diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9ba61c..aa1319f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ optional arguments:
                         worker will execute)
 ```
 
+### Logging
+
+The package logs to the `toosimpleq` logger. Please refer to the Django docs to see how to configure this. If no handler is defined, a default handler will be added that outputs the logs to the console.
+
 ## Contrib apps
 
 ### django_toosimple_q.contrib.mail
diff --git a/django_toosimple_q/logging.py b/django_toosimple_q/logging.py
index 6b4fe7e..c7d008a 100644
--- a/django_toosimple_q/logging.py
+++ b/django_toosimple_q/logging.py
@@ -2,16 +2,7 @@
 
 from .registry import schedules_registry, tasks_registry
 
-formatter = logging.Formatter(
-    "[%(asctime)s][%(levelname)s][toosimpleq] %(message)s", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
-)
-
-handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-
 logger = logging.getLogger("toosimpleq")
-logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-logger.addHandler(handler)
 
 
 def show_registry():
diff --git a/django_toosimple_q/management/commands/worker.py b/django_toosimple_q/management/commands/worker.py
index 060d166..aedd05e 100644
--- a/django_toosimple_q/management/commands/worker.py
+++ b/django_toosimple_q/management/commands/worker.py
@@ -64,6 +64,23 @@ def add_arguments(self, parser):
         )
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        if not logger.hasHandlers():
+            # log to console in case no loggers are configured
+            default_formatter = logging.Formatter(
+                "[%(asctime)s][%(levelname)s][toosimpleq] %(message)s",
+                "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+            )
+            default_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+            default_handler.setFormatter(default_formatter)
+            logger.addHandler(default_handler)
+
+        try:
+            self._handle(*args, **options)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.exception(e)
+            raise e
+
+    def _handle(self, *args, **options):
         # Handle interuption signals
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.handle_signal)
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.handle_signal)
@@ -137,7 +154,7 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
 
         except Exception as e:
             exc = e
-            logger.critical(f"Crashed unhandled exception: {e}")
+            logger.exception(e)
             self.worker_status.exit_code = WorkerStatus.ExitCodes.CRASHED.value
             self.worker_status.exit_log = format_exc()
 
diff --git a/django_toosimple_q/tests/tests_logging.py b/django_toosimple_q/tests/tests_logging.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9058879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_toosimple_q/tests/tests_logging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import io
+from contextlib import redirect_stderr, redirect_stdout
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core import management
+from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
+from django.utils.log import configure_logging
+from freezegun import freeze_time
+
+
+class LoggingTestCase(TestCase):
+    # def setUp(self):
+    #     logger.handlers = []
+
+    @freeze_time("2020-01-01")
+    def test_default_logging(self):
+        """With no specific config, log to console"""
+        configure_logging(settings.LOGGING_CONFIG, settings.LOGGING)
+        buf = io.StringIO()
+        with redirect_stdout(buf), redirect_stderr(buf):
+            management.call_command("worker", "--once", "--queue", "nop")
+        self.assertIn(
+            "[2020-01-01 00:00:00][INFO][toosimpleq] Exiting loop because --once was passed",
+            buf.getvalue(),
+        )
+
+    @freeze_time("2020-01-01")
+    @override_settings(
+        LOGGING={
+            "version": 1,
+            "disable_existing_loggers": False,
+            "handlers": {"file": {"class": "logging.NullHandler"}},
+            "root": {"handlers": ["file"]},
+        }
+    )
+    def test_logging_output(self):
+        """With explicit config, handler isn't added"""
+        configure_logging(settings.LOGGING_CONFIG, settings.LOGGING)
+
+        buf = io.StringIO()
+        with redirect_stdout(buf), redirect_stderr(buf):
+            management.call_command("worker", "--once", "--queue", "nop")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            "",
+            buf.getvalue(),
+        )