diff --git a/FluentIngest/Jobs/FluentIngest/ProcessFluentIngest.ts b/FluentIngest/Jobs/FluentIngest/ProcessFluentIngest.ts
index f02d3ff87b..1294e715c7 100644
--- a/FluentIngest/Jobs/FluentIngest/ProcessFluentIngest.ts
+++ b/FluentIngest/Jobs/FluentIngest/ProcessFluentIngest.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { JSONObject } from "Common/Types/JSON";
 import LogService from "Common/Server/Services/LogService";
 import LogSeverity from "Common/Types/Log/LogSeverity";
 import OTelIngestService from "Common/Server/Services/OpenTelemetryIngestService";
-import Log from "Common/Models/AnalyticsModels/Log";
 import { FLUENT_INGEST_CONCURRENCY } from "../../Config";
 
 interface FluentIngestProcessData {
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ interface FluentIngestProcessData {
   requestHeaders: JSONObject;
 }
 
+const FLUENT_INGEST_LOG_FLUSH_BATCH_SIZE: number = 500;
+
 // Set up the worker for processing fluent ingest queue
 QueueWorker.getWorker(
   QueueName.FluentIngest,
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ QueueWorker.getWorker(
 async function processFluentIngestFromQueue(
   data: FluentIngestProcessData,
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const dbLogs: Array<Log> = [];
+  const dbLogs: Array<JSONObject> = [];
 
   let logItems: Array<JSONObject | string> | JSONObject = data.requestBody as
     | Array<JSONObject | string>
@@ -82,43 +83,61 @@ async function processFluentIngestFromQueue(
     logItems = [logItems];
   }
 
-  for (let logItem of logItems) {
-    const dbLog: Log = new Log();
+  for (const logItem of logItems) {
+    const logBody: string =
+      typeof logItem === "string" ? logItem : JSON.stringify(logItem);
 
-    dbLog.projectId = data.projectId;
-    dbLog.serviceId = telemetryService.serviceId;
-    dbLog.severityNumber = 0;
-    const currentTimeAndDate: Date = OneUptimeDate.getCurrentDate();
-    dbLog.timeUnixNano = OneUptimeDate.toUnixNano(currentTimeAndDate);
-    dbLog.time = currentTimeAndDate;
+    const ingestionDate: Date = OneUptimeDate.getCurrentDate();
+    const ingestionIso: string = OneUptimeDate.toString(ingestionDate);
+    const timeUnixNano: number = OneUptimeDate.toUnixNano(ingestionDate);
 
-    dbLog.severityText = LogSeverity.Unspecified;
+    const logRow: JSONObject = {
+      _id: ObjectID.generate().toString(),
+      createdAt: ingestionIso,
+      updatedAt: ingestionIso,
+      projectId: data.projectId.toString(),
+      serviceId: telemetryService.serviceId.toString(),
+      time: ingestionIso,
+      timeUnixNano: Math.trunc(timeUnixNano).toString(),
+      severityNumber: 0,
+      severityText: LogSeverity.Unspecified,
+      attributes: {},
+      attributeKeys: [],
+      traceId: "",
+      spanId: "",
+      body: logBody,
+    };
 
-    if (typeof logItem === "string") {
-      // check if its parseable to json
-      try {
-        logItem = JSON.parse(logItem);
-      } catch {
-        // do nothing
-      }
+    dbLogs.push(logRow);
+
+    if (dbLogs.length >= FLUENT_INGEST_LOG_FLUSH_BATCH_SIZE) {
+      await flushLogBuffer(dbLogs);
     }
-
-    if (typeof logItem !== "string") {
-      logItem = JSON.stringify(logItem);
-    }
-
-    dbLog.body = logItem as string;
-    dbLog.attributeKeys = [];
-
-    dbLogs.push(dbLog);
   }
 
-  await LogService.createMany({
-    items: dbLogs,
-    props: {
-      isRoot: true,
-    },
-  });
+  await flushLogBuffer(dbLogs, true);
 }
 
 logger.debug("Fluent ingest worker initialized");
+
+async function flushLogBuffer(
+  logs: Array<JSONObject>,
+  force: boolean = false,
+): Promise<void> {
+  while (
+    logs.length >= FLUENT_INGEST_LOG_FLUSH_BATCH_SIZE ||
+    (force && logs.length > 0)
+  ) {
+    const batchSize: number = Math.min(
+      logs.length,
+      FLUENT_INGEST_LOG_FLUSH_BATCH_SIZE,
+    );
+    const batch: Array<JSONObject> = logs.splice(0, batchSize);
+
+    if (batch.length === 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    await LogService.insertJsonRows(batch);
+  }
+}