diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtensions.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtensions.cs
index bd5ae4805..dfe2149dc 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtensions.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/PathExtensions.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
         private const string NZBDRONE_DB = "nzbdrone.db";
         private const string NZBDRONE_LOG_DB = "logs.db";
         private const string BACKUP_ZIP_FILE = "NzbDrone_Backup.zip";
+        private const string NLOG_CONFIG_FILE = "nlog.config";
 
         private static readonly string UPDATE_SANDBOX_FOLDER_NAME = "nzbdrone_update" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
         private static readonly string UPDATE_PACKAGE_FOLDER_NAME = "nzbdrone" + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
@@ -70,7 +71,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
             return Path.Combine(GetProperCapitalization(dirInfo), dirInfo.GetFiles(fileInfo.Name)[0].Name);
         }
 
-
         public static string GetAppDataPath(this IAppFolderInfo appFolderInfo)
         {
             return appFolderInfo.AppDataFolder;
@@ -135,5 +135,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
         {
             return Path.Combine(GetAppDataPath(appFolderInfo), NZBDRONE_LOG_DB);
         }
+
+        public static string GetNlogConfigPath(this IAppFolderInfo appFolderInfo)
+        {
+            return Path.Combine(appFolderInfo.StartUpFolder, NLOG_CONFIG_FILE);
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigFileProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigFileProvider.cs
index 89c427fb2..7e37a2ea4 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigFileProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigFileProvider.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ using System.Xml.Linq;
 using NzbDrone.Common;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Cache;
 using NzbDrone.Common.EnvironmentInfo;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Messaging;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Configuration.Events;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
 {
@@ -19,19 +21,22 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
         bool AuthenticationEnabled { get; }
         string Username { get; }
         string Password { get; }
+        string LogLevel { get; }
     }
 
     public class ConfigFileProvider : IConfigFileProvider
     {
         private readonly IAppFolderInfo _appFolderInfo;
+        private readonly IMessageAggregator _messageAggregator;
         private readonly ICached<string> _cache;
 
         private readonly string _configFile;
 
-        public ConfigFileProvider(IAppFolderInfo appFolderInfo, ICacheManger cacheManger)
+        public ConfigFileProvider(IAppFolderInfo appFolderInfo, ICacheManger cacheManger, IMessageAggregator messageAggregator)
         {
             _appFolderInfo = appFolderInfo;
             _cache = cacheManger.GetCache<string>(GetType());
+            _messageAggregator = messageAggregator;
             _configFile = _appFolderInfo.GetConfigPath();
         }
 
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
                 }
             }
 
-
+            _messageAggregator.PublishEvent(new ConfigFileSavedEvent());
         }
 
         public int Port
@@ -100,6 +105,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
             get { return GetValue("Password", ""); }
         }
 
+        public string LogLevel
+        {
+            get { return GetValue("LogLevel", "Info"); }
+        }
+
         public int GetValueInt(string key, int defaultValue)
         {
             return Convert.ToInt32(GetValue(key, defaultValue));
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigService.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigService.cs
index 456954676..dade25f74 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigService.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigService.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Download;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Nzbget;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Instrumentation;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
 {
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/Events/ConfigFileSavedEvent.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/Events/ConfigFileSavedEvent.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97db618ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/Events/ConfigFileSavedEvent.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Messaging;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration.Events
+{
+    public class ConfigFileSavedEvent : IEvent
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/IConfigService.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/IConfigService.cs
index 430d15fde..a16470791 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/IConfigService.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/IConfigService.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Download;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Nzbget;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Instrumentation;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
 {
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Instrumentation/SetLoggingLevel.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Instrumentation/SetLoggingLevel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6067146b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Instrumentation/SetLoggingLevel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+using NLog;
+using NLog.Config;
+using NzbDrone.Common;
+using NzbDrone.Common.EnvironmentInfo;
+using NzbDrone.Common.Messaging;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Configuration;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Configuration.Events;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Lifecycle;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Instrumentation
+{
+    public interface ISetLoggingLevel
+    {
+        void Reconfigure();
+    }
+
+    public class SetLoggingLevel : ISetLoggingLevel, IHandleAsync<ConfigFileSavedEvent>, IHandleAsync<ApplicationStartedEvent>
+    {
+        private readonly IConfigFileProvider _configFileProvider;
+
+        public SetLoggingLevel(IConfigFileProvider configFileProvider)
+        {
+            _configFileProvider = configFileProvider;
+        }
+
+        public void Reconfigure()
+        {
+            var logLevel = _configFileProvider.LogLevel;
+
+            var rules = LogManager.Configuration.LoggingRules;
+            var rollingFileLogger = rules.Single(s => s.Targets.Any(t => t.Name == "rollingFileLogger"));
+            rollingFileLogger.EnableLoggingForLevel(LogLevel.Trace);
+
+            var test = 1;
+        }
+
+        public void HandleAsync(ConfigFileSavedEvent message)
+        {
+            Reconfigure();
+        }
+
+        public void HandleAsync(ApplicationStartedEvent message)
+        {
+            Reconfigure();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
index 9deaeec44..1c5d48159 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Configuration\Config.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration\ConfigFileProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration\ConfigRepository.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Configuration\Events\ConfigFileSavedEvent.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration\IConfigService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DataAugmentation\DailySeries\DailySeriesDataProxy.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DataAugmentation\DailySeries\DailySeriesService.cs" />
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Indexers\IndexerWithSetting.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Indexers\RssSyncCommand.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Instrumentation\Commands\TrimLogCommand.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Instrumentation\SetLoggingLevel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Jobs\TaskManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Lifecycle\ApplicationShutdownRequested.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MediaCover\CoverAlreadyExistsSpecification.cs" />