diff --git a/spoolman/database/database.py b/spoolman/database/database.py
index 2394586..61f1512 100644
--- a/spoolman/database/database.py
+++ b/spoolman/database/database.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """SQLAlchemy database setup."""
 
+import logging
 from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import URL
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncEngine, AsyncSession, async_sessionmaker, create_async_engine
 
 from spoolman.database.models import Base
+from spoolman.env import get_logging_level
 
 
 class Database:
@@ -20,13 +22,20 @@ class Database:
 
     def connect(self: "Database") -> None:
         """Connect to the database."""
+        if get_logging_level() == logging.DEBUG:
+            logging.getLogger("sqlalchemy.engine").setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
         connect_args = {}
         if self.connection_url.drivername == "sqlite":
             connect_args["check_same_thread"] = False
         elif self.connection_url.drivername == "postgresql":
             connect_args["options"] = "-c timezone=utc"
+            connect_args["max_inactive_connection_lifetime"] = 3
 
-        self.engine = create_async_engine(self.connection_url, connect_args=connect_args)
+        self.engine = create_async_engine(
+            self.connection_url,
+            connect_args=connect_args,
+        )
         self.session_maker = async_sessionmaker(self.engine, autocommit=False, autoflush=True)
 
     async def create_tables(self: "Database") -> None:
diff --git a/spoolman/database/spool.py b/spoolman/database/spool.py
index 5d1803c..9ba2cae 100644
--- a/spoolman/database/spool.py
+++ b/spoolman/database/spool.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Helper functions for interacting with spool database objects."""
 
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Optional
 
 import sqlalchemy
diff --git a/spoolman/env.py b/spoolman/env.py
index 66b3d37..8e99934 100644
--- a/spoolman/env.py
+++ b/spoolman/env.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Utilities for grabbing config from environment variables."""
 
+import logging
 import os
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -153,3 +154,25 @@ def get_password() -> Optional[str]:
 
     # Second attempt: grab directly from an environment variable.
     return os.getenv("SPOOLMAN_DB_PASSWORD")
+
+
+def get_logging_level() -> int:
+    """Get the logging level from environment variables.
+
+    Returns "INFO" if no environment variable was set for the logging level.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: The logging level.
+    """
+    log_level_str = os.getenv("SPOOLMAN_LOGGING_LEVEL", "INFO").upper()
+    if log_level_str == "DEBUG":
+        return logging.DEBUG
+    if log_level_str == "INFO":
+        return logging.INFO
+    if log_level_str == "WARNING":
+        return logging.WARNING
+    if log_level_str == "ERROR":
+        return logging.ERROR
+    if log_level_str == "CRITICAL":
+        return logging.CRITICAL
+    raise ValueError(f"Failed to parse SPOOLMAN_LOGGING_LEVEL variable: Unknown logging level '{log_level_str}'.")
diff --git a/spoolman/main.py b/spoolman/main.py
index c3e6e4d..ca2a4d2 100644
--- a/spoolman/main.py
+++ b/spoolman/main.py
@@ -20,17 +20,21 @@ data_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 logging.basicConfig(
     filename=data_dir.joinpath("spoolman.log"),
     filemode="w",
-    level=logging.INFO,
     format="%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s:%(message)s",
     datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %I:%M:%S%p",
 )
 
-# Setup console logger
+# Setup the base logger
+spoolman_logger = logging.getLogger("spoolman")
+spoolman_logger.setLevel(env.get_logging_level())
+
+# Log all messages to console
 formatter = logging.Formatter("%(name)-12s: %(levelname)-8s %(message)s")
 console = logging.StreamHandler()
-console.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+console.setLevel(env.get_logging_level())
 console.setFormatter(formatter)
-logging.getLogger("").addHandler(console)
+root_logger = logging.getLogger("")
+root_logger.addHandler(console)
 
 # Get logger instance
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)