diff --git a/collector/conftest.py b/collector/conftest.py
index a925f11..fadbcd5 100644
--- a/collector/conftest.py
+++ b/collector/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import random
+import string
+from typing import Callable
+
 import pytest
 from django.test import Client
 
@@ -10,3 +14,12 @@ def enable_db_access_for_all_tests(db):
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session", name="session")
 def fixture_longlived_client() -> Client:
     return Client()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(name="random_name", scope="session")
+def fixture_random_name_generator() -> Callable[[int], str]:
+    def name_generator(length: int = 7) -> str:
+        name = "".join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters, k=length))
+        return name
+
+    return name_generator
diff --git a/collector/tests.py b/collector/tests.py
index 9c2c77f..69eba73 100644
--- a/collector/tests.py
+++ b/collector/tests.py
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
+from typing import Callable
 import pytest
 from django.test import Client
 from django.urls import reverse
 from hypothesis import given, strategies as st
+from logot import Logot, logged
 
 from .models import Teil
 
 names = st.text(alphabet=st.characters(exclude_categories=["C"]), min_size=1)
 
+
 @given(data=names)
 def test_submitted_data_ends_up_in_database(data, session: Client):
-
     with pytest.raises(Teil.DoesNotExist):
         Teil.objects.get(name=data)
 
     response = session.post(reverse("collector:enter"), data={"new_name": data})
-
     assert response.status_code == 302
     assert Teil.objects.get(name=data)
 
@@ -25,11 +26,46 @@ def test_entering_same_name_twice_does_not_change_database_entry(data, session:
 
     response = session.post(reverse("collector:enter"), data={"new_name": data})
     assert response.status_code == 302
-
     assert Teil.objects.filter(name=data).count() == 1
 
     response = session.post(reverse("collector:enter"), data={"new_name": data})
     assert response.status_code == 302
-
     assert Teil.objects.filter(name=data).count() == 1
 
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "http_method,expected_status",
+    [
+        ("GET", 405),
+        ("PATCH", 405),
+        ("POST", 302),
+        ("PUT", 405),
+    ],
+)
+def test_enter_endpoint_accepts_only_post_requests(
+    client: Client,
+    http_method: str,
+    expected_status: int,
+    random_name: Callable[[int], str],
+):
+    client_method = getattr(client, http_method.lower())
+
+    response = client_method(
+        reverse("collector:enter"), data={"new_name": random_name(8)}
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == expected_status
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail("WIP, kein Plan warum nichts gecaptured zu werden scheint")
+def test_enter_endpoints_emits_expected_logs(
+    client: Client, logot: Logot, random_name: Callable[[int], str]
+):
+    same_name = random_name(10)
+
+    response = client.post(reverse("collector:enter"), data={"new_name": same_name})
+    assert response.status_code == 302
+    logot.assert_logged(logged.info("New Teil entered"))
+
+    response = client.post(reverse("collector:enter"), data={"new_name": same_name})
+    assert response.status_code == 302
+    logot.assert_logged(logged.warning("Teil already existed"))
diff --git a/collector/views.py b/collector/views.py
index cc6023d..a273c68 100644
--- a/collector/views.py
+++ b/collector/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import logging
+import structlog
 from typing import Any
 
 from django.db import transaction
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ from django.db.models import QuerySet
 from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.views import generic
+from django.views.decorators.http import require_http_methods
 
 from .models import Teil
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
 
 
 DEFAULT_TEILE_NUMBER = 10
@@ -44,11 +45,16 @@ class DetailView(generic.DetailView):
         return context
 
 
+@require_http_methods(["POST"])
 def enter(request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse:
     try:
+        # if .create() failed, the transaction is rolled back and we are in a
+        # clean (database) state to handle exceptions
         with transaction.atomic():
-            Teil.objects.create(name=request.POST["new_name"])
+            teil = Teil.objects.create(name=request.POST["new_name"])
     except Exception:
         logger.warning("Teil already existed")
+    else:
+        logger.info("New Teil entered", teil_id=teil.pk)
 
     return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse("collector:list"))
diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
index bde6d3d..febcbb7 100644
--- a/config/settings.py
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -8,14 +8,17 @@ For the full list of settings and their values, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/
 """
 
-import environ
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import environ
+import structlog
+
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 
 env = environ.Env(
     DEBUG=(bool, False),
-    DEPLOYMENT=(str, "Dev"),
+    DEPLOYMENT=(str, "DEV"),
 )
 env.read_env(env.str("ENV_PATH", BASE_DIR / ".env"))  # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]
 
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ env.read_env(env.str("ENV_PATH", BASE_DIR / ".env"))  # pyright: ignore[reportAr
 
 SECRET_KEY = env("SECRET_KEY")
 DEBUG = env("DEBUG")
+DEPLOYMENT = str(env("DEPLOYMENT")).upper()
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
 SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    "django_structlog",
     "django.contrib.admin",
     "django.contrib.auth",
     "django.contrib.contenttypes",
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
     "collector.apps.CollectorConfig",
 ]
-if env("DEPLOYMENT") == "Dev":
+if DEPLOYMENT == "DEV":
     INSTALLED_APPS += [
         "django_extensions",
         "debug_toolbar",
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ if env("DEPLOYMENT") == "Dev":
     SHELL_PLUS = "ipython"
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
+    "django_structlog.middlewares.RequestMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
 ]
-if env("DEPLOYMENT") == "Dev":
+if DEPLOYMENT == "DEV":
     MIDDLEWARE += [
         "debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware",
     ]
@@ -89,23 +95,6 @@ DATABASES = {
     "default": env.db(),
 }
 
