diff --git a/gantry/__main__.py b/gantry/__main__.py
index ff25d64..a420f94 100644
--- a/gantry/__main__.py
+++ b/gantry/__main__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 import os
 
 import aiosqlite
@@ -7,6 +8,13 @@
 from gantry.clients.prometheus import PrometheusClient
 from gantry.views import routes
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logging.basicConfig(
+    level=os.environ.get("LOG_LEVEL", "WARNING"),
+    format="[%(asctime)s] (%(name)s:%(lineno)d) %(levelname)s: %(message)s",
+    datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+)
+
 
 async def init_db(app: web.Application):
     db = await aiosqlite.connect(os.environ["DB_FILE"])
diff --git a/gantry/clients/prometheus/prometheus.py b/gantry/clients/prometheus/prometheus.py
index acb2dd3..1d92503 100644
--- a/gantry/clients/prometheus/prometheus.py
+++ b/gantry/clients/prometheus/prometheus.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from gantry.clients.prometheus.job import PrometheusJobClient
 from gantry.clients.prometheus.node import PrometheusNodeClient
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class PrometheusClient:
     def __init__(self, base_url: str, auth_cookie: str = ""):
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ async def _query(self, url: str) -> list:
                 try:
                     return self.prettify_res(await resp.json())
                 except aiohttp.ContentTypeError:
-                    logging.error(
+                    logger.error(
                         """Prometheus query failed with unexpected response.
                         The cookie may have expired."""
                     )
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ def prettify_res(self, response: dict) -> list:
         }
 
         if result_type not in values_dict:
-            logging.error(f"Prometheus response type {result_type} not supported")
+            logger.error(f"Prometheus response type {result_type} not supported")
             return []
 
         return [
diff --git a/gantry/db/get.py b/gantry/db/get.py
index c597c3e..362829c 100644
--- a/gantry/db/get.py
+++ b/gantry/db/get.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import aiosqlite
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 async def get_node(db: aiosqlite.Connection, uuid: str) -> int | None:
     """return the primary key if found, otherwise return None"""
@@ -20,12 +22,7 @@ async def job_exists(db: aiosqlite.Connection, gl_id: int) -> bool:
         "select id from jobs where gitlab_id = ?", (gl_id,)
     ) as cursor:
         if await cursor.fetchone():
-            logging.warning(
-                f"""
-                job {gl_id} already in database.
-                check why multiple requests are being sent.
-                """
-            )
+            logger.warning(f"job {gl_id} exists. look into duplicate webhook calls.")
             return True
 
     return False
diff --git a/gantry/routes/collection.py b/gantry/routes/collection.py
index 1fd7ed7..f8fd695 100644
--- a/gantry/routes/collection.py
+++ b/gantry/routes/collection.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 MB_IN_BYTES = 1_000_000
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 async def fetch_job(
     payload: dict,
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ async def fetch_job(
         node_id = await fetch_node(db_conn, prometheus, node_hostname, job.midpoint)
     except IncompleteData as e:
         # missing data, skip this job
-        logging.error(f"{e} job={job.gl_id}")
+        logger.error(f"{e} job={job.gl_id}")
         return
 
     await db.insert_job(
diff --git a/gantry/views.py b/gantry/views.py
index b71a738..1981e3b 100644
--- a/gantry/views.py
+++ b/gantry/views.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 from gantry.routes.collection import fetch_job
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 routes = web.RouteTableDef()
 
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ async def collect_job(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
         return web.Response(status=401, text="invalid token")
 
     if request.headers.get("X-Gitlab-Event") != "Job Hook":
-        logging.error(f"invalid event type {request.headers.get('X-Gitlab-Event')}")
+        logger.error(f"invalid event type {request.headers.get('X-Gitlab-Event')}")
         # return 200 so gitlab doesn't disable the webhook -- this is not fatal
         return web.Response(status=200)