diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/context/mainContext.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/context/mainContext.ts
index 861777b679..9aa887166e 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/context/mainContext.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/context/mainContext.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ async function newContext(updates: ContextMap, task: any) {
   return Context.run(context, task)
 }
 
+export async function doInAutomationContext(appId: string, automationId: string, task: any): Promise<any> {
+  const tenantId = getTenantIDFromAppID(appId)
+  return newContext(
+    {
+      tenantId,
+      appId,
+      automationId
+    },
+    task
+  )
+}
+
 export async function doInContext(appId: string, task: any): Promise<any> {
   const tenantId = getTenantIDFromAppID(appId)
   return newContext(
@@ -187,6 +199,11 @@ export function getTenantId(): string {
   return tenantId
 }
 
+export function getAutomationId(): string | undefined {
+  const context = Context.get()
+  return context?.automationId
+}
+
 export function getAppId(): string | undefined {
   const context = Context.get()
   const foundId = context?.appId
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/context/types.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/context/types.ts
index 727dad80bc..d687a93594 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/context/types.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/context/types.ts
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ export type ContextMap = {
   identity?: IdentityContext
   environmentVariables?: Record<string, string>
   isScim?: boolean
+  automationId?: string
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/logging/pino/logger.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/logging/pino/logger.ts
index 276377eb00..14c8e7e5a9 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/logging/pino/logger.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/logging/pino/logger.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ if (!env.DISABLE_PINO_LOGGER) {
     objects?: any[]
     tenantId?: string
     appId?: string
+    automationId?: string
     identityId?: string
     identityType?: IdentityType
     correlationId?: string
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ if (!env.DISABLE_PINO_LOGGER) {
       contextObject = {
         tenantId: getTenantId(),
         appId: getAppId(),
+        automationId: getAutomationId(),
         identityId: identity?._id,
         identityType: identity?.type,
         correlationId: correlation.getId(),
@@ -159,6 +161,16 @@ if (!env.DISABLE_PINO_LOGGER) {
     return appId
   }
 
+  const getAutomationId = () => {
+    let appId
+    try {
+      appId = context.getAutomationId()
+    } catch (e) {
+      // do nothing
+    }
+    return appId
+  }
+
   const getIdentity = () => {
     let identity
     try {
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/listeners.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/listeners.ts
index 331b690fe9..fd59bec911 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/listeners.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/listeners.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Job, JobId, Queue } from "bull"
 import { JobQueue } from "./constants"
+import * as context from "../context"
 
 export type StalledFn = (job: Job) => Promise<void>
 
@@ -31,77 +32,135 @@ function handleStalled(queue: Queue, removeStalledCb?: StalledFn) {
   })
 }
 
