diff --git a/src/myaktion/go.mod b/src/myaktion/go.mod
index 433b4f872665eb38aeb6fee600a50484789f8013..0abc8924cb75c44a90008f269381bb597c89b4d7 100644
--- a/src/myaktion/go.mod
+++ b/src/myaktion/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,8 @@ module gitlab.reutlingen-university.de/petrinov/myaktion-go
 
 go 1.24.2
 
-require github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1 // indirect
+require (
+	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1 // indirect
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/src/myaktion/go.sum b/src/myaktion/go.sum
index 7128337432e7fb0f28e676baf647997e1fcbfa5c..b146617ee5b1cc8047c16e79b5f0d2c6ecdd4d1c 100644
--- a/src/myaktion/go.sum
+++ b/src/myaktion/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1 h1:TuBL49tXwgrFYWhqrNgrUNEY92u81SPhu7sTdzQEiWY=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1/go.mod h1:AKf9I4AEqPTmMytcMc0KkNouC66V3BtZ4qD5fmWSiMQ=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8 h1:0A+M6Uqn+Eje4kHMK80dtF3JCXC4ykBgQG4Fe06QRhQ=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/src/myaktion/main.go b/src/myaktion/main.go
index bbb8e898c8729f4fa64b942270f3e6462b446331..977002565602270c32f1171922dfa53abc1b99e5 100644
--- a/src/myaktion/main.go
+++ b/src/myaktion/main.go
@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"gitlab.reutlingen-university.de/petrinov/myaktion-go/handler"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	log.SetFormatter(&log.TextFormatter{})
+	log.SetReportCaller(true)
+	level, err := log.ParseLevel(os.Getenv("LOG_LEVEL"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("Log level not specified , set default to: INFO")
+		log.SetLevel(log.InfoLevel)
+		return
+	}
+	log.SetLevel(level)
+}
 func main() {
 	log.Println("Starting My-Aktion API server")
 	router := mux.NewRouter()