diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index 050b204..d16e855 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,32 @@ A typical ``settings.toml`` file looks like this::
     -----END PUBLIC KEY-----'''
 
 
+Logging
+-------
+
+Logging can be deeply customized via the configuration file as it uses
+`dictConfig
+<https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.config.html#logging.config.dictConfig>`_
+from the `logging` section, by default it is similar to::
+
+    [logging]
+    version = 1
+    disable_existing_loggers = false
+
+        [logging.formatters.full]
+        format = "[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s"
+
+        [logging.handlers.stderr]
+        class = "logging.StreamHandler"
+        stream = "ext://sys.stderr"
+        level = "DEBUG"
+        formatter = "full"
+
+        [logging.loggers.kisee]
+        level = "DEBUG"
+        handlers = ["stderr"]
+
+
 Sentry
 ------
 
diff --git a/kisee/kisee.py b/kisee/kisee.py
index 64ff2b5..ea8ba7b 100644
--- a/kisee/kisee.py
+++ b/kisee/kisee.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 """
 
 import argparse
-import logging
+import logging.config
 import os
 import sys
 from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional
@@ -36,19 +36,33 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-
-def setup_logging(loglevel):  # pragma: no cover
+DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONFIG = {
+    "version": 1,
+    "disable_existing_loggers": False,
+    "formatters": {
+        "full": {
+            "format": "[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s",
+        }
+    },
+    "handlers": {
+        "stderr": {
+            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+            "stream": "ext://sys.stderr",
+            "level": "DEBUG",
+            "formatter": "full",
+        }
+    },
+    "loggers": {"kisee": {"level": "DEBUG", "handlers": ["stderr"]}},
+}
+
+
+def setup_logging(settings: dict):  # pragma: no cover
     """Setup basic logging
     Args:
       loglevel (int): minimum loglevel for emitting messages
     """
-    logformat = "[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s"
-    logging.basicConfig(
-        level=50 - (loglevel * 10),
-        stream=sys.stdout,
-        format=logformat,
-        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
-    )
+    conf = settings["logging"] if "logging" in settings else DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONFIG
+    logging.config.dictConfig(conf)
     logger.info("Kisee %s starting!", kisee.__version__)
 
 
@@ -77,14 +91,6 @@ def parse_args(program_args=None) -> argparse.Namespace:
         program_args = sys.argv[1:]
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Shape Identity Provider")
     parser.add_argument("--settings", default="settings.toml")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-v",
-        "--verbose",
-        dest="loglevel",
-        default=0,
-        help="Verbose mode (-vv for more, -vvv, …)",
-        action="count",
-    )
     return parser.parse_args(program_args)
 
 
@@ -146,8 +152,8 @@ async def on_cleanup_wrapper(app):
 def main() -> None:  # pragma: no cover
     """Command line entry point."""
     args = parse_args()
-    setup_logging(args.loglevel)
     settings = load_conf(args.settings)
+    setup_logging(settings)
     if sentry_sdk:
         sentry_sdk.init(  # pylint: disable=abstract-class-instantiated
             # see https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python/issues/1081