-function logging(queue: Queue, jobQueue: JobQueue) {
-  let eventType: string
-  switch (jobQueue) {
-    case JobQueue.AUTOMATION:
-      eventType = "automation-event"
-      break
-    case JobQueue.APP_BACKUP:
-      eventType = "app-backup-event"
-      break
-    case JobQueue.AUDIT_LOG:
-      eventType = "audit-log-event"
-      break
-    case JobQueue.SYSTEM_EVENT_QUEUE:
-      eventType = "system-event"
-      break
+function getLogParams(
+  eventType: QueueEventType,
+  event: BullEvent,
+  opts: {
+    job?: Job,
+    jobId?: JobId,
+    error?: Error
+  } = {},
+  extra: any = {}
+) {
+  const message = `[BULL] ${eventType}=${event}`
+  const err = opts.error
+
+  const data = {
+    eventType,
+    event,
+    job: opts.job,
+    jobId: opts.jobId || opts.job?.id,
+    ...extra
   }
+
+  return [message, err, data]
+}
+
+enum BullEvent {
+  ERROR="error",
+  WAITING="waiting",
+  ACTIVE="active",
+  STALLED="stalled",
+  PROGRESS="progress",
+  COMPLETED="completed",
+  FAILED="failed",
+  PAUSED="paused",
+  RESUMED="resumed",
+  CLEANED="cleaned",
+  DRAINED="drained",
+  REMOVED="removed",
+}
+
+enum QueueEventType {
+  AUTOMATION_EVENT="automation-event",
+  APP_BACKUP_EVENT="app-backup-event",
+  AUDIT_LOG_EVENT="audit-log-event",
+  SYSTEM_EVENT="system-event"
+}
+
+const EventTypeMap: { [key in JobQueue]: QueueEventType } = {
+  [JobQueue.AUTOMATION]: QueueEventType.AUTOMATION_EVENT,
+  [JobQueue.APP_BACKUP]: QueueEventType.APP_BACKUP_EVENT,
+  [JobQueue.AUDIT_LOG]: QueueEventType.AUDIT_LOG_EVENT,
+  [JobQueue.SYSTEM_EVENT_QUEUE]: QueueEventType.SYSTEM_EVENT,
+}
+
+function logging(queue: Queue, jobQueue: JobQueue) {
+  const eventType = EventTypeMap[jobQueue]
+
+  function doInJobContext(job: Job, task: any) {
+    // if this is an automation job try to get the app id
+    const appId = job.data.event?.appId
+    if (appId) {
+      return context.doInContext(appId, task)
+    } else {
+      task()
+    }
+  }
+
+  queue
+    .on(BullEvent.STALLED, async (job: Job) => {
+      // A job has been marked as stalled. This is useful for debugging job
+      // workers that crash or pause the event loop.
+      await doInJobContext(job, () => {
+        console.error(...getLogParams(eventType, BullEvent.STALLED, { job }))
+      })
+    })
+    .on(BullEvent.ERROR, (error: any) => {
+      // An error occurred.
+      console.error(...getLogParams(eventType, BullEvent.ERROR, { error }))
+    })
+
   if (process.env.NODE_DEBUG?.includes("bull")) {
     queue
-      .on("error", (error: any) => {
-        // An error occurred.
-        console.error(`${eventType}=error error=${JSON.stringify(error)}`)
-      })
-      .on("waiting", (jobId: JobId) => {
+      .on(BullEvent.WAITING, (jobId: JobId) => {
         // A Job is waiting to be processed as soon as a worker is idling.
-        console.log(`${eventType}=waiting jobId=${jobId}`)
+        console.info(...getLogParams(eventType, BullEvent.WAITING, { jobId }))
       })
-      .on("active", (job: Job, jobPromise: any) => {
+      .on(BullEvent.ACTIVE, async (job: Job, jobPromise: any) => {
         // A job has started. You can use `jobPromise.cancel()`` to abort it.
-        console.log(`${eventType}=active jobId=${job.id}`)
+        await doInJobContext(job, () => {
+          console.info(...getLogParams(eventType, BullEvent.ACTIVE, { job }))
+        })
       })
-      .on("stalled", (job: Job) => {
-        // A job has been marked as stalled. This is useful for debugging job
-        // workers that crash or pause the event loop.
-        console.error(
-          `${eventType}=stalled jobId=${job.id} job=${JSON.stringify(job)}`
-        )
+      .on(BullEvent.PROGRESS, async (job: Job, progress: any) => {
+        // A job's progress was updated
+        await doInJobContext(job, () => {
+          console.info(...getLogParams(eventType, BullEvent.PROGRESS, { job }, { progress }))
+        })
       })
-      .on("progress", (job: Job, progress: any) => {
-        // A job's progress was updated!
-        console.log(
-          `${eventType}=progress jobId=${job.id} progress=${progress}`
-        )
-      })
-      .on("completed", (job: Job, result) => {
+      .on(BullEvent.COMPLETED, async (job: Job, result) => {
         // A job successfully completed with a `result`.
-        console.log(`${eventType}=completed jobId=${job.id} result=${result}`)
+        await doInJobContext(job, () => {
+          console.info(...getLogParams(eventType, BullEvent.COMPLETED, { job }, { result }))
+        })
       })
-      .on("failed", (job, err: any) => {
+      .on(BullEvent.FAILED, async (job: Job, error: any) => {
         // A job failed with reason `err`!
-        console.log(`${eventType}=failed jobId=${job.id} error=${err}`)
+        await doInJobContext(job, () => {
+          console.error(...getLogParams(eventType, BullEvent.FAILED, { job, error }))
+        })
       })
-      .on("paused", () => {
+      .on(BullEvent.PAUSED, () => {
         // The queue has been paused.
-        console.log(`${eventType}=paused`)
+        console.info(...getLogParams(eventType, BullEvent.PAUSED))
       })
-      .on("resumed", (job: Job) => {
+      .on(BullEvent.RESUMED, () => {
         // The queue has been resumed.
-        console.log(`${eventType}=paused jobId=${job.id}`)
+        console.info(...getLogParams(eventType, BullEvent.RESUMED))
       })
-      .on("cleaned", (jobs: Job[], type: string) => {
+      .on(BullEvent.CLEANED, (jobs: Job[], type: string) => {
         // Old jobs have been cleaned from the queue. `jobs` is an array of cleaned
         // jobs, and `type` is the type of jobs cleaned.
-        console.log(`${eventType}=cleaned length=${jobs.length} type=${type}`)
+        console.info(...getLogParams(eventType, BullEvent.CLEANED, {}, { length: jobs.length, type } ))
       })
-      .on("drained", () => {
+      .on(BullEvent.DRAINED, () => {
         // Emitted every time the queue has processed all the waiting jobs (even if there can be some delayed jobs not yet processed)
-        console.log(`${eventType}=drained`)
+        console.info(...getLogParams(eventType, BullEvent.DRAINED ))
       })
-      .on("removed", (job: Job) => {
+      .on(BullEvent.REMOVED, (job: Job) => {
         // A job successfully removed.
-        console.log(`${eventType}=removed jobId=${job.id}`)
+        console.info(...getLogParams(eventType, BullEvent.REMOVED, { job } ))
       })
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
index 5296a0fa50..50c9b77818 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/automations/utils.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { db as dbCore, context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { getAutomationMetadataParams } from "../db/utils"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
 import { quotas } from "@budibase/pro"
-import { Automation, WebhookActionType } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Automation, AutomationJob, WebhookActionType } from "@budibase/types"
 import sdk from "../sdk"
 
