diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index be69f44..6992a4f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "humanize-duration-ts": "^2.1.1",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "jsdom": "^16.6.0",
-    "matrix-appservice-bridge": "^5.0.0",
+    "matrix-appservice-bridge": "8.0.0",
     "parse-duration": "^1.0.2",
     "pg": "^8.8.0",
     "shell-quote": "^1.7.3",
diff --git a/src/appservice/Api.ts b/src/appservice/Api.ts
index 8f85f00..bdb64c2 100644
--- a/src/appservice/Api.ts
+++ b/src/appservice/Api.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import express from "express";
 import * as bodyParser from "body-parser";
 import { MjolnirManager } from "./MjolnirManager";
 import * as http from "http";
+import { Logger } from "matrix-appservice-bridge";
 
+const log = new Logger("Api");
 /**
  * This provides a web api that is designed to power the mjolnir widget https://github.com/matrix-org/mjolnir-widget.
  */
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ export class Api {
                 qs: { access_token: accessToken },
             }, (err, homeserver_response, body) => {
                 if (err) {
-                    console.error(`Error resolving openID token from ${this.homeserver}`, err);
+                    log.error(`Error resolving openID token from ${this.homeserver}`, err);
                     reject(null);
                 }
 
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ export class Api {
                 try {
                     response = JSON.parse(body);
                 } catch (e) {
-                    console.error(`Received ill formed response from ${this.homeserver} when resolving an openID token`, e);
+                    log.error(`Received ill formed response from ${this.homeserver} when resolving an openID token`, e);
                     reject(null);
                     return;
                 }
diff --git a/src/appservice/AppService.ts b/src/appservice/AppService.ts
index 90f8415..7669ad5 100644
--- a/src/appservice/AppService.ts
+++ b/src/appservice/AppService.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-import { AppServiceRegistration, Bridge, Request, WeakEvent, BridgeContext, MatrixUser } from "matrix-appservice-bridge";
+import { AppServiceRegistration, Bridge, Request, WeakEvent, BridgeContext, MatrixUser, Logger } from "matrix-appservice-bridge";
 import { MjolnirManager } from ".//MjolnirManager";
 import { DataStore, PgDataStore } from ".//datastore";
 import { Api } from "./Api";
 import { IConfig } from "./config/config";
 import { AccessControl } from "./AccessControl";
 
+const log = new Logger("AppService");
 /**
  * Responsible for setting up listeners and delegating functionality to a matrix-appservice-bridge `Bridge` for
  * the entrypoint of the application.
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ export class MjolnirAppService {
             },
             suppressEcho: false,
         });
-        await bridge.initalise();
+        await bridge.initialise();
         const accessControlListId = await bridge.getBot().getClient().resolveRoom(config.accessControlList);
         const accessControl = await AccessControl.setupAccessControl(accessControlListId, bridge);
         const mjolnirManager = await MjolnirManager.makeMjolnirManager(dataStore, bridge, accessControl);
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ export class MjolnirAppService {
      * @param registrationFilePath A path to their homeserver registration file.
      */
     public static async run(port: number, config: IConfig, registrationFilePath: string): Promise<MjolnirAppService> {
+        Logger.configure(config.logging ?? { console: "debug" });
         const dataStore = new PgDataStore(config.db.connectionString);
         await dataStore.init();
         const service = await MjolnirAppService.makeMjolnirAppService(config, dataStore, registrationFilePath);
@@ -114,11 +116,19 @@ export class MjolnirAppService {
         // Acts as an alternative to the web api provided for the widget.
         if ('m.room.member' === mxEvent.type) {
             if ('invite' === mxEvent.content['membership'] && mxEvent.state_key === this.bridge.botUserId) {
-                await this.mjolnirManager.provisionNewMjolnir(mxEvent.sender);
-                // reject the invite to keep the room clean and make sure the invetee doesn't get confused and think this is their mjolnir.
-                this.bridge.getBot().getClient().leaveRoom(mxEvent.room_id).catch(e => {
-                    console.warn("Unable to reject an invite to a room", e)
-                });
+                log.info(`${mxEvent.sender} has sent an invitation to the appservice bot ${this.bridge.botUserId}, attempting to provision them a mjolnir`);
+                try {
+                    await this.mjolnirManager.provisionNewMjolnir(mxEvent.sender)
+                } catch (e: any) {
+                    log.error(`Failed to provision a mjolnir for ${mxEvent.sender} after they invited ${this.bridge.botUserId}:`, e);
+                    // continue, we still want to reject this invitation.
+                }
+                try {
+                    // reject the invite to keep the room clean and make sure the invetee doesn't get confused and think this is their mjolnir.
+                    await this.bridge.getBot().getClient().leaveRoom(mxEvent.room_id);
+                } catch (e: any) {
+                    log.warn("Unable to reject an invite to a room", e);
+                }
             }
         }
         this.accessControl.handleEvent(mxEvent['room_id'], mxEvent);
@@ -130,10 +140,10 @@ export class MjolnirAppService {
      * @param port The port that the appservice should listen on to receive transactions from the homeserver.
      */
     private async start(port: number) {
-        console.log("Starting MjolnirAppService, Matrix-side to listen on port %s", port);
+        log.info("Starting MjolnirAppService, Matrix-side to listen on port", port);
         this.api.start(this.config.webAPI.port);
         await this.bridge.listen(port);
-        console.log("MjolnirAppService started successfully");
+        log.info("MjolnirAppService started successfully");
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/appservice/config/config.ts b/src/appservice/config/config.ts
index ea6b44f..969b4fc 100644
--- a/src/appservice/config/config.ts
+++ b/src/appservice/config/config.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import { load } from "js-yaml";
+import { LoggingOpts } from "matrix-appservice-bridge";
 
