diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 64b9a6970..fcafebdb0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   before_filter :set_grammatical_gender
 
   inflection_method :grammatical_gender => :gender
+  #include Oink::InstanceTypeCounter
 
   def ensure_http_referer_is_set
     request.env['HTTP_REFERER'] ||= '/aspects'
diff --git a/config/initializers/_splunk_logger.rb b/config/initializers/_splunk_logger.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2d45248a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/_splunk_logger.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Rails.logger.class.send(:include, SplunkLogging)
diff --git a/lib/log_overrider.rb b/lib/log_overrider.rb
index 01a847af4..ea42eefdb 100644
--- a/lib/log_overrider.rb
+++ b/lib/log_overrider.rb
@@ -39,14 +39,24 @@ class ActionController::LogSubscriber
     additions = ActionController::Base.log_process_action(payload)
     params  = payload[:params].except(*INTERNAL_PARAMS)
 
-    log_string = "event=request_completed status=#{payload[:status]} "
-    log_string << "controller=#{payload[:controller]} action=#{payload[:action]} format=#{payload[:formats].first.to_s.upcase} "
-    log_string << "ms=#{"%.0f" % event.duration} "
-    log_string << "gc_ms=#{GC.time/1000} gc_collections=#{GC.collections} gc_bytes=#{GC.growth} " if GC.respond_to?(:enable_stats)
-    log_string << "params='#{params.inspect}' " unless params.empty?
-    #log_string << "additions='#{additions.join(" | ")}' " unless additions.blank?
+    log_hash = {:event => 'request_completed',
+                :status => payload[:status],
+                :controller => payload[:controller],
+                :action => payload[:action],
+                :format => payload[:formats].first.to_s.upcase,
+                :ms => "%.0f" % event.duration,
+                :params => params.inspect}
+    log_hash.merge({
+                :gc_ms => GC.time/1000,
+                :gc_collections => GC.collections,
+                :gc_bytes=> GC.growth}) if GC.respond_to?(:enable_stats)
 
-    Rails.logger.info(log_string)
+
+    log_hash.merge({:params =>params.inspect}) unless params.empty?
+    #log_hash << "additions='#{additions.join(" | ")}' " unless additions.blank?
+
+
+    Rails.logger.info(log_hash)
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/splunk_logging.rb b/lib/splunk_logging.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10008f9f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/splunk_logging.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+module SplunkLogging
+  def self.included(base)
+    base.class_eval do
+      alias_method_chain :add, :splunk
+    end
+  end
+  def add_with_splunk(arg1, log_hash = nil, arg3 = nil, &block)
+    add_without_splunk(arg1, format_hash(log_hash), arg3, &block)
+  end
+  def format_hash(hash)
+    if hash.respond_to?(:keys)
+      string = ''
+      hash.each_pair do |key, value|
+        string << "#{key}='#{value}' "
+      end
+      string
+    else
+      hash
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/shared_behaviors/log_override.rb b/spec/shared_behaviors/log_override.rb
index f91538215..79d54baa2 100644
--- a/spec/shared_behaviors/log_override.rb
+++ b/spec/shared_behaviors/log_override.rb
@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
 class FakeLogger
   attr_accessor :infos
   attr_accessor :lines
+  attr_accessor :fatals
 
   def initialize
     self.infos = []
+    self.fatals = []
     self.lines = []
   end
 
-  def info line
-    self.infos << line
+  def add(arg1, line, targ_arr, &block)
     self.lines << line
+    targ_arr << line
+  end
+  def info line
+    self.add(nil, line, self.infos)
   end
   def fatal line
-    self.lines << line
+    self.add(nil, line, self.fatals)
   end
+
+  include SplunkLogging
 end
 
 shared_examples_for 'it overrides the logs on success' do
@@ -34,16 +41,16 @@ shared_examples_for 'it overrides the logs on success' do
         @line = Rails.logger.infos.last
       end
       it 'logs the completion of a request' do
-        @line.include?('event=request_completed').should be_true
+        @line.include?("event='request_completed'").should be_true
       end
       it 'logs an ok' do
-        @line.include?('status=200').should be_true
+        @line.include?("status='200'").should be_true
       end
       it 'logs the controller' do
-        @line.include?("controller=#{controller.class.name}").should be_true
+        @line.include?("controller='#{controller.class.name}'").should be_true
       end
       it 'logs the action' do
-        @line.include?("action=#{@action}").should be_true
+        @line.include?("action='#{@action}'").should be_true
       end
       it 'logs params' do
         if @action_params
@@ -85,6 +92,6 @@ shared_examples_for 'it overrides the logs on redirect' do
     @line = Rails.logger.infos.last
   end
   it 'logs a redirect' do
-    @line.include?('status=302').should be_true
+    @line.include?("status='302'").should be_true
   end
 end