diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f2432313f..d8c3f27d5a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -176,3 +176,4 @@ build/temp/
 /src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/wwwroot/Umbraco/lib/*
 /src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/wwwroot/Umbraco/views/*
 /src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/wwwroot/App_Data/TEMP/*
+/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/App_Data/Logs/*
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Diagnostics/MiniDump.cs b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Diagnostics/MiniDump.cs
index 9bc0b1c3fb..57e9b5204b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Diagnostics/MiniDump.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Diagnostics/MiniDump.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Umbraco.Core.Composing;
+using Umbraco.Core.Hosting;
 using Umbraco.Core.IO;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Diagnostics
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Diagnostics
             return bRet;
         }
 
-        public static bool Dump(IMarchal marchal, IIOHelper ioHelper, Option options = Option.WithFullMemory, bool withException = false)
+        public static bool Dump(IMarchal marchal, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment, Option options = Option.WithFullMemory, bool withException = false)
         {
             lock (LockO)
             {
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Diagnostics
                 // filter everywhere in our code = not!
                 var stacktrace = withException ? Environment.StackTrace : string.Empty;
 
-                var filepath = ioHelper.MapPath("~/App_Data/MiniDump");
+                var filepath = Path.Combine(hostingEnvironment.ApplicationPhysicalPath, "App_Data/MiniDump");
                 if (Directory.Exists(filepath) == false)
                     Directory.CreateDirectory(filepath);
 
@@ -122,11 +123,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Diagnostics
             }
         }
 
-        public static bool OkToDump(IIOHelper ioHelper)
+        public static bool OkToDump(IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
         {
             lock (LockO)
             {
-                var filepath = ioHelper.MapPath("~/App_Data/MiniDump");
+                var filepath = Path.Combine(hostingEnvironment.ApplicationPhysicalPath, "App_Data/MiniDump");
                 if (Directory.Exists(filepath) == false) return true;
                 var count = Directory.GetFiles(filepath, "*.dmp").Length;
                 return count < 8;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Logging/Serilog/LoggerConfigExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Logging/Serilog/LoggerConfigExtensions.cs
index d810a08648..b0521c6da8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Logging/Serilog/LoggerConfigExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Logging/Serilog/LoggerConfigExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 using Serilog;
 using Serilog.Configuration;
@@ -29,11 +30,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging.Serilog
         {
             global::Serilog.Debugging.SelfLog.Enable(msg => System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(msg));
 
-            // TODO: we can't use AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, need a consistent approach between netcore/netframework
-
             //Set this environment variable - so that it can be used in external config file
             //add key="serilog:write-to:RollingFile.pathFormat" value="%BASEDIR%\logs\log.txt" />
-            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("BASEDIR", AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process);
+            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("BASEDIR", hostingEnvironment.ApplicationPhysicalPath, EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process);
             Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("MACHINENAME", Environment.MachineName, EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process);
 
