diff --git a/src/pretix/settings.py b/src/pretix/settings.py
index 472b9ef49..40834c048 100644
--- a/src/pretix/settings.py
+++ b/src/pretix/settings.py
@@ -167,6 +167,31 @@ MESSAGE_TAGS = {
     messages.SUCCESS: 'alert-success',
 }
 
+LOGGING = {
+    'version': 1,
+    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+    'formatters': {
+        'default': {
+            'format': '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(module)s %(message)s'
+        },
+    },
+    'handlers': {
+        'console': {
+            'level': 'INFO',
+            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+            'formatter': 'default'
+        },
+
+    },
+    'loggers': {
+        '': {
+            'handlers': ['console'],
+            'level': 'DEBUG',
+            'propagate': True,
+        },
+    },
+}
+
 try:
     from local_settings import *  # NOQA
 except ImportError: