diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 399012e..3d2c926 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ option(BUILD_STD "Build the BLT standard utilities." ON)
 option(BUILD_PROFILING "Build the BLT profiler extension" ON)
 option(BUILD_NBT "Build the BLT NBT + eNBT extension" ON)
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Build the BLT test set" OFF)
+option(BLT_ENABLE_LOGGING "Enable blt::logging" ON)
 
 if(${BUILD_STD} OR ${BUILD_PROFILING})
     file(GLOB_RECURSE STD_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/blt/std/*.cpp")
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 include_directories(include/)
+include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config/)
 
 message("Standard Files ${STD_FILES}")
 message("Profiler Files ${PROFILING_FILES}")
diff --git a/include/blt/config.h.in b/include/blt/config.h.in
index 63d62f9..1f1c348 100644
--- a/include/blt/config.h.in
+++ b/include/blt/config.h.in
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef BLT_CONFIG_H
+#define BLT_CONFIG_H
 
-#cmakedefine ZLIB_FOUND
\ No newline at end of file
+#cmakedefine ZLIB_FOUND
+#cmakedefine BLT_ENABLE_LOGGING
+
+#endif // BLT_CONFIG_H
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/blt/profiling/profiler.h b/include/blt/profiling/profiler.h
index 1e780a7..1f18d85 100644
--- a/include/blt/profiling/profiler.h
+++ b/include/blt/profiling/profiler.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace blt::profiling {
     profile getProfile(const std::string& profileName);
     
     void printProfile(
-            const std::string& profileName, logging::LOG_LEVEL loggingLevel = logging::NONE,
+            const std::string& profileName, logging::LOG_LEVEL loggingLevel = logging::BLT_NONE,
             bool averageHistory = false
     );
     
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace blt::profiling {
 /**
  * Prints the profile order from least time to most time.
  * @param profileName the profile to print
- * @param loggingLevel blt::logging::LOG_LEVEL to log with (default: NONE)
+ * @param loggingLevel blt::logging::LOG_LEVEL to log with (default: BLT_NONE)
  * @param averageHistory use the historical collection of interval rows in an average or just the latest? (default: false)
  */
     #define BLT_PRINT_PROFILE(profileName, ...) blt::profiling::printProfile(profileName, ##__VA_ARGS__)
diff --git a/include/blt/std/logging.h b/include/blt/std/logging.h
index 170c1e0..3905b98 100644
--- a/include/blt/std/logging.h
+++ b/include/blt/std/logging.h
@@ -9,11 +9,17 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <type_traits>
+#include <blt/config.h>
 
 namespace blt::logging {
     
     enum LOG_LEVEL {
-        TRACE = 0, DEBUG = 1, INFO = 2, WARN = 3, ERROR = 4, FATAL = 5, NONE = 6
+        // normal
+        BLT_TRACE = 0, BLT_DEBUG = 1, BLT_INFO = 2,
+        // errors
+        BLT_WARN = 3, BLT_ERROR = 4, BLT_FATAL = 5,
+        // default
+        BLT_NONE = 6
     };
     
     struct LOG_PROPERTIES {
@@ -25,7 +31,7 @@ namespace blt::logging {
         // print the whole path or just the file name?
         bool m_logFullPath = false;
         const char* m_directory = "./";
-        LOG_LEVEL minLevel = TRACE;
+        LOG_LEVEL minLevel = BLT_TRACE;
         
         explicit constexpr LOG_PROPERTIES(bool useColor, bool logToConsole, bool logToFile, const char* directory):
                 m_useColor(useColor), m_logToConsole(logToConsole), m_logToFile(logToFile), m_directory(directory) {}
@@ -50,14 +56,14 @@ namespace blt::logging {
             static void flush_all();
     };
     
-    static logger std_out{NONE};
+    static logger std_out{BLT_NONE};
 
-    static logger trace{TRACE};
-    static logger debug{DEBUG};
-    static logger info{INFO};
-    static logger warn{WARN};
-    static logger error{ERROR};
-    static logger fatal{FATAL};
+    static logger trace{BLT_TRACE};
+    static logger debug{BLT_DEBUG};
+    static logger info{BLT_INFO};
+    static logger warn{BLT_WARN};
+    static logger error{BLT_ERROR};
+    static logger fatal{BLT_FATAL};
     