             logConfig.MinimumLevel.Verbose() //Set to highest level of logging (as any sinks may want to restrict it to Errors only)
@@ -57,13 +56,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging.Serilog
         /// <param name="logConfig">A Serilog LoggerConfiguration</param>
         /// <param name="minimumLevel">The log level you wish the JSON file to collect - default is Verbose (highest)</param>
         /// <param name="retainedFileCount">The number of days to keep log files. Default is set to null which means all logs are kept</param>
-        public static LoggerConfiguration OutputDefaultTextFile(this LoggerConfiguration logConfig, LogEventLevel minimumLevel = LogEventLevel.Verbose, int? retainedFileCount = null)
+        public static LoggerConfiguration OutputDefaultTextFile(this LoggerConfiguration logConfig, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment, LogEventLevel minimumLevel = LogEventLevel.Verbose, int? retainedFileCount = null)
         {
-            // TODO: we can't use AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, need a consistent approach between netcore/netframework
-
             //Main .txt logfile - in similar format to older Log4Net output
             //Ends with ..txt as Date is inserted before file extension substring
-            logConfig.WriteTo.File($@"{AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory}\App_Data\Logs\UmbracoTraceLog.{Environment.MachineName}..txt",
+            logConfig.WriteTo.File(Path.Combine(hostingEnvironment.ApplicationPhysicalPath, $@"App_Data\Logs\UmbracoTraceLog.{Environment.MachineName}..txt"),
                 shared: true,
                 rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day,
                 restrictedToMinimumLevel: minimumLevel,
@@ -117,13 +114,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging.Serilog
         /// <param name="logConfig">A Serilog LoggerConfiguration</param>
         /// <param name="minimumLevel">The log level you wish the JSON file to collect - default is Verbose (highest)</param>
         /// <param name="retainedFileCount">The number of days to keep log files. Default is set to null which means all logs are kept</param>
-        public static LoggerConfiguration OutputDefaultJsonFile(this LoggerConfiguration logConfig, LogEventLevel minimumLevel = LogEventLevel.Verbose, int? retainedFileCount = null)
+        public static LoggerConfiguration OutputDefaultJsonFile(this LoggerConfiguration logConfig, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment, LogEventLevel minimumLevel = LogEventLevel.Verbose, int? retainedFileCount = null)
         {
-            // TODO: we can't use AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, need a consistent approach between netcore/netframework
-
             //.clef format (Compact log event format, that can be imported into local SEQ & will make searching/filtering logs easier)
             //Ends with ..txt as Date is inserted before file extension substring
-            logConfig.WriteTo.File(new CompactJsonFormatter(), $@"{AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory}\App_Data\Logs\UmbracoTraceLog.{Environment.MachineName}..json",
+            logConfig.WriteTo.File(new CompactJsonFormatter(), Path.Combine(hostingEnvironment.ApplicationPhysicalPath, $@"App_Data\Logs\UmbracoTraceLog.{Environment.MachineName}..json"),
                 shared: true,
                 rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day, //Create a new JSON file every day
                 retainedFileCountLimit: retainedFileCount, //Setting to null means we keep all files - default is 31 days
@@ -137,12 +132,10 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging.Serilog
         /// That allows the main logging pipeline to be configured
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="logConfig">A Serilog LoggerConfiguration</param>
-        public static LoggerConfiguration ReadFromConfigFile(this LoggerConfiguration logConfig)
+        public static LoggerConfiguration ReadFromConfigFile(this LoggerConfiguration logConfig, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
         {
-            // TODO: we can't use AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, need a consistent approach between netcore/netframework
-
             //Read from main serilog.config file
-            logConfig.ReadFrom.AppSettings(filePath: AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + @"\config\serilog.config");
+            logConfig.ReadFrom.AppSettings(filePath: Path.Combine(hostingEnvironment.ApplicationPhysicalPath, @"config\serilog.config"));
 
             return logConfig;
         }
@@ -152,13 +145,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging.Serilog
         /// That allows a separate logging pipeline to be configured that will not affect the main Umbraco log
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="logConfig">A Serilog LoggerConfiguration</param>
-        public static LoggerConfiguration ReadFromUserConfigFile(this LoggerConfiguration logConfig)
+        public static LoggerConfiguration ReadFromUserConfigFile(this LoggerConfiguration logConfig, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
         {
-            // TODO: we can't use AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, need a consistent approach between netcore/netframework
-
             //A nested logger - where any user configured sinks via config can not effect the main 'umbraco' logger above
             logConfig.WriteTo.Logger(cfg =>
-                cfg.ReadFrom.AppSettings(filePath: AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + @"\config\serilog.user.config"));
+                cfg.ReadFrom.AppSettings(filePath: Path.Combine(hostingEnvironment.ApplicationPhysicalPath, @"config\serilog.user.config")));
 
             return logConfig;
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Logging/Serilog/SerilogLogger.cs b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Logging/Serilog/SerilogLogger.cs
index 497de58bdd..e4695dedd1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Logging/Serilog/SerilogLogger.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Logging/Serilog/SerilogLogger.cs
@@ -19,30 +19,28 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging.Serilog
     public class SerilogLogger : ILogger, IDisposable
     {
         private readonly ICoreDebugSettings _coreDebugSettings;
-        private readonly IIOHelper _ioHelper;
+        private readonly IHostingEnvironment _hostingEnvironment;
         private readonly IMarchal _marchal;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initialize a new instance of the <see cref="SerilogLogger"/> class with a configuration file.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="logConfigFile"></param>
-        public SerilogLogger(ICoreDebugSettings coreDebugSettings, IIOHelper ioHelper, IMarchal marchal, FileInfo logConfigFile)
+        public SerilogLogger(ICoreDebugSettings coreDebugSettings, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment, IMarchal marchal, FileInfo logConfigFile)
         {
             _coreDebugSettings = coreDebugSettings;
-            _ioHelper = ioHelper;
+            _hostingEnvironment = hostingEnvironment;
             _marchal = marchal;
 
-            // TODO: we can't use AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, need a consistent approach between netcore/netframework
-
             Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
-                .ReadFrom.AppSettings(filePath: AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + logConfigFile)
+                .ReadFrom.AppSettings(filePath: logConfigFile.FullName)
                 .CreateLogger();
         }
 
