diff --git a/plugins/OpenStack/Aodh/alarming.py b/plugins/OpenStack/Aodh/alarming.py
index 3c6d4d1..71ee743 100644
--- a/plugins/OpenStack/Aodh/alarming.py
+++ b/plugins/OpenStack/Aodh/alarming.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 """Carry out alarming requests via Aodh API."""
 
 import json
-import logging as log
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 from core.message_bus.producer import KafkaProducer
 
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@
 
                     # Generate a valid response message, send via producer
                     try:
+                        if alarm_status is True:
+                            log.info("Alarm successfully created")
+
                         resp_message = self._response.generate_response(
                             'create_alarm_response', status=alarm_status,
                             alarm_id=alarm_id,
@@ -233,6 +237,7 @@
             result = self._common._perform_request(
                 url, auth_token, req_type="delete")
             if str(result.status_code) == "404":
+                log.info("Alarm doesn't exist: %s", result.status_code)
                 # If status code is 404 alarm did not exist
                 return False
             else:
diff --git a/plugins/OpenStack/Aodh/plugin_instance.py b/plugins/OpenStack/Aodh/plugin_instance.py
index 11bacf6..aaba1e4 100644
--- a/plugins/OpenStack/Aodh/plugin_instance.py
+++ b/plugins/OpenStack/Aodh/plugin_instance.py
@@ -21,7 +21,14 @@
 ##
 """Aodh plugin for the OSM monitoring module."""
 
-import logging as log
+import logging
+
+logging.basicConfig(filename='aodh_MON.log', format='%(asctime)s %(message)s',
+                    datefmt='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p', filemode='a',
+                    level=logging.INFO)
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 try:
     import aodhclient
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/plugins/OpenStack/Gnocchi/metrics.py b/plugins/OpenStack/Gnocchi/metrics.py
index 7b13547..453b83b 100644
--- a/plugins/OpenStack/Gnocchi/metrics.py
+++ b/plugins/OpenStack/Gnocchi/metrics.py
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 
 import datetime
 import json
-import logging as log
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 import time
 
 from core.message_bus.producer import KafkaProducer
diff --git a/plugins/OpenStack/Gnocchi/plugin_instance.py b/plugins/OpenStack/Gnocchi/plugin_instance.py
index 7b516e8..983af3d 100644
--- a/plugins/OpenStack/Gnocchi/plugin_instance.py
+++ b/plugins/OpenStack/Gnocchi/plugin_instance.py
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@
 ##
 """Gnocchi plugin for the OSM monitoring module."""
 
-import logging as log
+import logging
+
+logging.basicConfig(filename='gnocchi_MON.log', datefmt='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p',
+                    format='%(asctime)s %(message)s', filemode='a',
+                    level=logging.INFO)
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 try:
     import gnocchiclient
diff --git a/plugins/OpenStack/common.py b/plugins/OpenStack/common.py
index eed122d..fe72acc 100644
--- a/plugins/OpenStack/common.py
+++ b/plugins/OpenStack/common.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 ##
 """Common methods for the OpenStack plugins."""
 
-import logging as log
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 from keystoneclient.v3 import client
 
@@ -102,5 +103,8 @@
 
         except Exception as e:
             log.warn("Exception thrown on request", e)
+            if response is not None:
+                log.warn("Request resulted in %s code and %s response",
+                         response.status_code, response.text)
 
         return response
diff --git a/plugins/OpenStack/response.py b/plugins/OpenStack/response.py
index e59c7ca..5bb620b 100644
--- a/plugins/OpenStack/response.py
+++ b/plugins/OpenStack/response.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 """Generate valid responses to send back to the SO."""
 
 import json
-import logging as log
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 __author__ = "Helena McGough"
 
diff --git a/plugins/OpenStack/settings.py b/plugins/OpenStack/settings.py
index 4a443aa..d177dcf 100644
--- a/plugins/OpenStack/settings.py
+++ b/plugins/OpenStack/settings.py
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@
 ##
 """Configurations for the OpenStack plugins."""
 
-#from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-import logging as log
+import logging
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 import os
 
 from collections import namedtuple