diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d13bb85..13c26a9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ tests/TestSendRecvPacket
 tests/TestSendPacket 
 tests/TestsRecvPacket 
 tests/TestsPty2LoRa
-
+*.log
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b6c25f..a3e31a8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
 add_compile_options(-Wall -Wextra -pedantic -lstdc++)
-add_definitions(-DCFG_DEBUG -DCFG_eu868 -DCFG_sx1276_radio -DDEBUG_LMIC -DDEBUG_HAL -DDEBUG_RADIO)
+add_definitions(-DCFG_DEBUG -DCFG_eu868 -DCFG_sx1276_radio -DDEBUG_LMIC -DDEBUG_HAL -DDEBUG_RADIO -DBOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK)
 
-add_executable(mqtt2LoRaWAN main.cpp MQTTDataStreamer.cpp POHelperClasses.cpp POCmdlineHelperClasses.cpp POConfigHelperClasses.cpp ./lmic/lmic.c ./lmic/aes.c  ./lmic/radio.c ./lmic/oslmic.c ./lora_gps_hat/debug.c ./lora_gps_hat/gpio.c ./lora_gps_hat/hal.c )
+add_executable(mqtt2LoRaWAN main.cpp MQTTDataStreamer.cpp POHelperClasses.cpp POCmdlineHelperClasses.cpp POConfigHelperClasses.cpp customLogger.cpp ./lmic/lmic.c ./lmic/aes.c  ./lmic/radio.c ./lmic/oslmic.c ./lora_gps_hat/debug.c ./lora_gps_hat/gpio.c ./lora_gps_hat/hal.c )
 
 target_include_directories (mqtt2LoRaWAN PUBLIC 
                             "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ target_include_directories (mqtt2LoRaWAN PUBLIC
 
 target_link_directories(mqtt2LoRaWAN PUBLIC "/opt/libraries/boost/stage/lib")
 
-target_link_libraries(mqtt2LoRaWAN PUBLIC wiringPi paho-mqttpp3 paho-mqtt3as boost_program_options pthread)
+target_link_libraries(mqtt2LoRaWAN PUBLIC wiringPi paho-mqttpp3 paho-mqtt3as boost_program_options boost_log boost_log_setup boost_system boost_thread pthread)
 
 
 
