diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 215419f..2641011 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ COPY setup.py requirements.txt requirements-dev.txt LICENSE.txt ./
 RUN pip3 install --editable .
 
 # install the config files
+COPY vasl_templates/webapp/config/logging.yaml.example ./vasl_templates/webapp/config/logging.yaml
 COPY docker/config/ ./vasl_templates/webapp/config/
 
 # create a new user
diff --git a/docker/config/.gitignore b/docker/config/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fea518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/config/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+logging.yaml
diff --git a/docker/config/logging.yaml b/docker/config/logging.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a9011d9..0000000
--- a/docker/config/logging.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-version: 1
-
-formatters:
-    standard:
-        format: "%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d | %(message)s"
-        datefmt: "%H:%M:%S"
-
-handlers:
-    console:
-        class: "logging.StreamHandler"
-        formatter: "standard"
-        stream: "ext://sys.stdout"
-    file:
-        class: "logging.FileHandler"
-        formatter: "standard"
-        filename: "/tmp/vasl-templates.log"
-        mode: "w"
-
-loggers:
-    werkzeug:
-        level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
-    vasl_mod:
-        level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
-    update_vsav:
-        level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
-    analyze_vsav:
-        level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
-    analyze_vlog:
-        level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
-    webdriver:
-        level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
-    downloads:
-        level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
-    control_tests:
-        level: "INFO"
-        handlers: [ "console", "file" ]
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/config/logging.yaml.example b/vasl_templates/webapp/config/logging.yaml.example
index c9b5968..e79f773 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/config/logging.yaml.example
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/config/logging.yaml.example
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # This is a sample config file for Python logging - rename it as logging.yaml.
+# It also gets deployed into the Docker container, unless you create $/docker/config/logging.yaml.
 
 version: 1
 
@@ -8,6 +9,10 @@ formatters:
         datefmt: "%H:%M:%S"
 
 handlers:
+    console:
+        class: "logging.StreamHandler"
+        formatter: "standard"
+        stream: "ext://sys.stdout"
     file:
         class: "logging.FileHandler"
         formatter: "standard"
@@ -16,32 +21,45 @@ handlers:
 
 root:
     level: "WARNING"
-    handlers: [ "file" ]
+    handlers: [ "console", "file" ]
 loggers:
     werkzeug:
-        level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
+        level: "ERROR"
+        handlers: [ "console", "file" ]
+        propagate: 0
     javascript:
         level: "INFO"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
+        handlers: [ "console", "file" ]
+        propagate: 0
     qt:
         level: "INFO"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
+        handlers: [ "console", "file" ]
+        propagate: 0
     vasl_mod:
         level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
+        handlers: [ "console", "file" ]
+        propagate: 0
+    vassal_shim:
+        level: "WARNING"
+        handlers: [ "console", "file" ]
+        propagate: 0
     update_vsav:
         level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
+        handlers: [ "console", "file" ]
+        propagate: 0
     analyze_vsav:
         level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
+        handlers: [ "console", "file" ]
+        propagate: 0
     analyze_vlog:
         level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
+        handlers: [ "console", "file" ]
+        propagate: 0
     webdriver:
         level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
+        handlers: [ "console", "file" ]
+        propagate: 0
     downloads:
         level: "WARNING"
-        handlers: [ "file" ]
+        handlers: [ "console", "file" ]
+        propagate: 0