diff --git a/lib/dfe/analytics/railtie.rb b/lib/dfe/analytics/railtie.rb
index c174701f..ab87a8f9 100644
--- a/lib/dfe/analytics/railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/dfe/analytics/railtie.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
         app.config.middleware.use DfE::Analytics::Middleware::RequestIdentity
       end
 
+      initializer 'dfe.analytics.logger' do
+        ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_job) do
+          DfE::Analytics::AnalyticsJob.logger = ::Rails.logger.dup.tap { |l| l.level = Logger::WARN }
+        end
+      end
+
       config.after_initialize do
         # internal gem tests will sometimes suppress this so they can test the
         # init process
diff --git a/lib/dfe/analytics/send_events.rb b/lib/dfe/analytics/send_events.rb
index 50cd1837..05249c2b 100644
--- a/lib/dfe/analytics/send_events.rb
+++ b/lib/dfe/analytics/send_events.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def self.do(events)
 
       def perform(events)
         if DfE::Analytics.log_only?
+          # Use the Rails logger here as the job's logger is set to :warn by default
           Rails.logger.info("DfE::Analytics: #{events.inspect}")
         else
           response = DfE::Analytics.events_client.insert(events, ignore_unknown: true)