diff --git a/vasl_templates/webapp/config/logging.yaml.example b/vasl_templates/webapp/config/logging.yaml.example
index fbc7381..aa8ee99 100644
--- a/vasl_templates/webapp/config/logging.yaml.example
+++ b/vasl_templates/webapp/config/logging.yaml.example
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ handlers:
         filename: "/tmp/vasl-templates.log"
         mode: "w"
 
+root:
+    level: "WARNING"
+    handlers: [ "file" ]
 loggers:
     werkzeug:
         level: "WARNING"