diff --git a/src/main/java/envoy/server/Startup.java b/src/main/java/envoy/server/Startup.java
index bdcac7d..c14423f 100755
--- a/src/main/java/envoy/server/Startup.java
+++ b/src/main/java/envoy/server/Startup.java
@@ -1,26 +1,22 @@
 package envoy.server;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
 
 import com.jenkov.nioserver.Server;
 
-import envoy.server.data.ConfigItem;
+import envoy.data.Config;
+import envoy.data.ConfigItem;
 import envoy.server.data.PersistenceManager;
 import envoy.server.net.ConnectionManager;
 import envoy.server.net.ObjectMessageProcessor;
 import envoy.server.net.ObjectMessageReader;
-import envoy.server.processors.ContactOperationProcessor;
-import envoy.server.processors.ContactsRequestEventProcessor;
-import envoy.server.processors.GroupCreationProcessor;
-import envoy.server.processors.GroupMessageProcessor;
-import envoy.server.processors.IDGeneratorRequestProcessor;
-import envoy.server.processors.LoginCredentialProcessor;
-import envoy.server.processors.MessageProcessor;
-import envoy.server.processors.MessageStatusChangeProcessor;
-import envoy.server.processors.ObjectProcessor;
-import envoy.server.processors.UserStatusChangeProcessor;
+import envoy.server.processors.*;
+import envoy.util.EnvoyLog;
 
 /**
  * Starts the server.<br>
@@ -34,6 +30,25 @@ import envoy.server.processors.UserStatusChangeProcessor;
  */
 public class Startup {
 
+	/**
+	 * Initializes the logger with a new config instance.
+	 * 
+	 * @since Envoy Server Standalone v0.1-beta
+	 */
+	private static void initLogging() {
+		final var items = new HashMap<String, ConfigItem<?>>();
+		items.put("homeDirectory",
+				new ConfigItem<>("homeDirectory", "h", File::new, new File(System.getProperty("user.home"), ".envoy-server"), true));
+		items.put("fileLevelBarrier", new ConfigItem<>("fileLevelBarrier", "fb", Level::parse, Level.SEVERE, true));
+		items.put("consoleLevelBarrier", new ConfigItem<>("consoleLevelBarrier", "cb", Level::parse, Level.INFO, true));
+
+		final var config = new Config();
+		config.load(items);
+
+		EnvoyLog.initialize(config);
+		EnvoyLog.attach("");
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Starts the server.
 	 *
@@ -42,6 +57,8 @@ public class Startup {
 	 * @since Envoy Server Standalone v0.1-alpha
 	 */
 	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+		initLogging();
+
 		Set<ObjectProcessor<?>> processors = new HashSet<>();
 		processors.add(new LoginCredentialProcessor());
 		processors.add(new MessageProcessor());
@@ -52,12 +69,12 @@ public class Startup {
 		processors.add(new IDGeneratorRequestProcessor());
 		processors.add(new ContactsRequestEventProcessor());
 		processors.add(new ContactOperationProcessor());
-		Server server = new Server(8080, () -> new ObjectMessageReader(), new ObjectMessageProcessor(processors));
+		Server server = new Server(8080, ObjectMessageReader::new, new ObjectMessageProcessor(processors));
 
 		// Initialize the current message ID
 		PersistenceManager persistenceManager = PersistenceManager.getInstance();
 		if (persistenceManager.getConfigItemByID("currentMessageId") == null)
-			persistenceManager.addConfigItem(new ConfigItem("currentMessageId", "0"));
+			persistenceManager.addConfigItem(new envoy.server.data.ConfigItem("currentMessageId", "0"));
 
 		server.start();
 		server.getSocketProcessor().registerSocketIdListener(ConnectionManager.getInstance());