diff --git a/lib/api/api-router.js b/lib/api/api-router.js
index 9ce4fa2d..4356df5d 100644
--- a/lib/api/api-router.js
+++ b/lib/api/api-router.js
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ module.exports = class ApiRouter {
         const { rendererCache, tileBackend, attributesBackend, previewBackend, mapBackend, mapStore } = windshaftFactory({
             rendererOptions: serverOptions,
             redisPool,
-            onTileErrorStrategy: getOnTileErrorStrategy({ enabled: environmentOptions.enabledFeatures.onTileErrorStrategy }),
-            logger: global.logger
+            onTileErrorStrategy: getOnTileErrorStrategy({ enabled: environmentOptions.enabledFeatures.onTileErrorStrategy })
         });
 
         const rendererStatsReporter = new RendererStatsReporter(rendererCache, serverOptions.renderCache.statsInterval);
diff --git a/lib/api/map/anonymous-map-controller.js b/lib/api/map/anonymous-map-controller.js
index 46ed876a..85e9860a 100644
--- a/lib/api/map/anonymous-map-controller.js
+++ b/lib/api/map/anonymous-map-controller.js
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ module.exports = class AnonymousMapController {
             metrics({
                 enabled: this.config.pubSubMetrics.enabled,
                 metricsBackend: this.metricsBackend,
-                logger: global.logger,
                 tags: metricsTags
             }),
             credentials(),
diff --git a/lib/api/map/preview-template-controller.js b/lib/api/map/preview-template-controller.js
index e9dc547d..92d4380e 100644
--- a/lib/api/map/preview-template-controller.js
+++ b/lib/api/map/preview-template-controller.js
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ module.exports = class PreviewTemplateController {
             metrics({
                 enabled: this.config.pubSubMetrics.enabled,
                 metricsBackend: this.metricsBackend,
-                logger: global.logger,
                 tags: metricsTags
             }),
             credentials(),
@@ -337,17 +336,13 @@ function setContentTypeHeader () {
     };
 }
 
-function incrementMapViewsError (ctx) {
-    return `ERROR: failed to increment mapview count for user '${ctx.user}': ${ctx.err}`;
-}
-
 function incrementMapViews ({ metadataBackend }) {
     return function incrementMapViewsMiddleware (req, res, next) {
-        const { user, mapConfigProvider } = res.locals;
+        const { user, mapConfigProvider, logger } = res.locals;
 
         mapConfigProvider.getMapConfig((err, mapConfig) => {
             if (err) {
-                global.logger.info(incrementMapViewsError({ user, err }));
+                logger.warn(err, `ERROR: failed to increment mapview count for user '${user}'`);
                 return next();
             }
 
@@ -359,7 +354,7 @@ function incrementMapViews ({ metadataBackend }) {
 
             metadataBackend.incMapviewCount(user, statTag, (err) => {
                 if (err) {
-                    global.logger.info(incrementMapViewsError({ user, err }));
+                    logger.warn(err, `ERROR: failed to increment mapview count for user '${user}'`);
                 }
 
                 next();
diff --git a/lib/api/middlewares/cache-channel-header.js b/lib/api/middlewares/cache-channel-header.js
index c93cce57..66486392 100644
--- a/lib/api/middlewares/cache-channel-header.js
+++ b/lib/api/middlewares/cache-channel-header.js
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ module.exports = function setCacheChannelHeader () {
             return next();
         }
 
-        const { mapConfigProvider } = res.locals;
+        const { mapConfigProvider, logger } = res.locals;
 
         mapConfigProvider.getAffectedTables((err, affectedTables) => {
             if (err) {
-                global.logger.warn(err, 'ERROR generating Cache Channel Header');
+                logger.warn(err, 'ERROR generating Cache Channel Header');
                 return next();
             }
 
diff --git a/lib/api/middlewares/cache-control-header.js b/lib/api/middlewares/cache-control-header.js
index 7afed19f..18ec7728 100644
--- a/lib/api/middlewares/cache-control-header.js
+++ b/lib/api/middlewares/cache-control-header.js
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ module.exports = function setCacheControlHeader ({
             return next();
         }
 
-        const { mapConfigProvider = { getAffectedTables: callback => callback() } } = res.locals;
+        const { mapConfigProvider = { getAffectedTables: callback => callback() }, logger } = res.locals;
 
         mapConfigProvider.getAffectedTables((err, affectedTables) => {
             if (err) {
-                global.logger.warn(err, 'ERROR generating Cache Control Header');
+                logger.warn(err, 'ERROR generating Cache Control Header');
                 return next();
             }
 
diff --git a/lib/api/middlewares/increment-map-view-count.js b/lib/api/middlewares/increment-map-view-count.js
index 7617375f..1b71e8e3 100644
--- a/lib/api/middlewares/increment-map-view-count.js
+++ b/lib/api/middlewares/increment-map-view-count.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 module.exports = function incrementMapViewCount (metadataBackend) {
     return function incrementMapViewCountMiddleware (req, res, next) {
-        const { mapConfig, user } = res.locals;
+        const { mapConfig, user, logger } = res.locals;
         const statTag = mapConfig.obj().stat_tag;
 
