fix logging

app/__init__.py

@@ -1,16 +1,30 @@
+"""init module for the Flask application."""
+
+import logging
+
 from flask import Flask
 
 from app.config import Config
 from app.database import engine
+from app.migrations import run_migrations
 from app.models import Base
 from app.views import bp
-from app.migrations import run_migrations
 
 
-def create_app(test_config=None):
+def create_app():
+    """Create and configure an instance of the Flask application."""
     app = Flask(__name__, instance_relative_config=True)
     app.config.from_object(Config)
 
+    # Set up Flask logger
+    if not app.logger.handlers:
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+        handler.setFormatter(
+            logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
+        )
+        app.logger.addHandler(handler)
+    app.logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
     # Create database tables if they don't exist
     Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
 
@@ -21,4 +35,6 @@ def create_app(test_config=None):
     with app.app_context():
         run_migrations(app)
 
+    app.logger.info("Application initialized successfully")
+
     return app