/src/server/logging/LogFormat.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b16c46c8956e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/logging/LogFormat.js
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+'use strict';
+
+let Stream = require('stream');
+let moment = require('moment');
+let _ = require('lodash');
+let numeral = require('numeral');
+let ansicolors = require('ansicolors');
+let stringify = require('json-stringify-safe');
+let querystring = require('querystring');
+let inspect = require('util').inspect;
+
+function serializeError(err) {
+  return {
+    message: err.message,
+    name: err.name,
+    stack: err.stack,
+    code: err.code,
+    signal: err.signal
+  };
+}
+
+let levelColor = function (code) {
+  if (code < 299) return ansicolors.green(code);
+  if (code < 399) return ansicolors.yellow(code);
+  if (code < 499) return ansicolors.magenta(code);
+  return ansicolors.red(code);
+};
+
+module.exports = class TransformObjStream extends Stream.Transform {
+  constructor() {
+    super({
+      readableObjectMode: false,
+      writableObjectMode: true
+    });
+  }
+
+  _transform(event, enc, next) {
+    var data = this.readEvent(event);
+    this.push(this.format(data) + '\n');
+    next();
+  }
+
+  readEvent(event) {
+    var data = {
+      type: event.event,
+      '@timestamp': moment.utc(event.timestamp).format(),
+      tags: [].concat(event.tags || []),
+      pid: event.pid
+    };
+
+    if (data.type === 'response') {
+      _.defaults(data, _.pick(event, [
+        'method',
+        'statusCode'
+      ]));
+
+      data.req = {
+        url: event.path,
+        method: event.method,
+        headers: event.headers,
+        remoteAddress: event.source.remoteAddress,
+        userAgent: event.source.remoteAddress,
+        referer: event.source.referer
+      };
+
+      var contentLength = 0;
+      if (typeof event.responsePayload === 'object') {
+        contentLength = stringify(event.responsePayload).length;
+      } else {
+        contentLength = event.responsePayload.toString().length;
+      }
+
+      data.res = {
+        statusCode: event.statusCode,
+        responseTime: event.responseTime,
+        contentLength: contentLength
+      };
+
+      var query = querystring.stringify(event.query);
+      if (query) data.req.url += '?' + query;
+
+
+      data.message  = data.req.method.toUpperCase() + ' ';
+      data.message += data.req.url;
+      data.message += ' ';
+      data.message += levelColor(data.res.statusCode);
+      data.message += ' ';
+      data.message += ansicolors.brightBlack(data.res.responseTime + 'ms');
+      data.message += ansicolors.brightBlack(' - ' + numeral(contentLength).format('0.0b'));
+    }
+    else if (data.type === 'ops') {
+      _.defaults(data, _.pick(event, [
+        'pid',
+        'os',
+        'proc',
+        'load'
+      ]));
+      data.message  = ansicolors.brightBlack('memory: ');
+      data.message += numeral(data.proc.mem.heapUsed).format('0.0b');
+      data.message += ' ';
+      data.message += ansicolors.brightBlack('uptime: ');
+      data.message += numeral(data.proc.uptime).format('00:00:00');
+      data.message += ' ';
+      data.message += ansicolors.brightBlack('load: [');
+      data.message += data.os.load.map(function (val) {
+        return numeral(val).format('0.00');
+      }).join(' ');
+      data.message += ansicolors.brightBlack(']');
+      data.message += ' ';
+      data.message += ansicolors.brightBlack('delay: ');
+      data.message += numeral(data.proc.delay).format('0.000');
+    }
+    else if (data.type === 'error') {
+      data.level = 'error';
+      data.message = event.error.message;
+      data.error = serializeError(event.error);
+      data.url = event.url;
+    }
+    else if (event.data instanceof Error) {
+      data.level = _.contains(event.tags, 'fatal') ? 'fatal' : 'error';
+      data.message = event.data.message;
+      data.error = serializeError(event.data);
+    }
+    else if (_.isPlainObject(event.data) && event.data.message) {
+      _.assign(data, event.data);
+      data.message = _.template(event.data.message)(event.data);
+    }
+    else {
+      data.message = _.isString(event.data) ? event.data : inspect(event.data);
+    }
+    return data;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/server/logging/LogFormatJson.js b/src/server/logging/LogFormatJson.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2bc7a3d59874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/logging/LogFormatJson.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+'use strict';
+
+let LogFormat = require('./LogFormat');
+let stringify = require('json-stringify-safe');
+
+let stripColors = function (string) {
+  return string.replace(/\u001b[^m]+m/g, '');
+};
+
+module.exports = class KbnLoggerJsonFormat extends LogFormat {
+  format(data) {
+    data.message = stripColors(data.message);
+    return stringify(data);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/server/logging/LogFormatString.js b/src/server/logging/LogFormatString.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d501e85535a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/logging/LogFormatString.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+'use strict';
+
+let _ = require('lodash');
+let ansicolors = require('ansicolors');
+let moment = require('moment');
+
+let LogFormat = require('./LogFormat');
+
+let typeColors = {
+  log: 'blue',
+  req: 'green',
+  res: 'green',
+  ops: 'cyan',
+  err: 'red',
+  info: 'blue',
+  error: 'red',
+  fatal: 'magenta'
+};
+
+let color = _.memoize(function (name) {
+  return ansicolors[typeColors[name]] || _.identity;
+});
+
+module.exports = class KbnLoggerJsonFormat extends LogFormat {
+  format(data) {
+    let type = color(data.type)(_.padLeft(data.type, 6));
+    let time = color('time')(moment(data.timestamp).format());
+    let msg = data.error ? color('error')(data.error.stack) : color('message')(data.message);
+
+    let tags = data.tags.reduce(function (s, t) {
+      return s + `[${ color(t)(t) }]`;
+    }, '');
+
+    return `${type}: [ ${time} ] ${tags} ${msg}`;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/server/logging/LogReporter.js b/src/server/logging/LogReporter.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ee276e7da50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/logging/LogReporter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+'use strict';
+
+let _ = require('lodash');
+let Squeeze = require('good-squeeze').Squeeze;
+let writeStr = require('fs').createWriteStream;
+
+let LogFormatJson = require('./LogFormatJson');
+let LogFormatString = require('./LogFormatString');
+
+module.exports = class KbnLogger {
+  constructor(events, config) {
+    this.squeeze = new Squeeze(events);
+    this.format = config.json ? new LogFormatJson() : new LogFormatString();
+
+    if (config.dest === 'stdout') {
+      this.dest = process.stdout;
+    } else {
+      this.dest = writeStr(config.dest, {
+        mode: 'a',
+        encoding: 'utf8'
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  init(readstream, emitter, callback) {
+    readstream
+    .pipe(this.squeeze)
+    .pipe(this.format)
+    .pipe(this.dest);
+
+    emitter.on('stop', _.noop);
+
+    callback();
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/server/logging/good_reporters/_event_to_json.js b/src/server/logging/good_reporters/_event_to_json.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6047f479a607..000000000000
--- a/src/server/logging/good_reporters/_event_to_json.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,133 +0,0 @@
-var moment = require('moment');
-var _ = require('lodash');
-var env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
-var numeral = require('numeral');
-var ansicolors = require('ansicolors');
-var stringify = require('json-stringify-safe');
-var querystring = require('querystring');
-var format = require('util').format;
-var inspect = require('util').inspect;
-
-function serializeError(err) {
-  return {
-    message: err.message,
-    name: err.name,
-    stack: err.stack,
-    code: err.code,
-    signal: err.signal
-  };
-}
-
-
-var levelColor = function (code) {
-  if (code < 299) {
-    return ansicolors.green(code);
-  }
-  if (code < 399) {
-    return ansicolors.yellow(code);
-  }
-  if (code < 499) {
-    return ansicolors.magenta(code);
-  }
-  return ansicolors.red(code);
-};
-
-function lookup(name) {
-  switch (name) {
-    case 'error':
-      return 'error';
-    default:
-      return 'info';
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = function (name, event) {
-  var data = {
-    '@timestamp': moment.utc(event.timestamp).format(),
-    level: lookup(event),
-    node_env: env,
-    tags: event.tags,
-    pid: event.pid
-  };
-  if (name === 'response') {
-    _.defaults(data, _.pick(event, [
-      'method',
-      'statusCode'
-    ]));
-
-    data.req = {
-      url: event.path,
-      method: event.method,
-      headers: event.headers,
-      remoteAddress: event.source.remoteAddress,
-      userAgent: event.source.remoteAddress,
-      referer: event.source.referer
-    };
-
-    var contentLength = 0;
-    if (typeof event.responsePayload === 'object') {
-      contentLength = stringify(event.responsePayload).length;
-    } else {
-      contentLength = event.responsePayload.toString().length;
-    }
-
-    data.res = {
-      statusCode: event.statusCode,
-      responseTime: event.responseTime,
-      contentLength: contentLength
-    };
-
-    var query = querystring.stringify(event.query);
-    if (query) data.req.url += '?' + query;
-
-
-    data.message  = data.req.method.toUpperCase() + ' ';
-    data.message += data.req.url;
-    data.message += ' ';
-    data.message += levelColor(data.res.statusCode);
-    data.message += ' ';
-    data.message += ansicolors.brightBlack(data.res.responseTime + 'ms');
-    data.message += ansicolors.brightBlack(' - ' + numeral(contentLength).format('0.0b'));
-  }
-  else if (name === 'ops') {
-    _.defaults(data, _.pick(event, [
-      'pid',
-      'os',
-      'proc',
-      'load'
-    ]));
-    data.message  = ansicolors.brightBlack('memory: ');
-    data.message += numeral(data.proc.mem.heapUsed).format('0.0b');
-    data.message += ' ';
-    data.message += ansicolors.brightBlack('uptime: ');
-    data.message += numeral(data.proc.uptime).format('00:00:00');
-    data.message += ' ';
-    data.message += ansicolors.brightBlack('load: [');
-    data.message += data.os.load.map(function (val) {
-      return numeral(val).format('0.00');
-    }).join(' ');
-    data.message += ansicolors.brightBlack(']');
-    data.message += ' ';
-    data.message += ansicolors.brightBlack('delay: ');
-    data.message += numeral(data.proc.delay).format('0.000');
-  }
-  else if (name === 'error') {
-    data.level = 'error';
-    data.message = event.error.message;
-    data.error = serializeError(event.error);
-    data.url = event.url;
-  }
-  else if (event.data instanceof Error) {
-    data.level = _.contains(event.tags, 'fatal') ? 'fatal' : 'error';
-    data.message = event.data.message;
-    data.error = serializeError(event.data);
-  }
-  else if (_.isPlainObject(event.data) && event.data.message) {
-    _.assign(data, event.data);
-    data.message = _.template(event.data.message)(event.data);
-  }
-  else {
-    data.message = _.isString(event.data) ? event.data : inspect(event.data);
-  }
-  return data;
-};
diff --git a/src/server/logging/good_reporters/console.js b/src/server/logging/good_reporters/console.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cb0c3572d7ca..000000000000
--- a/src/server/logging/good_reporters/console.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-var ansicolors = require('ansicolors');
-var eventToJson = require('./_event_to_json');
-var GoodReporter = require('good-reporter');
-var util = require('util');
-var moment = require('moment');
-var stringify = require('json-stringify-safe');
-var querystring = require('querystring');
-var numeral = require('numeral');
-
-var colors = {
-  log: 'blue',
-  req: 'green',
-  res: 'green',
-  ops: 'cyan',
-  err: 'red',
-  info: 'blue',
-  error: 'red',
-  fatal: 'magenta'
-};
-
-function stripColors(string) {
-  return string.replace(/\u001b[^m]+m/g, '');
-}
-
-var Console = module.exports = function (events, options) {
-  this._json = options.json;
-  GoodReporter.call(this, events);
-};
-util.inherits(Console, GoodReporter);
-
-Console.prototype.stop = function () { };
-
-Console.prototype._report = function (name, data) {
-  data = eventToJson(name, data);
-  var nameCrayon = ansicolors[colors[name.substr(0, 3)]];
-  var typeCrayon = ansicolors[colors[data.level]];
-  var output;
-  if (this._json) {
-    data.message = stripColors(data.message);
-    output = stringify(data);
-  } else {
-    output = nameCrayon(name.substr(0, 3));
-    output += ': ';
-    output += typeCrayon(data.level.toUpperCase());
-    output += ' ';
-    output += '[ ';
-    output += ansicolors.brightBlack(moment(data.timestamp).format());
-    output += ' ] ';
-
-    if (data.error) {
-      output += ansicolors.red(data.error.stack);
-    } else {
-      output += data.message;
-    }
-
-  }
-  console.log(output);
-};
diff --git a/src/server/logging/good_reporters/file.js b/src/server/logging/good_reporters/file.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1..000000000000
diff --git a/src/server/logging/index.js b/src/server/logging/index.js
index 2932f7f5d049..13afe6540e5c 100644
--- a/src/server/logging/index.js
+++ b/src/server/logging/index.js
@@ -1,37 +1,21 @@
-var Promise = require('bluebird');
-var good = require('good');
-var path = require('path');
-var join = path.join;
-var Console = require('./good_reporters/console');
+var fromNode = require('bluebird').fromNode;
 
