diff --git a/backend/apps/audio/main.py b/backend/apps/audio/main.py
index d8cb415f..10cc5671 100644
--- a/backend/apps/audio/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/audio/main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import logging
 from fastapi import (
     FastAPI,
     Request,
@@ -21,7 +22,10 @@ from utils.utils import (
 )
 from utils.misc import calculate_sha256
 
-from config import CACHE_DIR, UPLOAD_DIR, WHISPER_MODEL, WHISPER_MODEL_DIR
+from config import SRC_LOG_LEVELS, CACHE_DIR, UPLOAD_DIR, WHISPER_MODEL, WHISPER_MODEL_DIR
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["AUDIO"])
 
 app = FastAPI()
 app.add_middleware(
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ def transcribe(
     file: UploadFile = File(...),
     user=Depends(get_current_user),
 ):
-    print(file.content_type)
+    log.info(f"file.content_type: {file.content_type}")
 
     if file.content_type not in ["audio/mpeg", "audio/wav"]:
         raise HTTPException(
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ def transcribe(
         )
 
         segments, info = model.transcribe(file_path, beam_size=5)
-        print(
+        log.info(
             "Detected language '%s' with probability %f"
             % (info.language, info.language_probability)
         )
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ def transcribe(
         return {"text": transcript.strip()}
 
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
 
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
diff --git a/backend/apps/images/main.py b/backend/apps/images/main.py
index b829b049..d331fa38 100644
--- a/backend/apps/images/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/images/main.py
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import uuid
 import base64
 import json
+import logging
 
-from config import CACHE_DIR, AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL, COMFYUI_BASE_URL
+from config import SRC_LOG_LEVELS, CACHE_DIR, AUTOMATIC1111_BASE_URL, COMFYUI_BASE_URL
 
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["IMAGES"])
+
 IMAGE_CACHE_DIR = Path(CACHE_DIR).joinpath("./image/generations/")
 IMAGE_CACHE_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
@@ -304,7 +308,7 @@ def save_b64_image(b64_str):
 
         return image_id
     except Exception as e:
-        print(f"Error saving image: {e}")
+        log.error(f"Error saving image: {e}")
         return None
 
 
@@ -431,7 +435,7 @@ def generate_image(
 
             res = r.json()
 
-            print(res)
+            log.debug(f"res: {res}")
 
             images = []
 
diff --git a/backend/apps/litellm/main.py b/backend/apps/litellm/main.py
index 838b4707..a9922aad 100644
--- a/backend/apps/litellm/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/litellm/main.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import logging
+
 from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import ProxyConfig, initialize
 from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import app
 
@@ -9,7 +11,10 @@ from starlette.responses import StreamingResponse
 import json
 
 from utils.utils import get_http_authorization_cred, get_current_user
-from config import ENV
+from config import SRC_LOG_LEVELS, ENV
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["LITELLM"])
 
 
 from config import (
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ async def auth_middleware(request: Request, call_next):
 
     try:
         user = get_current_user(get_http_authorization_cred(auth_header))
-        print(user)
+        log.debug(f"user: {user}")
         request.state.user = user
     except Exception as e:
         return JSONResponse(status_code=400, content={"detail": str(e)})
diff --git a/backend/apps/ollama/main.py b/backend/apps/ollama/main.py
index 370e54ba..f8701c43 100644
--- a/backend/apps/ollama/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/ollama/main.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import json
 import uuid
 import aiohttp
 import asyncio
+import logging
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from typing import Optional, List, Union
 
@@ -30,11 +31,13 @@ from typing import Optional, List, Union
 from apps.web.models.users import Users
 from constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
 from utils.utils import decode_token, get_current_user, get_admin_user
+
+
+from config import SRC_LOG_LEVELS, OLLAMA_BASE_URLS, MODEL_FILTER_ENABLED, MODEL_FILTER_LIST, UPLOAD_DIR
 from utils.misc import calculate_sha256
 
