diff --git a/monasca_notification/main.py b/monasca_notification/main.py
index 0d8b232..7fbf7c1 100644
--- a/monasca_notification/main.py
+++ b/monasca_notification/main.py
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ def main(argv=None):
     config = yaml.safe_load(open(config_file, 'r'))
 
     # Setup logging
+    try:
+        if config['logging']['raise_exceptions'] is True:
+            logging.raiseExceptions = True
+        else:
+            logging.raiseExceptions = False
+    except KeyError:
+        logging.raiseExceptions = False
+        pass
     logging.config.dictConfig(config['logging'])
 
     for proc in range(0, config['processors']['notification']['number']):
diff --git a/notification.yaml b/notification.yaml
index 1767ef7..cadc00e 100644
--- a/notification.yaml
+++ b/notification.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ zookeeper:
         60: /notification/60_seconds
 
 logging: # Used in logging.dictConfig
+    # This sets logging.raiseExcetpions. It is recommended to leave this set to False.
+    # See https://docs.python.org/2/howto/logging.html#exceptions-raised-during-logging
+    raise_exceptions: False
     version: 1
     disable_existing_loggers: False
     formatters: