diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d6427ef..66d0818 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ setup(
         #   Linux: mesa-libGL-devel ; @"C Development Tools and Libraries"
         # nb: WebEngine seems to be broken in 5.10.1 :-/
         "PyQT5==5.10.0",
+        "pyyaml==3.13",
         "click==6.7",
     ],
     extras_require = {
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/__init__.py b/vasl_templates/webapp/__init__.py
index 09e3aeb..9746ef8 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/__init__.py
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/__init__.py
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 import os
 import configparser
-import json
 import logging
+import logging.config
 
 from flask import Flask
+import yaml
 
 from vasl_templates.webapp.config.constants import APP_NAME, BASE_DIR
 
@@ -34,10 +35,13 @@ if os.path.isfile( _fname ) :
     load_debug_config( _fname )
 
 # initialize logging
-_fname = os.path.join( config_dir, "logging.cfg" )
+_fname = os.path.join( config_dir, "logging.yaml" )
 if os.path.isfile( _fname ):
-    import logging.config
-    logging.config.dictConfig( json.load( open(_fname,"r") ) )
+    with open( _fname, "r" ) as fp:
+        logging.config.dictConfig( yaml.safe_load( fp ) )
+else:
+    # stop Flask from logging every request :-/
+    logging.getLogger( "werkzeug" ).setLevel( logging.WARNING )
 
 # load the application
 import vasl_templates.webapp.main #pylint: disable=cyclic-import
diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/config/.gitignore b/vasl_templates/webapp/config/.gitignore
index 4261f66..b6c6cde 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/config/.gitignore
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/config/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 debug.cfg
-logging.cfg
+logging.yaml