Index: ammosreader/__init__.py
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--- ammosreader/__init__.py	(revision f30c38c69b48a983d75689e4dea0ba954f0a626c)
+++ ammosreader/__init__.py	(revision e62187dfd9e206e1a27e04625be2a30161995f7d)
@@ -1,2 +1,18 @@
 import logging
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+logging_dir = Path(os.environ.get('AMMOS_LOG_DIR'))
+
+if not log_dir.exists():
+    log_dir = Path('/var/log/')
+log_path = log_dir / 'ammos.log'
+
+if not log_path.exists():
+    print(log_path, "does not exist")
+    print("Logging disabled")
+    logging.config.fileConfig('ammos_logging.conf')
+else:
+    logging.basicConfig(filename=str(log_path))