-
-from config import OLLAMA_BASE_URLS, MODEL_FILTER_ENABLED, MODEL_FILTER_LIST, UPLOAD_DIR
-
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["OLLAMA"])
 
 app = FastAPI()
 app.add_middleware(
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ class UrlUpdateForm(BaseModel):
 async def update_ollama_api_url(form_data: UrlUpdateForm, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
     app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS = form_data.urls
 
-    print(app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS)
+    log.info(f"app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS: {app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS}")
     return {"OLLAMA_BASE_URLS": app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS}
 
 
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ async def fetch_url(url):
                 return await response.json()
     except Exception as e:
         # Handle connection error here
-        print(f"Connection error: {e}")
+        log.error(f"Connection error: {e}")
         return None
 
 
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ def merge_models_lists(model_lists):
 
 
 async def get_all_models():
-    print("get_all_models")
+    log.info("get_all_models()")
     tasks = [fetch_url(f"{url}/api/tags") for url in app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS]
     responses = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
 
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ async def get_ollama_tags(
 
             return r.json()
         except Exception as e:
-            print(e)
+            log.exception(e)
             error_detail = "Open WebUI: Server Connection Error"
             if r is not None:
                 try:
@@ -217,7 +220,7 @@ async def get_ollama_versions(url_idx: Optional[int] = None):
 
             return r.json()
         except Exception as e:
-            print(e)
+            log.exception(e)
             error_detail = "Open WebUI: Server Connection Error"
             if r is not None:
                 try:
@@ -243,7 +246,7 @@ async def pull_model(
     form_data: ModelNameForm, url_idx: int = 0, user=Depends(get_admin_user)
 ):
     url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
-    print(url)
+    log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     r = None
 
@@ -292,7 +295,7 @@ async def pull_model(
         return await run_in_threadpool(get_request)
 
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         error_detail = "Open WebUI: Server Connection Error"
         if r is not None:
             try:
@@ -331,7 +334,7 @@ async def push_model(
             )
 
     url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
-    print(url)
+    log.debug(f"url: {url}")
 
     r = None
 
@@ -363,7 +366,7 @@ async def push_model(
     try:
         return await run_in_threadpool(get_request)
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         error_detail = "Open WebUI: Server Connection Error"
         if r is not None:
             try:
@@ -391,9 +394,9 @@ class CreateModelForm(BaseModel):
 async def create_model(
     form_data: CreateModelForm, url_idx: int = 0, user=Depends(get_admin_user)
 ):
-    print(form_data)
+    log.debug(f"form_data: {form_data}")
     url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
-    print(url)
+    log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     r = None
 
@@ -415,7 +418,7 @@ async def create_model(
 
             r.raise_for_status()
 
-            print(r)
+            log.debug(f"r: {r}")
 
             return StreamingResponse(
                 stream_content(),
@@ -428,7 +431,7 @@ async def create_model(
     try:
         return await run_in_threadpool(get_request)
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         error_detail = "Open WebUI: Server Connection Error"
         if r is not None:
             try:
@@ -466,7 +469,7 @@ async def copy_model(
             )
 
     url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
-    print(url)
+    log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     try:
         r = requests.request(
@@ -476,11 +479,11 @@ async def copy_model(
         )
         r.raise_for_status()
 
-        print(r.text)
+        log.debug(f"r.text: {r.text}")
 
         return True
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         error_detail = "Open WebUI: Server Connection Error"
         if r is not None:
             try:
@@ -513,7 +516,7 @@ async def delete_model(
             )
 
     url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
-    print(url)
+    log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     try:
         r = requests.request(
@@ -523,11 +526,11 @@ async def delete_model(
         )
         r.raise_for_status()
 
