--- a/src/hdalab/config.py.tmpl	Thu Nov 20 15:11:27 2014 +0100
+++ b/src/hdalab/config.py.tmpl	Thu Nov 20 15:25:28 2014 +0100
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 @author: ymh
 '''
+import logging
 import os
 
 DEBUG = True
@@ -58,6 +59,59 @@
 
 GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_CODE = None
 
+LOG_FILE = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(BASE_DIR,"../../run/log/log.txt"))
+LOG_LEVEL = logging.DEBUG
+LOGGING = {
+    'version': 1,
+    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+    'formatters' : {
+        'simple' : {
+            'format': "%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s : %(message)s",
+        },
+        'semi-verbose': {
+            'format': '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(module)s %(message)s'
+        },                    
+    },
+    'handlers': {
+        'mail_admins': {
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
+        },
+        'stream_to_console': {
+            'level': LOG_LEVEL,
+            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler'
+        },
+        'file': {
+            'level': LOG_LEVEL,
+            'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
+            'filename': LOG_FILE,
+            'formatter': 'semi-verbose',
+        },
+    }            ,
+    'loggers': {
+        'hdabo': {
+            'handlers': ['file'],
+            'level': LOG_LEVEL,
+            'propagate': True,
+        },
+        'hdalab': {
+            'handlers': ['file'],
+            'level': LOG_LEVEL,
+            'propagate': True,
+        },
+#         'django.db.backends':{
+#             'handlers': ['file'],
+#             'level': LOG_LEVEL,
+#             'propagate': True,
+#         },
+#         'django.request': {
+#             'handlers': ['file'],
+#             'level': LOG_LEVEL,
+#             'propagate': True,
+#         },
+    }
+}
+
 HAYSTACK_CONNECTIONS = {
     'default': {
         # the elasticsearch_backend is probably temporary