diff --git a/litellm/_logging.py b/litellm/_logging.py
index 0bcc89dde1..980f5121ab 100644
--- a/litellm/_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/_logging.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import logging
+
 set_verbose = False
 
 
@@ -7,3 +9,8 @@ def print_verbose(print_statement):
             print(print_statement)  # noqa
     except:
         pass
+
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+# Create a custom logger for "debug-proxy"
+debug_proxy_logger = logging.getLogger("LiteLLM Proxy")
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 4402764a65..b59b9887eb 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ try:
     import backoff
     import yaml
     import orjson
+    import logging
 except ImportError as e:
     raise ImportError(f"Missing dependency {e}. Run `pip install 'litellm[proxy]'`")
 
@@ -153,6 +154,11 @@ proxy_logging_obj = ProxyLogging(user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache)
 async_result = None
 celery_app_conn = None
 celery_fn = None  # Redis Queue for handling requests
+### logger ###
+# Configure the logging settings (you can customize this based on your needs)
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+# Create a custom logger for "debug-proxy"
+debug_proxy_logger = logging.getLogger("LiteLLM Proxy")
 
 
 #### HELPER FUNCTIONS ####