diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5fb68ad2..e1151040 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -382,6 +382,12 @@ states 'done' or 'ready'.
 
 Development
 ===========
+``Logging``
+----------
+
+If you're running rida from scm then the DevConfiguration from config.py which contains LOG_LEVEL=debug should get applied. If you're having trouble just change LOG_LEVEL in BaseConfiguration.
+See more about it in rida/__init__.py config.from_object()
+
 
 ``Docker``
 ----------
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 9a225c3d..966f1504 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class BaseConfiguration(object):
 
 class DevConfiguration(BaseConfiguration):
     LOG_BACKEND = 'console'
+    LOG_LEVEL = 'debug'
     HOST = '0.0.0.0'
     FAS_USERNAME = 'put your fas username here'
     #FAS_PASSWORD = 'put your fas password here....'
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ class DevConfiguration(BaseConfiguration):
 
 class TestConfiguration(BaseConfiguration):
     LOG_BACKEND = 'console'
+    LOG_LEVEL = 'debug'
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = 'sqlite:///:memory:'
     DEBUG = True