diff --git a/dotcom-rendering/src/server/lib/logging.ts b/dotcom-rendering/src/server/lib/logging.ts
index 2e316dd6e1d..4f87080a203 100644
--- a/dotcom-rendering/src/server/lib/logging.ts
+++ b/dotcom-rendering/src/server/lib/logging.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,13 @@ import type { LoggingEvent } from 'log4js';
 import { addLayout, configure, getLogger, shutdown } from 'log4js';
 import { loggingStore } from './logging-store';
 
+const logName = `dotcom-rendering.log`;
+
 const logLocation =
 	process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' &&
 	!process.env.DISABLE_LOGGING_AND_METRICS
-		? '/var/log/dotcom-rendering/dotcom-rendering.log'
-		: `${path.resolve('logs')}/dotcom-rendering.log`;
-
-const stage =
-	typeof process.env.GU_STAGE === 'string'
-		? process.env.GU_STAGE.toUpperCase()
-		: 'DEV';
+		? `/var/log/dotcom-rendering/${logName}`
+		: `${path.resolve('logs')}/${logName}`;
 
 const logFields = (logEvent: LoggingEvent): unknown => {
 	const { request } = loggingStore.getStore() ?? {
@@ -22,12 +19,17 @@ const logFields = (logEvent: LoggingEvent): unknown => {
 	const coreFields = {
 		stack: 'frontend',
 		app: 'dotcom-rendering',
-		stage,
+		stage:
+			typeof process.env.GU_STAGE === 'string'
+				? process.env.GU_STAGE.toUpperCase()
+				: 'DEV',
 		'@timestamp': logEvent.startTime,
 		'@version': 1,
 		level: logEvent.level.levelStr,
 		level_value: logEvent.level.level,
 		request,
+		// NODE_APP_INSTANCE is set by pm2
+		thread_name: process.env.NODE_APP_INSTANCE ?? '0',
 	};
 	// log4js uses any[] to type data but we want to coerce it here
 	// because we now depend on the type to log the result properly
@@ -79,6 +81,10 @@ const enableLog4j = {
 		development: { appenders: ['console'], level: 'info' },
 	},
 	pm2: true,
+	// log4js cluster mode handling does not work as it prevents
+	// logs from processes other than the main process from
+	// writing to the log.
+	disableClustering: true,
 };
 
 if (process.env.DISABLE_LOGGING_AND_METRICS === 'true') {