diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 311b621..71c9818 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ opentelemetry-semantic-conventions = { version = "0.27.0" }
 opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.27.1", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.64"
 tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.28.0" }
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 serde = { version = "1.0.210", features = ["derive"] }
 url = { version = "2.5.2", features = ["serde"] }
 
-
 # reqwest-middleware
 opentelemetry-http = { version = "0.27.0", optional = true }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.12", optional = true }
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ axum = ["dep:axum", "dep:tower-otel-http-metrics"]
 dead_code = "warn"
 missing_debug_implementations = "warn"
 missing_docs = "warn"
-trivial_casts = "warn"
+trivial_casts = "allow"
 trivial_numeric_casts = "warn"
 unused_extern_crates = "warn"
 unused_import_braces = "warn"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 2c7b188..61136f9 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ pub struct StdoutLogsConfig {
 	/// Level for the dependencies
 	#[serde(default = "default_level_filter")]
 	pub general_level: LevelFilter,
+	/// Output structured JSON logs
+	#[serde(default)]
+	pub json_output: bool,
 }
 
 /// Provider configuration for OpenTelemetry export
@@ -79,7 +82,12 @@ impl StdoutLogsConfig {
 
 impl Default for StdoutLogsConfig {
 	fn default() -> Self {
-		Self { enabled: true, level: default_level_filter(), general_level: default_level_filter() }
+		Self {
+			enabled: true,
+			level: default_level_filter(),
+			general_level: default_level_filter(),
+			json_output: false,
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c982c0d..5390f21 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -127,8 +127,14 @@ pub fn init_otel(
 		.and_then(|stdout| stdout.enabled.then_some(stdout))
 		.map(|logger_config| {
 			let filter_fmt = EnvFilter::from_str(&logger_config.get_filter(main_crate))?;
+			let stdout_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer().with_thread_names(true);
 			Ok::<_, OtelInitError>(
-				tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer().with_thread_names(true).with_filter(filter_fmt),
+				if logger_config.json_output {
+					Box::new(stdout_layer.json()) as Box<dyn Layer<_> + Send + Sync>
+				} else {
+					Box::new(stdout_layer)
+				}
+				.with_filter(filter_fmt),
 			)
 		})
 		.transpose()?;
@@ -146,8 +152,8 @@ pub fn init_otel(
 				)?;
 
 				// Create a new OpenTelemetryTracingBridge using the above LoggerProvider.
-				let logs_layer = OpenTelemetryTracingBridge::new(&logger_provider);
-				let logs_layer = logs_layer.with_filter(filter_otel);
+				let logs_layer =
+					OpenTelemetryTracingBridge::new(&logger_provider).with_filter(filter_otel);
 
 				Ok::<_, OtelInitError>((Some(logger_provider), Some(logs_layer)))
 			})