diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h
index d1e4a9d1e08f2fee1d1e8f06f88d7da69f8f67d4..a4ad893d6b20f738b20979d2482c17870317905e 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ConfigService.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 /// @cond Exclude from doxygen documentation
 namespace Poco {
+class Channel;
 namespace Util {
 class PropertyFileConfiguration;
 class SystemConfiguration;
@@ -223,6 +224,14 @@ public:
   /// Set the default facility
   void setFacility(const std::string &facilityName);
 
+  
+  ///Sets the log level priority for the File log channel
+  void setFileLogLevel(int logLevel);
+  ///Sets the log level priority for the Console log channel
+  void setConsoleLogLevel(int logLevel);
+  ///Sets the log level priority for the selected Filter log channel
+  void setFilterChannelLogLevel(const std::string& filterChannelName, int logLevel);
+
   /// Look for an instrument
   const InstrumentInfo &
   getInstrument(const std::string &instrumentName = "") const;
@@ -262,7 +271,7 @@ private:
   void loadConfig(const std::string &filename, const bool append = false);
   /// Read a file and place its contents into the given string
   bool readFile(const std::string &filename, std::string &contents) const;
-  /// Provies a string of a default configuration
+  /// Provides a string of a default configuration
   std::string defaultConfig() const;
   /// Writes out a fresh user properties file
   void createUserPropertiesFile() const;
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/FilterChannel.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/FilterChannel.h
index 52bed99e49306c4cd0b23113376bf4b918071b87..caaf4c2fc930103b5353652e36eee209fe424ab7 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/FilterChannel.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/FilterChannel.h
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ public:
 
   /// Returns the channel pointer.
   Channel *getChannel() { return _channel; }
-
-  /// Attaches a channel, which may not be null.
+  
+  /// set the priority cutoff by integer.
+  const FilterChannel &setPriority(const int &priority);
+  /// Set the priority cutoff by string.
   const FilterChannel &setPriority(const std::string &priority);
 
   /// Returns the integer representation of the priority
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ListValidator.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ListValidator.h
index e0cb6a15674580eee5a75d95eb886df5fadcff35..57e9585b0de930b1fa2e8f187ce47dfa2d51ebd4 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ListValidator.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/ListValidator.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 #endif
 #include <vector>
+#include <set>
 #include <map>
 
 namespace Mantid {
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Logger.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Logger.h
index 5c408d6a4d5198ed2ef8e96d64a3ba5ae2fd7eb2..e6285ff800fe4a84b1ec6402f26d76d011c276db 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Logger.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Logger.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <Poco/Message.h>
 
 #include <iosfwd>
-#include <set>
+
 #include <string>
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ public:
   // Our logger's priority types are the same as POCO's Message's types.
   typedef Poco::Message::Priority Priority;
 
+  static const std::string* PriorityNames;
+
   /// Constructor giving the logger name
   Logger(const std::string &name);
   /// Destructor
@@ -104,6 +106,12 @@ public:
   /// Logs at debug level
   std::ostream &debug();
 
+  /// Log a message at a given priority
+  void log(const std::string &message, Logger::Priority priority);
+
+  /// gets the correct log stream for a priority
+  std::ostream &getLogStream(Logger::Priority priority);
+
   /// Logs the given message at debug level, followed by the data in buffer.
   void dump(const std::string &msg, const void *buffer, std::size_t length);
 
@@ -146,10 +154,6 @@ private:
   /// Disable assignment
   Logger &operator=(const Logger &);
 
-  /// Log a message at a given priority
-  void log(const std::string &message, Logger::Priority priority);
-  /// gets the correct log stream for a priority
-  std::ostream &getLogStream(Logger::Priority priority);
   /// Return a log stream set with the given priority
   Priority applyLevelOffset(Priority proposedLevel);
 
