diff --git a/dsp/modules/gpt3.py b/dsp/modules/gpt3.py
index 7c677ad712..49daf6f876 100644
--- a/dsp/modules/gpt3.py
+++ b/dsp/modules/gpt3.py
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
+import logging
+from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler
+
+# Configure logging
+logging.basicConfig(
+    level=logging.INFO,
+    format='%(message)s',
+    handlers=[
+        logging.FileHandler('openai_usage.log')
+    ]
+)
+
 import functools
 import json
 from typing import Any, Literal, Optional, cast
 
+import dsp
 import backoff
 import openai
 
@@ -98,6 +111,13 @@ def __init__(
     def _openai_client(self):
         return openai
 
+    def log_usage(self, response):
+            """Log the total tokens from the OpenAI API response."""
+            usage_data = response.get('usage')
+            if usage_data:
+                total_tokens = usage_data.get('total_tokens')  
+                logging.info(f'{total_tokens}')
+
     def basic_request(self, prompt: str, **kwargs):
         raw_kwargs = kwargs
 
@@ -169,6 +189,9 @@ def __call__(
 
         response = self.request(prompt, **kwargs)
 
+        if dsp.settings.log_openai_usage:
+            self.log_usage(response)
+
         choices = response["choices"]
 
         completed_choices = [c for c in choices if c["finish_reason"] != "length"]
diff --git a/dsp/utils/settings.py b/dsp/utils/settings.py
index 228a960a2d..3b2d3eaf00 100644
--- a/dsp/utils/settings.py
+++ b/dsp/utils/settings.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def __new__(cls):
                 skip_logprobs=False,
                 trace=None,
                 release=0,
+                log_openai_usage=False,
                 bypass_assert=False,
                 bypass_suggest=False,
                 langchain_history=[]