diff --git a/oml/db.py b/oml/db.py
index 29c2353..01f2574 100644
--- a/oml/db.py
+++ b/oml/db.py
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 import settings
 import state
 
+import logging
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 engine = create_engine('sqlite:///%s' % settings.db_path, connect_args={'timeout': 90})
 Session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(bind=engine))