diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index d857e499e..5b620a1ca 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
     "should": true,
     "sinon": true,
     "__VERSION__": true,
-    "__NAME__": true,
-    "__PACKAGE_URL__": true
+    "__NAME__": true
   },
   "rules": {
     "mocha-no-only/mocha-no-only": "off",
diff --git a/src/drm/base-drm-protocol.js b/src/drm/base-drm-protocol.js
index dc77094e7..fe6b821c0 100644
--- a/src/drm/base-drm-protocol.js
+++ b/src/drm/base-drm-protocol.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // @flow
 /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
-import LoggerFactory from '../utils/logger'
+import getLogger from '../utils/logger'
 import PlayerError from '../utils/player-error'
 import DrmSupport from './drm-support'
 import {DrmScheme} from './drm-scheme'
 
 export default class BaseDrmProtocol implements IDrmProtocol {
-  static getLogger = LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+  static getLogger = getLogger;
   static DrmSupport = DrmSupport;
   static DrmScheme = DrmScheme;
 
diff --git a/src/drm/drm-support.js b/src/drm/drm-support.js
index bfc73bb56..a8a6a8445 100644
--- a/src/drm/drm-support.js
+++ b/src/drm/drm-support.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // @flow
 import Env from '../utils/env'
-import LoggerFactory from '../utils/logger'
+import getLogger from '../utils/logger'
 import {DrmScheme} from './drm-scheme'
 
 const NOT_SUPPORTED: string = 'not_supported_drm_playback';
 
 export default class DrmSupport {
-  static _logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger('DrmSupport');
+  static _logger = getLogger('DrmSupport');
   static _Browsers: Object = {
     Safari: () => {
       let device = Env.device.type;
diff --git a/src/engines/html5/media-source/base-media-source-adapter.js b/src/engines/html5/media-source/base-media-source-adapter.js
index 2753f8b7e..b78094c52 100644
--- a/src/engines/html5/media-source/base-media-source-adapter.js
+++ b/src/engines/html5/media-source/base-media-source-adapter.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import FakeEvent from '../../../event/fake-event'
 import FakeEventTarget from '../../../event/fake-event-target'
 import PlayerError from '../../../utils/player-error'
 import {CUSTOM_EVENTS} from '../../../event/events'
-import LoggerFactory from '../../../utils/logger'
+import getLogger from '../../../utils/logger'
 import Track from '../../../track/track'
 import VideoTrack from '../../../track/video-track'
 import AudioTrack from '../../../track/audio-track'
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export default class BaseMediaSourceAdapter extends FakeEventTarget implements I
    * @type {Function}
    * @static
    */
-  static getLogger: Function = LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+  static getLogger: Function = getLogger;
 
   /**
    * The adapter config.
diff --git a/src/engines/html5/media-source/media-source-provider.js b/src/engines/html5/media-source/media-source-provider.js
index edddb7eba..c3a90fa0b 100644
--- a/src/engines/html5/media-source/media-source-provider.js
+++ b/src/engines/html5/media-source/media-source-provider.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //@flow
 import NativeAdapter from './adapters/native-adapter'
-import LoggerFactory from '../../../utils/logger'
+import getLogger from '../../../utils/logger'
 
 /**
  * Media source provider
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default class MediaSourceProvider {
    * @static
    * @private
    */
-  static _logger: any = LoggerFactory.getLogger('MediaSourceProvider');
+  static _logger: any = getLogger('MediaSourceProvider');
   /**
    * The media source adapter registry.
    * @member {Array<IMediaSourceAdapter>} _mediaSourceAdapters
diff --git a/src/middleware/middleware.js b/src/middleware/middleware.js
index 3c6628984..c9b35190b 100644
--- a/src/middleware/middleware.js
+++ b/src/middleware/middleware.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 import MultiMap from '../utils/multi-map'
 import BaseMiddleware from './base-middleware'
-import LoggerFactory from '../utils/logger'
+import getLogger from '../utils/logger'
 
