diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3b01728b..1879a9e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.18.0] - 2022-08-18
+
+- Adds `LOG_LEVEL` enum, and changes `initFileLogging` interface function to accept a log level.
+
 ## [2.17.0] - 2022-08-10
 
 - Adds `getUserIdMappingForSuperTokensIds` to the UserIdMapping Interface
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2ccc2150..81dccd1f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'java-library'
 }
 
-version = "2.17.0"
+version = "2.18.0"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/pluginInterface/LOG_LEVEL.java b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/pluginInterface/LOG_LEVEL.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c53c1578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/pluginInterface/LOG_LEVEL.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ *    Copyright (c) 2020, VRAI Labs and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *    This software is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *    "License") as published by the Apache Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *    You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may
+ *    obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ *    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ *    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ *    under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package io.supertokens.pluginInterface;
+
+public enum LOG_LEVEL {
+    NONE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/pluginInterface/Storage.java b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/pluginInterface/Storage.java
index 754f9590..2eb896a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/pluginInterface/Storage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/pluginInterface/Storage.java
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@
 
 import io.supertokens.pluginInterface.exceptions.StorageQueryException;
 
+import java.util.Set;
+
 public interface Storage {
 
     // if silent is true, do not log anything out on the console
     void constructor(String processId, boolean silent);
 
-    void loadConfig(String configFilePath);
+    void loadConfig(String configFilePath, Set<LOG_LEVEL> logLevels);
 
     void initFileLogging(String infoLogPath, String errorLogPath);