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
index 7d894fdc59fea11a8af8b17a5a108da2114cf9a6..a2dd3cb08be1e411b6493670794626bd0a0dec89 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/ConfigService.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #include "MantidKernel/ConfigService.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/MantidVersion.h"
-#include "MantidKernel/ParaViewVersion.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Strings.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/Logger.h"
 #include "MantidKernel/FilterChannel.h"
@@ -29,6 +28,10 @@
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #pragma warning(disable : 4250)
 #endif
+#include <Poco/Logger.h>
+#include <Poco/Channel.h>
+#include <Poco/SplitterChannel.h>
+#include <Poco/LoggingRegistry.h>
 #include <Poco/PipeStream.h>
 #include <Poco/StreamCopier.h>
 
@@ -995,7 +998,7 @@ void ConfigServiceImpl::getKeysRecursive(const std::string &root,
   }
 }
 
-/**
+  /**
  * Recursively gets a list of all config options.
  *
  * This function is needed as Boost Python does not like calling function with
@@ -1947,6 +1950,59 @@ Kernel::ProxyInfo &ConfigServiceImpl::getProxy(const std::string &url) {
   return m_proxyInfo;
 }
 
+/** Sets the log level priority for the File log channel
+* @logLevel the integer value of the log level to set, 1=Critical, 7=Debug
+*/
+void ConfigServiceImpl::setFileLogLevel(int logLevel)
+{
+  setFilterChannelLogLevel("fileFilterChannel",logLevel);
+}
+/** Sets the log level priority for the Console log channel
+* @logLevel the integer value of the log level to set, 1=Critical, 7=Debug
+*/
+void ConfigServiceImpl::setConsoleLogLevel(int logLevel)
+{
+  setFilterChannelLogLevel("consoleFilterChannel",logLevel);
+}
+
+
+/** Sets the Log level for a filter channel
+* @filterChannelName the channel name of the filter channel to change
+* @logLevel the integer value of the log level to set, 1=Critical, 7=Debug
+* @throws std::invalid_argument if the channel name is incorrect or it is not a filterChannel
+*/
+void ConfigServiceImpl::setFilterChannelLogLevel(const std::string& filterChannelName, int logLevel)
+{
+  Poco::Channel* channel = NULL;
+  try
+  {
+    channel = Poco::LoggingRegistry::defaultRegistry().channelForName(filterChannelName);
+  }
+  catch(Poco::NotFoundException&)
+  {
+    throw std::invalid_argument(filterChannelName + " not found in the Logging Registry");
+  }
+
+  auto *filterChannel = dynamic_cast<Poco::FilterChannel*>(channel);
+  if (filterChannel)
+  {
+    filterChannel->setPriority(logLevel);      
+    //set root level if required
+    int rootLevel = Poco::Logger::root().getLevel();
+    if (rootLevel < logLevel)
+    {
+        Mantid::Kernel::Logger::setLevelForAll(logLevel);
+    }
+    g_log.log(filterChannelName + " log channel set to " + Logger::PriorityNames[logLevel] + " priority",static_cast<Logger::Priority>(logLevel));
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    throw std::invalid_argument(filterChannelName + " was not a filter channel");
+  }
+}
+
+
+
 /// \cond TEMPLATE
 template DLLExport int ConfigServiceImpl::getValue(const std::string &,
                                                    double &);
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/FilterChannel.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/FilterChannel.cpp
index 947df5427e9826aa3d93cb9d89987efbc770de00..8b5331f0d4166a09b2d4fee4b661d58d14117971 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/FilterChannel.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/FilterChannel.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ void FilterChannel::close() {
   }
 }
 
+const FilterChannel &FilterChannel::setPriority(const int &priority) {
+  _priority = priority;
+  
+  return *this;
+}
+
 const FilterChannel &FilterChannel::setPriority(const std::string &priority) {
   // take a local copy of the input
   std::string workPriority = priority;
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Logger.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Logger.cpp
index 9f576555e68e18be2e5e20226d23ea4132f637b8..79898446305f199d419b5dbee0eb96094582e30f 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Logger.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Logger.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ namespace {
 Poco::NullOutputStream NULL_STREAM;
 }
 