 /**
  * Generic middleware implementation.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export default class Middleware {
   constructor(actions: { [action: string]: string }) {
     this._actions = actions;
     this._middlewares = new MultiMap();
-    this._logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("Middleware");
+    this._logger = getLogger("Middleware");
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/player.js b/src/player.js
index b8ff83dff..a540264b2 100644
--- a/src/player.js
+++ b/src/player.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {PLAYER_EVENTS as PlayerEvents, HTML5_EVENTS as Html5Events, CUSTOM_EVENT
 import PlayerStates from './state/state-types'
 import * as Utils from './utils/util'
 import Locale from './utils/locale'
-import LoggerFactory from './utils/logger'
+import getLogger, {LogLevel, getLogLevel, setLogLevel} from './utils/logger'
 import Html5 from './engines/html5/html5'
 import PluginManager from './plugin/plugin-manager'
 import BasePlugin from './plugin/base-plugin'
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export default class Player extends FakeEventTarget {
    * @static
    * @private
    */
-  static _logger: any = LoggerFactory.getLogger('Player');
+  static _logger: any = getLogger('Player');
   /**
    * The available engines of the player.
    * @type {Array<typeof IEngine>}
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ export default class Player extends FakeEventTarget {
    * @returns {void}
    */
   configure(config: Object): void {
+    if (config.logLevel && LogLevel[config.logLevel]) {
+      setLogLevel(LogLevel[config.logLevel]);
+    }
     Utils.Object.mergeDeep(this._config, config);
     this._configureOrLoadPlugins(config.plugins);
     if (!Utils.Object.isEmptyObject(config.sources)) {
@@ -1590,5 +1593,32 @@ export default class Player extends FakeEventTarget {
     return TrackTypes;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the player log level.
+   * @returns {Object} - The log levels of the player.
+   * @public
+   */
+  get LogLevel(): { [level: string]: Object } {
+    return LogLevel;
+  }
+
   // </editor-fold>
+  /**
+   * get the log level
+   * @param {?string} name - the logger name
+   * @returns {Object} - the log level
+   */
+  getLogLevel(name?: string): Object {
+    return getLogLevel(name);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * sets the logger level
+   * @param {Object} level - the log level
+   * @param {?string} name - the logger name
+   * @returns {void}
+   */
+  setLogLevel(level: Object, name?: string) {
+    setLogLevel(level, name);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/playkit.js b/src/playkit.js
index d57df5708..e6b44df23 100644
--- a/src/playkit.js
+++ b/src/playkit.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 //@flow
 import Player from './player'
-import LoggerFactory from './utils/logger'
 import BaseMediaSourceAdapter from './engines/html5/media-source/base-media-source-adapter'
 import {registerMediaSourceAdapter} from './engines/html5/media-source/media-source-provider'
 import {registerPlugin} from './plugin/plugin-manager'
@@ -19,10 +18,6 @@ Player.runCapabilities();
 
 declare var __VERSION__: string;
 declare var __NAME__: string;
-declare var __PACKAGE_URL__: string;
-
-LoggerFactory.getLogger().log(`%c ${__NAME__} ${__VERSION__}`, "color: #98ff98;  font-size: large");
-LoggerFactory.getLogger().log(`%c For more details see ${__PACKAGE_URL__}`, "color: #98ff98;");
 
 /**
  * @param {Object} config - The configuration of the player
diff --git a/src/plugin/base-plugin.js b/src/plugin/base-plugin.js
index 797c89077..3fff59139 100644
--- a/src/plugin/base-plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugin/base-plugin.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //@flow
 import Player from '../player'
-import LoggerFactory from '../utils/logger'
+import getLogger from '../utils/logger'
 import * as Utils from '../utils/util'
 import EventManager from '../event/event-manager'
 import PlayerError from '../utils/player-error'
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export default class BasePlugin implements IPlugin {
     this.name = name;
     this.player = player;
     this.eventManager = new EventManager();
-    this.logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Utils.String.capitlize(this.name));
+    this.logger = getLogger(Utils.String.capitlize(this.name));
     this.config = {};
     Utils.Object.mergeDeep(this.config, this.constructor.defaultConfig, config);
   }
diff --git a/src/plugin/plugin-manager.js b/src/plugin/plugin-manager.js
index ffa9f93dd..2a28809bc 100644
--- a/src/plugin/plugin-manager.js
+++ b/src/plugin/plugin-manager.js
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 import BasePlugin from './base-plugin'
 import PlayerError from '../utils/player-error'
 import Player from '../player'
-import LoggerFactory from '../utils/logger'
+import getLogger from '../utils/logger'
 
 /**
  * The logger of the PluginManager class.
  * @private
  * @const
  */
-const logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("PluginManager");
+const logger = getLogger("PluginManager");
 
 /** The PluginManager responsible for register plugins definitions and store plugins instances.
  * @classdesc
diff --git a/src/state/state-manager.js b/src/state/state-manager.js
index 0d278f6e9..44ef3b637 100644
--- a/src/state/state-manager.js
+++ b/src/state/state-manager.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import State from './state'
 import PlayerStates from './state-types'
 import {HTML5_EVENTS as Html5Events, CUSTOM_EVENTS as CustomEvents} from '../event/events'
 import FakeEvent from '../event/fake-event'
-import LoggerFactory from '../utils/logger'
+import getLogger from '../utils/logger'
 
