diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 33db7342e5..a7ad92ff24 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@ module Openfoodnetwork
     # Configure the default encoding used in templates for Ruby 1.9.
     config.encoding = "utf-8"
 
-    # Configure sensitive parameters which will be filtered from the log file.
-    config.filter_parameters += [:password]
-
     # Enable the asset pipeline
     config.assets.enabled = true
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb b/config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e203fcee0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Configure sensitive parameters which will be filtered from the log file.
+Rails.application.config.filter_parameters += [:password]