diff --git a/engine-core/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/core/metrics/LoggingAnnotator.java b/engine-core/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/core/metrics/LoggingAnnotator.java
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+package io.nosqlbench.engine.core.metrics;
+
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.annotations.Service;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.annotations.Annotation;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.annotations.Annotator;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.config.ConfigAware;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.config.ConfigModel;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.config.ConfigReader;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.config.MutableConfigModel;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+@Service(value = Annotator.class, selector = "log")
+public class LoggingAnnotator implements Annotator, ConfigAware {
+
+    private final static Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger("ANNOTATORS");
+    private final static Logger annotationsLog = LogManager.getLogger("ANNOTATIONS");
+    private Level level;
+
+    private final Map<String, String> tags = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+
+    public LoggingAnnotator() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void recordAnnotation(Annotation annotation) {
+        annotationsLog.log(level, annotation.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return The annotated selector of this implementation,
+     * ensuring that selector and name stay the same
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        String selector = LoggingAnnotator.class.getAnnotation(Service.class).selector();
+        return selector;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void applyConfig(Map<String, ?> providedConfig) {
+        ConfigModel configModel = getConfigModel();
+        ConfigReader cfg = configModel.apply(providedConfig);
+        String levelName = cfg.param("level", String.class);
+        this.level = Level.valueOf(levelName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ConfigModel getConfigModel() {
+        return new MutableConfigModel(this)
+                .defaultto("level", "INFO",
+                        "The logging level to use for this annotator")
+                .asReadOnly();
+    }
+
+}