-        public SerilogLogger(ICoreDebugSettings coreDebugSettings, IIOHelper ioHelper, IMarchal marchal, LoggerConfiguration logConfig)
+        public SerilogLogger(ICoreDebugSettings coreDebugSettings, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment, IMarchal marchal, LoggerConfiguration logConfig)
         {
             _coreDebugSettings = coreDebugSettings;
-            _ioHelper = ioHelper;
+            _hostingEnvironment = hostingEnvironment;
             _marchal = marchal;
 
             //Configure Serilog static global logger with config passed in
@@ -58,10 +56,10 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging.Serilog
             var loggerConfig = new LoggerConfiguration();
             loggerConfig
                 .MinimalConfiguration(hostingEnvironment, sessionIdResolver, requestCacheGetter)
-                .ReadFromConfigFile()
-                .ReadFromUserConfigFile();
+                .ReadFromConfigFile(hostingEnvironment)
+                .ReadFromUserConfigFile(hostingEnvironment);
 
-            return new SerilogLogger(coreDebugSettings, ioHelper, marchal, loggerConfig);
+            return new SerilogLogger(coreDebugSettings, hostingEnvironment, marchal, loggerConfig);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -184,14 +182,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Logging.Serilog
                 dump = _coreDebugSettings.DumpOnTimeoutThreadAbort || IsMonitorEnterThreadAbortException(exception);
 
                 // dump if it is ok to dump (might have a cap on number of dump...)
-                dump &= MiniDump.OkToDump(_ioHelper);
+                dump &= MiniDump.OkToDump(_hostingEnvironment);
             }
 
             if (dump)
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    var dumped = MiniDump.Dump(_marchal, _ioHelper, withException: true);
+                    var dumped = MiniDump.Dump(_marchal, _hostingEnvironment, withException: true);
                     messageTemplate += dumped
                         ? "\r\nA minidump was created in App_Data/MiniDump"
                         : "\r\nFailed to create a minidump";
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Testing/UmbracoTestBase.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Testing/UmbracoTestBase.cs
index 901192c609..f62a69177a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Testing/UmbracoTestBase.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Testing/UmbracoTestBase.cs
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Testing
                     profiler = Mock.Of<IProfiler>();
                     break;
                 case UmbracoTestOptions.Logger.Serilog:
-                    logger = new SerilogLogger(TestHelper.CoreDebugSettings, IOHelper, TestHelper.Marchal, new FileInfo(TestHelper.MapPathForTestFiles("~/unit-test.config")));
+                    logger = new SerilogLogger(TestHelper.CoreDebugSettings, HostingEnvironment, TestHelper.Marchal, new FileInfo(TestHelper.MapPathForTestFiles("~/unit-test.config")));
                     profiler = new LogProfiler(logger);
                     break;
                 case UmbracoTestOptions.Logger.Console:
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/UmbracoExamine/ExamineBaseTest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/UmbracoExamine/ExamineBaseTest.cs
index a6c544062e..76b989a7a3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/UmbracoExamine/ExamineBaseTest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/UmbracoExamine/ExamineBaseTest.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.UmbracoExamine
         public void InitializeFixture()
         {
             
