diff --git a/nebari_workflow_controller/__init__.py b/nebari_workflow_controller/__init__.py
index 8dbbe09..617cb9a 100644
--- a/nebari_workflow_controller/__init__.py
+++ b/nebari_workflow_controller/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import logging.config
-
-LOGGING_CONFIG = {
+DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONFIG = {
     "version": 1,
     "disable_existing_loggers": False,
     "formatters": {
@@ -32,4 +30,3 @@
         },
     },
 }
-logging.config.dictConfig(LOGGING_CONFIG)
diff --git a/nebari_workflow_controller/__main__.py b/nebari_workflow_controller/__main__.py
index b5a2120..96fbf81 100644
--- a/nebari_workflow_controller/__main__.py
+++ b/nebari_workflow_controller/__main__.py
@@ -1,19 +1,45 @@
+import argparse
 import logging
 
 import uvicorn
 
+from nebari_workflow_controller import DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONFIG as LOGGING_CONFIG
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def main():
+    args = parse_args()
     logger.info("Starting nebari_workflow_controller")
     uvicorn.run(
         "nebari_workflow_controller.app:app",
         host="0.0.0.0",
         port=8080,
         reload=False,
+        log_level=args.log_level.lower(),
+    )
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    """Parse command line arguments."""
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Process some integers.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-l",
+        "--log-level",
+        dest="log_level",
+        default="INFO",
+        help="Set the log level (default: INFO)",
     )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Configure logging
+    LOGGING_CONFIG["loggers"][""]["level"] = args.log_level
+    LOGGING_CONFIG["loggers"]["nebari_workflow_controller"]["level"] = args.log_level
+    logging.config.dictConfig(LOGGING_CONFIG)
+
+    return args
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # If you change these lines, then update nwc.py accordingly
     main()
diff --git a/nebari_workflow_controller/app.py b/nebari_workflow_controller/app.py
index 4b0245d..2bec60b 100644
--- a/nebari_workflow_controller/app.py
+++ b/nebari_workflow_controller/app.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 @app.post("/validate")
 def validate(request=Body(...)):
+    logger.debug(f"Received request: \n\n{request}")
     return_response = partial(
         base_return_response,
         apiVersion=request["apiVersion"],
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ def validate(request=Body(...)):
 
 @app.post("/mutate")
 def mutate(request=Body(...)):
+    logger.debug(f"Received request: \n\n{request}")
     return_response = partial(
         base_return_response,
         apiVersion=request["apiVersion"],
diff --git a/nwc.py b/nwc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fc09de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nwc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"""This module provides an alias (nwc) for nebari-workflow-controller.
+E.g. "python -m nwc" or "python -m nebari_workflow_controller" will start nebari-workflow-controller.
+"""
+from nebari_workflow_controller.__main__ import main
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()