diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 04b82bb..553a7c5 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ CONFIGFILE="config.toml"
 # The entire config object with all defaults
 config = {
     "api" : "https://oboy.smilebasicsource.com/api",
+    "default_loglevel" : "WARNING",
     "expire_seconds" : 31536000, # 365 days in seconds, expiration for token
     "tokenfile" : ".qcstoken"
 }
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ config = {
 def main():
     print("Program start")
     load_or_create_global_config()
-    logging.debug("Config: " + json.dumps(config, indent = 2))
+    logging.info("Config: " + json.dumps(config, indent = 2))
     context = contentapi.ApiContext(config["api"], logging)
     print("Program end")
 
@@ -31,13 +32,16 @@ def load_or_create_global_config():
     if os.path.exists(CONFIGFILE):
         # Read and deserialize the config file
         with open(CONFIGFILE, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-            config = toml.load(f)
+            temp_config = toml.load(f)
+            myutils.merge_dictionary(temp_config, config)
     else:
         # Serialize and write the config dictionary to the config file
         logging.warn("No config found at " + CONFIGFILE + ", creating now")
         with open(CONFIGFILE, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
             toml.dump(config, f)
 
+    myutils.set_logging_level(config["default_loglevel"])
+
 
 # Because python reasons
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/myutils.py b/myutils.py
index f31530f..39a9928 100644
--- a/myutils.py
+++ b/myutils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import logging
 
 # Merge the "new_values" dictionary recursively into the "base_values" dictionary,
 # assigning where new_values is assigned but not fully overwriting nested dictionaries
@@ -7,4 +8,11 @@ def merge_dictionary(new_values, base_values):
         if key in base_values and isinstance(base_values[key], dict) and isinstance(new_values[key], dict):
             merge_dictionary(new_values[key], base_values[key])
         else:
-            base_values[key] = new_values[key]
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+            base_values[key] = new_values[key]
+
+# Set the DEFAULT logging level based on a string representation of it
+def set_logging_level(level_str):
+    level = getattr(logging, level_str.upper(), None)
+    if not isinstance(level, int):
+        raise ValueError('Invalid logging level: %s' % level_str)
+    logging.basicConfig(level=level)
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