     static inline logger& getLoggerFromLevel(LOG_LEVEL level) {
         static logger loggerLevelDecode[7]{trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, std_out};
@@ -111,12 +117,12 @@ namespace blt::logging {
     #define BLT_ERROR(format, ...)
     #define BLT_FATAL(format, ...)
 #else
-    #define BLT_TRACE(format, ...) log_internal(format, blt::logging::TRACE, __FILE__, __LINE__, true, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-    #define BLT_DEBUG(format, ...) log_internal(format, blt::logging::DEBUG, __FILE__, __LINE__, true, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-    #define BLT_INFO(format, ...) log_internal(format, blt::logging::INFO, __FILE__, __LINE__, true, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-    #define BLT_WARN(format, ...) log_internal(format, blt::logging::WARN, __FILE__, __LINE__, true, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-    #define BLT_ERROR(format, ...) log_internal(format, blt::logging::ERROR, __FILE__, __LINE__, true, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-    #define BLT_FATAL(format, ...) log_internal(format, blt::logging::FATAL, __FILE__, __LINE__, true, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+    #define BLT_TRACE(format, ...) log_internal(format, blt::logging::BLT_TRACE, __FILE__, __LINE__, true, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+    #define BLT_DEBUG(format, ...) log_internal(format, blt::logging::BLT_DEBUG, __FILE__, __LINE__, true, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+    #define BLT_INFO(format, ...) log_internal(format, blt::logging::BLT_INFO, __FILE__, __LINE__, true, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+    #define BLT_WARN(format, ...) log_internal(format, blt::logging::BLT_WARN, __FILE__, __LINE__, true, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+    #define BLT_ERROR(format, ...) log_internal(format, blt::logging::BLT_ERROR, __FILE__, __LINE__, true, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+    #define BLT_FATAL(format, ...) log_internal(format, blt::logging::BLT_FATAL, __FILE__, __LINE__, true, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #endif
 
 #endif //BLT_LOGGING_H
diff --git a/src/blt/std/logging.cpp b/src/blt/std/logging.cpp
index 97705e0..66bcbb5 100644
--- a/src/blt/std/logging.cpp
+++ b/src/blt/std/logging.cpp
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ namespace blt::logging {
     };
     
     const char* levelNames[6] = {
-            "[TRACE]: ",
-            "[DEBUG]: ",
-            "[INFO]:  ",
-            "[WARN]:  ",
-            "[ERROR]: ",
-            "[FATAL]: ",
+            "[BLT_TRACE]: ",
+            "[BLT_DEBUG]: ",
+            "[BLT_INFO]:  ",
+            "[BLT_WARN]:  ",
+            "[BLT_ERROR]: ",
+            "[BLT_FATAL]: ",
     };
     
     // by default everything is enabled
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ namespace blt::logging {
         }
     
         if (BLT_LOGGING_PROPERTIES.m_logToConsole) {
-            if (level > WARN)
+            if (level > BLT_WARN)
                 std::cerr << outputString;
             else
                 std::cout << outputString;
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ namespace blt::logging {
         if (blt::string::contains(str, "\n")){
             // make sure new lines are properly formatted to prevent danging lines. Ie "[trace]: .... [debug]: ...."
             bool hasEndingLinefeed = str[str.length()-1] == '\n';
-            if (level == NONE) {
+            if (level == BLT_NONE) {
                 std::cout << th_str;
             } else
                 logging::log(th_str, false, level, "", -1, !hasEndingLinefeed);
diff --git a/src/tests/profiling_tests.h b/src/tests/profiling_tests.h
index 05852dc..bd3d1e5 100644
--- a/src/tests/profiling_tests.h
+++ b/src/tests/profiling_tests.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static void runProfilingAndTableTests() {
         BLT_END_INTERVAL("Help", "UnderSet" + std::to_string(i));
     }
     
-    BLT_PRINT_PROFILE("Help", blt::logging::LOG_LEVEL::TRACE);
+    BLT_PRINT_PROFILE("Help", blt::logging::LOG_LEVEL::BLT_TRACE);
     BLT_TRACE("");
     
     blt::string::TableFormatter formatter;
diff --git a/src/tests/queue_tests.h b/src/tests/queue_tests.h
index 1ff8310..eb8a52c 100644
--- a/src/tests/queue_tests.h
+++ b/src/tests/queue_tests.h
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ static inline void test_queues() {
     fill_queues();
     random_access();
     
-    BLT_PRINT_PROFILE("Insert", blt::logging::LOG_LEVEL::INFO, true);
-    BLT_PRINT_PROFILE("Access", blt::logging::LOG_LEVEL::INFO, true);
-    BLT_PRINT_PROFILE("Random", blt::logging::LOG_LEVEL::INFO, true);
+    BLT_PRINT_PROFILE("Insert", blt::logging::LOG_LEVEL::BLT_INFO, true);
+    BLT_PRINT_PROFILE("Access", blt::logging::LOG_LEVEL::BLT_INFO, true);
+    BLT_PRINT_PROFILE("Random", blt::logging::LOG_LEVEL::BLT_INFO, true);
 }
 
 #endif //BLT_TESTS_QUEUE_TESTS_H