diff --git a/madsci/madsci_common/madsci/common/events.py b/madsci/madsci_common/madsci/common/events.py
index b351491..7fdb1ef 100644
--- a/madsci/madsci_common/madsci/common/events.py
+++ b/madsci/madsci_common/madsci/common/events.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """MADSci Event Handling."""
 
 import logging
+from typing import Optional
 
 from madsci.common.types.event_types import Event
 
@@ -8,11 +9,47 @@
 class MADSciEventLogger:
     """A logger for MADSci events."""
 
-    def __init__(self, name: str = __name__, log_level: int = logging.NOTSET) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self, name: str = None, log_level: int = logging.NOTSET, server_url: str = None
+    ) -> None:
         """Initialize the event logger."""
-        self.logger = logging.getLogger(name)
+        if name:
+            self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__ + "." + name)
+        else:
+            self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         self.logger.setLevel(log_level)
+        self.server_url = server_url
 
-    def log_event(self, event: Event) -> None:
+    def log(self, event: Event, level: Optional[int] = None) -> None:
         """Log an event."""
+        event.log_level = level if level else event.log_level
         logging.log(event.log_level, event.event_data)
+        if self.server_url:
+            self.send_event(event)
+
+    def log_debug(self, event: Event) -> None:
+        """Log an event at the debug level."""
+        self.log(event, logging.DEBUG)
+
+    def log_info(self, event: Event) -> None:
+        """Log an event at the info level."""
+        self.log(event, logging.INFO)
+
+    def log_warning(self, event: Event) -> None:
+        """Log an event at the warning level."""
+        self.log(event, logging.WARNING)
+
+    def log_error(self, event: Event) -> None:
+        """Log an event at the error level."""
+        self.log(event, logging.ERROR)
+
+    def log_critical(self, event: Event) -> None:
+        """Log an event at the critical level."""
+        self.log(event, logging.CRITICAL)
+
+    def send_event(self, event: Event) -> None:
+        """Send an event to the event manager."""
+        pass
+
+
+default_event_logger = MADSciEventLogger()