def _set_logger(logger_name, level=logging.INFO):
        """
        Convenience function to quickly configure full debug output
        to go to the console.
        """
        log = logging.getLogger(logger_name)
        log.setLevel(level)

        ch = logging.StreamHandler(None)
        ch.setLevel(level)

        formatter = logging.Formatter(DebugFmtString)

        # add formatter to ch
        ch.setFormatter(formatter)

        # add ch to logger
        log.addHandler(ch)