diff --git a/lib/configproxy.js b/lib/configproxy.js
index c808417b..c65d57ef 100644
--- a/lib/configproxy.js
+++ b/lib/configproxy.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 //
 
 var http = require('http'),
-    httpProxy = require('http-proxy');
+    httpProxy = require('http-proxy'),
+    log = require('loglevel');
 
 var bound = function (that, method) {
     // bind a method, to ensure `this=that` when it is called
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ var ConfigurableProxy = function (options) {
             try {
                 return handler.apply(that, arguments);
             } catch (e) {
-                console.log("Error in handler for " +
+                log.error("Error in handler for " +
                     req.method + ' ' + req.url + ': ', e
                 );
             }
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ var ConfigurableProxy = function (options) {
 
 ConfigurableProxy.prototype.fail = function (req, res, code, msg) {
     msg = msg || '';
-    console.log('[' + code + '] ' + req.method + ' ' + req.url + ': ' + msg);
+    log.error('[' + code + '] ' + req.method + ' ' + req.url + ': ' + msg);
     res.writeHead(code);
     res.write(msg);
     res.end();
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ ConfigurableProxy.prototype.get_routes = function (req, res) {
 
 ConfigurableProxy.prototype.post_routes = function (req, res, path, data) {
     // POST adds a new route
-    console.log('POST', path, data);
+    log.debug('POST', path, data);
     
     // ensure path starts with /
     if (path[0] != '/') {
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ ConfigurableProxy.prototype.post_routes = function (req, res, path, data) {
 
 ConfigurableProxy.prototype.delete_routes = function (req, res, path) {
     // DELETE removes an existing route
-    console.log('DELETE', path);
+    log.debug('DELETE', path);
     if (this.routes[path] === undefined) {
         res.writeHead(404);
     } else {
@@ -193,11 +194,11 @@ ConfigurableProxy.prototype.target_for_url = function (url) {
 ConfigurableProxy.prototype.handle_ws = function (req, res, head) {
     // no local route found, time to proxy
     var target = this.target_for_url(req.url);
-    console.log("PROXY WS " + req.url + " to " + target);
+    log.debug("PROXY WS " + req.url + " to " + target);
     this.proxy.ws(req, res, head, {
         target: target
     }, function (e) {
-        console.log("Proxy error: ", e);
+        log.error("Proxy error: ", e);
         res.writeHead(502);
         res.write("Proxy target missing");
         res.end();
@@ -206,11 +207,11 @@ ConfigurableProxy.prototype.handle_ws = function (req, res, head) {
 
 ConfigurableProxy.prototype.handle_proxy_request = function (req, res) {
     var target = this.target_for_url(req.url);
-    console.log("PROXY " + req.method + " " + req.url + " to " + target);
+    log.debug("PROXY " + req.method + " " + req.url + " to " + target);
     this.proxy.web(req, res, {
         target: target
     }, function (e) {
-        console.log("Proxy error: ", e);
+        log.error("Proxy error: ", e);
         res.writeHead(502);
         res.write("Proxy target missing");
         res.end();
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 799087c6..332cc9a0 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 cli entrypoint for starting a Configurable Proxy
 
 */
-var fs = require('fs');
-var args = require('commander');
+var fs = require('fs'),
+    args = require('commander'),
+    log = require('loglevel');
 
 args
-    .version('0.0.0')
+    .version('0.0.1')
     // .option('-h', '--help', 'show help')
     .option('--key <keyfile>', 'SSL key to use, if any')
     .option('--cert <certfile>', 'SSL certificate to use, if any')
@@ -17,8 +18,10 @@ args
     .option('--upstream-port <n>', 'Port of the default proxy target', parseInt)
     .option('--api-ip <ip>', 'Inward-facing IP for API request', 'localhost')
     .option('--api-port <n>', 'Inward-facing port for API request', parseInt)
+    .option('--log-level <loglevel>', 'Log level (debug, info, warn, error)', 'info');
 
 args.parse(process.argv);
+log.setLevel(args.logLevel);
 
 var ConfigurableProxy = require('./configproxy.js').ConfigurableProxy;
 
@@ -47,8 +50,8 @@ listen.api_port = args.apiPort || listen.port + 1;
 proxy.proxy_server.listen(listen.port, listen.ip);
 proxy.api_server.listen(listen.api_port, listen.api_ip);
 
-console.log("Proxying %s:%s to %s:%s", (listen.ip || '*'), listen.port,
+log.info("Proxying %s:%s to %s:%s", (listen.ip || '*'), listen.port,
     proxy.upstream_ip, proxy.upstream_port
 );
-console.log("Proxy API at %s:%s/api/routes", (listen.api_ip || '*'), listen.api_port);
+log.info("Proxy API at %s:%s/api/routes", (listen.api_ip || '*'), listen.api_port);
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7f817437..db8269bc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
       "url": "https://github.com/jupyter/jupyterhub"
     },
   "dependencies": {
+    "commander": "~2.2",
     "http-proxy": "~1.1",
-    "commander": "~2.2"
+    "loglevel": "~1.0"
   },
   "files": [
     "lib/configproxy.js",