diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestion.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestion.cs
index d0552dd9a0..255b804ebb 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestion.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Auditing/AuditIngestion.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ FailedAuditImport FailedMessageFactory(FailedTransportMessage msg)
 
         Task OnCriticalError(string failure, Exception exception)
         {
-            logger.Warn($"OnCriticalError. '{failure}'", exception);
+            logger.Fatal($"OnCriticalError. '{failure}'", exception);
             return watchdog.OnFailure(failure);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/LoggingConfigurator.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/LoggingConfigurator.cs
index ab0d55274e..3f5aa0d455 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/LoggingConfigurator.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Audit/Infrastructure/LoggingConfigurator.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public static void ConfigureLogging(LoggingSettings loggingSettings)
 
             var version = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(typeof(Bootstrapper).Assembly.Location).ProductVersion;
             var nlogConfig = new LoggingConfiguration();
-            var simpleLayout = new SimpleLayout("${longdate}|${threadid}|${level}|${logger}|${message}${onexception:${newline}${exception:format=tostring}}");
+            var simpleLayout = new SimpleLayout("${longdate}|${threadid}|${level}|${logger}|${message}${onexception:|${exception:format=tostring}}");
             var header = $@"-------------------------------------------------------------
 ServiceControl Audit Version:				{version}
 -------------------------------------------------------------";
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl.Monitoring/Infrastructure/LoggingConfigurator.cs b/src/ServiceControl.Monitoring/Infrastructure/LoggingConfigurator.cs
index ef6f22d6d7..8279757ad8 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl.Monitoring/Infrastructure/LoggingConfigurator.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl.Monitoring/Infrastructure/LoggingConfigurator.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public static void Configure(Settings settings, bool logToConsole)
 
             var version = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(typeof(Bootstrapper).Assembly.Location).ProductVersion;
             var nlogConfig = new LoggingConfiguration();
-            var simpleLayout = new SimpleLayout("${longdate}|${threadid}|${level}|${logger}|${message}${onexception:${newline}${exception:format=tostring}}");
+            var simpleLayout = new SimpleLayout("${longdate}|${threadid}|${level}|${logger}|${message}${onexception:|${exception:format=tostring}}");
             var header = $@"-------------------------------------------------------------
 ServiceControl Monitoring Version:				{version}
 Selected Transport:					{settings.TransportType}
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl/LoggingConfigurator.cs b/src/ServiceControl/LoggingConfigurator.cs
index f624632bc7..537be6172a 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl/LoggingConfigurator.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl/LoggingConfigurator.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public static void ConfigureLogging(LoggingSettings loggingSettings)
 
             var version = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(typeof(Bootstrapper).Assembly.Location).ProductVersion;
             var nlogConfig = new LoggingConfiguration();
-            var simpleLayout = new SimpleLayout("${longdate}|${threadid}|${level}|${logger}|${message}${onexception:${newline}${exception:format=tostring}}");
+            var simpleLayout = new SimpleLayout("${longdate}|${threadid}|${level}|${logger}|${message}${onexception:|${exception:format=tostring}}");
             var header = $@"-------------------------------------------------------------
 ServiceControl Version:				{version}
 -------------------------------------------------------------";
diff --git a/src/ServiceControl/Operations/ErrorIngestion.cs b/src/ServiceControl/Operations/ErrorIngestion.cs
index 62fc68ed6c..fc3b40f46e 100644
--- a/src/ServiceControl/Operations/ErrorIngestion.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceControl/Operations/ErrorIngestion.cs
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ async Task OnMessage(MessageContext messageContext)
 
         Task OnCriticalError(string failure, Exception exception)
         {
-            logger.Warn($"OnCriticalError. '{failure}'", exception);
+            logger.Fatal($"OnCriticalError. '{failure}'", exception);
             return watchdog.OnFailure(failure);
         }