-        print(r.text)
+        log.debug(f"r.text: {r.text}")
 
         return True
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         error_detail = "Open WebUI: Server Connection Error"
         if r is not None:
             try:
@@ -553,7 +556,7 @@ async def show_model_info(form_data: ModelNameForm, user=Depends(get_current_use
 
     url_idx = random.choice(app.state.MODELS[form_data.name]["urls"])
     url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
-    print(url)
+    log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     try:
         r = requests.request(
@@ -565,7 +568,7 @@ async def show_model_info(form_data: ModelNameForm, user=Depends(get_current_use
 
         return r.json()
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         error_detail = "Open WebUI: Server Connection Error"
         if r is not None:
             try:
@@ -605,7 +608,7 @@ async def generate_embeddings(
             )
 
     url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
-    print(url)
+    log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     try:
         r = requests.request(
@@ -617,7 +620,7 @@ async def generate_embeddings(
 
         return r.json()
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         error_detail = "Open WebUI: Server Connection Error"
         if r is not None:
             try:
@@ -665,7 +668,7 @@ async def generate_completion(
             )
 
     url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
-    print(url)
+    log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     r = None
 
@@ -686,7 +689,7 @@ async def generate_completion(
                         if request_id in REQUEST_POOL:
                             yield chunk
                         else:
-                            print("User: canceled request")
+                            log.warning("User: canceled request")
                             break
                 finally:
                     if hasattr(r, "close"):
@@ -763,11 +766,11 @@ async def generate_chat_completion(
             )
 
     url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
-    print(url)
+    log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     r = None
 
-    print(form_data.model_dump_json(exclude_none=True).encode())
+    log.debug("form_data.model_dump_json(exclude_none=True).encode(): {0} ".format(form_data.model_dump_json(exclude_none=True).encode()))
 
     def get_request():
         nonlocal form_data
@@ -786,7 +789,7 @@ async def generate_chat_completion(
                         if request_id in REQUEST_POOL:
                             yield chunk
                         else:
-                            print("User: canceled request")
+                            log.warning("User: canceled request")
                             break
                 finally:
                     if hasattr(r, "close"):
@@ -809,7 +812,7 @@ async def generate_chat_completion(
                 headers=dict(r.headers),
             )
         except Exception as e:
-            print(e)
+            log.exception(e)
             raise e
 
     try:
@@ -863,7 +866,7 @@ async def generate_openai_chat_completion(
             )
 
     url = app.state.OLLAMA_BASE_URLS[url_idx]
-    print(url)
+    log.info(f"url: {url}")
 
     r = None
 
@@ -886,7 +889,7 @@ async def generate_openai_chat_completion(
                         if request_id in REQUEST_POOL:
                             yield chunk
                         else:
-                            print("User: canceled request")
+                            log.warning("User: canceled request")
                             break
                 finally:
                     if hasattr(r, "close"):
@@ -1184,7 +1187,7 @@ async def deprecated_proxy(path: str, request: Request, user=Depends(get_current
                         if request_id in REQUEST_POOL:
                             yield chunk
                         else:
-                            print("User: canceled request")
+                            log.warning("User: canceled request")
                             break
                 finally:
                     if hasattr(r, "close"):
diff --git a/backend/apps/openai/main.py b/backend/apps/openai/main.py
index 67a99794..4098d73a 100644
--- a/backend/apps/openai/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/openai/main.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import requests
 import aiohttp
 import asyncio
 import json
+import logging
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ from utils.utils import (
     get_admin_user,
 )
 from config import (
+    SRC_LOG_LEVELS,
     OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS,
     OPENAI_API_KEYS,
     CACHE_DIR,
@@ -31,6 +33,9 @@ from typing import List, Optional
 import hashlib
 from pathlib import Path
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["OPENAI"])
+
 app = FastAPI()
 app.add_middleware(
     CORSMiddleware,
@@ -134,7 +139,7 @@ async def speech(request: Request, user=Depends(get_verified_user)):
             return FileResponse(file_path)
 
         except Exception as e:
-            print(e)
+            log.exception(e)
             error_detail = "Open WebUI: Server Connection Error"
             if r is not None:
                 try:
@@ -160,7 +165,7 @@ async def fetch_url(url, key):
                 return await response.json()
     except Exception as e:
         # Handle connection error here
-        print(f"Connection error: {e}")
+        log.error(f"Connection error: {e}")
         return None
 
