diff --git a/middleware/middleware.go b/middleware/middleware.go
index ec547a8..5779f13 100644
--- a/middleware/middleware.go
+++ b/middleware/middleware.go
@@ -61,6 +61,17 @@ func SetLogger(logger *gologger.Logger) {
 	httpLogger = logger
 }
 
+func StartLogging(filename, dir string) (err error) {
+	if httpLogger, err = gologger.New(filename, dir, gologger.MaxLogSize1MB); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func CloseLogger() {
+	httpLogger.Close()
+}
+
 // LogHTTP ...
 func LogHTTP(h http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {