diff --git a/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2 b/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2
index 0a503cc..b6733d2 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/nginx/templates/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ events {
 }
 
 http {
-    access_log {{ nginx_logdir }}/access.log combined;
+    log_format custom '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] '
+                      '"$request" $status $body_bytes_sent '
+                      '"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" ($request_time)';
+    access_log {{ nginx_logdir }}/access.log custom;
 
     proxy_ssl_certificate {{ tls_certs }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.crt;
     proxy_ssl_certificate_key {{ tls_private }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.key;