diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index a54e08cc..39cc04fd 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ events {
 daemon off;
 
 http {
+
+  log_format  main  escape=json '{"remote_address": "$remote_addr", "remote_user": "$remote_user", "time" : "$time_local", "request": "$request", "status": "$status", "body_bytes_sent": "$body_bytes_sent", "referer": "$http_referer","http_user_agent": "$http_user_agent", "http_x_forwrded_for": "$http_x_forwarded_for"}';
+
   server {
     listen 80;
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log main;
     root /usr/share/nginx/html;
     include /etc/nginx/mime.types;