diff --git a/ws/CMakeLists.txt b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
index fff630ab..68605528 100644
--- a/ws/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ add_executable(ws
   ../third_party/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp
   ../third_party/statsd-client-cpp/src/statsd_client.cpp
 
+  ixcore/utils/IXCoreLogger.cpp
+
   ixcrypto/IXBase64.cpp
   ixcrypto/IXHash.cpp
   ixcrypto/IXUuid.cpp
diff --git a/ws/ixcobra/IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.cpp b/ws/ixcobra/IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.cpp
index 4a400e48..bf160cef 100644
--- a/ws/ixcobra/IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.cpp
+++ b/ws/ixcobra/IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.h"
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXSetThreadName.h>
+#include <ixcore/utils/IXCoreLogger.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <stdexcept>
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ namespace ix
                     ss << "Unsubscribed through subscription id: " << subscriptionId;
                 }
 
-                std::cerr << ss.str() << std::endl;
+                ix::IXCoreLogger::Log(ss.str().c_str());
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/ws/ixcore/utils/IXCoreLogger.cpp b/ws/ixcore/utils/IXCoreLogger.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..427b375e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ws/ixcore/utils/IXCoreLogger.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "ixcore/utils/IXCoreLogger.h"
+
+
+namespace ix
+{
+// Default do nothing logger
+IXCoreLogger::LogFunc IXCoreLogger::_currentLogger = [](const char* msg){};
+
+void IXCoreLogger::Log(const char* msg)
+{
+    _currentLogger(msg);
+}
+
+} // ix
diff --git a/ws/ixcore/utils/IXCoreLogger.h b/ws/ixcore/utils/IXCoreLogger.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae263fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ws/ixcore/utils/IXCoreLogger.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <functional>
+
+namespace ix
+{
+
+class IXCoreLogger
+{
+public:
+    using LogFunc = std::function<void(const char*)>;
+    static void Log(const char* msg);
+
+    static void setLogFunction(LogFunc& func) {
+        _currentLogger = func;
+    }
+
+private:
+    static LogFunc _currentLogger;
+
+};
+
+} // ix
diff --git a/ws/ws.cpp b/ws/ws.cpp
index 105a76e9..b520cd51 100644
--- a/ws/ws.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,18 @@
 #include <cli11/CLI11.hpp>
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXSocket.h>
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXNetSystem.h>
+#include <ixcore/utils/IXCoreLogger.h>
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     ix::initNetSystem();
 
+    ix::IXCoreLogger::LogFunc logFunc = [](const char* msg)
+    {
+        std::cout << msg << std::endl;
+    };
+    ix::IXCoreLogger::setLogFunction(logFunc);
+
     CLI::App app{"ws is a websocket tool"};
     app.require_subcommand();