diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -1,14 +1,44 @@
 import os
-import logging
+import logging.config
 import json
 
 
 srcDir=os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
-logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s', level=logging.DEBUG)
 with open(os.path.join(srcDir, "..", "config.json")) as f:
 	cfgFile=json.load(f)
 
+
+logCfg = cfgFile.get("logging") or {
+	"version": 1,
+	"handlers": {
+		"file": {
+			"level": "DEBUG",
+			"class": "logging.FileHandler",
+			"filename": "/tmp/oneeye.log",
+			"formatter": "default"
+		},
+		"console": {
+			"level": "DEBUG",
+			"class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+			"formatter": "default"
+		}
+	},
+	"root": {
+		"handlers": ["console","file"],
+		"level": "DEBUG"
+	},
+	"formatters": {
+		"default": {
+			"format": "%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s",
+			"datefmt": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+logging.config.dictConfig(logCfg)
+
+
 class misc:
 	file=cfgFile["misc"]
 	version=(0,0,0)
@@ -17,6 +47,7 @@ class misc:
 	_imgDir=file.get("imgDir","../images")
 	imgDir=_imgDir if os.path.isabs(_imgDir) else os.path.join(srcDir,_imgDir)
 
+
 class gui:
 	file=cfgFile["gui"]
 	showBigPoints=file.get("showBigPoints", False)