diff --git a/bam/cli.py b/bam/cli.py
index 66d45d8..2ff8a46 100755
--- a/bam/cli.py
+++ b/bam/cli.py
@@ -2015,6 +2015,11 @@ def main(argv=None):
     if argv is None:
         argv = sys.argv[1:]
 
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level=logging.INFO,
+        format='%(asctime)-15s %(levelname)8s %(name)s %(message)s',
+    )
+
     parser = create_argparse()
     args = parser.parse_args(argv)