diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a2942fe..5d32b68 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ db.sqlite3
 __pycache__/
 identifier.sqlite
 vk_config.v2.json
-crossposting_backend/private/settings.py
\ No newline at end of file
+crossposting_backend/private/settings.py
+logs/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crossposting_backend/private/settings.example.py b/crossposting_backend/private/settings.example.py
index d709879..6f51a94 100644
--- a/crossposting_backend/private/settings.example.py
+++ b/crossposting_backend/private/settings.example.py
@@ -1,7 +1,37 @@
+from os import path
+from pathlib import Path
+
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = False
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
 SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-aaaa'
 
 SALT = 'aaaaaaaa'
-ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
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+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+LOG_DIR = path.join(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent, 'logs/')
+
+LOGGING = {
+    'version': 1,
+    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+    'formatters': {
+        'standard': {
+            'format': '%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s]- %(message)s'
+        }
+    },
+    'handlers': {
+        'file': {
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
+            'filename': LOG_DIR + 'application.log',
+            'formatter': 'standard'
+        },
+    },
+    'loggers': {
+        'django': {
+            'handlers': ['file'],
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'propagate': True,
+        },
+    },
+}