diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7e73d64..670b1df 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
-dependencies = ["virtualenv >= 20.25", "pydantic"] # add all the dependencies here
+dependencies = ["virtualenv >= 20.25", "pydantic", "colorlog"] # add all the dependencies here
 dynamic = ["readme", "version"]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e0c0601..5a98a7a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 #
 annotated-types==0.6.0
     # via pydantic
+colorama==0.4.6
+    # via colorlog
+colorlog==6.8.2
+    # via migmose (pyproject.toml)
 distlib==0.3.8
     # via virtualenv
 filelock==3.13.1
diff --git a/src/migmose/logger.ini b/src/migmose/logger.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46b7aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/migmose/logger.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[loggers]
+keys=root
+
+[logger_root]
+handlers=stream
+level=DEBUG
+
+[formatters]
+keys=color
+
+[formatter_color]
+class=colorlog.ColoredFormatter
+format=%(log_color)s%(levelname)-8s [%(name)s] %(message)s
+datefmt=%H:%M:%S
+
+[handlers]
+keys=stream
+
+[handler_stream]
+class=StreamHandler
+formatter=color
+args=()
diff --git a/src/migmose/logger.py b/src/migmose/logger.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e3658b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/migmose/logger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""
+This module provides a logger instance for migmose
+"""
+
+import logging.config
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Construct the path to the configuration file
+logger_config_file: Path = Path(__file__).with_suffix(".ini")
+
+logging.config.fileConfig(logger_config_file)
+logger = logging.getLogger("migmose")