diff --git a/etc/storyboard.conf.sample b/etc/storyboard.conf.sample
index 1825bd3f..59279b81 100644
--- a/etc/storyboard.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/storyboard.conf.sample
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ lock_path = $state_path/lock
 # Port the bind the API server to
 # bind_port = 8080
 
+# OpenId Authentication endpoint
+# openid_url = https://login.launchpad.net/+openid
+
 [database]
 # This line MUST be changed to actually run storyboard
 # Example:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bb5f7503..e79bfaed 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0
 alembic>=0.4.1
 Babel>=0.9.6
 iso8601>=0.1.8
+oauthlib>=0.6
 oslo.config>=1.2.0
 pecan>=0.2.0
 python-openid
 PyYAML>=3.1.0
+requests>=1.1
 six>=1.4.1
 SQLAlchemy>=0.8,<=0.8.99
 WSME>=0.5b6
diff --git a/storyboard/api/auth/__init__.py b/storyboard/api/auth/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/storyboard/api/auth/auth_controller.py b/storyboard/api/auth/auth_controller.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed4d8b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storyboard/api/auth/auth_controller.py
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Mirantis Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import logging
+from oauthlib.oauth2 import RequestValidator
+from oauthlib.oauth2 import WebApplicationServer
+from oslo.config import cfg
+
+#Todo(nkonovalov): make storage configurable
+from storyboard.api.auth.memory_storage import MemoryTokenStorage
+from storyboard.db import api as db_api
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class SkeletonValidator(RequestValidator):
+    """This is oauth skeleton for handling all kind of validations and storage
+    manipulations.
+
+    As it is and OAuth2, not OpenId-connect, some methods are not required to
+    be implemented.
+
+    Scope parameter validation is skipped as it is not a part of OpenId-connect
+    protocol.
+
+    """
+
+    def validate_client_id(self, client_id, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Check that a valid client is connecting
+
+        """
+
+        # Let's think about valid clients later
+        return True
+
+    def validate_redirect_uri(self, client_id, redirect_uri, request, *args,
+                              **kwargs):
+        """Check that the client is allowed to redirect using the given
+        redirect_uri.
+
+        """
+
+        #todo(nkonovalov): check an uri based on CONF.domain
+        return True
+
+    def get_default_redirect_uri(self, client_id, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return request.sb_redirect_uri
+
+    def validate_scopes(self, client_id, scopes, client, request, *args,
+                        **kwargs):
+        """Scopes are not supported in OpenId-connect
+        The "user" value is hardcoded here to fill the difference between
+        the protocols.
+
+        """
+
+        return scopes == "user"
+
+    def get_default_scopes(self, client_id, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Scopes a client will authorize for if none are supplied in the
+        authorization request.
+
+        """
+
+        return ["user"]
+
+    def validate_response_type(self, client_id, response_type, client, request,
+                               *args, **kwargs):
+        """Clients should only be allowed to use one type of response type, the
+        one associated with their one allowed grant type.
+        In this case it must be "code".
+
+        """
+
+        return response_type == "code"
+
+    # Post-authorization
+
+    def save_authorization_code(self, client_id, code, request, *args,
+                                **kwargs):
+        """Save the code to the storage and remove the state as it is persisted
+        in the "code" argument
+        """
+
+        openid = request._params["openid.claimed_id"]
+        email = request._params["openid.sreg.email"]
+        fullname = request._params["openid.sreg.fullname"]
+
+        user = db_api.user_get_by_openid(openid)
+
+        if not user:
+            user = db_api.user_create({"openid": openid,
+                                       "fullname": fullname,
+                                       "email": email})
+        else:
+            user = db_api.user_update(user.id, {"fullname": fullname,
+                                                "email": email})
+
+        TOKEN_STORAGE.save_authorization_code(code, user_id=user.id)
+
+    # Token request
+
+    def authenticate_client(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Skip the authentication here. It is handled through an OpenId client
+        The parameters are set to match th OAuth protocol.
+
+        """
+
+        setattr(request, "client", type("Object", (object,), {})())
+        setattr(request.client, "client_id", "1")
+        return True
+
