diff --git a/server/dev-api.ts b/server/dev-api.ts
index c55a08f..162307b 100644
--- a/server/dev-api.ts
+++ b/server/dev-api.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { Plugin } from 'vite';
 import { handleNodeRequest } from './utils/http';
+import { logInfo } from './utils/logger';
 import { loadServerEnv } from './env';
 import { resetOctokit } from './github/client';
 
@@ -12,8 +13,8 @@ export function apiMiddleware(): Plugin {
 
       server.httpServer?.once('listening', () => {
         const hasToken = Boolean(process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN?.trim());
-        console.log(
-          `[gitSdm] GitHub API: ${hasToken ? 'authenticated (GITHUB_TOKEN loaded)' : 'unauthenticated — add GITHUB_TOKEN to .env'}`,
+        logInfo(
+          `[gitSdm] GitHub API: ${hasToken ? 'authenticated (GITHUB_TOKEN loaded)' : 'unauthenticated — add GITHUB_TOKEN to .env'}`
         );
       });
 
diff --git a/server/prod-server.ts b/server/prod-server.ts
index a7af87f..3e7b82d 100644
--- a/server/prod-server.ts
+++ b/server/prod-server.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import { handleApiRequest } from './api-router';
 import { resetOctokit } from './github/client';
 import { addSecurityHeaders } from './utils/http';
+import { logInfo } from './utils/logger';
 
 const distDir = path.resolve(import.meta.dir, '../dist');
 const indexFile = path.join(distDir, 'index.html');
@@ -46,8 +47,8 @@ Bun.serve({
 });
 
 const hasToken = Boolean(process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN?.trim());
-console.log(`[gitSdm] listening on http://${host}:${port}`);
-console.log(`[gitSdm] GitHub API: ${hasToken ? 'authenticated' : 'unauthenticated'}`);
+logInfo(`[gitSdm] listening on http://${host}:${port}`);
+logInfo(`[gitSdm] GitHub API: ${hasToken ? 'authenticated' : 'unauthenticated'}`);
 
 function safeJoin(root: string, pathname: string): string {
   const normalized = pathname.replace(/^[/\\]+/, '');
diff --git a/server/utils/logger.test.ts b/server/utils/logger.test.ts
index 12cc9e2..b541512 100644
--- a/server/utils/logger.test.ts
+++ b/server/utils/logger.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, spyOn } from 'bun:test';
-import { logApi, logError } from './logger';
+import { logApi, logError, logInfo } from './logger';
 
 describe('utils/logger', () => {
   it('logs API request metadata to console.log', () => {
@@ -76,4 +76,20 @@ describe('utils/logger', () => {
       errorSpy.mockRestore();
     }
   });
+
+  it('logs info messages to console.log', () => {
+    const logSpy = spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    logInfo('Server started', { port: 3000 });
+
+    expect(logSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    const arg = logSpy.mock.calls[0][0];
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(arg);
+    expect(parsed.level).toBe('info');
+    expect(parsed.message).toBe('Server started');
+    expect(parsed.port).toBe(3000);
+    expect(parsed.timestamp).toBeDefined();
+
+    logSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/server/utils/logger.ts b/server/utils/logger.ts
index b5c44c9..d00ab0e 100644
--- a/server/utils/logger.ts
+++ b/server/utils/logger.ts
@@ -35,3 +35,14 @@ export function logError(
     }),
   );
 }
+
+export function logInfo(message: string, meta?: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+  console.log(
+    JSON.stringify({
+      level: 'info',
+      message,
+      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+      ...meta,
+    }),
+  );
+}