diff --git a/bitbotd b/bitbotd
index e3962dde..a77c0af0 100755
--- a/bitbotd
+++ b/bitbotd
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ log_level = args.log_level
 if not log_level:
     log_level = "debug" if args.verbose else "warn"
 
-log = Logging.Log(not args.no_logging, log_level, LOG_DIR)
+log_level_files = config.get("log-levels", "TRACE,INFO,WARN"
+    ).split(",")
+
+log = Logging.Log(not args.no_logging, log_level, LOG_DIR, log_level_files)
 
 log.info("Starting BitBot %s (Python v%s, db %s)",
     [IRCBot.VERSION, platform.python_version(), DATABASE])
diff --git a/docs/bot.conf.example b/docs/bot.conf.example
index 7b1ad465..fdb7a971 100644
--- a/docs/bot.conf.example
+++ b/docs/bot.conf.example
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #lock-file                = {DATA}/bot.lock
 #sock-file                = {DATA}/bot.sock
 
+#log-levels               = TRACE,INFO,WARN
+
 # database - currently only supports sqlite3
 #database                 = sqlite3:{DATA}/bot.db
 
diff --git a/src/Logging.py b/src/Logging.py
index ec8574bd..47096433 100644
--- a/src/Logging.py
+++ b/src/Logging.py
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ class HookedHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
 class Log(object):
     _hooks: typing.List[typing.Callable[[int, str], None]]
 
-    def __init__(self, to_file: bool, level: str, location: str):
+    def __init__(self, to_file: bool,
+            level: str,
+            location: str,
+            file_levels: typing.List[str]):
         self._hooks = []
 
         logging.addLevelName(LEVELS["trace"], "TRACE")
@@ -52,25 +55,28 @@ class Log(object):
         self.logger.addHandler(hook_handler)
 
         if to_file:
-            trace_path = os.path.join(location, "trace.log")
-            trace_handler = logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler(
-                trace_path, when="midnight", backupCount=5)
-            trace_handler.setLevel(LEVELS["trace"])
-            trace_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-            self.logger.addHandler(trace_handler)
+            if "TRACE" in file_levels:
+                trace_path = os.path.join(location, "trace.log")
+                trace_handler = logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler(
+                    trace_path, when="midnight", backupCount=5)
+                trace_handler.setLevel(LEVELS["trace"])
+                trace_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+                self.logger.addHandler(trace_handler)
 
-            info_path = os.path.join(location, "info.log")
-            info_handler = logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler(
-                info_path, when="midnight", backupCount=1)
-            info_handler.setLevel(LEVELS["info"])
-            info_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-            self.logger.addHandler(info_handler)
+            if "INFO" in file_levels:
+                info_path = os.path.join(location, "info.log")
+                info_handler = logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler(
+                    info_path, when="midnight", backupCount=1)
+                info_handler.setLevel(LEVELS["info"])
+                info_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+                self.logger.addHandler(info_handler)
 
-            warn_path = os.path.join(location, "warn.log")
-            warn_handler = logging.FileHandler(warn_path)
-            warn_handler.setLevel(LEVELS["warn"])
-            warn_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-            self.logger.addHandler(warn_handler)
+            if "WARN" in file_levels:
+                warn_path = os.path.join(location, "warn.log")
+                warn_handler = logging.FileHandler(warn_path)
+                warn_handler.setLevel(LEVELS["warn"])
+                warn_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+                self.logger.addHandler(warn_handler)
 
     def hook(self, func: typing.Callable[[int, str], None]):
         self._hooks.append(func)