diff --git a/include/transport/Logging.h b/include/transport/Logging.h
index d79fa8a5..9b24c6e6 100644
--- a/include/transport/Logging.h
+++ b/include/transport/Logging.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ namespace Logging {
 
 void initBackendLogging(Config *config);
 void initMainLogging(Config *config);
+void initManagerLogging(Config *config);
 void shutdownLogging();
 void redirect_stderr();
 
diff --git a/libtransport/Logging.cpp b/libtransport/Logging.cpp
index 36f5d5f1..44614034 100644
--- a/libtransport/Logging.cpp
+++ b/libtransport/Logging.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ void initMainLogging(Config *config) {
 	initLogging(config, "logging.config");
 	initLogging(config, "logging.backend_config", true);
 }
+void initManagerLogging(Config *config) {
+        initLogging(config, "logging.config");
+}
 
 void redirect_stderr() {
 	 intercepter_cerr = new intercept_stream(std::cerr, "cerr");
diff --git a/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp b/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp
index c25b1a04..730850a1 100644
--- a/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp
+++ b/spectrum_manager/src/managerconfig.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ bool ManagerConfig::load(const std::string &configfile, boost::program_options::
 		("database.password", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Database Password.")
 		("database.port", value<int>()->default_value(0), "Database port.")
 		("database.prefix", value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "Prefix of tables in database")
+		("logging.config", value<std::string>()->default_value("/etc/spectrum2/logging.cfg"), "Logging configuration file")
 	;
 
 	store(parse_config_file(ifs, opts), m_variables);
diff --git a/spectrum_manager/src/server.cpp b/spectrum_manager/src/server.cpp
index 88ffc726..7da6adf9 100644
--- a/spectrum_manager/src/server.cpp
+++ b/spectrum_manager/src/server.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ Server::Server(ManagerConfig *config, const std::string &config_file) {
 
 	m_storageCfg = new Config();
 	m_storageCfg->load(config_file);
-
+	
+	Logging::initManagerLogging(m_storageCfg);
 	std::string error;
 	m_storage = StorageBackend::createBackend(m_storageCfg, error);
 	if (m_storage == NULL) {
diff --git a/spectrum_manager/src/server.h b/spectrum_manager/src/server.h
index f4fa17f9..1cbf3f0e 100644
--- a/spectrum_manager/src/server.h
+++ b/spectrum_manager/src/server.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "managerconfig.h"
 
 #include "transport/Config.h"
+#include "transport/Logging.h"
 #include "transport/SQLite3Backend.h"
 #include "transport/MySQLBackend.h"
 #include "transport/PQXXBackend.h"