diff --git a/log_config.json b/log_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06591ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{
+    "version": 1,
+    "disable_existing_loggers": false,
+    "formatters": {
+        "default": {
+            "()": "uvicorn.logging.DefaultFormatter",
+            "fmt": "%(asctime)s - %(levelprefix)s (%(funcName)s) %(message)s",
+            "use_colors": null
+        },
+        "access": {
+            "()": "uvicorn.logging.AccessFormatter",
+            "fmt": "%(asctime)s - %(levelprefix)s %(client_addr)s - \"%(request_line)s\" %(status_code)s"
+        }
+    },
+    "handlers": {
+        "default": {
+            "formatter": "default",
+            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+            "stream": "ext://sys.stderr"
+        },
+        "access": {
+            "formatter": "access",
+            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+            "stream": "ext://sys.stdout"
+        }
+    },
+    "loggers": {
+        "uvicorn": {
+            "handlers": [
+                "default"
+            ],
+            "level": "INFO",
+            "propagate": false
+        },
+        "uvicorn.error": {
+            "level": "DEBUG"
+        },
+        "uvicorn.access": {
+            "handlers": [
+                "access"
+            ],
+            "level": "INFO",
+            "propagate": false
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index f7bd8d6..ef24d47 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
 import uuid
 from typing import Dict, Any
 from pathlib import Path
+import logging
+from anyio import open_file
+
+
+# Log to uvicorn general-purpose server logger
+logger = logging.getLogger('uvicorn.error')
+
 
 app = FastAPI(
     title="NetworkX Graph API",
@@ -283,6 +290,7 @@ async def get_node_type_counts(graph_id: str):
     Returns:
         A JSON object containing the count of nodes for each type.
     """
+    logger.debug("Calling.")
     # Check if graph ID exists in registry
     if graph_id not in graph_registry:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Graph ID not found")
@@ -290,9 +298,12 @@ async def get_node_type_counts(graph_id: str):
     try:
         # Load the graph from file
         file_path = graph_registry[graph_id]
-        with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
-            data = json.load(f)
+        async with await open_file(file_path, 'r') as f:
+            logger.debug("Opening file.")
+            content = await f.read()
+            logger.debug("Closing file.")
 
+        data = json.loads(content)
         # Load as NetworkX graph
         graph = nx.node_link_graph(data)
 
@@ -328,6 +339,7 @@ async def get_edge_type_counts(graph_id: str):
     Returns:
         A JSON object containing the count of edges for each type.
     """
+    logger.debug("Calling.")
     # Check if graph ID exists in registry
     if graph_id not in graph_registry:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Graph ID not found")
@@ -335,9 +347,12 @@ async def get_edge_type_counts(graph_id: str):
     try:
         # Load the graph from file
         file_path = graph_registry[graph_id]
-        with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
-            data = json.load(f)
+        async with await open_file(file_path, 'r') as f:
+            logger.debug("Opening file.")
+            content = await f.read()
+            logger.debug("Closing file.")
 
+        data = json.loads(content)
         # Load as NetworkX graph
         graph = nx.node_link_graph(data)