diff --git a/gracedb/api/v1/main/views.py b/gracedb/api/v1/main/views.py
index b83b3a9bcaf7e7e0301c4da7ec98ed8ad37e5407..056b2c674e85c12b4761f3f0b165f3c7ed1474c2 100644
--- a/gracedb/api/v1/main/views.py
+++ b/gracedb/api/v1/main/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Needed because our local events and superevents modules (for the API)
 # shadow the names of the events and superevents apps.
 from __future__ import absolute_import
+import logging
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group as AuthGroup
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ from events.view_logic import get_performance_info
 from superevents.models import Superevent
 from ..superevents.url_templates import construct_url_templates
 
+# Set up logger
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class TagList(APIView):
     """Tag List Resource
diff --git a/gracedb/core/middleware/proxy.py b/gracedb/core/middleware/proxy.py
index c9293ad34a88cd3f9c6f1158b09beb9ce41be785..0f989656a28da60e1037d22a287041a5e2c04e48 100644
--- a/gracedb/core/middleware/proxy.py
+++ b/gracedb/core/middleware/proxy.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import logging
+
+# Set up logger
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class XForwardedForMiddleware(object):