+    def validate_code(self, client_id, code, client, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Validate the code belongs to the client."""
+
+        return TOKEN_STORAGE.check_authorization_code(code)
+
+    def confirm_redirect_uri(self, client_id, code, redirect_uri, client,
+                             *args, **kwargs):
+        """Check that the client is allowed to redirect using the given
+        redirect_uri.
+
+        """
+
+        #todo(nkonovalov): check an uri based on CONF.domain
+        return True
+
+    def validate_grant_type(self, client_id, grant_type, client, request,
+                            *args, **kwargs):
+        """Clients should only be allowed to use one type of grant.
+        In this case, it must be "authorization_code" or "refresh_token"
+
+        """
+
+        return (grant_type == "authorization_code"
+                or grant_type == "refresh_token")
+
+    def save_bearer_token(self, token, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Save all token information to the storage."""
+
+        code = request._params["code"]
+        code_info = TOKEN_STORAGE.get_authorization_code_info(code)
+        user_id = code_info.user_id
+
+        TOKEN_STORAGE.save_token(access_token=token["access_token"],
+                                 expires_in=token["expires_in"],
+                                 refresh_token=token["refresh_token"],
+                                 user_id=user_id)
+
+    def invalidate_authorization_code(self, client_id, code, request, *args,
+                                      **kwargs):
+        """Authorization codes are use once, invalidate it when a token has
+        been acquired.
+
+        """
+
+        TOKEN_STORAGE.invalidate_authorization_code(code)
+
+    # Protected resource request
+
+    def validate_bearer_token(self, token, scopes, request):
+        """The check will be performed in a separate middleware."""
+
+        pass
+
+    # Token refresh request
+
+    def get_original_scopes(self, refresh_token, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Scopes a client will authorize for if none are supplied in the
+        authorization request.
+
+        """
+        return ["user"]
+
+
+validator = SkeletonValidator()
+SERVER = WebApplicationServer(validator)
+
+TOKEN_STORAGE = MemoryTokenStorage()
diff --git a/storyboard/api/auth/memory_storage.py b/storyboard/api/auth/memory_storage.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..758d6ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storyboard/api/auth/memory_storage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Mirantis Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import datetime
+
+from storyboard.api.auth import storage
+
+
+class Token(object):
+    def __init__(self, access_token, refresh_token, expires_in, user_id):
+        self.access_token = access_token
+        self.refresh_token = refresh_token
+        self.expires_in = expires_in
+        self.expires_at = datetime.datetime.now() + \
+            datetime.timedelta(seconds=expires_in)
+        self.user_id = user_id
+
+
+class AuthorizationCode(object):
+    def __init__(self, code, user_id):
+        self.code = code
+        self.user_id = user_id
+
+
+class MemoryTokenStorage(storage.StorageBase):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.token_set = set([])
+        self.auth_code_set = set([])
+        self.state_set = set([])
+
+    def save_token(self, access_token, expires_in, refresh_token, user_id):
+        token_info = Token(access_token=access_token,
+                           expires_in=expires_in,
+                           refresh_token=refresh_token,
+                           user_id=user_id)
+
+        self.token_set.add(token_info)
+
+    def save_authorization_code(self, authorization_code, user_id):
+        self.auth_code_set.add(AuthorizationCode(authorization_code, user_id))
+
+    def check_authorization_code(self, code):
+        code_entry = None
+        for entry in self.auth_code_set:
+            if entry.code["code"] == code:
+                code_entry = entry
+                break
+
+        if not code_entry:
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
+    def get_authorization_code_info(self, code):
+        for entry in self.auth_code_set:
+            if entry.code["code"] == code:
+                return entry
+
+        return None
+
+    def invalidate_authorization_code(self, code):
+        code_entry = None
+        for entry in self.auth_code_set:
+            if entry.code["code"] == code:
+                code_entry = entry
+                break
+
+        self.auth_code_set.remove(code_entry)
+
+    def save_state(self, state):
+        self.state_set.add(state)
+
+    def check_remove_state(self, state):
+        if state in self.state_set:
+            self.state_set.remove(state)