 export interface IConfig {
     /** Details for the homeserver the appservice will be serving */
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ export interface IConfig {
     },
     /** A policy room for controlling access to the appservice */
     accessControlList: string,
+    /** configuration for matrix-appservice-bridge's Logger */
+    logging?: LoggingOpts,
 }
 
 export function read(configPath: string): IConfig {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ffcaeb5..ee947b3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@
     pg-protocol "*"
     pg-types "^2.2.0"
 
+"@types/pkginfo@^0.4.0":
+  version "0.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/pkginfo/-/pkginfo-0.4.0.tgz#00143b97e98aa7c9391943266d2e4aebd8f44c35"
+  integrity sha512-4DGKkOlWkMuVDZQvytWzzWWAjyqDmlLKRYE4lzeA8t0s7fK0aF25uPbX9eBVermUjLJdeLHu9k1WmNiAssqCcg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+
 "@types/qs@*":
   version "6.9.7"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/qs/-/qs-6.9.7.tgz"
@@ -2201,12 +2208,13 @@ make-error@^1.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/make-error/-/make-error-1.3.6.tgz#2eb2e37ea9b67c4891f684a1394799af484cf7a2"
   integrity sha512-s8UhlNe7vPKomQhC1qFelMokr/Sc3AgNbso3n74mVPA5LTZwkB9NlXf4XPamLxJE8h0gh73rM94xvwRT2CVInw==
 
-matrix-appservice-bridge@^5.0.0:
-  version "5.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-appservice-bridge/-/matrix-appservice-bridge-5.0.0.tgz#e3b42f9c1bef9c2a5fe51c47e2232ea3040852d0"
-  integrity sha512-d+F2RN/6o4TtBHOgcNECXX/UGjqM4zuWK14hmnzHHdrQi/Xuq9GSO14jMKsl1Jc0Kbkpv9cFMfhy27yo/Ju7/w==
+matrix-appservice-bridge@8.0.0:
+  version "8.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-appservice-bridge/-/matrix-appservice-bridge-8.0.0.tgz#6849ac05c281399b2c2b35daba784f8291d3b35d"
+  integrity sha512-XFo3avVfKb34d7kalXcsi0vThlnqmrwvewcfhjintmpbFlwu54/lvdbykFSyu2kT8BY1zUtDz7iQ3Q3RAyaN1g==
   dependencies:
     "@alloc/quick-lru" "^5.2.0"
+    "@types/pkginfo" "^0.4.0"
     axios "^0.27.2"
     chalk "^4.1.0"
     express "^4.18.1"
@@ -2215,20 +2223,22 @@ matrix-appservice-bridge@^5.0.0:
     ip-cidr "^3.0.4"
     is-my-json-valid "^2.20.5"
     js-yaml "^4.0.0"
-    matrix-appservice "^1.0.0"
-    matrix-bot-sdk "^0.6.1"
+    matrix-appservice "^1.1.0"
+    matrix-bot-sdk "^0.6.2"
     nedb "^1.8.0"
     nopt "^5.0.0"
     p-queue "^6.6.2"
-    prom-client "^14.0.0"
+    pkginfo "^0.4.1"
+    postgres "^3.3.1"
+    prom-client "^14.1.0"
     uuid "^8.3.2"
     winston "^3.3.3"
     winston-daily-rotate-file "^4.5.1"
 
