diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index ae6e069..05e134b 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import cors from "cors";
 import morgan from "morgan";
 
 import { errorHandler } from "./middleware/error.middleware.js";
+import { logger } from "./utils/logger.js";
 import authRoutes from "./routes/auth.routes.js";
 import productRoutes from "./routes/product.routes.js";
 import orderRoutes from "./routes/order.routes.js";
@@ -15,7 +16,10 @@ const app: Application = express();
 //global middleware
 app.use(cors());
 app.use(express.json());
-app.use(morgan("dev"));
+
+// HTTP request logging with morgan
+const morganFormat = ":method :url :status :res[content-length] - :response-time ms";
+app.use(morgan(morganFormat, { stream: logger.stream }));
 
 // health check route
 app.get("/health", (req, res) => {
diff --git a/src/utils/logger.ts b/src/utils/logger.ts
index 91894b4..c67156f 100644
--- a/src/utils/logger.ts
+++ b/src/utils/logger.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,33 @@
 type LogMeta = Record<string, unknown>;
 
-function format(level: string, message: string, meta?: LogMeta) {
+type LogLevel = "debug" | "info" | "warn" | "error" | "http";
+
+const LOG_COLORS: Record<LogLevel, string> = {
+  debug: "\x1b[36m", // cyan
+  info: "\x1b[32m",  // green
+  warn: "\x1b[33m",  // yellow
+  error: "\x1b[31m", // red
+  http: "\x1b[35m",  // magenta
+};
+
+const RESET = "\x1b[0m";
+
+function format(level: LogLevel, message: string, meta?: LogMeta): string {
   const timestamp = new Date().toISOString();
-  return meta
-    ? `[${timestamp}] ${level.toUpperCase()} ${message} ${JSON.stringify(meta)}`
-    : `[${timestamp}] ${level.toUpperCase()} ${message}`;
+  const color = LOG_COLORS[level];
+  const levelStr = `${color}${level.toUpperCase().padEnd(5)}${RESET}`;
+  
+  const baseLog = `[${timestamp}] ${levelStr} ${message}`;
+  return meta ? `${baseLog} ${JSON.stringify(meta)}` : baseLog;
 }
 
 export const logger = {
+  debug(message: string, meta?: LogMeta) {
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production") {
+      console.log(format("debug", message, meta));
+    }
+  },
+
   info(message: string, meta?: LogMeta) {
     console.log(format("info", message, meta));
   },
@@ -19,4 +39,16 @@ export const logger = {
   error(message: string, meta?: LogMeta) {
     console.error(format("error", message, meta));
   },
+
+  http(message: string, meta?: LogMeta) {
+    console.log(format("http", message, meta));
+  },
+
+  // Stream for morgan integration
+  stream: {
+    write(message: string) {
+      // Remove trailing newline from morgan
+      logger.http(message.trim());
+    },
+  },
 };