diff --git a/logging/logging.go b/logging/logging.go
index 035f8394fe..b6ea5731d4 100644
--- a/logging/logging.go
+++ b/logging/logging.go
@@ -38,8 +38,20 @@ type StandardLogger struct {
 	fields map[string]interface{}
 }
 
-// NewStandardLogger instantiates new default OPA logger
+// New returns a new standard logger.
+func New() *StandardLogger {
+	return &StandardLogger{
+		logger: logrus.New(),
+	}
+}
+
+// NewStandardLogger is deprecated. Use Get instead.
 func NewStandardLogger() *StandardLogger {
+	return Get()
+}
+
+// Get returns the standard logger used throughout OPA.
+func Get() *StandardLogger {
 	return &StandardLogger{
 		logger: logrus.StandardLogger(),
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/bundle/plugin.go b/plugins/bundle/plugin.go
index cd08bb5040..4521dbfb5f 100644
--- a/plugins/bundle/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/bundle/plugin.go
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ func loadBundleFromDisk(path, name string, src *Source) (*bundle.Bundle, error)
 
 func (p *Plugin) log(name string) logging.Logger {
 	if p.logger == nil {
-		p.logger = logging.NewStandardLogger()
+		p.logger = logging.Get()
 	}
 	return p.logger.WithFields(map[string]interface{}{"name": name, "plugin": Name})
 }
diff --git a/plugins/plugins.go b/plugins/plugins.go
index f337847a40..5a755ee263 100644
--- a/plugins/plugins.go
+++ b/plugins/plugins.go
@@ -289,11 +289,11 @@ func New(raw []byte, id string, store storage.Store, opts ...func(*Manager)) (*M
 	}
 
 	if m.logger == nil {
-		m.logger = logging.NewStandardLogger()
+		m.logger = logging.Get()
 	}
 
 	if m.consoleLogger == nil {
-		m.consoleLogger = logging.NewStandardLogger()
+		m.consoleLogger = logging.New()
 	}
 
 	serviceOpts := cfg.ServiceOptions{
diff --git a/plugins/plugins_test.go b/plugins/plugins_test.go
index f10e616ab2..935eabf2d4 100644
--- a/plugins/plugins_test.go
+++ b/plugins/plugins_test.go
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ func TestPluginManagerAuthPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPluginManagerLogger(t *testing.T) {
 
-	logger := logging.NewStandardLogger().WithFields(map[string]interface{}{"context": "myloggincontext"})
+	logger := logging.Get().WithFields(map[string]interface{}{"context": "myloggincontext"})
 