 
@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ def merge_models_lists(model_lists):
 
 
 async def get_all_models():
-    print("get_all_models")
+    log.info("get_all_models()")
 
     if len(app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS) == 1 and app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS[0] == "":
         models = {"data": []}
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ async def get_all_models():
             )
         }
 
-        print(models)
+        log.info(f"models: {models}")
         app.state.MODELS = {model["id"]: model for model in models["data"]}
 
         return models
@@ -246,7 +251,7 @@ async def get_models(url_idx: Optional[int] = None, user=Depends(get_current_use
 
             return response_data
         except Exception as e:
-            print(e)
+            log.exception(e)
             error_detail = "Open WebUI: Server Connection Error"
             if r is not None:
                 try:
@@ -280,7 +285,7 @@ async def proxy(path: str, request: Request, user=Depends(get_verified_user)):
         if body.get("model") == "gpt-4-vision-preview":
             if "max_tokens" not in body:
                 body["max_tokens"] = 4000
-            print("Modified body_dict:", body)
+            log.debug("Modified body_dict:", body)
 
         # Fix for ChatGPT calls failing because the num_ctx key is in body
         if "num_ctx" in body:
@@ -292,7 +297,7 @@ async def proxy(path: str, request: Request, user=Depends(get_verified_user)):
         # Convert the modified body back to JSON
         body = json.dumps(body)
     except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-        print("Error loading request body into a dictionary:", e)
+        log.error("Error loading request body into a dictionary:", e)
 
     url = app.state.OPENAI_API_BASE_URLS[idx]
     key = app.state.OPENAI_API_KEYS[idx]
@@ -330,7 +335,7 @@ async def proxy(path: str, request: Request, user=Depends(get_verified_user)):
             response_data = r.json()
             return response_data
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         error_detail = "Open WebUI: Server Connection Error"
         if r is not None:
             try:
diff --git a/backend/apps/rag/main.py b/backend/apps/rag/main.py
index a8606b39..48ca6166 100644
--- a/backend/apps/rag/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/rag/main.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from fastapi import (
     Form,
 )
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
-import os, shutil
+import os, shutil, logging
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ from utils.misc import (
 )
 from utils.utils import get_current_user, get_admin_user
 from config import (
+    SRC_LOG_LEVELS,
     UPLOAD_DIR,
     DOCS_DIR,
     RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ from config import (
 
 from constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["RAG"])
+
 #
 # if RAG_EMBEDDING_MODEL:
 #    sentence_transformer_ef = SentenceTransformer(
@@ -110,7 +114,6 @@ class CollectionNameForm(BaseModel):
 class StoreWebForm(CollectionNameForm):
     url: str
 
-
 @app.get("/")
 async def get_status():
     return {
@@ -241,7 +244,7 @@ def query_doc_handler(
             embedding_function=app.state.sentence_transformer_ef,
         )
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
             detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT(e),
@@ -285,7 +288,7 @@ def store_web(form_data: StoreWebForm, user=Depends(get_current_user)):
             "filename": form_data.url,
         }
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
             detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT(e),
@@ -433,7 +436,7 @@ def store_doc(
 ):
     # "https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1727/1727-h/1727-h.htm"
 
