diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa3f625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+.idea
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+.mypy_cache
+.vscode
+__pycache__
+.pytest_cache
+htmlcov
+dist
+site
+.coverage
+coverage.xml
+.netlify
+test.db
+log.txt
+Pipfile.lock
+env3.*
+env
+docs_build
+site_build
+venv
+docs.zip
+archive.zip
+
+*~
+.*.sw?
+.cache
+
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e77c04f..e52b3fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pip install logmiddleware
 ### Setting up middleware
 
 ```python
+import logging
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from logmiddleware import RouterLoggingMiddleware, logging_config
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ app = FastAPI()
 # Add the middleware to your FastAPI app
 app.add_middleware(
     RouterLoggingMiddleware,
-    logger=logging.getLogger(),  # Pass your logger instance
+    logger=logging.getLogger(__name__),  # Pass your logger instance
     api_debug=True,  # Set to True to enable debugging of response bodies
 )
 ```
@@ -50,4 +51,4 @@ If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please feel free to
 
 ## License
 
-This project is licensed under the MIT license.
\ No newline at end of file
+This project is licensed under the MIT license.
diff --git a/logmiddleware/__init__.py b/logmiddleware/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ed9af2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logmiddleware/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .middleware import RouterLoggingMiddleware, logging_config
diff --git a/logmiddleware/middleware.py b/logmiddleware/middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e95287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logmiddleware/middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import json
+import logging
+import sys
+import time
+from typing import Callable
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, Response
+from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
+from starlette.types import Message
+
+logging_config = {
+    "version": 1,
+    "formatters": {
+        "json": {
+            "class": "pythonjsonlogger.jsonlogger.JsonFormatter",
+            "format": "%(asctime)s %(process)s %(levelname)s",
+        }
+    },
+    "handlers": {
+        "console": {
+            "level": "DEBUG",
+            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+            "formatter": "json",
+            "stream": sys.stderr,
+        }
+    },
+    "root": {"level": "DEBUG", "handlers": ["console"], "propagate": True},
+}
+
+
+class RouterLoggingMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
+    def __init__(self, app: FastAPI, *, logger: logging.Logger, api_debug: bool = False) -> None:
+        self._logger = logger
+        self.api_debug = api_debug
+        super().__init__(app)
+
+    async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next: Callable) -> Response:
+        request_header = request.headers.get("x-api-request-id")
+        if request_header is not None:
+            request_id = request_header
+        else:
+            request_id: str = str(uuid4())
+        
+        logging_dict = {"X-API-REQUEST-ID": request_id}
+
+        if self.api_debug:
+            await self.set_body(request)
+
+        response, response_dict = await self._log_response(
+            call_next, request, request_id
+        )
+        request_dict = await self._log_request(request)
+        logging_dict["request"] = request_dict
+        logging_dict["response"] = response_dict
+
+        self._logger.info(logging_dict)
+
+        return response
+
+    async def set_body(self, request: Request):
+        _receive = await request._receive()
+
+        async def receive() -> Message:
+            return _receive
+
+        request._receive = receive
+
+    async def _log_request(self, request: Request) -> str:
+        path = request.url.path
+        if request.query_params:
+            path += f"?{request.query_params}"
+
+        request_logging = {
+            "method": request.method,
+            "path": path,
+            "ip": request.client.host,
+        }
+
+        if self.api_debug:
+            try:
+                body = await request.json()
+                request_logging["body"] = body
+            except ValueError:
+                body = None
+
+        return request_logging
+
+    async def _log_response(
+        self, call_next: Callable, request: Request, request_id: str
+    ) -> Response:
+        start_time = time.perf_counter()
+        response = await self._execute_request(call_next, request, request_id)
+        finish_time = time.perf_counter()
+
+        overall_status = "successful" if response.status_code < 400 else "failed"
+        execution_time = finish_time - start_time
+
+        response_logging = {
+            "status": overall_status,
+            "status_code": response.status_code,
+            "time_taken": f"{execution_time:0.4f}s",
+        }
+
+        if self.api_debug:
+            resp_body = [
+                section async for section in response.__dict__["body_iterator"]
+            ]
+            response.__setattr__("body_iterator", AsyncIteratorWrapper(resp_body))
+
+            try:
+                resp_body = json.loads(resp_body[0].decode())
+            except ValueError:
+                resp_body = str(resp_body)
+
+            response_logging["body"] = resp_body
+
+        return response, response_logging
+
+    async def _execute_request(
+        self, call_next: Callable, request: Request, request_id: str
+    ) -> Response:
+        try:
+            response: Response = await call_next(request)
+
+            response.headers["X-API-Request-ID"] = request_id
+            return response
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            self._logger.exception(
+                {"path": request.url.path, "method": request.method, "reason": e}
+            )
+
+
+class AsyncIteratorWrapper:
+    def __init__(self, obj):
+        self._it = iter(obj)
+
+    def __aiter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    async def __anext__(self):
+        try:
+            value = next(self._it)
+        except StopIteration:
+            raise StopAsyncIteration
+        return value