diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d29d1c..2c4a144 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 config.yaml
 discord
+logs/
 registration.yaml
diff --git a/config/appservice.go b/config/appservice.go
index 5fdeb9c..4c118f9 100644
--- a/config/appservice.go
+++ b/config/appservice.go
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package config
 
+import (
+	as "maunium.net/go/mautrix/appservice"
+)
+
 type appservice struct {
 	Address  string `yaml:"address"`
 	Hostname string `yaml:"hostname"`
@@ -49,3 +53,16 @@ func (a *appservice) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 
 	return a.validate()
 }
+
+func (cfg *Config) CreateAppService() (*as.AppService, error) {
+	appservice := as.Create()
+
+	appservice.HomeserverURL = cfg.Homeserver.Address
+	appservice.HomeserverDomain = cfg.Homeserver.Domain
+
+	appservice.Host.Hostname = cfg.Appservice.Hostname
+	appservice.Host.Port = cfg.Appservice.Port
+	appservice.DefaultHTTPRetries = 4
+
+	return appservice, nil
+}
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 403aa23..01a5755 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Homeserver homeserver `yaml:"homeserver"`
 	Appservice appservice `yaml:"appservice"`
 	Bridge     bridge     `yaml:"bridge"`
+	Logging    logging    `yaml:"logging"`
 }
 
 func (cfg *Config) validate() error {
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ func (cfg *Config) validate() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if err := cfg.Logging.validate(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/config/logging.go b/config/logging.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c40d185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/logging.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+
+	"maunium.net/go/maulogger/v2"
+	as "maunium.net/go/mautrix/appservice"
+)
+
+type logging as.LogConfig
+
+func (l *logging) validate() error {
+	if l.Directory == "" {
+		l.Directory = "./logs"
+	}
+
+	if l.FileNameFormat == "" {
+		l.FileNameFormat = "{{.Date}}-{{.Index}}.log"
+	}
+
+	if l.FileDateFormat == "" {
+		l.FileDateFormat = "2006-01-02"
+	}
+
+	if l.FileMode == 0 {
+		l.FileMode = 384
+	}
+
+	if l.TimestampFormat == "" {
+		l.TimestampFormat = "Jan _2, 2006 15:04:05"
+	}
+
+	if l.RawPrintLevel == "" {
+		l.RawPrintLevel = "debug"
+	} else {
+		switch strings.ToUpper(l.RawPrintLevel) {
+		case "TRACE":
+			l.PrintLevel = -10
+		case "DEBUG":
+			l.PrintLevel = maulogger.LevelDebug.Severity
+		case "INFO":
+			l.PrintLevel = maulogger.LevelInfo.Severity
+		case "WARN", "WARNING":
+			l.PrintLevel = maulogger.LevelWarn.Severity
+		case "ERR", "ERROR":
+			l.PrintLevel = maulogger.LevelError.Severity
+		case "FATAL":
+			l.PrintLevel = maulogger.LevelFatal.Severity
+		default:
+			return errors.New("invalid print level " + l.RawPrintLevel)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *logging) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
+	type rawLogging logging
+
+	raw := rawLogging{}
+	if err := unmarshal(&raw); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	*l = logging(raw)
+
+	return l.validate()
+}
+
+func (cfg *Config) CreateLogger() (maulogger.Logger, error) {
+	logger := maulogger.Create()
+
+	// create an as.LogConfig from our config so we can configure the logger
+	realLogConfig := as.LogConfig(cfg.Logging)
+	realLogConfig.Configure(logger)
+
+	// Set the default logger.
+	maulogger.DefaultLogger = logger.(*maulogger.BasicLogger)
+
+	// If we were given a filename format attempt to open the file.
+	if cfg.Logging.FileNameFormat != "" {
+		if err := maulogger.OpenFile(); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return logger, nil
+}
diff --git a/config/registration.go b/config/registration.go
index dfed824..c46009d 100644
--- a/config/registration.go
+++ b/config/registration.go
@@ -31,3 +31,16 @@ func (cfg *Config) CopyToRegistration(registration *as.Registration) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (cfg *Config) getRegistration() (*as.Registration, error) {
+	registration := as.CreateRegistration()
+
+	if err := cfg.CopyToRegistration(registration); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	registration.AppToken = cfg.Appservice.ASToken
+	registration.ServerToken = cfg.Appservice.HSToken
+
+	return registration, nil
+}