diff --git a/frontend/.env.development b/frontend/.env.development
index b2d8de4..c765184 100644
--- a/frontend/.env.development
+++ b/frontend/.env.development
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 VITE_DEV_MODE=true
-VITE_API_URL=http://lvh.me:8000
+VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:8000
diff --git a/smoothschedule/config/settings/base.py b/smoothschedule/config/settings/base.py
index 452191e..97192d0 100644
--- a/smoothschedule/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/smoothschedule/config/settings/base.py
@@ -224,6 +224,21 @@ MANAGERS = ADMINS
 # Force the `admin` sign in process to go through the `django-allauth` workflow
 DJANGO_ADMIN_FORCE_ALLAUTH = env.bool("DJANGO_ADMIN_FORCE_ALLAUTH", default=False)
 
+# LOGGING - Base structure (extended by multitenancy.py, overridden by local.py/production.py)
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Minimal structure here - actual handlers defined in environment-specific settings
+LOGGING = {
+    "version": 1,
+    "disable_existing_loggers": False,
+    "formatters": {},
+    "handlers": {
+        "console": {
+            "level": "DEBUG",
+            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+        },
+    },
+}
+
 REDIS_URL = env("REDIS_URL", default="redis://redis:6379/0")
 REDIS_SSL = REDIS_URL.startswith("rediss://")
 
diff --git a/smoothschedule/config/settings/local.py b/smoothschedule/config/settings/local.py
index f3116b4..6f1b2db 100644
--- a/smoothschedule/config/settings/local.py
+++ b/smoothschedule/config/settings/local.py
@@ -114,5 +114,16 @@ INSTALLED_APPS += ["django_extensions"]
 
 # https://docs.celeryq.dev/en/stable/userguide/configuration.html#task-eager-propagates
 CELERY_TASK_EAGER_PROPAGATES = True
+
+# LOGGING - Development
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Extend the base LOGGING configuration with development settings
+LOGGING["disable_existing_loggers"] = False
+LOGGING["formatters"]["verbose"] = {
+    "format": "%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(module)s %(process)d %(thread)d %(message)s",
+}
+LOGGING["handlers"]["console"]["formatter"] = "verbose"
+LOGGING["root"] = {"level": "DEBUG", "handlers": ["console"]}
+
 # Your stuff...
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/smoothschedule/config/settings/multitenancy.py b/smoothschedule/config/settings/multitenancy.py
index 628c9eb..0f8d7fd 100644
--- a/smoothschedule/config/settings/multitenancy.py
+++ b/smoothschedule/config/settings/multitenancy.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This file extends base.py and adds django-tenants configuration
 """
 
 from .base import *  # noqa
-from .base import INSTALLED_APPS, MIDDLEWARE, DATABASES, env
+from .base import INSTALLED_APPS, MIDDLEWARE, DATABASES, LOGGING, env
 
 # =============================================================================
 # MULTI-TENANCY CONFIGURATION (django-tenants)