+static const std::string PriorityNames_data[] = {
+    "PRIO_FATAL",
+    "PRIO_CRITICAL",
+    "PRIO_ERROR",
+    "PRIO_WARNING",
+    "PRIO_NOTICE",
+    "PRIO_INFORMATION",
+    "PRIO_DEBUG",
+    "PRIO_TRACE"
+};
+const std::string* Logger::PriorityNames = PriorityNames_data;
+
+
 /** Constructor
  * @param name :: The class name invoking this logger
  */
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/test/ConfigServiceTest.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/test/ConfigServiceTest.h
index d1347dbab9ce84c362c91a952263002e7d2d808a..3d6a9ccf293488b15fbd16c0d328142a751ac4e4 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/test/ConfigServiceTest.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/test/ConfigServiceTest.h
@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ public:
     TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(log1.debug("a debug string with offset 999 should be trace"));
   }
 
+  void testLogLevelFiltering()
+  {
+    TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(ConfigService::Instance().setConsoleLogLevel(4));
+    TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(ConfigService::Instance().setFileLogLevel(4));
+    TSM_ASSERT_THROWS("A false channel name for setFilterChannelLogLevel did not throw",
+      ConfigService::Instance().setFilterChannelLogLevel("AnIncorrectChannelName",4),std::invalid_argument);
+    TSM_ASSERT_THROWS("A correct channel name, but not a filterChannel for setFilterChannelLogLevel did not throw",
+      ConfigService::Instance().setFilterChannelLogLevel("consoleChannel",4),std::invalid_argument);
+  }
+
   void testDefaultFacility()
   {
     TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(ConfigService::Instance().getFacility() );
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Properties/Mantid.properties.template b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Properties/Mantid.properties.template
index 5f04c183d33ac185a5b3554b9336067d34e4dfc0..567295375c32d18ebfdf705387a970a6bc48a065 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Properties/Mantid.properties.template
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Properties/Mantid.properties.template
@@ -145,19 +145,28 @@ graph1d.autodistribution = On
 #AlgorithmChaining.SwitchedOn = 1
 
 # logging configuration
-# root level message filter (drop to debug for more messages)
+# root level message filter (This sets a minimal level possible for any channel)
 logging.loggers.root.level = notice
+
 # splitting the messages to many logging channels
 logging.loggers.root.channel.class = SplitterChannel
-logging.loggers.root.channel.channel1 = consoleChannel
+logging.loggers.root.channel.channel1 = consoleFilterChannel
 logging.loggers.root.channel.channel2 = fileFilterChannel
-# output to the console - primarily for console based apps
-logging.channels.consoleChannel.class = ConsoleChannel
-logging.channels.consoleChannel.formatter = f1
+
+# specific filter for the console channel raising the level to notice (drop to debug for debugging)
+logging.channels.consoleFilterChannel.class= FilterChannel
+logging.channels.consoleFilterChannel.channel= consoleChannel
+logging.channels.consoleFilterChannel.level= notice
+
 # specific filter for the file channel raising the level to notice (drop to debug for debugging)
 logging.channels.fileFilterChannel.class= FilterChannel
 logging.channels.fileFilterChannel.channel= fileChannel
 logging.channels.fileFilterChannel.level= notice
+
+# output to the console - primarily for console based apps
+logging.channels.consoleChannel.class = ConsoleChannel
+logging.channels.consoleChannel.formatter = f1
+
 # output to a file (For error capturing and debugging)
 logging.channels.fileChannel.class = @FILECHANNEL@
 logging.channels.fileChannel.path =
@@ -165,10 +174,10 @@ logging.channels.fileChannel.rotation = 1 M
 logging.channels.fileChannel.purgeCount = 9
 logging.channels.fileChannel.formatter.class = PatternFormatter
 logging.channels.fileChannel.formatter.pattern = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S,%i [%I] %p %s - %t
+logging.channels.fileChannel.formatter.times = local
 logging.formatters.f1.class = PatternFormatter
 logging.formatters.f1.pattern = @CONSOLEPATTERN@
 logging.formatters.f1.times = local
-logging.channels.fileChannel.formatter.times = local
 
 workspace.sendto.SansView.arguments=[file]
 workspace.sendto.SansView.saveusing=SaveCanSAS1D
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/kernel/src/Exports/ConfigService.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/kernel/src/Exports/ConfigService.cpp
index 9dbcb57b5971b6001318c7573656e16aa7cba523..7dc94e594666e6fc83cfe2378b85c54375209574 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/kernel/src/Exports/ConfigService.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/kernel/src/Exports/ConfigService.cpp
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ void export_ConfigService() {
            "Saves the keys that have changed from their default to the given "
            "filename")
 
