diff --git a/DependencyInjection/ChillMainExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/ChillMainExtension.php
index b66425ec4..da01a164f 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/ChillMainExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/ChillMainExtension.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class ChillMainExtension extends Extension implements PrependExtensionInterface
 
         $loader = new Loader\YamlFileLoader($container, new FileLocator(__DIR__.'/../Resources/config'));
         $loader->load('services.yml');
+        $loader->load('services/logger.yml');
     }
 
     public function prepend(ContainerBuilder $container) 
@@ -82,5 +83,10 @@ class ChillMainExtension extends Extension implements PrependExtensionInterface
               
            )
         ));
+        
+        //add a channel to log app events
+        $container->prependExtensionConfig('monolog', array(
+            'channels' => array('chill')
+        ));
     }
 }
diff --git a/Resources/config/services/logger.yml b/Resources/config/services/logger.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2da5a4a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Resources/config/services/logger.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+services:
+    chill.main.logger:
+        # a logger to log events from the app (deletion, remove, etc.)
+        alias: monolog.logger.chill