-            var logger = new SerilogLogger(TestHelper.CoreDebugSettings, IOHelper, TestHelper.Marchal, new FileInfo(TestHelper.MapPathForTestFiles("~/unit-test.config")));
+            var logger = new SerilogLogger(TestHelper.CoreDebugSettings, HostingEnvironment, TestHelper.Marchal, new FileInfo(TestHelper.MapPathForTestFiles("~/unit-test.config")));
             _profilingLogger = new ProfilingLogger(logger, new LogProfiler(logger));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Config/serilog.Release.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Config/serilog.Release.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3cf52b3c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Config/serilog.Release.config
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<configuration>
+    <appSettings>
+
+        <!-- Used to toggle the log levels for the main Umbraco log files -->
+        <!-- Found at /app_data/logs/ -->
+        <!-- NOTE: Changing this will also flow down into serilog.user.config -->
+        <!-- VALID Values: Verbose, Debug, Information, Warning, Error, Fatal -->
+        <add key="serilog:minimum-level" value="Information" />
+
+        <!-- NOTE: This is how sources can have a different level -->
+        <!--
+        <add key="serilog:minimum-level:override:Umbraco.Core.Composing.TypeLoader" value="Warning" />
+        -->
+
+        <!-- NOTE: Only one logger below can be enabled, you cannot log JSON & TXT files at the same time -->
+
+        <!-- Default JSON log file -->
+        <!-- This is used by the default log viewer in the Umbraco backoffice -->
+        <add key="serilog:using:File" value="Umbraco.Infrastructure" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.formatter" value="Serilog.Formatting.Compact.CompactJsonFormatter, Serilog.Formatting.Compact" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.path" value="%BASEDIR%\App_Data\Logs\UmbracoTraceLog.%MACHINENAME%..json" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.restrictedToMinimumLevel" value="Debug" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.retainedFileCountLimit" value="" /> <!-- Number of log files to keep (or remove value to keep all files) -->
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.rollingInterval" value="Day" /> <!-- Create a new log file every Minute/Hour/Day/Month/Year/infinite -->
+
+
+        <!-- Optional TXT log file -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:using:File" value="Serilog.Sinks.File" /> -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.path" value="%BASEDIR%\App_Data\Logs\UmbracoTraceLog.%MACHINENAME%..txt" /> -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.shared" value="true" /> -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.restrictedToMinimumLevel" value="Debug" /> -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.retainedFileCountLimit" value="" /> --> <!-- Number of log files to keep (or remove value to keep all files) -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.rollingInterval" value="Day" /> --> <!-- Create a new log file every Minute/Hour/Day/Month/Year/infinite -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.outputTemplate" value="{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,fff} [P{ProcessId}/D{AppDomainId}/T{ThreadId}] {Log4NetLevel}  {SourceContext} - {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}" /> -->
+
+        <!-- To write to new log locations (aka Sinks) such as your own .txt files with filtering, ELMAH.io, Elastic, SEQ -->
+        <!-- Please use the serilog.user.config file to configure your own logging needs -->
+
+    </appSettings>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Config/serilog.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Config/serilog.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3cf52b3c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Config/serilog.config
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<configuration>
+    <appSettings>
+
+        <!-- Used to toggle the log levels for the main Umbraco log files -->
+        <!-- Found at /app_data/logs/ -->
+        <!-- NOTE: Changing this will also flow down into serilog.user.config -->
+        <!-- VALID Values: Verbose, Debug, Information, Warning, Error, Fatal -->
+        <add key="serilog:minimum-level" value="Information" />
+
+        <!-- NOTE: This is how sources can have a different level -->
+        <!--
+        <add key="serilog:minimum-level:override:Umbraco.Core.Composing.TypeLoader" value="Warning" />
+        -->
+
+        <!-- NOTE: Only one logger below can be enabled, you cannot log JSON & TXT files at the same time -->
+
+        <!-- Default JSON log file -->
+        <!-- This is used by the default log viewer in the Umbraco backoffice -->
+        <add key="serilog:using:File" value="Umbraco.Infrastructure" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.formatter" value="Serilog.Formatting.Compact.CompactJsonFormatter, Serilog.Formatting.Compact" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.path" value="%BASEDIR%\App_Data\Logs\UmbracoTraceLog.%MACHINENAME%..json" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.restrictedToMinimumLevel" value="Debug" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.retainedFileCountLimit" value="" /> <!-- Number of log files to keep (or remove value to keep all files) -->
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.rollingInterval" value="Day" /> <!-- Create a new log file every Minute/Hour/Day/Month/Year/infinite -->
+
+
+        <!-- Optional TXT log file -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:using:File" value="Serilog.Sinks.File" /> -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.path" value="%BASEDIR%\App_Data\Logs\UmbracoTraceLog.%MACHINENAME%..txt" /> -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.shared" value="true" /> -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.restrictedToMinimumLevel" value="Debug" /> -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.retainedFileCountLimit" value="" /> --> <!-- Number of log files to keep (or remove value to keep all files) -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.rollingInterval" value="Day" /> --> <!-- Create a new log file every Minute/Hour/Day/Month/Year/infinite -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.outputTemplate" value="{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,fff} [P{ProcessId}/D{AppDomainId}/T{ThreadId}] {Log4NetLevel}  {SourceContext} - {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}" /> -->
+
+        <!-- To write to new log locations (aka Sinks) such as your own .txt files with filtering, ELMAH.io, Elastic, SEQ -->
+        <!-- Please use the serilog.user.config file to configure your own logging needs -->
+
