+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("nitsi")
+logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+# create file handler which logs even debug messages
+fh = logging.FileHandler('nitsi.log')
+fh.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+# create console handler with a higher log level
+ch = logging.StreamHandler()
+ch.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+fh.setFormatter(formatter)
+ch.setFormatter(formatter)
+# add the handlers to the logger
+logger.addHandler(fh)
+logger.addHandler(ch)