diff --git a/EssentialCSharp.Web/Program.cs b/EssentialCSharp.Web/Program.cs
index f5c980ad..0b2021af 100644
--- a/EssentialCSharp.Web/Program.cs
+++ b/EssentialCSharp.Web/Program.cs
@@ -140,13 +140,6 @@ private static void Main(string[] args)
         ConfigurationManager configuration = builder.Configuration;
         string connectionString = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("EssentialCSharpWebContextConnection") ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Connection string 'EssentialCSharpWebContextConnection' not found.");
 
-        // Create a logger that's accessible throughout the entire method
-        var loggerFactory = LoggerFactory.Create(loggingBuilder =>
-            loggingBuilder.AddConsole().SetMinimumLevel(LogLevel.Information));
-        var initialLogger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger<Program>();
-        if (profilerSkippedUnsupportedPlatform)
-            LogSkippingUnsupportedAzureMonitorProfiler(initialLogger, RuntimeInformation.OSDescription);
-
         builder.Services.AddDbContext<EssentialCSharpWebContext>(options => options.UseSqlServer(connectionString, sql => sql.EnableRetryOnFailure(5)));
 
         // Must be registered before AddDataProtection(): hosted services start in registration
@@ -441,10 +434,13 @@ await context.HttpContext.Response.WriteAsync(
              });
         }
 
-        loggerFactory.Dispose();
-
         WebApplication app = builder.Build();
 
+        if (profilerSkippedUnsupportedPlatform)
+            LogSkippingUnsupportedAzureMonitorProfiler(
+                app.Services.GetRequiredService<ILogger<Program>>(),
+                RuntimeInformation.OSDescription);
+
         // Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
         if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
         {