diff --git a/cfg_checker/common/log.py b/cfg_checker/common/log.py
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+++ b/cfg_checker/common/log.py
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+import os
+import logging
+
+pkg_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+pkg_dir = os.path.join(pkg_dir, os.pardir, os.pardir)
+pkg_dir = os.path.normpath(pkg_dir)
+pkg_dir = os.path.abspath(pkg_dir)
+
+
+def color_me(color):
+    RESET_SEQ = "\033[0m"
+    COLOR_SEQ = "\033[1;%dm"
+
+    color_seq = COLOR_SEQ % (30 + color)
+
+    def closure(msg):
+        return color_seq + msg + RESET_SEQ
+    return closure
+
+
+class ColoredFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE = range(8)
+
+    colors = {
+        'INFO': color_me(WHITE),
+        'WARNING': color_me(YELLOW),
+        'DEBUG': color_me(BLUE),
+        'CRITICAL': color_me(YELLOW),
+        'ERROR': color_me(RED)
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, msg, use_color=True, datefmt=None):
+        logging.Formatter.__init__(self, msg, datefmt=datefmt)
+        self.use_color = use_color
+
+    def format(self, record):
+        orig = record.__dict__
+        record.__dict__ = record.__dict__.copy()
+        levelname = record.levelname
+
+        prn_name = levelname + ' ' * (8 - len(levelname))
+        if levelname in self.colors:
+            record.levelname = self.colors[levelname](prn_name)
+        else:
+            record.levelname = prn_name
+
+        # super doesn't work here in 2.6 O_o
+        res = logging.Formatter.format(self, record)
+
+        # res = super(ColoredFormatter, self).format(record)
+
+        # restore record, as it will be used by other formatters
+        record.__dict__ = orig
+        return res
+
+
+def setup_loggers(name, def_level=logging.DEBUG, log_fname=None):
+
+    # Stream Handler
+    sh = logging.StreamHandler()
+    sh.setLevel(def_level)
+    log_format = '%(message)s'
+    colored_formatter = ColoredFormatter(log_format, datefmt="%H:%M:%S")
+    sh.setFormatter(colored_formatter)
+
+    # File handler
+    if log_fname is not None:
+        fh = logging.FileHandler(log_fname)
+        log_format = '%(asctime)s - %(levelname)8s - %(name)-15s - %(message)s'
+        formatter = logging.Formatter(log_format, datefmt="%H:%M:%S")
+        fh.setFormatter(formatter)
+        fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    else:
+        fh = None
+
+    logger = logging.getLogger(name)
+    logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    if len(logger.handlers) == 0:
+        logger.addHandler(fh)
+
+    logger_cli = logging.getLogger(name + ".cli")
+    logger_cli.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    if len(logger_cli.handlers) == 0:
+        logger_cli.addHandler(sh)
+
+    return logger, logger_cli
+
+# init instances of logger to be used by all other modules
+logger, logger_cli = setup_loggers(
+    'cfg_checker',
+    log_fname=os.path.join(
+        pkg_dir,
+        os.getenv('LOGFILE', 'cfg_checker.log')
+    )
+)