diff --git a/packages/server/src/app.ts b/packages/server/src/app.ts
index 9a71a2daed..e273fff88f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/app.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/app.ts
@@ -209,10 +209,10 @@ async function main() {
 
 	Logger.fsDriver_ = new FsDriverNode();
 	const globalLogger = new Logger();
-	// globalLogger.addTarget(TargetType.File, { path: `${config().logDir}/app.txt` });
+	const instancePrefix = config().INSTANCE_NAME ? `${config().INSTANCE_NAME}: ` : '';
 	globalLogger.addTarget(TargetType.Console, {
-		format: '%(date_time)s: [%(level)s] %(prefix)s: %(message)s',
-		formatInfo: '%(date_time)s: %(prefix)s: %(message)s',
+		format: `%(date_time)s: ${instancePrefix}[%(level)s] %(prefix)s: %(message)s`,
+		formatInfo: `%(date_time)s: ${instancePrefix}%(prefix)s: %(message)s`,
 	});
 	Logger.initializeGlobalLogger(globalLogger);
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/env.ts b/packages/server/src/env.ts
index bb15ff6be8..ee210788c2 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/env.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/env.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const defaultEnvValues: EnvVariables = {
 	// Additionally, processing services (those defined in setupTaskService.ts)
 	// only run on the admin instance.
 	IS_ADMIN_INSTANCE: true,
+	INSTANCE_NAME: '',
 
 	// Maxiumm allowed drift between NTP time and server time. A few
 	// milliseconds is normally not an issue unless many clients are modifying
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ export interface EnvVariables {
 	RUNNING_IN_DOCKER: boolean;
 	MAX_TIME_DRIFT: number;
 	NTP_SERVER: string;
+	IS_ADMIN_INSTANCE: boolean;
+	INSTANCE_NAME: string;
 
 	APP_BASE_URL: string;
 	USER_CONTENT_BASE_URL: string;
@@ -157,8 +160,6 @@ export interface EnvVariables {
 
 	USER_DATA_AUTO_DELETE_ENABLED: boolean;
 	USER_DATA_AUTO_DELETE_AFTER_DAYS: number;
-
-	IS_ADMIN_INSTANCE: boolean;
 }
 
 const parseBoolean = (s: string): boolean => {