-    print(file.content_type)
+    log.info(f"file.content_type: {file.content_type}")
     try:
         filename = file.filename
         file_path = f"{UPLOAD_DIR}/{filename}"
@@ -464,7 +467,7 @@ def store_doc(
                 detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT(),
             )
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         if "No pandoc was found" in str(e):
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
@@ -560,7 +563,7 @@ def scan_docs_dir(user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
                         )
 
         except Exception as e:
-            print(e)
+            log.exception(e)
 
     return True
 
@@ -581,11 +584,11 @@ def reset(user=Depends(get_admin_user)) -> bool:
             elif os.path.isdir(file_path):
                 shutil.rmtree(file_path)
         except Exception as e:
-            print("Failed to delete %s. Reason: %s" % (file_path, e))
+            log.error("Failed to delete %s. Reason: %s" % (file_path, e))
 
     try:
         CHROMA_CLIENT.reset()
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
 
     return True
diff --git a/backend/apps/rag/utils.py b/backend/apps/rag/utils.py
index c5e0e8a8..ccdc03b4 100644
--- a/backend/apps/rag/utils.py
+++ b/backend/apps/rag/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import re
+import logging
 from typing import List
 
-from config import CHROMA_CLIENT
+from config import SRC_LOG_LEVELS, CHROMA_CLIENT
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["RAG"])
 
 
 def query_doc(collection_name: str, query: str, k: int, embedding_function):
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ def rag_template(template: str, context: str, query: str):
 
 
 def rag_messages(docs, messages, template, k, embedding_function):
-    print(docs)
+    log.debug(f"docs: {docs}")
 
     last_user_message_idx = None
     for i in range(len(messages) - 1, -1, -1):
@@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ def rag_messages(docs, messages, template, k, embedding_function):
                     embedding_function=embedding_function,
                 )
         except Exception as e:
-            print(e)
+            log.exception(e)
             context = None
 
         relevant_contexts.append(context)
diff --git a/backend/apps/web/internal/db.py b/backend/apps/web/internal/db.py
index d0aa9969..554f8002 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/internal/db.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/internal/db.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 from peewee import *
-from config import DATA_DIR
+from config import SRC_LOG_LEVELS, DATA_DIR
 import os
+import logging
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["DB"])
 
 # Check if the file exists
 if os.path.exists(f"{DATA_DIR}/ollama.db"):
     # Rename the file
     os.rename(f"{DATA_DIR}/ollama.db", f"{DATA_DIR}/webui.db")
-    print("File renamed successfully.")
+    log.info("File renamed successfully.")
 else:
     pass
 
diff --git a/backend/apps/web/models/auths.py b/backend/apps/web/models/auths.py
index 02d2ab86..b26236ef 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/models/auths.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/models/auths.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 from typing import List, Union, Optional
 import time
 import uuid
+import logging
 from peewee import *
 
 from apps.web.models.users import UserModel, Users
@@ -9,6 +10,10 @@ from utils.utils import verify_password
 
 from apps.web.internal.db import DB
 
+from config import SRC_LOG_LEVELS
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["MODELS"])
+
 ####################
 # DB MODEL
 ####################
@@ -86,7 +91,7 @@ class AuthsTable:
     def insert_new_auth(
         self, email: str, password: str, name: str, role: str = "pending"
     ) -> Optional[UserModel]:
-        print("insert_new_auth")
+        log.info("insert_new_auth")
 
         id = str(uuid.uuid4())
 
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ class AuthsTable:
             return None
 
     def authenticate_user(self, email: str, password: str) -> Optional[UserModel]:
-        print("authenticate_user", email)
+        log.info(f"authenticate_user: {email}")
         try:
             auth = Auth.get(Auth.email == email, Auth.active == True)
             if auth:
diff --git a/backend/apps/web/models/documents.py b/backend/apps/web/models/documents.py
index 6a372b2c..f399e7ae 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/models/documents.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/models/documents.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from peewee import *
 from playhouse.shortcuts import model_to_dict
 from typing import List, Union, Optional
 import time
+import logging
 
 from utils.utils import decode_token
 from utils.misc import get_gravatar_url
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ from apps.web.internal.db import DB
 
 import json
 
+from config import SRC_LOG_LEVELS
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["MODELS"])
+
 ####################
 # Documents DB Schema
 ####################
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ class DocumentsTable:
             doc = Document.get(Document.name == form_data.name)
             return DocumentModel(**model_to_dict(doc))
         except Exception as e:
-            print(e)
+            log.exception(e)
             return None
 