 	m, err := New([]byte(`{}`), "test", inmem.New(), Logger(logger))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/plugins/rest/aws_test.go b/plugins/rest/aws_test.go
index 74e0794b26..685bfbe354 100644
--- a/plugins/rest/aws_test.go
+++ b/plugins/rest/aws_test.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func TestMetadataCredentialService(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: "this is not a URL", // malformed
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	}
 	_, err := cs.credentials()
 	assertErr("unsupported protocol scheme \"\"", err, t)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func TestMetadataCredentialService(t *testing.T) {
 	os.Unsetenv(ecsRelativePathEnvVar)
 	cs = awsMetadataCredentialService{
 		RegionName: "us-east-1",
-		logger:     logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:     logging.Get(),
 	}
 	_, err = cs.credentials()
 	assertErr("metadata endpoint cannot be determined from settings and environment", err, t)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func TestMetadataCredentialService(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	}
 	_, err = cs.credentials()
 	assertErr("metadata HTTP request returned unexpected status: 404 Not Found", err, t)
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func TestMetadataCredentialService(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	}
 	_, err = cs.credentials()
 	assertErr("failed to parse credential response from metadata service: invalid character 'T' looking for beginning of value", err, t)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func TestMetadataCredentialService(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/missing_token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	} // will 404
 	_, err = cs.credentials()
 	assertErr("metadata token HTTP request returned unexpected status: 404 Not Found", err, t)
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func TestMetadataCredentialService(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/bad_token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	} // not good
 	_, err = cs.credentials()
 	assertErr("metadata HTTP request returned unexpected status: 401 Unauthorized", err, t)
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func TestMetadataCredentialService(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	}
 	_, err = cs.credentials()
 	assertErr("metadata service query did not succeed: Failure", err, t)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func TestMetadataCredentialService(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	}
 	var creds awsCredentials
 	creds, err = cs.credentials()
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func TestMetadataCredentialService(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	}
 	ts.payload = metadataPayload{
 		AccessKeyID:     "MYAWSACCESSKEYGOESHERE",
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func TestV4Signing(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	}
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://mybucket.s3.amazonaws.com/bundle.tar.gz", strings.NewReader(""))
 	err := signV4(req, "s3", cs, time.Unix(1556129697, 0))
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ func TestV4Signing(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	}
 	ts.payload = metadataPayload{
 		AccessKeyID:     "MYAWSACCESSKEYGOESHERE",
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func TestV4SigningForApiGateway(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	}
 	ts.payload = metadataPayload{
 		AccessKeyID:     "MYAWSACCESSKEYGOESHERE",
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func TestV4SigningOmitsIgnoredHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	}
 	ts.payload = metadataPayload{
 		AccessKeyID:     "MYAWSACCESSKEYGOESHERE",
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func TestV4SigningCustomPort(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	}
 	ts.payload = metadataPayload{
 		AccessKeyID:     "MYAWSACCESSKEYGOESHERE",
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func TestV4SigningDoesNotMutateBody(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	}
 	ts.payload = metadataPayload{
 		AccessKeyID:     "MYAWSACCESSKEYGOESHERE",
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ func TestV4SigningWithMultiValueHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 		RegionName:      "us-east-1",
 		credServicePath: ts.server.URL + "/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/",
 		tokenPath:       ts.server.URL + "/latest/api/token",
-		logger:          logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger:          logging.Get(),
 	}
 	ts.payload = metadataPayload{
 		AccessKeyID:     "MYAWSACCESSKEYGOESHERE",
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ func TestWebIdentityCredentialService(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ts.stop()
 	cs := awsWebIdentityCredentialService{
 		stsURL: ts.server.URL,
-		logger: logging.NewStandardLogger(),
+		logger: logging.Get(),
 	}
 
 	goodTokenFile, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "opa-aws-test-")
diff --git a/plugins/rest/rest.go b/plugins/rest/rest.go
index b7a69a5012..4e18ffe86e 100644
--- a/plugins/rest/rest.go
+++ b/plugins/rest/rest.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func New(config []byte, keys map[string]*keys.Config, opts ...func(*Client)) (Cl
 	}
 
 	if client.logger == nil {
-		client.logger = logging.NewStandardLogger()
+		client.logger = logging.Get()
 	}
 	client.config.logger = client.logger
 
diff --git a/runtime/runtime.go b/runtime/runtime.go
index b4d5d363ed..2b1fe9d2f1 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ func NewRuntime(ctx context.Context, params Params) (*Runtime, error) {
 	var consoleLogger logging.Logger
 
 	if params.ConsoleLogger == nil {
-		stdLogger := logging.NewStandardLogger()
-		stdLogger.SetFormatter(getFormatter(params.Logging.Format))
-		consoleLogger = stdLogger
+		l := logging.New()
+		l.SetFormatter(getFormatter(params.Logging.Format))
+		consoleLogger = l
 	} else {
 		consoleLogger = params.ConsoleLogger
 	}
diff --git a/sdk/options.go b/sdk/options.go
index 17e1d4ae65..160f94f195 100644
--- a/sdk/options.go
+++ b/sdk/options.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (o *Options) init() error {
 	}
 
 	if o.ConsoleLogger == nil {
-		l := logging.NewStandardLogger()
+		l := logging.New()
 		l.SetFormatter(&logrus.JSONFormatter{})
 		o.ConsoleLogger = l
 	}