-matrix-appservice@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-appservice/-/matrix-appservice-1.0.0.tgz#8a1225b248131eb8d37618bd88f76d705c647c28"
-  integrity sha512-SoWTp92xKsKiC6T8147gTxChyp0aNisxLWtX15vGMIeIdV3ZsUzoQsLVhABzuVzW1ExZ5FAoD1HpYz1Du9lk6A==
+matrix-appservice@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-appservice/-/matrix-appservice-1.1.0.tgz#e567945042000485e4ea4bfeef92246e93296f01"
+  integrity sha512-6hJdmo9YIbh6dS9MfMHCpHMhklN/+NOcfGQ/3UbbEEfIE8dt0bHqi1nnIiias5IqDFl6ED9y+YQdtyqnIXx+Ww==
   dependencies:
     "@types/express" "^4.17.8"
     body-parser "^1.19.0"
@@ -2236,10 +2246,10 @@ matrix-appservice@^1.0.0:
     js-yaml "^4.1.0"
     morgan "^1.10.0"
 
-matrix-bot-sdk@^0.6.1:
-  version "0.6.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-bot-sdk/-/matrix-bot-sdk-0.6.1.tgz#29c5d92fd6bc2eb0f6be2540ed133d8ffadaed93"
-  integrity sha512-xbSQUpbuQq9Oj5f5GeprKndJZqdB9N9majg+VwIEcBGBscpWCskX32kTaoNhTHAE92XlM+qnwFME45TYElf4tA==
+matrix-bot-sdk@^0.6.2:
+  version "0.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-bot-sdk/-/matrix-bot-sdk-0.6.2.tgz#c9334b39f62a9742d74e46312def566429dfef26"
+  integrity sha512-+kXlXkQBQgWC6oUwYEosJlXjceaj7jQUnPlALFhGeAabgVm8tmuvFNVKqClwvrrjj+0Gzsmt+rcJHmkvqymFXA==
   dependencies:
     "@matrix-org/matrix-sdk-crypto-nodejs" "^0.1.0-beta.1"
     "@types/express" "^4.17.13"
@@ -2718,6 +2728,11 @@ pify@^3.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pify/-/pify-3.0.0.tgz#e5a4acd2c101fdf3d9a4d07f0dbc4db49dd28176"
   integrity sha512-C3FsVNH1udSEX48gGX1xfvwTWfsYWj5U+8/uK15BGzIGrKoUpghX8hWZwa/OFnakBiiVNmBvemTJR5mcy7iPcg==
 
+pkginfo@^0.4.1:
+  version "0.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pkginfo/-/pkginfo-0.4.1.tgz#b5418ef0439de5425fc4995042dced14fb2a84ff"
+  integrity sha512-8xCNE/aT/EXKenuMDZ+xTVwkT8gsoHN2z/Q29l80u0ppGEXVvsKRzNMbtKhg8LS8k1tJLAHHylf6p4VFmP6XUQ==
+
 postcss@^8.3.11:
   version "8.4.16"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/postcss/-/postcss-8.4.16.tgz"
@@ -2749,6 +2764,11 @@ postgres-interval@^1.1.0:
   dependencies:
     xtend "^4.0.0"
 
+postgres@^3.3.1:
+  version "3.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/postgres/-/postgres-3.3.2.tgz#91f2e209e4a08ca7101eb7178734e4c0e4d23eb3"
+  integrity sha512-NaPqFpUC6C7aCQkJXLvuO/3RKNKL4en8opY53YrcXK3//xXra6CZ2qX6290lxuQ1dW1LbRGYCmsawRlCxSBonQ==
+
 prelude-ls@^1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/prelude-ls/-/prelude-ls-1.2.1.tgz"
@@ -2774,10 +2794,10 @@ progress@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/progress/-/progress-2.0.3.tgz"
   integrity sha512-7PiHtLll5LdnKIMw100I+8xJXR5gW2QwWYkT6iJva0bXitZKa/XMrSbdmg3r2Xnaidz9Qumd0VPaMrZlF9V9sA==
 
-prom-client@^14.0.0:
-  version "14.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/prom-client/-/prom-client-14.0.1.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-HxTArb6fkOntQHoRGvv4qd/BkorjliiuO2uSWC2KC17MUTKYttWdDoXX/vxOhQdkoECEM9BBH0pj2l8G8kev6w==
+prom-client@^14.1.0:
+  version "14.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prom-client/-/prom-client-14.1.0.tgz#049609859483d900844924df740722c76ed1fdbb"
+  integrity sha512-iFWCchQmi4170omLpFXbzz62SQTmPhtBL35v0qGEVRHKcqIeiexaoYeP0vfZTujxEq3tA87iqOdRbC9svS1B9A==
   dependencies:
     tdigest "^0.1.1"