diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 6f4be95..2054e2a 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 import logging
+import logging.config
 import psycopg2
 import psycopg2.extras
 
 from flask import Flask, render_template, g, redirect, request, url_for
 
-logging.basicConfig(format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s %(lineno)d | %(message)s", level=logging.DEBUG)
+import config
+
+logging.config.dictConfig(config.logging)
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.info("starting")
 
 @app.route("/")
 def home():
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ def get_db():
 
 @app.teardown_appcontext
 def teardown_db(exception):
-    log.info("in teardown_db: exception = %s", exception)
+    log.debug("in teardown_db: exception = %s", exception)
     db = g.pop('db', None)
     if db is not None:
         if not exception: