diff --git a/pinaxcon/settings.py b/pinaxcon/settings.py
index a943c080860cd04ec79018429e205d2cee4302cf..b9870328a6cfbf1570427f4f9c20ee0255f3a6c5 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/settings.py
+++ b/pinaxcon/settings.py
@@ -199,9 +199,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'email_log',
 ]
 
-# A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
-# performed by this configuration is to send an email to
-# the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
+# A sample logging configuration.
 # See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
 # more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
 LOGGING = {
@@ -213,6 +211,10 @@ LOGGING = {
         }
     },
     "handlers": {
+        'console': {
+            'level': os.environ.get('DJANGO_LOG_LEVEL', 'WARNING'),
+            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+        },
         "mail_admins": {
             "level": "ERROR",
             "filters": ["require_debug_false"],
@@ -220,6 +222,10 @@ LOGGING = {
         }
     },
     "loggers": {
+        'django': {
+            'handlers': ['console'],
+            'propagate': True,
+        },
         "django.request": {
             "handlers": ["mail_admins"],
             "level": "ERROR",