+module.exports = function (kbnServer, server, config) {
+  if (!config.get('logging.kbnLogger')) return;
 
-module.exports = function (kbnServer) {
-  var server = kbnServer.server;
-
-  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
-    var reporters = [];
-    var config = server.config();
-
-    // If we are not quite then add the console logger
-    var filters = {};
-    if (!config.get('logging.quiet')) {
-      if (config.get('logging.console.ops') != null) filters.ops = config.get('logging.console.ops');
-      if (config.get('logging.console.log') != null) filters.log = config.get('logging.console.log');
-      if (config.get('logging.console.response') != null) filters.response = config.get('logging.console.response');
-      if (config.get('logging.console.error') != null) filters.error = config.get('logging.console.error');
-    }
-    reporters.push({ reporter: Console, args: [filters, { json: config.get('logging.console.json') } ] });
+  return fromNode(function (cb) {
     server.register({
-      register: good,
+      register: require('good'),
       options: {
         opsInterval: 5000,
-        logRequestHeaders: true,
-        logResponsePayload: true,
-        reporters: reporters
+        reporters: [
+          {
+            reporter: require('./LogReporter'),
+            config: config.get('logging.kbnLoggerConfig'),
+            events: config.get('logging.kbnLoggerEvents'),
+          }
+        ]
       }
-    }, function (err) {
-      if (err) return reject(err);
-      resolve(server);
-    });
+    }, cb);
   });
 };
diff --git a/src/server/optimize/OptmzUiModules.js b/src/server/optimize/OptmzUiModules.js
index 70fac53e9db7..9e92ae34a358 100644
--- a/src/server/optimize/OptmzUiModules.js
+++ b/src/server/optimize/OptmzUiModules.js
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ function OptmzUiExports(plugins) {
 