+            return True
+
+        return False
diff --git a/storyboard/api/auth/openid_client.py b/storyboard/api/auth/openid_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d22460c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storyboard/api/auth/openid_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Mirantis Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import logging
+from oslo.config import cfg
+import requests
+
+from storyboard.api.auth import utils
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
+
+OPENID_OPTS = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('openid_url',
+               default='https://login.launchpad.net/+openid',
+               help='OpenId Authentication endpoint')
+]
+
+CONF.register_opts(OPENID_OPTS)
+
+
+class OpenIdClient(object):
+
+    def send_openid_redirect(self, request, response):
+        redirect_location = CONF.openid_url
+        response.status_code = 303
+
+        return_params = {
+            "scope": str(request.params.get("scope")),
+            "state": str(request.params.get("state")),
+            "client_id": str(request.params.get("client_id")),
+            "response_type": str(request.params.get("response_type")),
+            "sb_redirect_uri": str(request.params.get("redirect_uri"))
+        }
+
+        #TODO(krotscheck): URI base should be fully inferred from the request.
+        # assuming that the API is hosted at /api isn't good.
+        return_to_url = request.host_url + "/api/v1/openid/authorize_return?" \
+            + utils.join_params(return_params, encode=True)
+
+        openid_params = {
+            "openid.ns": "http://specs.openid.net/auth/2.0",
+            "openid.mode": "checkid_setup",
+
+            "openid.claimed_id": "http://specs.openid.net/auth/2.0/"
+                                 "identifier_select",
+            "openid.identity": "http://specs.openid.net/auth/2.0/"
+                               "identifier_select",
+
+            "openid.realm": request.host_url,
+            "openid.return_to": return_to_url,
+
+            "openid.ns.sreg": "http://openid.net/sreg/1.0",
+            "openid.sreg.required": "fullname,email",
+
+            "openid.ns.ext2": "http://openid.net/srv/ax/1.0",
+            "openid.ext2.mode": "fetch_request",
+            "openid.ext2.type.FirstName": "http://schema.openid.net/"
+                                          "namePerson/first",
+            "openid.ext2.type.LastName": "http://schema.openid.net/"
+                                         "namePerson/last",
+            "openid.ext2.type.Email": "http://schema.openid.net/contact/email",
+            "openid.ext2.required": "FirstName,LastName,Email"
+        }
+        joined_params = utils.join_params(openid_params)
+
+        redirect_location = redirect_location + '?' + joined_params
+        response.headers["Location"] = redirect_location
+
+        return response
+
+    def verify_openid(self, request, response):
+        verify_params = dict(request.params.copy())
+        verify_params["openid.mode"] = "check_authentication"
+
+        verify_response = requests.post(CONF.openid_url, data=verify_params)
+        verify_data_tokens = verify_response.content.split()
+        verify_dict = dict((token.split(":")[0], token.split(":")[1])
+                           for token in verify_data_tokens)
+
+        if (verify_response.status_code / 100 != 2
+            or verify_dict['is_valid'] != 'true'):
+            response.status_code = 401  # Unauthorized
+            return False
+
+        return True
+
+    def create_association(self, op_location):
+        # Let's skip it for MVP at least
+        query_dict = {
+            "openid.ns": "http://specs.openid.net/auth/2.0",
+            "openid.mode": "associate",
+            "openid.assoc_type": "HMAC-SHA256",
+            "openid.session_type": "no-encryption"
+        }
+        assoc_data = requests.post(op_location, data=query_dict).content
+
+        data_tokens = assoc_data.split()
+        data_dict = dict((token.split(":")[0], token.split(":")[1])
+                         for token in data_tokens)
+
+        return data_dict["assoc_handle"]
+
+client = OpenIdClient()
diff --git a/storyboard/api/auth/storage.py b/storyboard/api/auth/storage.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a6f7bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storyboard/api/auth/storage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Mirantis Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import abc
+
+
+class StorageBase(object):
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def save_state(self, state):
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def check_remove_state(self, state):
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def save_authorization_code(self, authorization_code, user_id):
