diff --git a/websocketpp/config/core.hpp b/websocketpp/config/core.hpp
index adab8992db..eff53c6b4a 100644
--- a/websocketpp/config/core.hpp
+++ b/websocketpp/config/core.hpp
@@ -111,7 +111,33 @@ struct core {
      * recommended.
      */ 
     static const int client_version = 13; // RFC6455
+    
+    /// Default static error logging channels
+    /**
+     * Which error logging channels to enable at compile time. Channels not
+     * enabled here will be unable to be selected by programs using the library.
+     * This option gives an optimizing compiler the ability to remove entirely 
+     * code to test whether or not to print out log messages on a certain 
+     * channel 
+     * 
+     * Default is all except for development/debug level errors
+     */ 
+    static const websocketpp::log::level elog_level = 
+        websocketpp::log::elevel::all ^ websocketpp::log::elevel::devel;
         
+    /// Default static access logging channels
+    /**
+     * Which access logging channels to enable at compile time. Channels not
+     * enabled here will be unable to be selected by programs using the library.
+     * This option gives an optimizing compiler the ability to remove entirely 
+     * code to test whether or not to print out log messages on a certain 
+     * channel 
+     * 
+     * Default is all except for development/debug level access messages
+     */ 
+    static const websocketpp::log::level alog_level = 
+        websocketpp::log::alevel::all ^ websocketpp::log::alevel::devel;
+    
     /// 
 	static const size_t connection_read_buffer_size = 512;
     
diff --git a/websocketpp/endpoint.hpp b/websocketpp/endpoint.hpp
index ae1f63f594..5a7d661fa2 100644
--- a/websocketpp/endpoint.hpp
+++ b/websocketpp/endpoint.hpp
@@ -89,12 +89,13 @@ public:
     typedef lib::shared_ptr<connection_weak_ptr> hdl_type;
 
 	explicit endpoint(bool is_server)
- 	  : m_elog(&std::cerr)
+ 	  : m_alog(config::alog_level,&std::cout)
+ 	  , m_elog(config::elog_level,&std::cerr)
  	  , m_user_agent(::websocketpp::user_agent)
  	  , m_is_server(is_server)
 	{
-		m_alog.set_channels(0xffffffff);
-		m_elog.set_channels(0xffffffff);
+		m_alog.set_channels(config::alog_level);
+		m_elog.set_channels(config::elog_level);
 		
 		m_alog.write(log::alevel::devel,"endpoint constructor");