diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py
index 0fccc2498b..0447254cfb 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def load_preview_state(request, preview_id, location):
 
 def save_preview_state(request, preview_id, location, instance_state, shared_state):
     """
-    Load the state of a preview module to the request
+    Save the state of a preview module to the request
 
     preview_id (str): An identifier specifying which preview this module is used for
     location: The Location of the module to dispatch to
diff --git a/cms/envs/dev.py b/cms/envs/dev.py
index 4098263829..c5e1cf5689 100644
--- a/cms/envs/dev.py
+++ b/cms/envs/dev.py
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@
 This config file runs the simplest dev environment"""
 
 from .common import *
+from .logsettings import get_logger_config
 
 import logging
 import sys
-logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, )
 
 DEBUG = True
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
+LOGGING = get_logger_config(ENV_ROOT / "log",
+                            logging_env="dev",
+                            tracking_filename="tracking.log",
+                            debug=True)
+
 
 MODULESTORE = {
     'default': {
diff --git a/cms/envs/logsettings.py b/cms/envs/logsettings.py
index 31130e33c6..3683314d02 100644
--- a/cms/envs/logsettings.py
+++ b/cms/envs/logsettings.py
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@ import os.path
 import platform
 import sys
 
-def get_logger_config(log_dir, 
-                      logging_env="no_env", 
+def get_logger_config(log_dir,
+                      logging_env="no_env",
                       tracking_filename=None,
                       syslog_addr=None,
                       debug=False):
     """Return the appropriate logging config dictionary. You should assign the
-    result of this to the LOGGING var in your settings. The reason it's done 
+    result of this to the LOGGING var in your settings. The reason it's done
     this way instead of registering directly is because I didn't want to worry
-    about resetting the logging state if this is called multiple times when 
+    about resetting the logging state if this is called multiple times when
     settings are extended."""
 
     # If we're given an explicit place to put tracking logs, we do that (say for
-    # debugging). However, logging is not safe for multiple processes hitting 
+    # debugging). However, logging is not safe for multiple processes hitting
     # the same file. So if it's left blank, we dynamically create the filename
     # based on the PID of this worker process.
     if tracking_filename:
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def get_logger_config(log_dir,
 
     return {
         'version': 1,
+        'disable_existing_loggers': False,
         'formatters' : {
             'standard' : {
                 'format' : '%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(process)d [%(name)s] %(filename)s:%(lineno)d - %(message)s',