     def update_doc_content_by_name(
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ class DocumentsTable:
             doc = Document.get(Document.name == name)
             return DocumentModel(**model_to_dict(doc))
         except Exception as e:
-            print(e)
+            log.exception(e)
             return None
 
     def delete_doc_by_name(self, name: str) -> bool:
diff --git a/backend/apps/web/models/tags.py b/backend/apps/web/models/tags.py
index d4264501..476e6693 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/models/tags.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/models/tags.py
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ from playhouse.shortcuts import model_to_dict
 import json
 import uuid
 import time
+import logging
 
 from apps.web.internal.db import DB
 
+from config import SRC_LOG_LEVELS
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["MODELS"])
+
 ####################
 # Tag DB Schema
 ####################
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ class TagTable:
                 (ChatIdTag.tag_name == tag_name) & (ChatIdTag.user_id == user_id)
             )
             res = query.execute()  # Remove the rows, return number of rows removed.
-            print(res)
+            log.debug(f"res: {res}")
 
             tag_count = self.count_chat_ids_by_tag_name_and_user_id(tag_name, user_id)
             if tag_count == 0:
@@ -185,7 +190,7 @@ class TagTable:
 
             return True
         except Exception as e:
-            print("delete_tag", e)
+            log.error(f"delete_tag: {e}")
             return False
 
     def delete_tag_by_tag_name_and_chat_id_and_user_id(
@@ -198,7 +203,7 @@ class TagTable:
                 & (ChatIdTag.user_id == user_id)
             )
             res = query.execute()  # Remove the rows, return number of rows removed.
-            print(res)
+            log.debug(f"res: {res}")
 
             tag_count = self.count_chat_ids_by_tag_name_and_user_id(tag_name, user_id)
             if tag_count == 0:
@@ -210,7 +215,7 @@ class TagTable:
 
             return True
         except Exception as e:
-            print("delete_tag", e)
+            log.error(f"delete_tag: {e}")
             return False
 
     def delete_tags_by_chat_id_and_user_id(self, chat_id: str, user_id: str) -> bool:
diff --git a/backend/apps/web/routers/chats.py b/backend/apps/web/routers/chats.py
index 0c0ac1ce..d018b31b 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/routers/chats.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/routers/chats.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from utils.utils import get_current_user, get_admin_user
 from fastapi import APIRouter
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 import json
+import logging
 
 from apps.web.models.users import Users
 from apps.web.models.chats import (
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ from apps.web.models.tags import (
 
 from constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
 
+from config import SRC_LOG_LEVELS
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["MODELS"])
+
 router = APIRouter()
 
 ############################
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ async def create_new_chat(form_data: ChatForm, user=Depends(get_current_user)):
         chat = Chats.insert_new_chat(user.id, form_data)
         return ChatResponse(**{**chat.model_dump(), "chat": json.loads(chat.chat)})
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT()
         )
@@ -95,7 +100,7 @@ async def get_all_tags(user=Depends(get_current_user)):
         tags = Tags.get_tags_by_user_id(user.id)
         return tags
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT()
         )
diff --git a/backend/apps/web/routers/users.py b/backend/apps/web/routers/users.py
index b8e2732c..67c136da 100644
--- a/backend/apps/web/routers/users.py
+++ b/backend/apps/web/routers/users.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from fastapi import APIRouter
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 import time
 import uuid
+import logging
 
 from apps.web.models.users import UserModel, UserUpdateForm, UserRoleUpdateForm, Users
 from apps.web.models.auths import Auths
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ from apps.web.models.auths import Auths
 from utils.utils import get_current_user, get_password_hash, get_admin_user
 from constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
 
+from config import SRC_LOG_LEVELS
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["MODELS"])
+
 router = APIRouter()
 
