diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/config/__init__.py
index f8c1bf888ab5..ff36a65105f4 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/__init__.py
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
             "level": "INFO",
             "qualname": "botocore",
         },
+        "gunicorn.access": {
+            "level": "INFO",
+            "qualname": "gunicorn.access",
+            "propagate": False,
+            "handlers": ["console"],
+        },
     },
     "filters": {
         "stack": {
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/buildapp.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/buildapp.py
index 110e582a28ec..90ab6cd8174a 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/buildapp.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/buildapp.py
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ def wrap_in_middleware(app, global_conf, application_stack, **local_conf):
     # Error middleware
     app = wrap_if_allowed(app, stack, ErrorMiddleware, args=(conf,))
     # Transaction logging (apache access.log style)
-    if asbool(conf.get("use_translogger", True)):
+    if asbool(conf.get("use_translogger", False)):
         from galaxy.web.framework.middleware.translogger import TransLogger
 
         app = wrap_if_allowed(app, stack, TransLogger)