diff --git a/src/birthday.py b/src/birthday.py
index 00cb642..48136bf 100644
--- a/src/birthday.py
+++ b/src/birthday.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class BirthdayClient(Client):
         await self.channel.send(f'Heute hat {name} ({member.mention}) Geburtstag! Seid nett :birthday: :tada:')
 
     def parse_birthdays(self) -> TextChannel:
+        logging.info('Reading file from %s', self.config_file)
         with open(self.config_file) as fh:
             config = BirthdayConfig.model_validate_json(fh.read())
         guild = self.get_guild(config.channel.server_id)
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     intents.message_content = intents.members = intents.messages = True
 
     log_handler = logging.FileHandler(filename='fregbot-birthday.log', encoding='utf-8', mode='w')
+    log_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
     client = BirthdayClient(intents=intents)
     client.config_file = Path(os.getenv('FREG_BIRTHDAY_CONFIG') or '')
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     if not token:
         logging.error('Kein Token gefunden. Kann nicht starten. Umgebungsvariable FREG_TOKEN muss gesetzt sein')
         exit(1)
-    client.run(token, log_handler=log_handler)
+    client.run(token, log_handler=log_handler, root_logger=True)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':