diff --git a/python/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/python/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 3b8fa97..4c8e3d5 100644
--- a/python/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/python/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@
     Path("src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/models.py").unlink()
 
 if (not {{ cookiecutter.add_fastapi }}) and (not {{ cookiecutter.add_cli }}):
-    Path("./src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/logging.py").unlink()
+    Path("./src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/utils.py").unlink()
     Path("src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/config.py").unlink()
diff --git a/python/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/logging.py b/python/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/logging.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 511a035..0000000
--- a/python/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/logging.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-"""Configure application logging."""
-
-import logging
-
-
-def initialize_logs(log_level: int = logging.INFO) -> None:
-    """Configure logging.
-
-    :param log_level: app log level to set
-    """
-    logging.basicConfig(
-        filename=f"{__package__}.log",
-        format="[%(asctime)s] - %(name)s - %(levelname)s : %(message)s",
-    )
-    logger = logging.getLogger(__package__)
-    logger.setLevel(log_level)
diff --git a/python/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils.py b/python/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a38ca73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""Configure useful utilities."""
+
+import logging
+from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler
+
+
+def initialize_logs(log_level: int = logging.INFO) -> None:
+    """Configure logging.
+
+    :param log_level: app log level to set
+    """
+    root = logging.getLogger()
+    if root.handlers:
+        return
+
+    root.setLevel(log_level)
+    formatter = logging.Formatter(
+        "[%(asctime)s] - %(name)s - %(levelname)s : %(message)s"
+    )
+    fh = RotatingFileHandler(f"{__package__}.log", maxBytes=5_000_000, backupCount=3)
+    fh.setFormatter(formatter)
+    root.addHandler(fh)