diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 74e9d90e..5834e424 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ lms_SOURCES = \
 	$(top_srcdir)/database/User.cpp			\
 	$(top_srcdir)/database-updater/DatabaseUpdater.cpp	\
 	$(top_srcdir)/database-updater/Checksum.cpp		\
+	$(top_srcdir)/logger/Logger.cpp			\
 	$(top_srcdir)/metadata/AvFormat.cpp		\
 	$(top_srcdir)/metadata/Utils.cpp		\
 	$(top_srcdir)/remote/messages/auth.pb.cc		\
@@ -76,5 +77,5 @@ lms_SOURCES = \
 	$(top_srcdir)/ui/settings/SettingsUsers.cpp
 
 
-lms_CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11 -Wall -I$(top_srcdir)/boost/ -I$(top_srcdir)/ui -I$(top_srcdir)/remote
+lms_CXXFLAGS=-DBOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK -std=c++11 -Wall -I$(top_srcdir)/boost/ -I$(top_srcdir)/ui -I$(top_srcdir)/remote
 
diff --git a/config/ConfigReader.cpp b/config/ConfigReader.cpp
index 0fc57102..ad498772 100644
--- a/config/ConfigReader.cpp
+++ b/config/ConfigReader.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ ConfigReader::ConfigReader(boost::filesystem::path p)
 	_config.readFile(p.string().c_str());
 }
 
+void
+ConfigReader::getLoggerConfig(Logger::Config& config)
+{
+	config.enableFileLogging = _config.lookupValue("main.logger.file", config.logPath);
+	config.enableConsoleLogging = _config.lookup("main.logger.console");
+}
+
 void
 ConfigReader::getUserInterfaceConfig(Service::UserInterfaceService::Config& config)
 {
diff --git a/config/ConfigReader.hpp b/config/ConfigReader.hpp
index 689bc3dc..82623338 100644
--- a/config/ConfigReader.hpp
+++ b/config/ConfigReader.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <libconfig.h++>
 
+#include "logger/Logger.hpp"
+
 #include "service/UserInterfaceService.hpp"
 #include "service/RemoteServerService.hpp"
 #include "service/DatabaseUpdateService.hpp"
@@ -14,6 +16,10 @@ class ConfigReader
 
 		ConfigReader(boost::filesystem::path p);
 
+		// Logger configuration
+		void getLoggerConfig(Logger::Config& config);
+
+		// Service configurations
 		void getUserInterfaceConfig(Service::UserInterfaceService::Config& config);
 		void getRemoteServerConfig(Service::RemoteServerService::Config& config);
 		void getDatabaseUpdateConfig(Service::DatabaseUpdateService::Config& config);
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3e307156..568f4627 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(	[boost_iostreams],
 		,
 		[AC_MSG_ERROR([libboost_iostreams not found!])])
 
+AC_CHECK_LIB(	[boost_log],
+		[main],
+		,
+		[AC_MSG_ERROR([libboost_log not found!])])
+
+AC_CHECK_LIB(	[boost_log_setup],
+		[main],
+		,
+		[AC_MSG_ERROR([libboost_log_setup not found!])])
+
 AC_CHECK_LIB(	[protobuf],
 	     	[main],
 		,
@@ -114,7 +124,6 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([wt],
              [AC_MSG_ERROR([libwt not found!])])
 
 
-
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 		 test/Makefile])
 
diff --git a/etc/lms.conf.sample b/etc/lms.conf.sample
index a0f76963..acf08036 100644
--- a/etc/lms.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/lms.conf.sample
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 
 main = {
-	log-level = 1;
+
+	logger = {
+		file = "/var/lms/lms.log"	# comment to disable file logging
+		console = true;
+	}
+
 	db = "/var/lms/lms.db";
 }
 
diff --git a/main/main.cpp b/main/main.cpp
index b2bbd8d0..3bd54169 100644
--- a/main/main.cpp
+++ b/main/main.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 
+#include "logger/Logger.hpp"
+
 #include "config/ConfigReader.hpp"
 #include "transcode/AvConvTranscoder.hpp"
 #include "av/Common.hpp"
@@ -39,6 +41,13 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
 		ConfigReader configReader(configFile);
 
+		// Initializa logging facility
+		{
+			Logger::Config loggerConfig;
+			configReader.getLoggerConfig(loggerConfig);
+			Logger::instance().init(loggerConfig);
+		}
+
 		Service::DatabaseUpdateService::Config dbUpdateConfig;
 		configReader.getDatabaseUpdateConfig(dbUpdateConfig);