diff --git a/plum/cli/main.py b/plum/cli/main.py
index 2bd8f3bab..191b2f487 100644
--- a/plum/cli/main.py
+++ b/plum/cli/main.py
@@ -16,7 +16,18 @@ from .docopt_command import NoSuchCommand
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+
 def main():
+    console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    console_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter())
+    console_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    root_logger = logging.getLogger()
+    root_logger.addHandler(console_handler)
+    root_logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+    # Disable requests logging
+    logging.getLogger("requests").propagate = False
+
     try:
         command = TopLevelCommand()
         command.sys_dispatch()