diff --git a/monkey_island/cc/island_logger.py b/monkey_island/cc/island_logger.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..655a6b998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monkey_island/cc/island_logger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import os
+import json
+import logging.config
+
+
+def json_setup_logging(default_path='logging.json', default_level=logging.INFO, env_key='LOG_CFG'):
+    """
+    Setup the logging configuration
+    :param default_path: the default log configuration file path
+    :param default_level: Default level to log from
+    :param env_key: SYS ENV key to use for external configuration file path
+    :return:
+    """
+    path = default_path
+    value = os.getenv(env_key, None)
+    if value:
+        path = value
+    if os.path.exists(path):
+        with open(path, 'rt') as f:
+            config = json.load(f)
+        logging.config.dictConfig(config)
+    else:
+        logging.basicConfig(level=default_level)
diff --git a/monkey_island/cc/island_logger_default_config.json b/monkey_island/cc/island_logger_default_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..020902dc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monkey_island/cc/island_logger_default_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+    "version": 1,
+    "disable_existing_loggers": false,
+    "formatters": {
+        "simple": {
+            "format": "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
+        }
+    },
+
+    "handlers": {
+        "console": {
+            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+            "level": "DEBUG",
+            "formatter": "simple",
+            "stream": "ext://sys.stdout"
+        },
+
+        "info_file_handler": {
+            "class": "logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler",
+            "level": "INFO",
+            "formatter": "simple",
+            "filename": "info.log",
+            "maxBytes": 10485760,
+            "backupCount": 20,
+            "encoding": "utf8"
+        },
+
+        "error_file_handler": {
+            "class": "logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler",
+            "level": "ERROR",
+            "formatter": "simple",
+            "filename": "errors.log",
+            "maxBytes": 10485760,
+            "backupCount": 20,
+            "encoding": "utf8"
+        }
+    },
+
+    "root": {
+        "level": "INFO",
+        "handlers": ["console", "info_file_handler", "error_file_handler"]
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/monkey_island/cc/main.py b/monkey_island/cc/main.py
index e0f6ab079..41e2ba576 100644
--- a/monkey_island/cc/main.py
+++ b/monkey_island/cc/main.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ from __future__ import print_function  # In python 2.7
 
 import os
 import sys
-
 import time
+import logging
 
 BASE_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 if BASE_PATH not in sys.path:
@@ -13,16 +13,21 @@ from cc.app import init_app
 from cc.utils import local_ip_addresses
 from cc.environment.environment import env
 from cc.database import is_db_server_up
+from cc.island_logger import json_setup_logging
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+def main():
     from tornado.wsgi import WSGIContainer
     from tornado.httpserver import HTTPServer
     from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
 
+    json_setup_logging(default_path='island_logger_default_config.json', default_level=logging.DEBUG)
+    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
     mongo_url = os.environ.get('MONGO_URL', env.get_mongo_url())
 
     while not is_db_server_up(mongo_url):
-        print('Waiting for MongoDB server')
+        logger.info('Waiting for MongoDB server')
         time.sleep(1)
 
     app = init_app(mongo_url)
@@ -33,6 +38,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                                  ssl_options={'certfile': os.environ.get('SERVER_CRT', 'server.crt'),
                                               'keyfile': os.environ.get('SERVER_KEY', 'server.key')})
         http_server.listen(env.get_island_port())
-        print('Monkey Island Server is running on https://{}:{}'.format(local_ip_addresses()[0], env.get_island_port()))
+        logger.info(
+            'Monkey Island Server is running on https://{}:{}'.format(local_ip_addresses()[0], env.get_island_port()))
         IOLoop.instance().start()
 
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/monkey_island/cc/resources/local_run.py b/monkey_island/cc/resources/local_run.py
index c588eaf80..7b8965e1e 100644
--- a/monkey_island/cc/resources/local_run.py
+++ b/monkey_island/cc/resources/local_run.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ from cc.utils import local_ip_addresses
 
 __author__ = 'Barak'
 
+import logging
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 def run_local_monkey():
     import platform
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ def run_local_monkey():
         copyfile(monkey_path, target_path)
         os.chmod(target_path, stat.S_IRWXU | stat.S_IRWXG)
     except Exception as exc:
+        logger.error('Copy file failed', exc_info=True)
         return False, "Copy file failed: %s" % exc
 
     # run the monkey
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ def run_local_monkey():
             args = "".join(args)
         pid = subprocess.Popen(args, shell=True).pid
     except Exception as exc:
+        logger.error('popen failed', exc_info=True)
         return False, "popen failed: %s" % exc
 
     return True, "pis: %s" % pid