diff --git a/reclass_tools/__init__.py b/reclass_tools/__init__.py
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+import os
+import time
+import logging.config
+
+
+LOGGER_SETTINGS = {
+    'version': 1,
+    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+    'loggers': {
+        'reclass_tools': {
+            'level': 'DEBUG',
+            'handlers': ['console_output'],
+        },
+        'paramiko': {'level': 'WARNING'},
+        'iso8601': {'level': 'WARNING'},
+        'keystoneauth': {'level': 'WARNING'},
+    },
+    'handlers': {
+        'console_output': {
+            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+            'level': 'INFO',
+            'formatter': 'default',
+            'stream': 'ext://sys.stdout',
+        },
+    },
+    'formatters': {
+        'default': {
+            'format': '%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(filename)s:'
+                      '%(lineno)d -- %(message)s',
+            'datefmt': '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
+        },
+    },
+}
+
+logging.config.dictConfig(LOGGER_SETTINGS)
+# set logging timezone to GMT
+logging.Formatter.converter = time.gmtime
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)