diff --git a/customLogger.cpp b/customLogger.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9a5c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/customLogger.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+
+#include "customLogger.hpp"
+
+#include <boost/log/core/core.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/expressions/formatters/date_time.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/expressions.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/sinks/sync_frontend.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/sinks/text_ostream_backend.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/sources/severity_logger.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/support/date_time.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/trivial.hpp>
+#include <boost/core/null_deleter.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/utility/setup/common_attributes.hpp>
+#include <boost/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.hpp>
+#include <boost/smart_ptr/make_shared_object.hpp>
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include <ostream>
+
+namespace logging = boost::log;
+namespace src = boost::log::sources;
+namespace expr = boost::log::expressions;
+namespace sinks = boost::log::sinks;
+namespace attrs = boost::log::attributes;
+namespace keywords = boost::log::keywords;
+
+// Declare attribute keywords
+BOOST_LOG_ATTRIBUTE_KEYWORD(line_id, "LineID", unsigned int)
+BOOST_LOG_ATTRIBUTE_KEYWORD(timestamp, "TimeStamp", boost::posix_time::ptime)
+BOOST_LOG_ATTRIBUTE_KEYWORD(severity, "Severity", logging::trivial::severity_level)
+BOOST_LOG_ATTRIBUTE_KEYWORD(scope, "Scope", attrs::named_scope::value_type)
+
+void coloring_formatter(logging::record_view const& rec, logging::formatting_ostream& strm){
+
+    auto severity  = rec[logging::trivial::severity];
+    auto date_time_formatter = expr::stream << expr::format_date_time< boost::posix_time::ptime >("TimeStamp", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S");
+    auto scope_formatter = expr::stream << expr::format_named_scope("Scope" , keywords::format = "%n (%F:%l)", keywords::iteration = expr::reverse );
+
+
+    date_time_formatter(rec, strm);
+    strm << " - ";
+
+    // strm << expr::format_date_time<boost::posix_time::ptime>( "TimeStamp", "%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M:%S.%f") << " - ";
+
+    if (severity)
+    {
+        // Set the color
+        switch (severity.get())
+        {
+        case logging::trivial::severity_level::info:
+            strm << "\033[32m";
+            break;
+        case logging::trivial::severity_level::warning:
+            strm << "\033[33m";
+            break;
+        case logging::trivial::severity_level::error:
+        case logging::trivial::severity_level::fatal:
+            strm << "\033[31m";
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Format the message here...
+    strm << "[" << severity << "]";
+
+    if (severity)
+    {
+        // Restore the default color
+        strm << "\033[0m";
+    }
+
+    strm << " - ";
+    scope_formatter(rec, strm);
+    strm << "  ";
+    strm << rec[expr::smessage];
+
+
+
+}
+
+BOOST_LOG_GLOBAL_LOGGER_INIT(logger, src::severity_logger_mt) {
+    src::severity_logger_mt<boost::log::v2_mt_posix::trivial::severity_level> logger;
+
+    // add attributes
+    logger.add_attribute("LineID", attrs::counter(1));     // lines are sequentially numbered
+    logger.add_attribute("TimeStamp", attrs::local_clock());             // each log line gets a timestamp
+    logger.add_attribute("Scope", attrs::named_scope()); 
+
+    // add a text sink
+    typedef sinks::synchronous_sink< sinks::text_ostream_backend > text_sink;
+    boost::shared_ptr< text_sink > sink = boost::make_shared< text_sink >();
+
+    // add a logfile stream to our sink
+    sink->locked_backend()->add_stream(
+        boost::make_shared< std::ofstream >(LOGFILE));
+
+
+    // add "console" output stream to our sink
+    sink->locked_backend()->add_stream(boost::shared_ptr< std::ostream>(&std::clog, boost::null_deleter()));
+
+    // specify the format of the log message
+    /*
+    logging::formatter formatter = expr::stream
+        << std::setw(7) << std::setfill('0') << line_id << std::setfill(' ') << " | "
+        << expr::format_date_time(timestamp, "%Y-%m-%d, %H:%M:%S.%f") << " "
+        << "[" << logging::trivial::severity << "]"
+        << " - " << expr::smessage;
+    */
+    sink->set_formatter(&coloring_formatter);
+
+    // just log messages with severity >= SEVERITY_THRESHOLD are written
+    sink->set_filter(severity >= SEVERITY_THRESHOLD);
+
+
+    // "register" our sink
+    logging::core::get()->add_sink(sink);
+
+    return logger;
+
+}
+
diff --git a/customLogger.hpp b/customLogger.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23193c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/customLogger.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#ifndef customLogger_HPP__
+#define customLogger_HPP__
+
+#define BOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK 1 // necessary when linking the boost_log library dynamically
+
+#include <boost/log/trivial.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/sources/global_logger_storage.hpp>
+#include <boost/log/attributes/named_scope.hpp>
+
+// the logs are also written to LOGFILE
+#define LOGFILE "mqtt2LoRaWAN.log"
+
+// just log messages with severity >= SEVERITY_THRESHOLD are written
+#define SEVERITY_THRESHOLD logging::trivial::debug
+
+// register a global logger
+BOOST_LOG_GLOBAL_LOGGER(logger, boost::log::sources::severity_logger_mt<boost::log::trivial::severity_level>)
+
+
+// just a helper macro used by the macros below - don't use it in your code
+#define LOG(severity) BOOST_LOG_SEV(logger::get(),boost::log::trivial::severity)
+
+// ===== log macros =====
+#define LOG_TRACE   LOG(trace)
+#define LOG_DEBUG   LOG(debug)
+#define LOG_INFO    LOG(info)
+#define LOG_WARNING LOG(warning)
+#define LOG_ERROR   LOG(error)
+#define LOG_FATAL   LOG(fatal)
+
+#endif
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index d42e99d..1316c52 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@
 #include "POCmdlineHelperClasses.hpp"
 #include "POConfigHelperClasses.hpp"
 #include "MQTTDataStreamer.hpp"
+#include "customLogger.hpp"
+
 
 #include <boost/program_options.hpp>
 #include <boost/regex.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/hex.hpp>
+
 namespace po = boost::program_options;
 
 extern "C"
@@ -181,9 +184,20 @@ static void initfunc(osjob_t *j)
     // init done - onEvent() callback will be invoked...
 }
 
+
 // application entry point
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+
+    BOOST_LOG_NAMED_SCOPE("named_scope_logging");
+
+    LOG_TRACE << "this is a trace message";
+    LOG_DEBUG << "this is a debug message";
+    LOG_WARNING << "this is a warning message";
+    LOG_ERROR << "this is an error message";
+    LOG_FATAL << "this is a fatal error message";
+
+
     osjob_t initjob;
 
     std::string hostname;