diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d8678df5..ab16dfce3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,12 +23,10 @@ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{
 }' http://localhost:8080/v1/apps
 ```
 
-Now that we have an app, we can add routes to functions. 
+Now that we have an app, we can map routes to functions. 
 
 ### Add a route to a Function
 
-
-
 ```sh
 curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{
     "route": {
diff --git a/api/runner/logger.go b/api/runner/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29d625e60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/runner/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// This reads STDERR output from a container and outputs it in a parseable structured log format, see: https://github.com/iron-io/functions/issues/76
+package runner
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+type FuncLogger struct {
+	r io.Reader
+	w io.Writer
+}
+
+func NewFuncLogger(appName, path, function, requestID string) io.Writer {
+	r, w := io.Pipe()
+	funcLogger := &FuncLogger{
+		r: r,
+		w: w,
+	}
+	log := logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"app_name": appName, "path": path, "function": function, "request_id": requestID})
+	go func(reader io.Reader) {
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
+		for scanner.Scan() {
+			log.Println(scanner.Text())
+		}
+		if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Println("There was an error with the scanner in attached container")
+		}
+	}(r)
+	return funcLogger
+}
+
+func (l *FuncLogger) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	return l.w.Write(p)
+}
diff --git a/api/server/runner.go b/api/server/runner.go
index 3be2d3be7..72f2bf984 100644
--- a/api/server/runner.go
+++ b/api/server/runner.go
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ func handleRunner(c *gin.Context) {
 	log.WithField("routes", routes).Debug("Got routes from datastore")
 	for _, el := range routes {
 		if params, match := matchRoute(el.Path, route); match {
-			var stdout, stderr bytes.Buffer
+
+			var stdout bytes.Buffer // TODO: should limit the size of this, error if gets too big. akin to: https://golang.org/pkg/io/#LimitReader
+			stderr := runner.NewFuncLogger(appName, route, el.Image, reqID)
 
 			envVars := map[string]string{
 				"METHOD":      c.Request.Method,
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ func handleRunner(c *gin.Context) {
 				ID:      reqID,
 				AppName: appName,
 				Stdout:  &stdout,
-				Stderr:  &stderr,
+				Stderr:  stderr,
 				Env:     envVars,
 			}
 
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ func handleRunner(c *gin.Context) {
 				if result.Status() == "success" {
 					c.Data(http.StatusOK, "", stdout.Bytes())
 				} else {
-					log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"app": appName, "route": el, "req_id": reqID}).Debug(stderr.String())
+					// log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{"app": appName, "route": el, "req_id": reqID}).Debug(stderr.String())
 					c.AbortWithStatus(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/examples/hello/hello.rb b/examples/hello/hello.rb
index 71ec89bba..f171f4b03 100644
--- a/examples/hello/hello.rb
+++ b/examples/hello/hello.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name = "World"
 # or using env vars: ENV['PAYLOAD']
 payload = ENV['PAYLOAD']
 
-puts 'ARGF: ' + payload.inspect
+STDERR.puts 'payload: ' + payload.inspect
 if payload != ""
     payload = JSON.parse(payload)
     name = payload['name']