diff --git a/bin/tor-router b/bin/tor-router
index 97586ca..2446042 100755
--- a/bin/tor-router
+++ b/bin/tor-router
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ program
   .option('-l, --logLevel [info]', 'Log level (defaults to "info") set to "null" to disable logging', Number)
   .parse(process.argv);
 
-var logger = new (winston.Logger)({
-transports: [
-  new (winston.transports.Console)({ level: (program.logLevel || 'info') })
-]
+var logger = winston.createLogger({
+	level: (program.logLevel || 'info'),
+	format: winston.format.simple(),
+	transports: [
+ 		new (winston.transports.Console)({ level: (program.logLevel || 'info') })
+	]
 });
 
 let instances = program.instances || Number(process.env.INSTANCES);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6fa9294..73441b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@
     "socks-proxy-agent": "^3.0.1",
     "socksv5": "git+https://github.com/lee-elenbaas/socksv5.git",
     "temp": "^0.8.3",
-    "winston": "^2.3.1"
+    "winston": "^3.0.0-rc5"
   }
 }