diff --git a/src/util/Assert.h b/src/util/Assert.h
index b7ede0ee..47e53878 100644
--- a/src/util/Assert.h
+++ b/src/util/Assert.h
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "util/SourceLocation.h"
+#include "util/log/Logger.h"
 
 #include <boost/stacktrace.hpp>
+#include <boost/stacktrace/stacktrace.hpp>
+#include <fmt/core.h>
 #include <fmt/format.h>
-#include <fmt/ostream.h>
 
-template <>
-struct fmt::formatter<boost::stacktrace::stacktrace> : ostream_formatter {};
+#include <cstdlib>
 
 namespace util {
 
@@ -41,9 +42,11 @@ assertImpl(
 )
 {
     if (!condition) {
-        fmt::println(stderr, "Assertion '{}' failed at {}:{}:", expression, location.file_name(), location.line());
-        fmt::println(stderr, format, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
-        fmt::println(stderr, "Stacktrace:\n{}\n", boost::stacktrace::stacktrace());
+        LOG(LogService::fatal()) << "Assertion '" << expression << "' failed at " << location.file_name() << ":"
+                                 << location.line() << ":\n"
+                                 << fmt::format(format, std::forward<Args>(args)...) << "\n"
+                                 << "Stacktrace:\n"
+                                 << boost::stacktrace::stacktrace() << "\n";
         std::abort();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/util/log/Logger.cpp b/src/util/log/Logger.cpp
index a6a8a664..7602d3da 100644
--- a/src/util/log/Logger.cpp
+++ b/src/util/log/Logger.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <boost/log/expressions/predicates/channel_severity_filter.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/keywords/auto_flush.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/keywords/file_name.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/keywords/filter.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/keywords/format.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/keywords/max_size.hpp>
 #include <boost/log/keywords/open_mode.hpp>
@@ -112,9 +113,14 @@ LogService::init(util::Config const& config)
     std::string format = config.valueOr<std::string>("log_format", defaultFormat);
 
     if (config.valueOr("log_to_console", false)) {
-        boost::log::add_console_log(std::cout, keywords::format = format);
+        boost::log::add_console_log(
+            std::cout, keywords::format = format, keywords::filter = log_severity < Severity::FTL
+        );
     }
 
+    // Always print fatal logs to cerr
+    boost::log::add_console_log(std::cerr, keywords::format = format, keywords::filter = log_severity >= Severity::FTL);
+
     if (auto logDir = config.maybeValue<std::string>("log_directory"); logDir) {
         boost::filesystem::path dirPath{logDir.value()};
         if (!boost::filesystem::exists(dirPath))
diff --git a/unittests/util/AssertTests.cpp b/unittests/util/AssertTests.cpp
index 83a818a7..9004f8f0 100644
--- a/unittests/util/AssertTests.cpp
+++ b/unittests/util/AssertTests.cpp
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ TEST(AssertTests, assertTrue)
 
 TEST(AssertTests, assertFalse)
 {
-    EXPECT_DEATH({ ASSERT(false, "failure"); }, "failure");
+    EXPECT_DEATH({ ASSERT(false, "failure"); }, ".*");
 }