diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 648b2e7..a99cbf3 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -4,34 +4,13 @@
 import requests
 import os
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from utils.logger import logger
 from routes import routes121, routesEspo, routesGeneric, routesKobo
 
 # load environment variables
 load_dotenv()
 port = os.environ["PORT"]
 
-# Set up logs export to Azure Application Insights
-logger_provider = LoggerProvider()
-set_logger_provider(logger_provider)
-exporter = AzureMonitorLogExporter(
-    connection_string=os.environ["APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING"]
-)
-logger_provider.add_log_record_processor(BatchLogRecordProcessor(exporter))
-
-# Attach LoggingHandler to root logger
-handler = LoggingHandler()
-logging.getLogger().addHandler(handler)
-logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.NOTSET)
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-# Silence noisy loggers
-logging.getLogger("requests").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger("urllib3").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger("azure").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger("requests_oauthlib").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger("asyncio").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger("opentelemetry").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
-
 # initialize FastAPI
 app = FastAPI(
     title="kobo-connect",
@@ -46,16 +25,6 @@
     },
 )
 
-# initialize CosmosDB
-client_ = cosmos_client.CosmosClient(
-    os.getenv("COSMOS_URL"),
-    {"masterKey": os.getenv("COSMOS_KEY")},
-    user_agent="kobo-connect",
-    user_agent_overwrite=True,
-)
-cosmos_db = client_.get_database_client("kobo-connect")
-cosmos_container_client = cosmos_db.get_container_client("kobo-submissions")
-
 
 @app.get("/", include_in_schema=False)
 async def docs_redirect():