diff --git a/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/__main__.py b/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/__main__.py
index 2dc9e21..0cad995 100644
--- a/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/__main__.py
+++ b/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/__main__.py
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@
 from zppy_interfaces.global_time_series.coupled_global import coupled_global
 from zppy_interfaces.global_time_series.ocean_month import ocean_month
 from zppy_interfaces.global_time_series.utils import Parameters
-from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_custom_logger
+from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_child_logger, _setup_root_logger
 
-logger = _setup_custom_logger(__name__)
+# Set up the root logger and module level logger. The module level logger is
+# a child of the root logger.
+_setup_root_logger()
+logger = _setup_child_logger(__name__)
 
 
 def main(parameters=None):
diff --git a/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global.py b/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global.py
index b07bee8..e7b6724 100644
--- a/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global.py
+++ b/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
     create_viewer_index,
 )
 from zppy_interfaces.global_time_series.utils import Parameters
-from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_custom_logger
+from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_child_logger
 
-logger = _setup_custom_logger(__name__)
+logger = _setup_child_logger(__name__)
 
 
 # Useful helper functions and classes #########################################
diff --git a/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global_dataset_wrapper.py b/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global_dataset_wrapper.py
index cd5e3dc..e9b3cce 100644
--- a/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global_dataset_wrapper.py
+++ b/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global_dataset_wrapper.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 import xcdat
 
 from zppy_interfaces.global_time_series.coupled_global_utils import Metric, Variable
-from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_custom_logger
+from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_child_logger
 
-logger = _setup_custom_logger(__name__)
+logger = _setup_child_logger(__name__)
 
 
 class DatasetWrapper(object):
diff --git a/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global_plotting.py b/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global_plotting.py
index 42f1f6b..76516d4 100644
--- a/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global_plotting.py
+++ b/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global_plotting.py
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 from netCDF4 import Dataset
 
 from zppy_interfaces.global_time_series.utils import Parameters
-from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_custom_logger
+from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_child_logger
 
 mpl.use("Agg")
 
-logger = _setup_custom_logger(__name__)
+logger = _setup_child_logger(__name__)
 
 
 # ---additional function to get moc time series
diff --git a/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global_viewer.py b/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global_viewer.py
index 3d650bf..5c7323b 100644
--- a/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global_viewer.py
+++ b/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/coupled_global_viewer.py
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
 from zppy_interfaces.global_time_series.coupled_global_utils import Metric, Variable
 from zppy_interfaces.global_time_series.utils import Parameters
-from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_custom_logger
+from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_child_logger
 from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.viewer import OutputViewer
 
-logger = _setup_custom_logger(__name__)
+logger = _setup_child_logger(__name__)
 
 
 class VariableGroup(object):
diff --git a/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/ocean_month.py b/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/ocean_month.py
index 9331cb9..4295203 100644
--- a/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/ocean_month.py
+++ b/zppy_interfaces/global_time_series/ocean_month.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 from mpas_tools.cime.constants import constants
 from netCDF4 import Dataset, chartostring, date2num
 
-from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_custom_logger
+from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_child_logger
 
-logger = _setup_custom_logger(__name__)
+logger = _setup_child_logger(__name__)
 
 
 def ocean_month(
diff --git a/zppy_interfaces/multi_utils/logger.py b/zppy_interfaces/multi_utils/logger.py
index 32a5f6e..5b834f7 100644
--- a/zppy_interfaces/multi_utils/logger.py
+++ b/zppy_interfaces/multi_utils/logger.py
@@ -1,34 +1,57 @@
-"""Logger module for setting up a logger. Based on xcdat/xcdat/_logger.py"""
+"""Logger module for setting up a custom logger. Based on e3sm_diags/e3sm_diags/logger.py."""
 
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
 
-# Logging module setup
-log_format = (
+LOG_FILENAME = "zppy_interfaces_run.log"
+LOG_FORMAT = (
     "%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s]: %(filename)s(%(funcName)s:%(lineno)s) >> %(message)s"
 )
-logging.basicConfig(format=log_format, filemode="w", level=logging.INFO)
+LOG_FILEMODE = "w"
+LOG_LEVEL = logging.INFO
 
-# Console handler setup
+# Add a console handler to display warnings in the console. This is useful
+# for when other package loggers raise warnings (e.g, NumPy, Xarray).
 console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
 console_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-logFormatter = logging.Formatter(log_format)
-console_handler.setFormatter(logFormatter)
+console_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(LOG_FORMAT))
 logging.getLogger().addHandler(console_handler)
 
 
-# Following the example of https://github.com/xCDAT/xcdat/blob/27396e510185fddfe04921427ce2d67618a93709/xcdat/_logger.py#L20
-def _setup_custom_logger(name, propagate=True) -> logging.Logger:
-    """Sets up a custom logger.
+def _setup_root_logger():
+    """Configures the root logger.
 
-    Documentation on logging: https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html
+    This function sets up the root logger with a predefined format and log level.
+    It also enables capturing of warnings issued by the `warnings` module and
+    redirects them to the logging system.
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    - The `force=True` parameter ensures that any existing logging configuration
+      is overridden.
+    - The file handler is added dynamically to the root logger later in the
+      ``Run`` class once the log file path is known.
+    """
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        format=LOG_FORMAT,
+        level=LOG_LEVEL,
+        force=True,
+    )
+
+    logging.captureWarnings(True)
+
+
+def _setup_child_logger(name: str, propagate: bool = True) -> logging.Logger:
+    """Sets up a logger that is a child of the root logger.
+
+    This child logger inherits the root logger's handlers.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     name : str
         Name of the file where this function is called.
     propagate : bool, optional
-        Whether to propagate logger messages or not, by default True
+        Whether to propagate logger messages or not, by default True.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -37,8 +60,6 @@ def _setup_custom_logger(name, propagate=True) -> logging.Logger:
 
     Examples
     ---------
-    Available levels: https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#levels
-
     Detailed information, typically of interest only when diagnosing problems:
 
     >>> logger.debug("")
@@ -57,6 +78,10 @@ def _setup_custom_logger(name, propagate=True) -> logging.Logger:
 
     >>> logger.error("")
 
+    Similar to ``logger.error()``, but also outputs stack trace:
+
+    >>> logger.exception("", exc_info=True)
+
     A serious error, indicating that the program itself may be unable to
     continue running:
 
@@ -64,6 +89,5 @@ def _setup_custom_logger(name, propagate=True) -> logging.Logger:
     """
     logger = logging.getLogger(name)
     logger.propagate = propagate
-    # logger.setLevel("DEBUG")
 
     return logger
diff --git a/zppy_interfaces/multi_utils/viewer.py b/zppy_interfaces/multi_utils/viewer.py
index 958aaa7..f322799 100644
--- a/zppy_interfaces/multi_utils/viewer.py
+++ b/zppy_interfaces/multi_utils/viewer.py
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 )
 from output_viewer.utils import rechmod
 
-from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_custom_logger
+from zppy_interfaces.multi_utils.logger import _setup_child_logger
 
-logger = _setup_custom_logger(__name__)
+logger = _setup_child_logger(__name__)
 
 
 # Copied from e3sm_diags