+      .def("setFileLogLevel", &ConfigServiceImpl::setFileLogLevel,
+          "Sets the log level priority for the File log channel, logLevel 1 = Critical, 7 = Debug")
+
+      .def("setConsoleLogLevel", &ConfigServiceImpl::setConsoleLogLevel,
+          "Sets the log level priority for the Console log channel, logLevel 1 = Critical, 7 = Debug")
+
       .def("keys", &ConfigServiceImpl::keys)
 
       // Treat this as a dictionary
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/ConfigServiceTest.py b/Code/Mantid/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/ConfigServiceTest.py
index 5f0064c92b7c253a7387965fdecefa950282da81..243f83809447e746d0fae6d0695840d7a0eccb2e 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/ConfigServiceTest.py
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/kernel/ConfigServiceTest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 import os
+import testhelpers
 
 from mantid.kernel import (ConfigService, ConfigServiceImpl, config,
                            std_vector_str, FacilityInfo, InstrumentInfo)
@@ -89,8 +90,11 @@ class ConfigServiceTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue('tmp' in paths[0])
         self.assertTrue('tmp_2' in paths[1])
         self._clean_up_test_areas()
-
-
+            
+    def test_setting_log_channel_levels(self):
+        testhelpers.assertRaisesNothing(self, config.setFileLogLevel, 4)
+        testhelpers.assertRaisesNothing(self, config.setConsoleLogLevel, 4)
+    
     def _setup_test_areas(self):
         """Create a new data search path string
         """
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/inc/MantidQtMantidWidgets/MessageDisplay.h b/Code/Mantid/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/inc/MantidQtMantidWidgets/MessageDisplay.h
index 11d940adb38fd2ad0ae43f9d9ff983fa584be371..6b011c93d1bcc39d2c23554dd05aab9657c4c7ae 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/inc/MantidQtMantidWidgets/MessageDisplay.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/inc/MantidQtMantidWidgets/MessageDisplay.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 // Includes
 //----------------------------------
 #include "WidgetDllOption.h"
+#include "MantidKernel/FilterChannel.h"
 #include "MantidQtAPI/Message.h"
 #include "MantidQtAPI/QtSignalChannel.h"
 
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ namespace MantidQt
       LogLevelControl m_logLevelControl;
       /// A reference to the log channel
       API::QtSignalChannel *m_logChannel;
+      /// A reference to the log channel
+      Poco::FilterChannel *m_filterChannel;
       /// The actual widget holding the text
       QPlainTextEdit * m_textDisplay;
       /// Map priority to text formatting
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/src/MessageDisplay.cpp b/Code/Mantid/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/src/MessageDisplay.cpp
index fe94295a70ad5c1f682ef372fb5eb09f09d54ec9..15b8665cd3c0722775740612463a96609e050128 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/src/MessageDisplay.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/MantidQt/MantidWidgets/src/MessageDisplay.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <QPlainTextEdit>
 #include <QPoint>
 #include <QScrollBar>
+#include <QSettings>
 #include <QSignalMapper>
 
