diff --git a/src/ripple/app/main/Application.cpp b/src/ripple/app/main/Application.cpp
index 13df3b09ff..6976233a1e 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/main/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/main/Application.cpp
@@ -1104,7 +1104,9 @@ bool ApplicationImp::setup()
     m_overlay->setupValidatorKeyManifests (*config_, getWalletDB ());
 
     {
-        auto setup = setup_ServerHandler(*config_, std::cerr);
+        auto setup = setup_ServerHandler(
+            *config_,
+            beast::logstream { m_journal.error() });
         setup.makeContexts();
         serverHandler_->setup (setup, m_journal);
     }
diff --git a/src/ripple/app/misc/SHAMapStoreImp.cpp b/src/ripple/app/misc/SHAMapStoreImp.cpp
index 76ad533f3b..758466027b 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/misc/SHAMapStoreImp.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/misc/SHAMapStoreImp.cpp
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ SHAMapStoreImp::dbPaths()
     {
         if (! boost::filesystem::is_directory (dbPath))
         {
-            std::cerr << "node db path must be a directory. "
+            journal_.error() << "node db path must be a directory. "
                     << dbPath.string();
             Throw<std::runtime_error> (
                     "node db path must be a directory.");
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ SHAMapStoreImp::dbPaths()
         stateDbPathName /= dbName_;
         stateDbPathName += "*";
 
-        std::cerr << "state db error: " << std::endl
+        journal_.error() << "state db error: " << std::endl
                 << "  writableDbExists " << writableDbExists
                 << " archiveDbExists " << archiveDbExists << std::endl
                 << "  writableDb '" << state.writableDb
diff --git a/src/ripple/beast/utility/Journal.h b/src/ripple/beast/utility/Journal.h
index 123bd7e3a6..460b160a43 100644
--- a/src/ripple/beast/utility/Journal.h
+++ b/src/ripple/beast/utility/Journal.h
@@ -363,6 +363,78 @@ Journal::Stream::operator<< (T const& t) const
     return ScopedStream (*this, t);
 }
 
+namespace detail {
+
+template<class CharT, class Traits = std::char_traits<CharT>>
+class logstream_buf
+    : public std::basic_stringbuf<CharT, Traits>
+{
+    beast::Journal::Stream strm_;
+
+    template<class T>
+    void write(T const*) = delete;
+
+    void write(char const* s)
+    {
+        if(strm_)
+            strm_ << s;
+    }
+
+    void write(wchar_t const* s)
+    {
+        if(strm_)
+            strm_ << s;
+    }
+
+public:
+    explicit
+    logstream_buf(beast::Journal::Stream const& strm)
+        : strm_(strm)
+    {
+    }
+
+    ~logstream_buf()
+    {
+        sync();
+    }
+
+    int
+    sync() override
+    {
+        write(this->str().c_str());
+        this->str("");
+        return 0;
+    }
+};
+
+} // detail
+
+template<
+    class CharT,
+    class Traits = std::char_traits<CharT>
+>
+class basic_logstream
+    : public std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>
+{
+    typedef CharT                          char_type;
+    typedef Traits                         traits_type;
+    typedef typename traits_type::int_type int_type;
+    typedef typename traits_type::pos_type pos_type;
+    typedef typename traits_type::off_type off_type;
+
+    detail::logstream_buf<CharT, Traits> buf_;
+public:
+    explicit
+    basic_logstream(beast::Journal::Stream const& strm)
+        : std::basic_ostream<CharT, Traits>(&buf_)
+        , buf_(strm)
+    {
+    }
+};
+
+using logstream = basic_logstream<char>;
+using logwstream = basic_logstream<wchar_t>;
+
 } // beast
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ripple/core/impl/Config.cpp b/src/ripple/core/impl/Config.cpp
index bc95f824e3..491231c90e 100644
--- a/src/ripple/core/impl/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/core/impl/Config.cpp
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ void Config::setup (std::string const& strConf, bool bQuiet,
 
 void Config::load ()
 {
+    // NOTE: this writes to cerr because we want cout to be reserved
+    // for the writing of the json response (so that stdout can be part of a
+    // pipeline, for instance)
     if (!QUIET)
         std::cerr << "Loading: " << CONFIG_FILE << "\n";
 
diff --git a/src/ripple/net/HTTPClient.h b/src/ripple/net/HTTPClient.h
index 5ce74f5a74..634397eb77 100644
--- a/src/ripple/net/HTTPClient.h
+++ b/src/ripple/net/HTTPClient.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public:
         std::size_t responseMax,
         std::chrono::seconds timeout,
         std::function <bool (const boost::system::error_code& ecResult, int iStatus, std::string const& strData)> complete,
-        Logs& l);
+        beast::Journal& j);
 
     static void get (
         bool bSSL,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public:
         std::size_t responseMax,
         std::chrono::seconds timeout,
         std::function <bool (const boost::system::error_code& ecResult, int iStatus, std::string const& strData)> complete,
-        Logs& l);
+        beast::Journal& j);
 
     static void request (
         bool bSSL,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public:
         std::size_t responseMax,
         std::chrono::seconds timeout,
         std::function <bool (const boost::system::error_code& ecResult, int iStatus, std::string const& strData)> complete,
-        Logs& l);
+        beast::Journal& j);
 };
 
