diff --git a/symposion/markdown_parser.py b/symposion/markdown_parser.py
index f5495336..f123be47 100644
--- a/symposion/markdown_parser.py
+++ b/symposion/markdown_parser.py
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+import logging
+
 import bleach
 import markdown
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger('MARKDOWN')
+logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
 tags = bleach.sanitizer.ALLOWED_TAGS[:]
 tags.extend(['p', 'pre'])