 ############################
@@ -83,7 +88,7 @@ async def update_user_by_id(
 
         if form_data.password:
             hashed = get_password_hash(form_data.password)
-            print(hashed)
+            log.debug(f"hashed: {hashed}")
             Auths.update_user_password_by_id(user_id, hashed)
 
         Auths.update_email_by_id(user_id, form_data.email.lower())
diff --git a/backend/config.py b/backend/config.py
index 67edd3f4..ec580c2e 100644
--- a/backend/config.py
+++ b/backend/config.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import os
+import sys
+import logging
 import chromadb
 from chromadb import Settings
 from base64 import b64encode
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ try:
 
     load_dotenv(find_dotenv("../.env"))
 except ImportError:
-    print("dotenv not installed, skipping...")
+    log.warning("dotenv not installed, skipping...")
 
 WEBUI_NAME = "Open WebUI"
 shutil.copyfile("../build/favicon.png", "./static/favicon.png")
@@ -100,6 +102,34 @@ for version in soup.find_all("h2"):
 CHANGELOG = changelog_json
 
 
+####################################
+# LOGGING
+####################################
+log_levels = ["CRITICAL", "ERROR", "WARNING", "INFO", "DEBUG"]
+
+GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL = os.environ.get("GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL", "").upper()
+if GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL in log_levels:
+    logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL, force=True)
+else:
+    GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL = "INFO"
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.info(f"GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL: {GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL}")
+
+log_sources = ["AUDIO", "CONFIG", "DB", "IMAGES", "LITELLM", "MAIN", "MODELS", "OLLAMA", "OPENAI", "RAG"]
+
+SRC_LOG_LEVELS = {}
+
+for source in log_sources:
+    log_env_var = source + "_LOG_LEVEL"
+    SRC_LOG_LEVELS[source] = os.environ.get(log_env_var, "").upper()
+    if SRC_LOG_LEVELS[source] not in log_levels:
+        SRC_LOG_LEVELS[source] = GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL
+    log.info(f"{log_env_var}: {SRC_LOG_LEVELS[source]}")
+
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["CONFIG"])
+
+
 ####################################
 # CUSTOM_NAME
 ####################################
@@ -125,7 +155,7 @@ if CUSTOM_NAME:
 
             WEBUI_NAME = data["name"]
     except Exception as e:
-        print(e)
+        log.exception(e)
         pass
 
 
@@ -194,9 +224,9 @@ def create_config_file(file_path):
 LITELLM_CONFIG_PATH = f"{DATA_DIR}/litellm/config.yaml"
 
 if not os.path.exists(LITELLM_CONFIG_PATH):
-    print("Config file doesn't exist. Creating...")
+    log.info("Config file doesn't exist. Creating...")
     create_config_file(LITELLM_CONFIG_PATH)
-    print("Config file created successfully.")
+    log.info("Config file created successfully.")
 
 
 ####################################
diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index 35f405e6..d4b67079 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import markdown
 import time
 import os
 import sys
+import logging
 import requests
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, Depends, status
@@ -38,10 +39,15 @@ from config import (
     FRONTEND_BUILD_DIR,
     MODEL_FILTER_ENABLED,
     MODEL_FILTER_LIST,
+    GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL,
+    SRC_LOG_LEVELS,
     WEBHOOK_URL,
 )
 from constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
 
+logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL)
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(SRC_LOG_LEVELS["MAIN"])
 
 class SPAStaticFiles(StaticFiles):
     async def get_response(self, path: str, scope):
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ class RAGMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
         if request.method == "POST" and (
             "/api/chat" in request.url.path or "/chat/completions" in request.url.path
         ):
-            print(request.url.path)
+            log.debug(f"request.url.path: {request.url.path}")
 
             # Read the original request body
             body = await request.body()
@@ -93,7 +99,7 @@ class RAGMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
                 )
                 del data["docs"]
 
-                print(data["messages"])
+                log.debug(f"data['messages']: {data['messages']}")
 
             modified_body_bytes = json.dumps(data).encode("utf-8")