         if (statTag) {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module.exports = function incrementMapViewCount (metadataBackend) {
             req.profiler.done('incMapviewCount');
 
             if (err) {
-                global.logger.warn(err, `ERROR: failed to increment mapview count for user '${user}'`);
+                logger.warn(err, `ERROR: failed to increment mapview count for user '${user}'`);
             }
 
             next();
diff --git a/lib/api/middlewares/last-modified-header.js b/lib/api/middlewares/last-modified-header.js
index 8f1dd296..b68d7c31 100644
--- a/lib/api/middlewares/last-modified-header.js
+++ b/lib/api/middlewares/last-modified-header.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module.exports = function setLastModifiedHeader () {
             return next();
         }
 
-        const { mapConfigProvider, cache_buster: cacheBuster } = res.locals;
+        const { mapConfigProvider, cache_buster: cacheBuster, logger } = res.locals;
 
         if (cacheBuster) {
             const cacheBusterTimestamp = parseInt(cacheBuster, 10);
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = function setLastModifiedHeader () {
 
         mapConfigProvider.getAffectedTables((err, affectedTables) => {
             if (err) {
-                global.logger.warn(err, 'ERROR generating Last Modified Header');
+                logger.warn(err, 'ERROR generating Last Modified Header');
                 return next();
             }
 
diff --git a/lib/api/middlewares/logger.js b/lib/api/middlewares/logger.js
index acebdb88..f709383a 100644
--- a/lib/api/middlewares/logger.js
+++ b/lib/api/middlewares/logger.js
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ const uuid = require('uuid');
 module.exports = function logger () {
     return function loggerMiddleware (req, res, next) {
         const id = req.get('X-Request-Id') || uuid.v4();
-        res.locals.logger = global.logger.child({ id });
+        const logger = res.locals.logger = global.logger.child({ id });
 
-        res.locals.logger.info(req);
-        res.on('finish', () => res.locals.logger.info(res));
+        logger.info(req);
+        res.on('finish', () => logger.info(res));
 
         next();
     };
diff --git a/lib/api/middlewares/metrics.js b/lib/api/middlewares/metrics.js
index 4ac0ebf6..60478557 100644
--- a/lib/api/middlewares/metrics.js
+++ b/lib/api/middlewares/metrics.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const EVENT_VERSION = '1';
 const MAX_LENGTH = 100;
 
-module.exports = function metrics ({ enabled, tags, metricsBackend, logger }) {
+module.exports = function metrics ({ enabled, tags, metricsBackend }) {
     if (!enabled) {
         return function metricsDisabledMiddleware (req, res, next) {
             next();
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ module.exports = function metrics ({ enabled, tags, metricsBackend, logger }) {
     }
 
     return function metricsMiddleware (req, res, next) {
+        const { logger } = res.locals;
+
         res.on('finish', () => {
             const { event, attributes } = getEventData(req, res, tags);
 
diff --git a/lib/api/middlewares/surrogate-key-header.js b/lib/api/middlewares/surrogate-key-header.js
index a3b1e039..c1415038 100644
--- a/lib/api/middlewares/surrogate-key-header.js
+++ b/lib/api/middlewares/surrogate-key-header.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const NamedMapMapConfigProvider = require('../../models/mapconfig/provider/named
 
 module.exports = function setSurrogateKeyHeader ({ surrogateKeysCache }) {
     return function setSurrogateKeyHeaderMiddleware (req, res, next) {
-        const { user, mapConfigProvider } = res.locals;
+        const { user, mapConfigProvider, logger } = res.locals;
 
         if (mapConfigProvider instanceof NamedMapMapConfigProvider) {
             surrogateKeysCache.tag(res, new NamedMapsCacheEntry(user, mapConfigProvider.getTemplateName()));
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module.exports = function setSurrogateKeyHeader ({ surrogateKeysCache }) {
 
         mapConfigProvider.getAffectedTables((err, affectedTables) => {
             if (err) {
-                global.logger.warn(err, 'ERROR generating Surrogate Key Header');
+                logger.warn(err, 'ERROR generating Surrogate Key Header');
                 return next();
             }
 
diff --git a/lib/api/template/named-template-controller.js b/lib/api/template/named-template-controller.js
index 88270b89..79b39d7c 100644
--- a/lib/api/template/named-template-controller.js
+++ b/lib/api/template/named-template-controller.js
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ module.exports = class NamedMapController {
             metrics({
                 enabled: this.config.pubSubMetrics.enabled,
                 metricsBackend: this.metricsBackend,
-                logger: global.logger,
                 tags: metricsTags
             }),
             credentials(),