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def check_authorization_code(self, code):
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def get_authorization_code_info(self, code):
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def invalidate_authorization_code(self, code):
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def save_token(self, access_token, expires_in, refresh_token, user_id):
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def remove_token(self, token):
+        pass
diff --git a/storyboard/api/auth/utils.py b/storyboard/api/auth/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57f11edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storyboard/api/auth/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Mirantis Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import six
+import urllib
+
+
+def join_params(params, encode=True):
+    return '&'.join(
+        ["%s=%s" % (urllib.quote(key, safe='') if encode else key,
+                    urllib.quote(val, safe='') if encode else val)
+         for key, val in six.iteritems(params)])
diff --git a/storyboard/api/v1/auth.py b/storyboard/api/v1/auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..141b7a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storyboard/api/v1/auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Mirantis Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import json
+import logging
+import six
+
+from oslo.config import cfg
+import pecan
+from pecan import request
+from pecan import response
+from pecan import rest
+
+from storyboard.api.auth.auth_controller import SERVER
+from storyboard.api.auth.auth_controller import TOKEN_STORAGE
+from storyboard.api.auth.openid_client import client as openid_client
+from storyboard.api.auth import utils
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
+AUTH_OPTS = [
+]
+CONF.register_opts(AUTH_OPTS)
+
+
+class AuthController(rest.RestController):
+    _custom_actions = {
+        "authorize": ["GET"],
+        "authorize_return": ["GET"],
+        "token": ["POST"],
+    }
+
+    @pecan.expose()
+    def authorize(self):
+        """Authorization code request."""
+
+        return openid_client.send_openid_redirect(request, response)
+
+    @pecan.expose()
+    def authorize_return(self):
+        """Authorization code redirect endpoint.
+        At this point the server verifies an OpenId and retrieves user's
+        e-mail and full name from request
+
+        The client may already use both the e-mail and the fullname in the
+        templates, even though there was no token request so far.
+
+        """
+
+        if not openid_client.verify_openid(request, response):
+            # The verify call will set unauthorized code
+            return response
+
+        headers, body, code = SERVER.create_authorization_response(
+            uri=request.url,
+            http_method=request.method,
+            body=request.body,
+            scopes=request.params.get("scope"),
+            headers=request.headers)
+
+        response.headers = dict((str(k), str(v))
+                                for k, v in headers.iteritems())
+        response.status_code = code
+        response.body = body or ''
+
+        return response
+
+    @pecan.expose()
+    def client_redirect(self):
+        """This method is required to perform a hash-bang url redirect."""
+
+        response.status_code = 303
+
+        params = dict((str(k), str(v))
+                      for k, v in six.iteritems(request.params))
+        joined_params = utils.join_params(params)
+        response.headers["Location"] = "".join([request.host_url, "/",
+                                                CONF.auth_token_url, "?",
+                                                joined_params])
+
+        return response
+
+    @pecan.expose()
+    def token(self):
+        """Access token endpoint."""
+
+        auth_code = request.params.get("code")
+        code_info = TOKEN_STORAGE.get_authorization_code_info(auth_code)
+
+        headers, body, code = SERVER.create_token_response(
+            uri=request.url,
+            http_method=request.method,
+            body=request.body,
+            headers=request.headers)
+
+        response.headers = dict((str(k), str(v))
+                                for k, v in headers.iteritems())
+        response.status_code = code
+
+        json_body = json.loads(body)
+        json_body.update({
+            'id_token': code_info.user_id
+        })
+
+        response.body = json.dumps(json_body)
+        return response
diff --git a/storyboard/api/v1/users.py b/storyboard/api/v1/users.py
index eaaf20ab..2687b6c1 100644
--- a/storyboard/api/v1/users.py
+++ b/storyboard/api/v1/users.py
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ class UsersController(rest.RestController):
         users = wsme_models.User.get_all()
         return users
 