   // webpack loaders map loader configuration to regexps
   var loaders = this.loaders = [
-    { test: /\.less$/, loader: 'style!css!less' },
-    { test: /\.css$/, loader: 'style!css' },
+    { test: /\.less$/, loader: 'style/url!file!less' },
+    { test: /\.css$/, loader: 'style/url!file' },
     { test: /\.html$/, loader: 'raw' },
     {
       test: /\.(woff|woff2|png)(\?v=[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9])?$/,
diff --git a/src/server/optimize/index.js b/src/server/optimize/index.js
index 419a105bd737..ca028803f6ea 100644
--- a/src/server/optimize/index.js
+++ b/src/server/optimize/index.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = function (kbnServer, server, config) {
     status.green('Optimization complete');
   })
   .on('error', function (err) {
-    server.log(['fatal'], err);
+    server.log('fatal', err);
     status.red('Optimization failure! ' + err.message);
   })
   .init();
diff --git a/src/server/plugins/Plugin.js b/src/server/plugins/Plugin.js
index 433ad091d7bf..6bbd587355e6 100644
--- a/src/server/plugins/Plugin.js
+++ b/src/server/plugins/Plugin.js
@@ -1,86 +1,96 @@
-var _ = require('lodash');
-var inherits = require('util').inherits;
-var Joi = require('joi');
-var Promise = require('bluebird');
-var join = require('path').join;
+'use strict';
 
-function Plugin(kbnServer, path, package, opts) {
-  this.kbnServer = kbnServer;
-  this.package = package;
-  this.path = path;
+let _ = require('lodash');
+let inherits = require('util').inherits;
+let Joi = require('joi');
+let Promise = require('bluebird');
+let join = require('path').join;
 
-  this.id = opts.id || package.name;
-  this.uiExportSpecs = opts.uiExports || {};
-  this.requiredIds = opts.require || [];
-  this.version = opts.version || package.version;
-  this.publicDir = _.get(opts, 'publicDir', join(path, 'public'));
-  this.externalInit = opts.init || _.noop;
-  this.getConfig = opts.config || _.noop;
-  this.init = _.once(this.init);
-}
+module.exports = class Plugin {
+  constructor(kbnServer, path, pkg, opts) {
+    this.kbnServer = kbnServer;
+    this.pkg = pkg;
+    this.path = path;
 
-Plugin.scoped = function (kbnServer, path, package) {
-  function ScopedPlugin(opts) {
-    ScopedPlugin.super_.call(this, kbnServer, path, package, opts || {});
+    this.id = opts.id || pkg.name;
+    this.uiExportSpecs = opts.uiExports || {};
+    this.requiredIds = opts.require || [];
+    this.version = opts.version || pkg.version;
+    this.publicDir = _.get(opts, 'publicDir', join(path, 'public'));
+    this.externalInit = opts.init || _.noop;
+    this.getConfig = opts.config || _.noop;
+    this.init = _.once(this.init);
   }
-  inherits(ScopedPlugin, Plugin);
-  return ScopedPlugin;
-};
 
-Plugin.prototype.init = function () {
-  var self = this;
+  static scoped(kbnServer, path, pkg) {
+    return class ScopedPlugin extends Plugin {
+      constructor(opts) {
+        super(kbnServer, path, pkg, opts || {});
+      }
+    };
+  }
 
