diff --git a/gorm/logger.go b/gorm/logger.go
index cb73fca42..bb7b4de11 100644
--- a/gorm/logger.go
+++ b/gorm/logger.go
@@ -1,25 +1,16 @@
 package duty
 
 import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/flanksource/commons/logger"
 	gLogger "gorm.io/gorm/logger"
 )
 
 const Debug = "debug"
 const Trace = "trace"
 
-type gormLogger struct {
-	logger                    logger.Logger
-	SlowThreshold             time.Duration
-	IgnoreRecordNotFoundError bool
-}
-
 func NewGormLogger(level string) gLogger.Interface {
 	if level == Trace {
 		return gLogger.New(
@@ -47,56 +38,14 @@ func NewGormLogger(level string) gLogger.Interface {
 		)
 	}
 
-	currentGormLogger := logger.StandardLogger().Named("db")
-
-	switch level {
-	case "trace":
-		currentGormLogger.SetLogLevel(2)
-	case "debug":
-		currentGormLogger.SetLogLevel(1)
-	default:
-		currentGormLogger.SetLogLevel(0)
-	}
-
-	return &gormLogger{
-		SlowThreshold: time.Second,
-		logger:        currentGormLogger,
-	}
-}
-
-// Pass the log level directly to NewGormLogger
-func (t *gormLogger) LogMode(level gLogger.LogLevel) gLogger.Interface {
-	// not applicable since the mapping of gorm's loglevel to common's logger's log level
-	// doesn't work out well.
-	return t
-}
-
-func (l *gormLogger) Info(ctx context.Context, msg string, data ...interface{}) {
-	l.logger.Infof(msg, data)
-}
-
-func (l *gormLogger) Warn(ctx context.Context, msg string, data ...interface{}) {
-	l.logger.Warnf(msg, data)
-}
-
-func (l *gormLogger) Error(ctx context.Context, msg string, data ...interface{}) {
-	l.logger.Errorf(msg, data)
-}
-
-func (l *gormLogger) Trace(ctx context.Context, begin time.Time, fc func() (sql string, rowsAffected int64), err error) {
-	if !l.logger.IsTraceEnabled() {
-		return
-	}
-
-	elapsed := time.Since(begin)
-	sql, rows := fc()
-
-	switch {
-	case err != nil && (!errors.Is(err, gLogger.ErrRecordNotFound) || !l.IgnoreRecordNotFoundError):
-		l.logger.WithValues("elapsed", elapsed).WithValues("rows", rows).Errorf(sql)
-	case elapsed > l.SlowThreshold && l.SlowThreshold != 0:
-		l.logger.WithValues("elapsed", elapsed).WithValues("slow SQL", l.SlowThreshold).WithValues("rows", rows).Warnf(sql)
-	default:
-		l.logger.WithValues("elapsed", elapsed).WithValues("rows", rows).Infof(sql)
-	}
+	return gLogger.New(
+		log.New(os.Stdout, "\r\n", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile), // io writer
+		gLogger.Config{
+			SlowThreshold:             time.Second,    // Slow SQL threshold
+			LogLevel:                  gLogger.Silent, // Log level
+			IgnoreRecordNotFoundError: true,           // Ignore ErrRecordNotFound error for logger
+			ParameterizedQueries:      false,          // Don't include params in the SQL log
+			Colorful:                  true,           // Disable color
+		},
+	)
 }