 } // ripple
diff --git a/src/ripple/net/impl/HTTPClient.cpp b/src/ripple/net/impl/HTTPClient.cpp
index cbbc0213e6..dcad22e958 100644
--- a/src/ripple/net/impl/HTTPClient.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/net/impl/HTTPClient.cpp
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ public:
     HTTPClientImp (boost::asio::io_service& io_service,
         const unsigned short port,
         std::size_t responseMax,
-        Logs& l)
+        beast::Journal& j)
         : mSocket (io_service, httpClientSSLContext->context ())
         , mResolver (io_service)
         , mHeader (maxClientHeaderBytes)
         , mPort (port)
         , mResponseMax (responseMax)
         , mDeadline (io_service)
-        , j_ (l.journal ("HTTPClient"))
+        , j_ (j)
     {
         if (!httpClientSSLContext->sslVerify())
             mSocket.SSLSocket ().set_verify_mode (boost::asio::ssl::verify_none);
@@ -540,10 +540,10 @@ void HTTPClient::get (
     std::chrono::seconds timeout,
     std::function<bool (const boost::system::error_code& ecResult, int iStatus,
         std::string const& strData)> complete,
-    Logs& l)
+    beast::Journal& j)
 {
     auto client = std::make_shared<HTTPClientImp> (
-        io_service, port, responseMax, l);
+        io_service, port, responseMax, j);
     client->get (bSSL, deqSites, strPath, timeout, complete);
 }
 
@@ -557,12 +557,12 @@ void HTTPClient::get (
     std::chrono::seconds timeout,
     std::function<bool (const boost::system::error_code& ecResult, int iStatus,
         std::string const& strData)> complete,
-    Logs& l)
+    beast::Journal& j)
 {
     std::deque<std::string> deqSites (1, strSite);
 
     auto client = std::make_shared<HTTPClientImp> (
-        io_service, port, responseMax, l);
+        io_service, port, responseMax, j);
     client->get (bSSL, deqSites, strPath, timeout, complete);
 }
 
@@ -576,12 +576,12 @@ void HTTPClient::request (
     std::chrono::seconds timeout,
     std::function<bool (const boost::system::error_code& ecResult, int iStatus,
         std::string const& strData)> complete,
-    Logs& l)
+    beast::Journal& j)
 {
     std::deque<std::string> deqSites (1, strSite);
 
     auto client = std::make_shared<HTTPClientImp> (
-        io_service, port, responseMax, l);
+        io_service, port, responseMax, j);
     client->request (bSSL, deqSites, setRequest, timeout, complete);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ripple/net/impl/RPCCall.cpp b/src/ripple/net/impl/RPCCall.cpp
index 8b3455664f..6f300c094f 100644
--- a/src/ripple/net/impl/RPCCall.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/net/impl/RPCCall.cpp
@@ -1297,8 +1297,9 @@ rpcClient(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
             ServerHandler::Setup setup;
             try
             {
-                std::stringstream ss;
-                setup = setup_ServerHandler(config, ss);
+                setup = setup_ServerHandler(
+                    config,
+                    beast::logstream { logs.journal ("HTTPClient").warn() });
             }
             catch (std::exception const&)
             {
@@ -1429,10 +1430,12 @@ void fromNetwork (
     Logs& logs,
     std::function<void (Json::Value const& jvInput)> callbackFuncP)
 {
+    auto j = logs.journal ("HTTPClient");
+
     // Connect to localhost
     if (!quiet)
     {
-        std::cerr << (bSSL ? "Securely connecting to " : "Connecting to ") <<
+        JLOG(j.info()) << (bSSL ? "Securely connecting to " : "Connecting to ") <<
             strIp << ":" << iPort << std::endl;
     }
 
@@ -1449,8 +1452,6 @@ void fromNetwork (
     using namespace std::chrono_literals;
     auto constexpr RPC_NOTIFY = 10min;
 
-    auto j = logs.journal ("HTTPClient");
-
     HTTPClient::request (
         bSSL,
         io_service,
@@ -1467,7 +1468,7 @@ void fromNetwork (
         std::bind (&RPCCallImp::onResponse, callbackFuncP,
                    std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2,
                    std::placeholders::_3, j),
-        logs);
+        j);
 }
 
 } // RPCCall
diff --git a/src/ripple/rpc/ServerHandler.h b/src/ripple/rpc/ServerHandler.h
index 190205c682..5750ebcca7 100644
--- a/src/ripple/rpc/ServerHandler.h
+++ b/src/ripple/rpc/ServerHandler.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ using ServerHandler = ServerHandlerImp;
 ServerHandler::Setup
 setup_ServerHandler (
     Config const& c,
-    std::ostream& log);
+    std::ostream&& log);
 
 std::unique_ptr <ServerHandler>
 make_ServerHandler (Application& app, Stoppable& parent, boost::asio::io_service&,
diff --git a/src/ripple/rpc/impl/ServerHandlerImp.cpp b/src/ripple/rpc/impl/ServerHandlerImp.cpp
index f6af81f6f7..984607c302 100644
--- a/src/ripple/rpc/impl/ServerHandlerImp.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/rpc/impl/ServerHandlerImp.cpp
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ setup_Overlay (ServerHandler::Setup& setup)
 ServerHandler::Setup
 setup_ServerHandler(
     Config const& config,
-    std::ostream& log)
+    std::ostream&& log)
 {
     ServerHandler::Setup setup;
     setup.ports = parse_Ports(config, log);
diff --git a/src/test/shamap/SHAMapSync_test.cpp b/src/test/shamap/SHAMapSync_test.cpp
index ced902fcd8..fead368073 100644
--- a/src/test/shamap/SHAMapSync_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/shamap/SHAMapSync_test.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public:
 
         BEAST_EXPECT(source.deepCompare (destination));
 
-        std::cerr << "Checking destination invariants" << std::endl;
+        log << "Checking destination invariants..." << std::endl;
         destination.invariants();
     }
 };