diff --git a/kirovy/exception_handler.py b/kirovy/exception_handler.py
index 5a46ef0..426f83c 100644
--- a/kirovy/exception_handler.py
+++ b/kirovy/exception_handler.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 from rest_framework.views import exception_handler
 
+from kirovy import logging
 from kirovy.exceptions.view_exceptions import KirovyAPIException
 from kirovy.objects import ui_objects
 from kirovy.response import KirovyResponse
 
+_LOGGER = logging.get_logger("api_exceptions")
+
 
 def kirovy_exception_handler(exception: Exception, context) -> KirovyResponse[ui_objects.ErrorResponseData] | None:
     """Exception handler to deal with our custom exception types.
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ def kirovy_exception_handler(exception: Exception, context) -> KirovyResponse[ui
         Otherwise, it calls the base DRF exception handler :func:`rest_framework.views.exception_handler`.
     """
     if isinstance(exception, KirovyAPIException):
+        _LOGGER.exception(str(exception.detail), context=context, e=exception)
         return KirovyResponse(exception.as_error_response_data(), status=exception.status_code)
 
     return exception_handler(exception, context)
diff --git a/kirovy/settings/_base.py b/kirovy/settings/_base.py
index bfc960b..547e68a 100644
--- a/kirovy/settings/_base.py
+++ b/kirovy/settings/_base.py
@@ -249,8 +249,9 @@
             "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
         },
     },
-    "root": {
+    # No name will capture all logs
+    "": {
         "handlers": ["console"],
-        "level": "INFO",
+        "level": get_env_var("DJANGO_LOG_LEVEL", "INFO"),
     },
 }