diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index 556cd0b59ed023178fa7e6df1b5b03b9f6c5f157..e53bcd6129311f1da3c20fa9392d949aa1a15786 100644
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ __date__ = '2019-11-14'
 
 
 import argparse
-import logging
 
+from src.helpers import Logger
 from src.run_modules.experiment_setup import ExperimentSetup
 from src.run_modules.model_setup import ModelSetup
 from src.run_modules.post_processing import PostProcessing
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ from src.run_modules.pre_processing import PreProcessing
 from src.run_modules.run_environment import RunEnvironment
 from src.run_modules.training import Training
 
+Logger()
+
 
 def main(parser_args):
 
@@ -29,10 +31,6 @@ def main(parser_args):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
-    formatter = '%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s: %(message)s  [%(filename)s:%(funcName)s:%(lineno)s]'
-    logging.basicConfig(format=formatter, level=logging.INFO)
-    # logging.basicConfig(format=formatter, level=logging.DEBUG)
-
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('--experiment_date', metavar='--exp_date', type=str, default=None,
                         help="set experiment date as string")
diff --git a/src/helpers.py b/src/helpers.py
index 073a7bbf9ae3b7041591d48e4e5b7f3ef0efae42..12ec837bfcc14753fb7a90ac34f4499f47cb485d 100644
--- a/src/helpers.py
+++ b/src/helpers.py
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ __author__ = 'Lukas Leufen, Felix Kleinert'
 __date__ = '2019-10-21'
 
 
+import datetime as dt
 import logging
 import math
 import os
-import time
 import socket
-import datetime as dt
+import sys
+import time
 
 import keras.backend as K
 import xarray as xr
@@ -218,3 +219,59 @@ def list_pop(list_full: list, pop_items):
 def dict_pop(dict_orig: Dict, pop_keys):
     pop_keys = to_list(pop_keys)
     return {k: v for k, v in dict_orig.items() if k not in pop_keys}
+
+
+class Logger:
+    """
+    Basic logger class to unify all logging outputs. Logs are saved in local file and returned to std output. In default
+    settings, logging level of file logger is DEBUG, logging level of stream logger is INFO. Class must be imported
+    and initialised in starting script, all subscripts should log with logging.info(), debug, ...
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, log_path=None, level_file=logging.DEBUG, level_stream=logging.INFO):
+
+        # define shared logger format
+        self.formatter = '%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s: %(message)s  [%(filename)s:%(funcName)s:%(lineno)s]'
+
+        # set log path
+        log_file = self.setup_logging_path(log_path)
+        # set root logger as file handler
+        logging.basicConfig(level=level_file,
+                            format=self.formatter,
+                            filename=log_file,
+                            filemode='a')
+        # add stream handler to the root logger
+        logging.getLogger('').addHandler(self.logger_console(level_stream))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def setup_logging_path(path: str = None):
+        """
+        Check if given path exists and creates if not. If path is None, use path from main. The logging file is named
+        like `logging_<runtime>.log` where runtime=`%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S` of current run.
+        :param path: path to logfile
+        :return: path of logfile
+        """
+        if not path:  # set default path
+            path = os.path.dirname(sys.modules["__main__"].__file__)
+            path = os.path.join(path, "logging")
+        if not os.path.exists(path):
+            os.makedirs(path)
+        runtime = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S", time.localtime())
+        log_file = os.path.join(path, f'logging_{runtime}.log')
+        return log_file
+
+    def logger_console(self, level: int):
+        """
+        Defines a stream handler which writes messages of given level or higher to std out
+        :param level: logging level as integer, e.g. logging.DEBUG or 10
+        :return: defines stream handler
+        """
+        # define Handler
+        console = logging.StreamHandler()
+        # set level of Handler
+        console.setLevel(level)
+        # set a format which is simpler for console use
+        formatter = logging.Formatter(self.formatter)
+        # tell the handler to use this format
+        console.setFormatter(formatter)
+        return console