diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7b3ab3..074341d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ Built to showcase best practices in Python backend development and serve as a so
 poetry install
 
 # Run the development server
-poetry run uvicorn app.main:app --reload
+poetry run uvicorn app.main:app --reload --log-config=log_config.yml
 ```
diff --git a/app/services/user_service.py b/app/services/user_service.py
index b236fb6..ee19239 100644
--- a/app/services/user_service.py
+++ b/app/services/user_service.py
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
+import logging
+
 from app.models.user import User, UserCreate
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 _fake_db: list[User] = []
 
 
 async def save_user(user: UserCreate) -> User:
+    log.debug("Creating user")
     user_id = len(_fake_db) + 1
     new_user = User(id=user_id, **user.model_dump())
     _fake_db.append(new_user)
+    log.info("User created")
     return new_user
 
 
 async def get_all_users() -> list[User]:
+    log.debug("Reading all users")
     return _fake_db
diff --git a/log_config.yml b/log_config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49409d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log_config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+version: 1
+formatters:
+  default:
+    format: '%(asctime)s | %(levelname)-8s | %(name)-30s | %(message)s'
+    datefmt: '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
+handlers:
+  default:
+    class: logging.StreamHandler
+    formatter: default
+    stream: ext://sys.stdout
+loggers:
+  uvicorn:
+    handlers: [ default ]
+    level: INFO
+    propagate: false
+  uvicorn.error:
+    handlers: [ default ]
+    level: INFO
+    propagate: false
+  uvicorn.access:
+    handlers: [ default ]
+    level: INFO
+    propagate: false
+  app:
+    handlers: [ default ]
+    level: DEBUG
+    propagate: false
+root:
+  level: INFO
+  handlers: [ default ]