diff --git a/mayan/settings/development.py b/mayan/settings/development.py
index 708ff92212..705b2b5667 100644
--- a/mayan/settings/development.py
+++ b/mayan/settings/development.py
@@ -18,3 +18,38 @@ INSTALLED_APPS += (
 )
 
 WSGI_AUTO_RELOAD = True
+
+LOGGING = {
+    'version': 1,
+    'disable_existing_loggers': True,
+    'formatters': {
+        'verbose': {
+            'format': '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(name)s %(process)d %(thread)d %(message)s'
+        },
+        'intermediate': {
+            'format': '%(name)s <%(process)d> [%(levelname)s] "%(funcName)s() %(message)s"'
+        },
+        'simple': {
+            'format': '%(levelname)s %(message)s'
+        },
+    },
+    'handlers': {
+        'console':{
+            'level':'DEBUG',
+            'class':'logging.StreamHandler',
+            'formatter': 'intermediate'
+        }
+    },
+    'loggers': {
+        'documents': {
+            'handlers':['console'],
+            'propagate': True,
+            'level':'DEBUG',
+        },
+        'common': {
+            'handlers':['console'],
+            'propagate': True,
+            'level':'DEBUG',
+        },
+    }
+}