-# Password validation
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
-AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
-    {
-        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator",
-    },
-    {
-        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator",
-    },
-    {
-        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator",
-    },
-    {
-        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator",
-    },
-]
-
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/i18n/
 LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
@@ -120,3 +109,50 @@ STATIC_URL = "static/"
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+
+LOGGING = {
+    "version": 1,
+    "disable_existing_loggers": True,
+    "formatters": {
+        "logftm_formatter": {
+            "()": structlog.stdlib.ProcessorFormatter,
+            "processor": structlog.processors.LogfmtRenderer(sort_keys=True, key_order=["level", "event"]),
+        },
+    },
+    "handlers": {
+        "console": {
+            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+            "formatter": "logftm_formatter",
+        },
+    },
+    "loggers": {
+        "django_structlog": {
+            "handlers": ["console"],
+            "level": "DEBUG",
+        },
+        "root": {
+            "handlers": ["console"],
+            "level": "DEBUG",
+        },
+    },
+}
+
+structlog.configure(
+    processors=[
+        structlog.contextvars.merge_contextvars,
+        structlog.stdlib.filter_by_level,
+        structlog.processors.TimeStamper(fmt="iso"),
+        structlog.stdlib.add_logger_name,
+        structlog.stdlib.add_log_level,
+        structlog.stdlib.PositionalArgumentsFormatter(),
+        structlog.processors.StackInfoRenderer(),
+        structlog.processors.format_exc_info,
+        structlog.processors.UnicodeDecoder(),
+        structlog.stdlib.ProcessorFormatter.wrap_for_formatter,
+    ],
+    logger_factory=structlog.stdlib.LoggerFactory(),
+    cache_logger_on_first_use=True,
+)
+os.makedirs(BASE_DIR / "logs", exist_ok=True)
+
+# DJANGO_STRUCTLOG_COMMAND_LOGGING_ENABLED = True
diff --git a/config/urls.py b/config/urls.py
index f42570b..b02a46c 100644
--- a/config/urls.py
+++ b/config/urls.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import include, path
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path("collector/", include("collector.urls")),
+    path("", include("collector.urls")),
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
 ]
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 63bbc12..c60b9ff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
-pythonpath = "."
+pythonpath = ["."]
 python_files = [
   "test_*.py",
   "tests.py",
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ addopts = [
   "--no-migrations",
   "--capture=sys",
 ]
+logot_capturer = "logot.structlog.StructlogCapturer"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["pdm-backend"]
diff --git a/requirements/dev.in b/requirements/dev.in
index 4b7cb9f..8c26e50 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.in
+++ b/requirements/dev.in
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ django-debug-toolbar
 django-stubs
 ipython
 pip-compile-multi
+rich
 ruff
 uv
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 5b4dab8..bd3692d 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SHA1:8a2089b98bf40ef6e9739b167a6c3bdc35a7c180
+# SHA1:dabc24f4b9a41d5fae3314c9a05a98434dd126e3
 #
 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compile-multi
 # To update, run:
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ executing==2.2.0
 ipython==9.0.2
 ipython-pygments-lexers==1.1.1
 jedi==0.19.2
+markdown-it-py==3.0.0
 matplotlib-inline==0.1.7
+mdurl==0.1.2
 parso==0.8.4
 pexpect==4.9.0
 pip==25.0.1
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ ptyprocess==0.7.0
 pure-eval==0.2.3
 pygments==2.19.1
 pyproject-hooks==1.2.0
+rich==13.9.4
 ruff==0.11.0
 setuptools==76.0.0
 stack-data==0.6.3
diff --git a/requirements/prod.in b/requirements/prod.in
index c360703..4058e05 100644
--- a/requirements/prod.in
+++ b/requirements/prod.in
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 django
 django-environ
 django-extensions
+django-structlog[commands]
 psycopg[binary,pool]
+structlog>24,<25
diff --git a/requirements/prod.txt b/requirements/prod.txt
index 19971fe..493a11f 100644
--- a/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SHA1:0534e06bf8de6836b424e914cfbef002223d6f48
+# SHA1:48c3af154036b224a6b21f175ea0a949febaf6f5
 #
 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compile-multi
 # To update, run:
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ asgiref==3.8.1
 django==5.1.7
 django-environ==0.12.0
 django-extensions==3.2.3
+django-ipware==7.0.1
+django-structlog==9.0.1
 psycopg==3.2.6
 psycopg-binary==3.2.6
 psycopg-pool==3.2.6
+python-ipware==3.0.0
 sqlparse==0.5.3
+structlog==24.4.0
 typing-extensions==4.12.2
diff --git a/requirements/test.in b/requirements/test.in
index 2c801fa..f1e3b52 100644
--- a/requirements/test.in
+++ b/requirements/test.in
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 hypothesis[django]
 pytest
 pytest-django
+logot[pytest,structlog]
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 2f8d5ca..7aa87fa 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SHA1:9bf147356ad56dbe073ef0973141bdfb94631c9b
+# SHA1:40e4b481355fc16525f8944d39904264b6e382a6
 #
 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compile-multi
 # To update, run:
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
 #
 -r prod.txt
 attrs==25.3.0
-hypothesis==6.129.1
+hypothesis==6.129.2
 iniconfig==2.0.0
+logot==1.3.0
 packaging==24.2
 pluggy==1.5.0
 pytest==8.3.5