diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3945b9..9afea72 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ Available settings are:
 * Section **base**:
   * **database_uri**: required, a SQLAlchemy [database URI](http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/rel_0_8/core/engines.html#database-urls).
     I personally use SQLite (`sqlite:////var/supysonic/supysonic.db`), but it might not be the brightest idea for large libraries.
-  * **cache_dir**: path to a cache folder. Mostly used for resized cover art images. Defaults to `<system temp dir>/supysonic`.
-  * **log_file**: path and base name of a rolling log file.
   * **scanner_extensions**: space-separated list of file extensions the scanner is restricted to. If omitted, files will be scanned
     regardless of their extension
+* Section **webapp**
+  * **cache_dir**: path to a cache folder. Mostly used for resized cover art images. Defaults to `<system temp dir>/supysonic`.
+  * **log_file**: path and base name of a rolling log file.
+  * **log_level**: logging level. Possible values are *DEBUG*, *INFO*, *WARNING*, *ERROR* or *CRITICAL*.
 * Section **lastfm**:
   * **api_key**: Last.FM [API key](http://www.last.fm/api/accounts) to enable scrobbling
   * **secret**: Last.FM API secret matching the key.
diff --git a/bin/supysonic-watcher b/bin/supysonic-watcher
index eea9269..ef223cc 100755
--- a/bin/supysonic-watcher
+++ b/bin/supysonic-watcher
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import time, sys
 import logging
+from logging.handlers import TimedRotatingFileHandler
 from watchdog.observers import Observer
 from watchdog.events import PatternMatchingEventHandler
 
@@ -63,10 +64,21 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 		sys.exit(1)
 
 	logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-	log_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+	if config.get('daemon', 'log_file'):
+		log_handler = TimedRotatingFileHandler(config.get('daemon', 'log_file'), when = 'midnight')
+	else:
+		log_handler = logging.NullHandler()
 	log_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s"))
 	logger.addHandler(log_handler)
-	logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+	if config.get('daemon', 'log_level'):
+		mapping = {
+			'DEBUG':   logging.DEBUG,
+			'INFO':    logging.INFO,
+			'WARNING': logging.WARNING,
+			'ERROR':   logging.ERROR,
+			'CRTICAL': logging.CRITICAL
+		}
+		logger.setLevel(mapping.get(config.get('daemon', 'log_level').upper(), logging.NOTSET))
 
 	from supysonic import db
 	db.init_db()
diff --git a/supysonic/api/media.py b/supysonic/api/media.py
index 70a1fde..da38c06 100644
--- a/supysonic/api/media.py
+++ b/supysonic/api/media.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def cover_art():
 	if size > im.size[0] and size > im.size[1]:
 		return send_file(os.path.join(res.path, 'cover.jpg'))
 
-	size_path = os.path.join(config.get('base', 'cache_dir'), str(size))
+	size_path = os.path.join(config.get('webapp', 'cache_dir'), str(size))
 	path = os.path.join(size_path, str(res.id))
 	if os.path.exists(path):
 		return send_file(path)
diff --git a/supysonic/web.py b/supysonic/web.py
index 15ae154..6f6f3ee 100644
--- a/supysonic/web.py
+++ b/supysonic/web.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ def create_application():
 	if not config.check():
 		return None
 
-	if not os.path.exists(config.get('base', 'cache_dir')):
-		os.makedirs(config.get('base', 'cache_dir'))
+	if not os.path.exists(config.get('webapp', 'cache_dir')):
+		os.makedirs(config.get('webapp', 'cache_dir'))
 
 	from supysonic import db
 	db.init_db()
@@ -41,11 +41,19 @@ def create_application():
 	app = Flask(__name__)
 	app.secret_key = '?9huDM\\H'
 
-	if config.get('base', 'log_file'):
+	if config.get('webapp', 'log_file'):
 		import logging
 		from logging.handlers import TimedRotatingFileHandler
-		handler = TimedRotatingFileHandler(config.get('base', 'log_file'), when = 'midnight')
-		handler.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+		handler = TimedRotatingFileHandler(config.get('webapp', 'log_file'), when = 'midnight')
+		if config.get('webapp', 'log_level'):
+			mapping = {
+				'DEBUG':   logging.DEBUG,
+				'INFO':    logging.INFO,
+				'WARNING': logging.WARNING,
+				'ERROR':   logging.ERROR,
+				'CRTICAL': logging.CRITICAL
+			}
+			handler.setLevel(mapping.get(config.get('webapp', 'log_level').upper(), logging.NOTSET))
 		app.logger.addHandler(handler)
 
 	app.teardown_request(teardown)