+    </appSettings>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Config/serilog.user.Release.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Config/serilog.user.Release.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f207406e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Config/serilog.user.Release.config
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<configuration>
+    <appSettings>
+        
+        <!-- Controls log levels for all user-defined child sub-logger sinks configured here (Set this higher than child sinks defined here) -->
+        <!-- VALID Values: Verbose, Debug, Information, Warning, Error, Fatal -->
+        <add key="serilog:minimum-level" value="Information" />
+
+        <!-- For Different Namespaces - Set different logging levels -->
+        <!--
+        <add key="serilog:minimum-level:override:Microsoft" value="Warning" />
+        <add key="serilog:minimum-level:override:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" value="Error" />
+        <add key="serilog:minimum-level:override:YourNameSpace" value="Information" />
+        -->
+
+        <!-- All logs defined via user.config will contain this property (won't be in main Umbraco logs) -->
+        <!--
+        <add key="serilog:enrich:with-property:websiteName" value="My Awesome Website - Development" />
+        -->
+
+        <!-- Write to a user log file -->
+        <!--
+        <add key="serilog:using:File" value="Serilog.Sinks.File" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.path" value="%BASEDIR%\logs\my-custom-logfile.txt" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.shared" value="true" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.restrictedToMinimumLevel" value="Debug" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.retainedFileCountLimit" value="32" />--> <!-- Number of log files to keep (or remove value to keep all files) -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.rollingInterval" value="Day" />--> <!-- Create a new log file every Minute/Hour/Day/Month/Year/infinite -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.outputTemplate" value="{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,fff} [P{ProcessId}/D{AppDomainId}/T{ThreadId}] {Log4NetLevel}  {SourceContext} - {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}" /> -->
+
+        <!-- Filters all above sink's to use this expression -->
+        <!-- Common use case is to include SourceType starting with your own namespace -->
+        <!--
+        <add key="serilog:using:FilterExpressions" value="Serilog.Filters.Expressions" />
+        <add key="serilog:filter:ByIncludingOnly.expression" value="StartsWith(SourceContext, 'Umbraco.Core')" />
+        -->
+
+    </appSettings>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Config/serilog.user.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Config/serilog.user.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f207406e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Config/serilog.user.config
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<configuration>
+    <appSettings>
+        
+        <!-- Controls log levels for all user-defined child sub-logger sinks configured here (Set this higher than child sinks defined here) -->
+        <!-- VALID Values: Verbose, Debug, Information, Warning, Error, Fatal -->
+        <add key="serilog:minimum-level" value="Information" />
+
+        <!-- For Different Namespaces - Set different logging levels -->
+        <!--
+        <add key="serilog:minimum-level:override:Microsoft" value="Warning" />
+        <add key="serilog:minimum-level:override:Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" value="Error" />
+        <add key="serilog:minimum-level:override:YourNameSpace" value="Information" />
+        -->
+
+        <!-- All logs defined via user.config will contain this property (won't be in main Umbraco logs) -->
+        <!--
+        <add key="serilog:enrich:with-property:websiteName" value="My Awesome Website - Development" />
+        -->
+
+        <!-- Write to a user log file -->
+        <!--
+        <add key="serilog:using:File" value="Serilog.Sinks.File" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.path" value="%BASEDIR%\logs\my-custom-logfile.txt" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.shared" value="true" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.restrictedToMinimumLevel" value="Debug" />
+        <add key="serilog:write-to:File.retainedFileCountLimit" value="32" />--> <!-- Number of log files to keep (or remove value to keep all files) -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.rollingInterval" value="Day" />--> <!-- Create a new log file every Minute/Hour/Day/Month/Year/infinite -->
+        <!--<add key="serilog:write-to:File.outputTemplate" value="{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,fff} [P{ProcessId}/D{AppDomainId}/T{ThreadId}] {Log4NetLevel}  {SourceContext} - {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}" /> -->
+
+        <!-- Filters all above sink's to use this expression -->
+        <!-- Common use case is to include SourceType starting with your own namespace -->
+        <!--
+        <add key="serilog:using:FilterExpressions" value="Serilog.Filters.Expressions" />
+        <add key="serilog:filter:ByIncludingOnly.expression" value="StartsWith(SourceContext, 'Umbraco.Core')" />
+        -->
+
+    </appSettings>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore.csproj
index 2a3b90d5f1..59bb76bb7a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore/Umbraco.Web.UI.NetCore.csproj
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
         <Content Remove="App_Data\**" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <Content Remove="Config\serilog.Release.config" />
+      <Content Remove="Config\serilog.user.Release.config" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
     <ItemGroup>
       <None Remove="Config\logviewer.searches.config.js" />
     </ItemGroup>
@@ -43,4 +48,24 @@
       <Content Include="Config\logviewer.searches.config.js" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <None Include="Config\serilog.Release.config">
+        <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+        <DependentUpon>serilog.config</DependentUpon>
+      </None>
+      <None Include="Config\serilog.user.Release.config">
+        <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+        <DependentUpon>serilog.user.config</DependentUpon>
+      </None>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <Content Update="Config\serilog.config">
+        <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+      </Content>
+      <Content Update="Config\serilog.user.config">
+        <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+      </Content>
+    </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>