Index: wflow-py/wflow/wflow_bmi.py
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diff -u -rf35137574762516fddda5cdc4c2d23380433f941 -r42d3c1c35dbb2f934cbc815646e166e2c9bfa2c1
--- wflow-py/wflow/wflow_bmi.py	(.../wflow_bmi.py)	(revision f35137574762516fddda5cdc4c2d23380433f941)
+++ wflow-py/wflow/wflow_bmi.py	(.../wflow_bmi.py)	(revision 42d3c1c35dbb2f934cbc815646e166e2c9bfa2c1)
@@ -23,7 +23,20 @@
 
         :return:
         """
+        self.loggingmode = logging.ERROR
+        logstr = os.getenv('wflow_bmi_loglevel', 'ERROR')
 
+        if logstr in 'ERROR':
+            self.loggingmode = logging.ERROR
+        if logstr in 'WARNING':
+            self.loggingmode = logging.WARNING
+        if logstr in 'INFO':
+            self.loggingmode = logging.INFO
+        if logstr in 'DEBUG':
+            self.loggingmode = logging.DEBUG
+
+        self.bmilogger = setlogger('wflow_bmi.log','wflow_bmi_logging',thelevel=self.loggingmode)
+
     def initialize(self, configfile=None,loglevel=logging.DEBUG):
         """
         Assumptions for now:
@@ -55,6 +68,7 @@
         else:
             raise ValueError
 
+        self.bmilogger.info("initialize: Initialising wflow bmi with ini: " + configfile)
         myModel = wf.WflowModel(wflow_cloneMap, datadir, runid, inifile)
 
         self.dynModel = wf.wf_DynamicFramework(myModel, maxNrSteps, firstTimestep = 1)
@@ -71,6 +85,7 @@
         """
         self.dynModel._runSuspend()
         self.dynModel._wf_shutdown()
+        self.bmilogger.debug("finalize: shutting doen bmi")
 
     def update(self, dt):
         """