diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 6dba38d..cfd2403 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ func NewHandler() *GODNSHandler {
 	resolvConfig := settings.ResolvConfig
 	clientConfig, err := dns.ClientConfigFromFile(resolvConfig.ResolvFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Printf(":%s is not a valid resolv.conf file\n", resolvConfig.ResolvFile)
-		logger.Println(err)
+		logger.Warn(":%s is not a valid resolv.conf file\n", resolvConfig.ResolvFile)
+		logger.Error(err.Error())
 		panic(err)
 	}
 	clientConfig.Timeout = resolvConfig.Timeout
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func NewHandler() *GODNSHandler {
 		// }
 		panic("Redis cache backend not implement yet")
 	default:
-		logger.Printf("Invalid cache backend %s", cacheConfig.Backend)
+		logger.Error("Invalid cache backend %s", cacheConfig.Backend)
 		panic("Invalid cache backend")
 	}
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3a584e1..eea1099 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"runtime"
@@ -9,12 +8,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	logger *log.Logger
+	logger *GoDNSLogger
 )
 
 func main() {
 
-	logger = initLogger(settings.Log.File)
+	initLogger()
 
 	server := &Server{
 		host:     settings.Server.Host,
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	server.Run()
 
-	logger.Printf("godns %s start", settings.Version)
+	logger.Info("godns %s start", settings.Version)
 
 	sig := make(chan os.Signal)
 	signal.Notify(sig, os.Interrupt)
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ forever:
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-sig:
-			logger.Printf("signal received, stopping")
+			logger.Info("signal received, stopping")
 			break forever
 		}
 	}
@@ -43,22 +42,23 @@ forever:
 
 func Debug(format string, v ...interface{}) {
 	if settings.Debug {
-		logger.Printf(format, v...)
+		logger.Debug(format, v...)
 	}
 }
 
-func initLogger(log_file string) (logger *log.Logger) {
-	if log_file != "" {
-		f, err := os.Create(log_file)
-		if err != nil {
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		logger = log.New(f, "[godns]", log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
-	} else {
-		logger = log.New(os.Stdout, "[godns]", log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
-	}
-	return logger
+func initLogger() {
+	logger = NewLogger()
 
+	if settings.Log.Stdout {
+		logger.SetLogger("console", nil)
+	}
+
+	if settings.Log.File != "" {
+		config := map[string]interface{}{"file": settings.Log.File}
+		logger.SetLogger("file", config)
+	}
+
+	logger.SetLevel(settings.Log.LogLevel())
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 517b16f..48e8559 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ func (s *Server) Run() {
 
 func (s *Server) start(ds *dns.Server) {
 
-	logger.Printf("Start %s listener on %s\n", ds.Net, s.Addr())
+	logger.Info("Start %s listener on %s\n", ds.Net, s.Addr())
 	err := ds.ListenAndServe()
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Fatalf("Start %s listener on %s failed:%s", ds.Net, s.Addr(), err.Error())
+		logger.Error("Start %s listener on %s failed:%s", ds.Net, s.Addr(), err.Error())
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/settings.go b/settings.go
index 46108bc..a9f3282 100644
--- a/settings.go
+++ b/settings.go
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ var (
 	settings Settings
 )
 
+var LogLevelMap = map[string]int{
+	"DEBUG":  LevelDebug,
+	"INFO":   LevelInfo,
+	"NOTICE": LevelNotice,
+	"WARN":   LevelWarn,
+	"ERROR":  LevelError,
+}
+
 type Settings struct {
 	Version      string
 	Debug        bool
@@ -47,7 +55,17 @@ func (s RedisSettings) Addr() string {
 }
 
 type LogSettings struct {
-	File string
+	Stdout bool
+	File   string
+	Level  string
+}
+
+func (ls LogSettings) LogLevel() int {
+	l, ok := LogLevelMap[ls.Level]
+	if !ok {
+		panic("Config error: invalid log level: " + ls.Level)
+	}
+	return l
 }
 
 type CacheSettings struct {