 /**
  * This class responsible to manage all the state machine of the player.
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export default class StateManager {
    */
   constructor(player: Player) {
     this._player = player;
-    this._logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("StateManager");
+    this._logger = getLogger("StateManager");
     this._eventManager = new EventManager();
     this._history = [];
     this._prevState = null;
diff --git a/src/utils/logger.js b/src/utils/logger.js
index 5c9a01c4b..13f6f9064 100644
--- a/src/utils/logger.js
+++ b/src/utils/logger.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //@flow
 import * as JsLogger from 'js-logger';
 
-const LOG_LEVEL: { [level: string]: Object } = {
+const LogLevel: { [level: string]: Object } = {
   "DEBUG": JsLogger.DEBUG,
   "INFO": JsLogger.INFO,
   "TIME": JsLogger.TIME,
@@ -10,20 +10,38 @@ const LOG_LEVEL: { [level: string]: Object } = {
   "OFF": JsLogger.OFF
 };
 
-class LoggerFactory {
-  constructor(options?: Object) {
-    JsLogger.useDefaults(options || {});
-  }
+JsLogger.useDefaults({defaultLevel: JsLogger.ERROR});
 
-  getLogger(name?: string) {
-    if (!name) {
-      return JsLogger;
-    }
-    return JsLogger.get(name);
+/**
+ * get a logger
+ * @param {?string} name - the logger name
+ * @returns {Object} - the logger class
+ */
+function getLogger(name?: string): Object {
+  if (!name) {
+    return JsLogger;
   }
+  return JsLogger.get(name);
+}
+
+/**
+ * get the log level
+ * @param {?string} name - the logger name
+ * @returns {Object} - the log level
+ */
+function getLogLevel(name?: string): Object {
+  return getLogger(name).getLevel();
 }
 
-const lf = new LoggerFactory({defaultLevel: JsLogger.DEBUG});
+/**
+ * sets the logger level
+ * @param {Object} level - the log level
+ * @param {?string} name - the logger name
+ * @returns {void}
+ */
+function setLogLevel(level: Object, name?: string): void {
+  getLogger(name).setLevel(level);
+}
 
-export default lf;
-export {LOG_LEVEL};
+export default getLogger;
+export {LogLevel, getLogLevel, setLogLevel};
diff --git a/test/src/middleware/middleware.spec.js b/test/src/middleware/middleware.spec.js
index b3b8c3ce5..0e68d8328 100644
--- a/test/src/middleware/middleware.spec.js
+++ b/test/src/middleware/middleware.spec.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import BaseMiddleware from '../../../src/middleware/base-middleware'
 import Middleware from '../../../src/middleware/middleware'
-import LoggerFactory from '../../../src/utils/logger'
+import getLogger from '../../../src/utils/logger'
 
 class M1 extends BaseMiddleware {
   id = 'M1';
-  logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.id);
+  logger = getLogger(this.id);
 
   drink(next) {
     this.logger.debug('drink');
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class M1 extends BaseMiddleware {
 
 class M2 extends BaseMiddleware {
   id = 'M2';
-  logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.id);
+  logger = getLogger(this.id);
 
   drink(next) {
     this.logger.debug('drink');
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class M2 extends BaseMiddleware {
 
 class M3 extends BaseMiddleware {
   id = 'M3';
-  logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.id);
+  logger = getLogger(this.id);
 
   drink(next) {
     this.logger.debug('drink');
diff --git a/test/src/middleware/playback-middleware.spec.js b/test/src/middleware/playback-middleware.spec.js
index d07e84f9f..f62c8adca 100644
--- a/test/src/middleware/playback-middleware.spec.js
+++ b/test/src/middleware/playback-middleware.spec.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import BaseMiddleware from '../../../src/middleware/base-middleware'
 import PlaybackMiddleware from '../../../src/middleware/playback-middleware'
-import LoggerFactory from '../../../src/utils/logger'
+import getLogger from '../../../src/utils/logger'
 
 class PM1 extends BaseMiddleware {
   id = 'PM1';
-  logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.id);
+  logger = getLogger(this.id);
 
   play(next) {
     this.logger.debug('play');
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class PM1 extends BaseMiddleware {
 
 class PM2 extends BaseMiddleware {
   id = 'PM2';
-  logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.id);
+  logger = getLogger(this.id);
 
   play(next) {
     this.logger.debug('play');
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class PM2 extends BaseMiddleware {
 
 class PM3 extends BaseMiddleware {
   id = 'PM3';
-  logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.id);
+  logger = getLogger(this.id);
 
   pause(next) {
     this.logger.debug('pause');
diff --git a/test/src/player.spec.js b/test/src/player.spec.js
index 05bba1648..b3892a02e 100644
--- a/test/src/player.spec.js
+++ b/test/src/player.spec.js
@@ -2649,7 +2649,6 @@ describe('_getLanguage', function () {
   });
 });
 