-    @wsme_pecan.wsexpose(wsme_models.User, unicode)
-    def get_one(self, username):
+    @wsme_pecan.wsexpose(wsme_models.User, int)
+    def get_one(self, user_id):
         """Retrieve details about one user.
 
-        :param username: unique name to identify the user.
+        :param user_id: The unique id of this user
         """
-        user = wsme_models.User.get(username=username)
+        user = wsme_models.User.get(id=user_id)
         if not user:
-            raise ClientSideError("User %s not found" % username,
+            raise ClientSideError("User %s not found" % user_id,
                                   status_code=404)
         return user
 
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ class UsersController(rest.RestController):
             raise ClientSideError("Could not create User")
         return created_user
 
-    @wsme_pecan.wsexpose(wsme_models.User, unicode, wsme_models.User)
-    def put(self, username, user):
+    @wsme_pecan.wsexpose(wsme_models.User, int, wsme_models.User)
+    def put(self, user_id, user):
         """Modify this user.
 
-        :param username: unique name to identify the user.
+        :param user_id: unique id to identify the user.
         :param user: a user within the request body.
         """
-        updated_user = wsme_models.User.update("username", username, user)
+        updated_user = wsme_models.User.update("id", user_id, user)
         if not updated_user:
-            raise ClientSideError("Could not update user %s" % username)
+            raise ClientSideError("Could not update user %s" % user_id)
         return updated_user
diff --git a/storyboard/api/v1/v1_controller.py b/storyboard/api/v1/v1_controller.py
index 29fc4199..314d23a2 100644
--- a/storyboard/api/v1/v1_controller.py
+++ b/storyboard/api/v1/v1_controller.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+from storyboard.api.v1.auth import AuthController
 from storyboard.api.v1.project_groups import ProjectGroupsController
 from storyboard.api.v1.projects import ProjectsController
 from storyboard.api.v1.stories import StoriesController
@@ -29,3 +30,5 @@ class V1Controller(object):
     users = UsersController()
     stories = StoriesController()
     tasks = TasksController()
+
+    openid = AuthController()
diff --git a/storyboard/db/api.py b/storyboard/db/api.py
index 5fe05147..654495d6 100644
--- a/storyboard/db/api.py
+++ b/storyboard/db/api.py
@@ -82,7 +82,46 @@ def _entity_update(kls, entity_id, values):
     return entity
 
 
-# BEGIN Projects
+## BEGIN Users
+
+def user_get(user_id):
+    return _entity_get(models.User, user_id)
+
+
+def user_get_by_openid(openid):
+    query = model_query(models.User, get_session())
+    return query.filter_by(openid=openid).first()
+
+
+def user_create(values):
+    user = models.User()
+    user.update(values.copy())
+
+    session = get_session()
+    with session.begin():
+        try:
+            user.save(session=session)
+        except db_exc.DBDuplicateEntry as e:
+            raise exc.DuplicateEntry("Duplicate entry for User: %s"
+                                     % e.columns)
+
+    return user
+
+
+def user_update(user_id, values):
+    session = get_session()
+
+    with session.begin():
+        user = _entity_get(models.User, user_id)
+        if user is None:
+            raise exc.NotFound("User %s not found" % user_id)
+
+        user.update(values.copy())
+
+    return user
+
+
+## BEGIN Projects
 
 def project_get(project_id):
     return _entity_get(models.Project, project_id)
diff --git a/storyboard/openstack/common/log.py b/storyboard/openstack/common/log.py
index ed3a88db..b26ed191 100644
--- a/storyboard/openstack/common/log.py
+++ b/storyboard/openstack/common/log.py
@@ -532,12 +532,7 @@ def _setup_logging_from_conf():
         else:
             handler.setFormatter(ContextFormatter(datefmt=datefmt))
 
-    if CONF.debug:
-        log_root.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-    elif CONF.verbose:
-        log_root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-    else:
-        log_root.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+    log_root.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
     for pair in CONF.default_log_levels:
         mod, _sep, level_name = pair.partition('=')