diff --git a/slic/__init__.py b/slic/__init__.py
index ab8ec586c..225fa0a1f 100644
--- a/slic/__init__.py
+++ b/slic/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@ from . import core
 from . import devices
 from . import utils
 
+from .utils import logcfg
+
 
diff --git a/slic/utils/logcfg.py b/slic/utils/logcfg.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..992cadfba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slic/utils/logcfg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import os
+import logzero
+
+
+loglevel = os.environ.get("LOGLEVEL", "WARNING").upper()
+logzero.loglevel(loglevel)
+
+
+