diff --git a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
index 2ab2652b8..01d81f6ca 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/cheatsheet.md
@@ -862,8 +862,8 @@ Web Push Notifications configuration. You can use the mix task `mix web_push.gen
 
 An example to enable ONLY ExSyslogger (f/ex in ``prod.secret.exs``) with info and debug suppressed:
 ```elixir
-config :pleroma,
-  logger_backends: [{ExSyslogger, :ex_syslogger}]
+config :pleroma, :logger,
+  backends: [{ExSyslogger, :ex_syslogger}]
 
 config :logger, default_handler: false
 
@@ -873,8 +873,8 @@ config :logger, :ex_syslogger,
 
 Another example, keeping console output and adding the pid to syslog output:
 ```elixir
-config :pleroma,
-  logger_backends: [{ExSyslogger, :ex_syslogger}]
+config :pleroma, :logger,
+  backends: [{ExSyslogger, :ex_syslogger}]
 
 config :logger, :ex_syslogger,
   level: :warning,
@@ -885,8 +885,8 @@ See: [logger’s documentation](https://hexdocs.pm/logger/Logger.html) and [ex_s
 
 An example of logging info to local syslog, but debug to console:
 ```elixir
-config :pleroma,
-  logger_backends: [ {ExSyslogger, :ex_syslogger}]
+config :pleroma, :logger,
+  backends: [ {ExSyslogger, :ex_syslogger}]
 
 config :logger, :ex_syslogger,
   level: :info,
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/application.ex b/lib/pleroma/application.ex
index 7355a501a..ce5b4f8d6 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/application.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/application.ex
@@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Application do
   def configure_logger do
     if Application.get_env(:logger, :backends) do
       Logger.warning(
-        "'config :logger, backends: [...]' is deprecated syntax due to changes in Elixir. Use 'config :pleroma, :logger_backends: [...]' instead."
+        "'config :logger, backends: [...]' is deprecated syntax due to changes in Elixir. Use 'config :pleroma, :logger, backends: [...]' instead."
       )
     end
 
-    Config.get([:logger_backends], [])
+    Config.get([:logger, :backends], [])
     |> Enum.each(fn backend ->
       backend = backend_to_logger(backend)