diff --git a/jupyter/base/values/values.yaml b/jupyter/base/values/values.yaml
index ecaebbc..be9f97f 100644
--- a/jupyter/base/values/values.yaml
+++ b/jupyter/base/values/values.yaml
@@ -170,15 +170,17 @@ hub:
         from urllib.parse import urlparse
         from tornado.httpserver import HTTPServer
         from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
-        from tornado.log import app_log
         from tornado.web import Application, RequestHandler, authenticated
         from jupyterhub.services.auth import HubAuthenticated
+        def my_debug(s):
+          with open("/proc/1/fd/1", "a") as stdout:
+            print(s, file=stdout)
 
 
         class RefreshHandler(HubAuthenticated, RequestHandler):
             @authenticated
             def get(self):
-                app_log.info(f"DEBUG: In refresh get {os.environ}")
+                my_debug(f"DEBUG: In refresh get")
                 # user_model = self.get_current_user()
                 user_model = {'helloooooo': 'hej'}
                 self.set_header('content-type', 'application/json')
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ hub:
         class PingHandler(RequestHandler):
 
             def get(self):
+                my_debug(f"DEBUG: In ping get")
                 self.set_header('content-type', 'application/json')
                 self.write(json.dumps({'ping': 1}))