diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
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+++ b/utils.go
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+package utils
+
+import (
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+func SetUpLogger(logLevelStr string) error {
+	logLevel, err := logrus.ParseLevel(logLevelStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to parse the specified log level: '%s'", logLevel)
+	}
+	logrus.SetLevel(logLevel)
+	logrus.SetFormatter(&logrus.TextFormatter{
+		FullTimestamp: true,
+	})
+	logrus.Infof("log level set to '%s'", logrus.GetLevel())
+	return nil
+}