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 [Getting started ⇗](https://betterstack.com/docs/logs/ruby-and-rails/#logging-from-rails)
 
+To turn the integration off in an environment, e.g. development or test, set `config.logtail.enabled = false` in `config/environments/<environment>.rb`. Rails then logs to `log/<environment>.log` as usual, even if `config/application.rb` creates the Better Stack logger.
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 [Example project](example-project/README.md): logging, structured data and [adding context to every log line of a request](example-project/README.md#context).
 
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