diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d8ab9c17..6f460810 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ __pypackages__/
 
 # macos
 .DS_Store
+
+# tad tool
+tad.log*
diff --git a/tad/core/log.py b/tad/core/log.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0a98a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tad/core/log.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import copy
+import logging
+import logging.config
+from typing import Any
+
+from tad.core.types import LoggingLevelType
+
+LOGGING_SIZE = 10 * 1024 * 1024
+LOGGING_BACKUP_COUNT = 5
+
+LOGGING_CONFIG = {
+    "version": 1,
+    "disable_existing_loggers": False,
+    "formatters": {
+        "generic": {
+            "()": "logging.Formatter",
+            "style": "{",
+            "fmt": "{asctime}({levelname},{name}): {message}",
+            "datefmt": "[%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z]",
+        }
+    },
+    "handlers": {
+        "console": {"formatter": "generic", "class": "logging.StreamHandler", "stream": "ext://sys.stdout"},
+        "file": {
+            "formatter": "generic",
+            "()": "logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler",
+            "filename": "tad.log",
+            "maxBytes": LOGGING_SIZE,
+            "backupCount": LOGGING_BACKUP_COUNT,
+        },
+    },
+    "loggers": {
+        "tad": {"handlers": ["console", "file"], "level": "DEBUG", "propagate": True},
+    },
+}
+
+
+def configure_logging(level: LoggingLevelType = "INFO", config: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> None:
+    log_config = copy.deepcopy(LOGGING_CONFIG)
+
+    if config:
+        log_config.update(config)
+
+    logging.config.dictConfig(log_config)
+
+    logger = logging.getLogger("tad")
+
+    logger.setLevel(level)
diff --git a/tad/core/logger.py b/tad/core/logger.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 0efe6f43..00000000
--- a/tad/core/logger.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import logging
-
-from tad.core.config import settings
-
-
-def set_default_logging_setup():
-    logging.basicConfig(level=settings.LOGGING_LEVEL, style="{", format="{asctime}({levelname},{name}): {message}")
-    # todo(berry): load from logging.config.dictConfig
-    # todo(berry): create RotatingFileHandler for logging to append to the default stream handler