diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 911bf5e..91d1be0 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type App struct {
 }
 
 func GetApp(host string, port int, debug bool) *App {
-	logger.SetupLogger()
+	logger.SetupLogger(viper.GetString("logger.level"))
 	logger.Logger.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Starting app with host: %s, port: %d, configFile: %s", host, port, viper.ConfigFileUsed()))
 	app := &App{
 		Host:  host,
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ func (app *App) setConfigurationDefaults() {
 
 func (app *App) loadConfiguration() {
 	viper.AutomaticEnv()
-
-	if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err == nil {
-		logger.Logger.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Using config file: %s", viper.ConfigFileUsed()))
-	}
 }
 
 func (app *App) configureApplication() {
diff --git a/app/app_test.go b/app/app_test.go
index 8bd2552..434d3c5 100644
--- a/app/app_test.go
+++ b/app/app_test.go
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@ package app
 
 import "testing"
 
-func DummyTest(*testing.T) {
+func GetAppTest(t *testing.T) {
+	app := GetApp("127.0.0.1", 9999, false)
+	if app.Port != 9999 || app.Host != "127.0.0.1" {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
 }
diff --git a/app/healthcheck_test.go b/app/healthcheck_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a51559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/healthcheck_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package app
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestHealthCheckHandler(t *testing.T) {
+}
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index ef61d81..fa7f3c7 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -43,9 +43,13 @@ func initConfig() {
 	viper.SetConfigName(".mqttbot") // name of config file (without extension)
 	viper.AddConfigPath("$HOME")    // adding home directory as first search path
 	viper.AutomaticEnv()            // read in environment variables that match
+	viper.SetDefault("logger.level", "DEBUG")
 
 	// If a config file is found, read it in.
-	if err := viper.ReadInConfig(); err == nil {
+	err := viper.ReadInConfig()
+	if err == nil {
 		fmt.Println("Using config file:", viper.ConfigFileUsed())
+	} else {
+		fmt.Printf("Error loading config: ", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/config/local.yaml b/config/local.yaml
index 95ed3e0..eaa6088 100644
--- a/config/local.yaml
+++ b/config/local.yaml
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ redis:
   port: 6379
   password: ""
   maxPoolSize: 10
+logger:
+  level: "debug"
diff --git a/logger/logger.go b/logger/logger.go
index 17cdb5d..f34fd78 100644
--- a/logger/logger.go
+++ b/logger/logger.go
@@ -11,8 +11,14 @@ var format = logging.MustStringFormatter(
 	`%{color}%{time:15:04:05.000} %{shortfunc} ▶ %{level:.4s} %{id:03x}%{color:reset} %{message}`,
 )
 
-func SetupLogger() {
+func SetupLogger(logLevel string) {
 	backend := logging.NewLogBackend(os.Stderr, "", 0)
 	backendFormatter := logging.NewBackendFormatter(backend, format)
-	logging.SetBackend(backendFormatter)
+	backendLeveled := logging.AddModuleLevel(backendFormatter)
+	level, err := logging.LogLevel(logLevel)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	backendLeveled.SetLevel(level, "")
+	logging.SetBackend(backendLeveled)
 }