 const REBOOT_CRON = "@reboot"
@@ -16,27 +16,32 @@ const WH_STEP_ID = definitions.WEBHOOK.stepId
 const CRON_STEP_ID = definitions.CRON.stepId
 const Runner = new Thread(ThreadType.AUTOMATION)
 
-const jobMessage = (job: any, message: string) => {
-  return `app=${job.data.event.appId} automation=${job.data.automation._id} jobId=${job.id} trigger=${job.data.automation.definition.trigger.event} : ${message}`
+function loggingArgs(job: AutomationJob) {
+  return {
+    jobId: job.id,
+    trigger: job.data.automation.definition.trigger.event
+  }
 }
 
-export async function processEvent(job: any) {
-  try {
-    const automationId = job.data.automation._id
-    console.log(jobMessage(job, "running"))
-    // need to actually await these so that an error can be captured properly
-    return await context.doInContext(job.data.event.appId, async () => {
+export async function processEvent(job: AutomationJob) {
+  const appId = job.data.event.appId!
+  const automationId = job.data.automation._id!
+  return await context.doInAutomationContext(appId, automationId, async () => {
+    try {
+      // need to actually await these so that an error can be captured properly
+      console.log("automation running", loggingArgs(job))
+
       const runFn = () => Runner.run(job)
-      return quotas.addAutomation(runFn, {
+      const result = await quotas.addAutomation(runFn, {
         automationId,
       })
-    })
-  } catch (err) {
-    const errJson = JSON.stringify(err)
-    console.error(jobMessage(job, `was unable to run - ${errJson}`))
-    console.trace(err)
-    return { err }
-  }
+      console.log("automation completed", loggingArgs(job))
+      return result
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error(`automation was unable to run`, err, loggingArgs(job))
+      return { err }
+    }
+  })
 }
 
 export async function updateTestHistory(