diff --git a/webservice/ws_eidastats/helper_functions.py b/webservice/ws_eidastats/helper_functions.py
index bd1dc6c..9f04abb 100644
--- a/webservice/ws_eidastats/helper_functions.py
+++ b/webservice/ws_eidastats/helper_functions.py
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
 
+logging.basicConfig()
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.setLevel(os.getenv('LOGLEVEL', logging.INFO))
+
 dbURI = os.getenv('DBURI', 'postgresql://postgres:password@localhost:5432/eidastats')
 engine = create_engine(dbURI, pool_size=10, max_overflow=20)
 Session = sessionmaker(engine)
diff --git a/webservice/ws_eidastats/views_submit.py b/webservice/ws_eidastats/views_submit.py
index 475682d..6d4695c 100644
--- a/webservice/ws_eidastats/views_submit.py
+++ b/webservice/ws_eidastats/views_submit.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-from requests import status_codes
 from pyramid.response import Response
 from pyramid.view import view_config
 from datetime import datetime
-import os
 import json
 import mmh3
 from ws_eidastats.helper_functions import log, Session