-  var id = self.id;
-  var version = self.version;
-  var server = self.kbnServer.server;
-  var status = self.kbnServer.status;
+  init() {
+    let self = this;
 
-  var config = server.config();
-  server.log(['plugin', 'init', 'debug'], {
-    message: 'initializing plugin <%= plugin.id %>',
-    plugin: self
-  });
+    let id = self.id;
+    let version = self.version;
+    let server = self.kbnServer.server;
+    let status = self.kbnServer.status;
 
-  return Promise.try(function () {
-    return self.getConfig(Joi);
-  })
-  .then(function (schema) {
-    if (schema) config.extendSchema(id, schema);
-  })
-  .then(function () {
-    return status.decoratePlugin(self);
-  })
-  .then(function () {
-    return self.kbnServer.uiExports.consumePlugin(self);
-  })
-  .then(function () {
+    let basetags = ['plugin', id];
+    let log = function (tags, data, timestamp) {
 
-    var register = function (server, options, next) {
-
-      Promise.try(self.externalInit, [server, options], self).nodeify(next);
     };
 
-    register.attributes = { name: id, version: version };
-
-    return Promise.fromNode(function (cb) {
-      server.register({
-        register: register,
-        options: config.has(id) ? config.get(id) : null
-      }, cb);
+    let config = server.config();
+    server.log(['plugin', 'debug', 'init'], {
+      message: 'Initializing plugin',
+      plugin: self
     });
 
-  })
-  .then(function () {
-    // Only change the plugin status to green if the
-    // intial status has not been updated
-    if (self.status.state === 'uninitialized') {
-      self.status.green('Ready');
-    }
-  });
-};
+    return Promise.try(function () {
+      return self.getConfig(Joi);
+    })
+    .then(function (schema) {
+      if (schema) config.extendSchema(id, schema);
+    })
+    .then(function () {
+      return status.decoratePlugin(self);
+    })
+    .then(function () {
+      return self.kbnServer.uiExports.consumePlugin(self);
+    })
+    .then(function () {
 
-Plugin.prototype.toString = function () {
-  return `${this.id}@${this.version}`;
-};
+      let register = function (server, options, next) {
+        Promise.try(self.externalInit, [server, options], self).nodeify(next);
+      };
 
-module.exports = Plugin;
+      register.attributes = { name: id, version: version };
+
+      return Promise.fromNode(function (cb) {
+        server.register({
+          register: register,
+          options: config.has(id) ? config.get(id) : null
+        }, cb);
+      });
+
+    })
+    .then(function () {
+      // Only change the plugin status to green if the
+      // intial status has not been updated
+      if (self.status.state === 'uninitialized') {
+        self.status.green('Ready');
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  toJSON() {
+    return this.pkg;
+  }
+
+  toString() {
+    return `${this.id}@${this.version}`;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/server/plugins/PluginApi.js b/src/server/plugins/PluginApi.js
index cf5fb7b9ff63..5086b9279694 100644
--- a/src/server/plugins/PluginApi.js
+++ b/src/server/plugins/PluginApi.js
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
+'use strict';
+
 var Plugin = require('./Plugin');
 var basename = require('path').basename;
 var join = require('path').join;
 
-function PluginApi(kibana, pluginPath) {
-  this.rootDir = kibana.rootDir;
-  this.package = require(join(pluginPath, 'package.json'));
-  this.autoload = require('../ui/autoload');
-  this.Plugin = Plugin.scoped(kibana, pluginPath, this.package);
-}
-
-module.exports = PluginApi;
+module.exports = class PluginApi {
+  constructor(kibana, pluginPath) {
+    this.rootDir = kibana.rootDir;
+    this.package = require(join(pluginPath, 'package.json'));
+    this.autoload = require('../ui/autoload');
+    this.Plugin = Plugin.scoped(kibana, pluginPath, this.package);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/server/status/Status.js b/src/server/status/Status.js
index 6d77aba3f467..45c07f420eb3 100644
--- a/src/server/status/Status.js
+++ b/src/server/status/Status.js
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ function Status(name, server) {
   this.message = 'uninitialized';
 
   this.on('change', function (current, previous) {
-    server.log(['status'], {
-      message: '[ <%= name %> ] Change status from <%= prev %> to <%= cur %> - <%= curMsg %>',
+    server.log(['plugin', name, 'status'], {
+      message: 'Change status from <%= prev %> to <%= cur %> - <%= curMsg %>',
       name: name,
       prev: previous.state,
       cur: current.state,