diff --git a/dal/settings.py b/dal/settings.py
index 1cc50c3..db939af 100644
--- a/dal/settings.py
+++ b/dal/settings.py
@@ -11,28 +11,25 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/
 """
 
 import os
-import dotenv
+from decouple import config, Csv
 import ldap
 from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch, LDAPSearchUnion
 
-# get config
-dotenv.read_dotenv()
-
 # LDAP setup
-AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI = os.environ['LDAPSERVER']
-AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN = os.environ['LDAPSEARCHUSER']
-AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = os.environ['LDAPSEARCHUSERPASSWORD']
+AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI = config('LDAPSERVER')
+AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN = config('LDAPSEARCHUSER')
+AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = config('LDAPSEARCHUSERPASSWORD')
 
 # Search union over OUs
-search_base = os.environ['LDAPSEARCH'].split()
+search_base = config('LDAPSEARCH').split()
 search_base_ldap = [ LDAPSearch(x, ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE, "(uid=%(user)s)") for x in search_base ]
 AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH = LDAPSearchUnion(*search_base_ldap)
 
-AUTH_LDAP_START_TLS = os.environ.get('LDAP_USE_TLS', False)
+AUTH_LDAP_START_TLS = config('LDAP_USE_TLS', default=False, cast=bool)
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
-DEBUG = os.environ.get('DEBUG', False)
+DEBUG = config('DEBUG', default=False, cast=bool)
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = (os.environ.get('ALLOWED_HOSTS', 'localhost')).split(",")
 
@@ -133,4 +130,43 @@ DATABASES = {
         'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
     }
 }
-SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY')
+SECRET_KEY = config('SECRET_KEY')
+
+
+LOGGING = {
+    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
+    'version': 1,
+    'formatters': {
+        'standard': {
+            'format': '%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s: %(message)s'
+        }
+    },
+    'handlers': {
+        'default': {
+            'level': 'DEBUG',
+            'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
+            'filename': 'logs/debug.log',
+            'maxBytes': 1024*1024*5,
+            'backupCount': 10,
+            'formatter': 'standard',
+        },
+        'console': {
+            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+        },
+    },
+}
+
+if os.environ.get('ENABLE_DEBUG_LOG', '').strip().lower() == "true":
+    loggers_dict = {}
+    modules_to_log_list = os.environ.get('MODULES_TO_LOG', 'django').split(',')
+    for custom_module in modules_to_log_list:
+        logger_item = {
+            custom_module: {
+                'handlers': ['default'],
+                'level': 'INFO',
+                'propagate': True
+            }
+        }
+        loggers_dict.update(logger_item)
+
+    LOGGING['loggers'] = loggers_dict
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f6d34b1..3f3ab68 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 django
 django-auth-ldap
 python-ldap
-django-dotenv
 django-bootstrap3
-django-filter==2.1.0
\ No newline at end of file
+django-filter==2.1.0
+python-decouple