-
 describe('_resetTextCuesAndReposition', function () {
   let config, player, sandbox;
 
@@ -2665,10 +2664,32 @@ describe('_resetTextCuesAndReposition', function () {
   });
 
   it('should reset the active text cues', () => {
-    player._activeTextCues[0]={};
+    player._activeTextCues[0] = {};
     player._resetTextCuesAndReposition();
     let cue = player._activeTextCues[0];
     cue.hasBeenReset.should.equals(true);
   });
 });
 
+describe('logger', () => {
+  it('should return the current log level', () => {
+    const player = new Player();
+    const currentLogLevel = player.getLogLevel();
+    currentLogLevel.should.equal(player.LogLevel.ERROR);
+  });
+
+  it('should enable setting the current log level from API', () => {
+    const player = new Player();
+    let currentLogLevel = player.getLogLevel();
+    currentLogLevel.should.equal(player.LogLevel.ERROR);
+    player.setLogLevel(player.LogLevel.WARN);
+    currentLogLevel = player.getLogLevel();
+    currentLogLevel.should.equal(player.LogLevel.WARN);
+  });
+
+  it('should enable setting the current log level from config', () => {
+    const player = new Player({logLevel: "DEBUG"});
+    let currentLogLevel = player.getLogLevel();
+    currentLogLevel.should.equal(player.LogLevel.DEBUG);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/src/utils/logger.spec.js b/test/src/utils/logger.spec.js
index b89b2284c..69f90c3e8 100644
--- a/test/src/utils/logger.spec.js
+++ b/test/src/utils/logger.spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import LoggerFactory from '../../../src/utils/logger'
-import {LOG_LEVEL} from '../../../src/utils/logger'
+import getLogger from '../../../src/utils/logger'
+import {LogLevel} from '../../../src/utils/logger'
 
 describe('LoggerFactory', () => {
 
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ describe('LoggerFactory', () => {
   let loggerB = null;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    loggerA = LoggerFactory.getLogger('loggerA');
-    loggerB = LoggerFactory.getLogger('loggerB');
+    loggerA = getLogger('loggerA');
+    loggerB = getLogger('loggerB');
   });
 
   it('should create two separate loggers', () => {
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ describe('LoggerFactory', () => {
   });
 
   it('should change loggerA\'s log level', () => {
-    loggerA.setLevel(LOG_LEVEL.WARN);
-    (loggerA.context.filterLevel).should.deep.equal(LOG_LEVEL.WARN);
-    (loggerB.context.filterLevel).should.deep.equal(LOG_LEVEL.DEBUG);
+    loggerA.setLevel(LogLevel.WARN);
+    (loggerA.context.filterLevel).should.deep.equal(LogLevel.WARN);
+    (loggerB.context.filterLevel).should.deep.equal(LogLevel.DEBUG);
   });
 });
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index dfe1bdcd0..f7594fee9 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@ const packageData = require("./package.json");
 let plugins = [
   new webpack.DefinePlugin({
     __VERSION__: JSON.stringify(packageData.version),
-    __NAME__: JSON.stringify(packageData.name),
-    __PACKAGE_URL__: JSON.stringify(packageData.repository.url)
+    __NAME__: JSON.stringify(packageData.name)
   })
 ];
 
-if (PROD){
+if (PROD) {
   plugins.push(new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({sourceMap: true}));
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2f7749515..695eb796e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3023,8 +3023,8 @@ js-base64@^2.1.9:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/js-base64/-/js-base64-2.1.9.tgz#f0e80ae039a4bd654b5f281fc93f04a914a7fcce"
 
 js-logger@^1.3.0:
-  version "1.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/js-logger/-/js-logger-1.3.0.tgz#de1a1143242710f7ce4da20408348a2a93ebf34d"
+  version "1.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/js-logger/-/js-logger-1.4.1.tgz#f0230dc5e84e120f213d6e5a6b767a913d290335"
 
 js-tokens@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.1"