diff --git a/build/docker/api/logback.xml b/build/docker/api/logback.xml
index 656ee3ab1..906986210 100644
--- a/build/docker/api/logback.xml
+++ b/build/docker/api/logback.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
         <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
     </logger>
 
+    <logger name="BANNER_LOGGER" level="INFO" additivity="false">
+        <appender-ref ref="BANNER_APPENDER"/>
+    </logger>
+
     <root level="${VINYLDNS_LOG_LEVEL}">
         <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
     </root>
diff --git a/modules/api/src/main/resources/test/logback.xml b/modules/api/src/main/resources/test/logback.xml
index da16f38f2..58b8f8ed8 100644
--- a/modules/api/src/main/resources/test/logback.xml
+++ b/modules/api/src/main/resources/test/logback.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,20 @@
         </encoder>
     </appender>
 
+    <appender name="BANNER_APPENDER" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
     <logger name="org.flywaydb" level="DEBUG"/>
     <logger name="org.flywaydb.core.internal.dbsupport.SqlScript" level="DEBUG"/>
     <logger name="org.flywaydb.core.internal.command.DbMigrate" level="DEBUG"/>
 
+    <logger name="BANNER_LOGGER" level="INFO" additivity="false">
+        <appender-ref ref="BANNER_APPENDER"/>
+    </logger>
+
     <root level="INFO">
         <appender-ref ref="CONSOLE"/>
     </root>
diff --git a/modules/api/src/main/scala/vinyldns/api/Boot.scala b/modules/api/src/main/scala/vinyldns/api/Boot.scala
index 7319c1289..64af10f25 100644
--- a/modules/api/src/main/scala/vinyldns/api/Boot.scala
+++ b/modules/api/src/main/scala/vinyldns/api/Boot.scala
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.{Executors, ScheduledExecutorService, TimeUnit}
 object Boot extends App {
 
   private val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("Boot")
+  private val bannerLogger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("BANNER_LOGGER")
 
   // Create a ScheduledExecutorService with a new single thread
   private val executor: ScheduledExecutorService = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor()
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ object Boot extends App {
       logger.info(
         s"STARTING VINYLDNS SERVER ON ${vinyldnsConfig.httpConfig.host}:${vinyldnsConfig.httpConfig.port}"
       )
-      logger.info(banner)
+      bannerLogger.info(banner)
 
       // Starts up our http server
       implicit val actorSystem: ActorSystem = system