 #include <Poco/Logger.h>
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ namespace MantidQt
      * @param parent An optional parent widget
      */
     MessageDisplay::MessageDisplay(QWidget *parent)
-    : QWidget(parent), m_logLevelControl(DisableLogLevelControl), m_logChannel(new API::QtSignalChannel),
+    : QWidget(parent), m_logLevelControl(DisableLogLevelControl), m_logChannel(new API::QtSignalChannel),m_filterChannel(new Poco::FilterChannel),
       m_textDisplay(new QPlainTextEdit(this)), m_formats(), m_loglevels(new QActionGroup(this)), m_logLevelMapping(new QSignalMapper(this)),
       m_error(new QAction(tr("&Error"), this)), m_warning(new QAction(tr("&Warning"), this)),
       m_notice(new QAction(tr("&Notice"), this)), m_information(new QAction(tr("&Information"), this)),
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ namespace MantidQt
      * @param parent An optional parent widget
      */
     MessageDisplay::MessageDisplay(LogLevelControl logLevelControl, QWidget *parent)
-    : QWidget(parent), m_logLevelControl(logLevelControl), m_logChannel(new API::QtSignalChannel),
+    : QWidget(parent), m_logLevelControl(logLevelControl), m_logChannel(new API::QtSignalChannel),m_filterChannel(new Poco::FilterChannel),
       m_textDisplay(new QPlainTextEdit(this)), m_loglevels(new QActionGroup(this)), m_logLevelMapping(new QSignalMapper(this)),
       m_error(new QAction(tr("&Error"), this)), m_warning(new QAction(tr("&Warning"), this)),
       m_notice(new QAction(tr("&Notice"), this)), m_information(new QAction(tr("&Information"), this)),
@@ -65,8 +66,11 @@ namespace MantidQt
      */
     MessageDisplay::~MessageDisplay()
     {
+      QSettings settings;
+      settings.writeEntry("MessageDisplayPriority", static_cast <int>(m_filterChannel->getPriority()));
       // The Channel class is ref counted and will
       // delete itself when required
+      m_filterChannel->release();
       m_logChannel->release();
       delete m_textDisplay;
     }
@@ -83,12 +87,17 @@ namespace MantidQt
       // The root channel might be a SplitterChannel
       if(auto *splitChannel = dynamic_cast<Poco::SplitterChannel*>(rootChannel))
       {
-        splitChannel->addChannel(m_logChannel);
+        splitChannel->addChannel(m_filterChannel);
       }
       else
       {
-        Poco::Logger::setChannel(rootLogger.name(), m_logChannel);
+        Poco::Logger::setChannel(rootLogger.name(), m_filterChannel);
       }
+      m_filterChannel->addChannel(m_logChannel);
+      
+      QSettings settings;
+      int priority = settings.readNumEntry("MessageDisplayPriority", Message::Priority::PRIO_NOTICE);
+      m_filterChannel->setPriority(priority);
 
       connect(m_logChannel, SIGNAL(messageReceived(const Message&)),
           this, SLOT(append(const Message &)));
@@ -254,7 +263,13 @@ namespace MantidQt
         logLevelMenu->addAction(m_debug);
 
         //check the right level
-        int level = Mantid::Kernel::Logger("").getLevel(); //get the root logger logging level
+        int level = m_filterChannel->getPriority(); 
+        //get the root logger logging level
+        int rootLevel = Poco::Logger::root().getLevel();
+        if (rootLevel < level) {
+          level = rootLevel;
+        }
+
         if (level == Poco::Message::PRIO_ERROR)
           m_error->setChecked(true);
         if (level == Poco::Message::PRIO_WARNING)
@@ -263,7 +278,7 @@ namespace MantidQt
           m_notice->setChecked(true);
         if (level == Poco::Message::PRIO_INFORMATION)
           m_information->setChecked(true);
-        if (level == Poco::Message::PRIO_DEBUG)
+        if (level >= Poco::Message::PRIO_DEBUG)
           m_debug->setChecked(true);
       }
 
@@ -277,7 +292,14 @@ namespace MantidQt
      */
     void MessageDisplay::setGlobalLogLevel(int priority)
     {
-      Mantid::Kernel::Logger::setLevelForAll(priority);
+      //set Local filter level
+      m_filterChannel->setPriority(priority);
+      //if this is higher than the global level then that will have to be lowered to work
+      int rootLevel = Poco::Logger::root().getLevel();
+      if (rootLevel < priority)
+      {
+         Mantid::Kernel::Logger::setLevelForAll(priority);
+      }
     }
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -311,7 +333,7 @@ namespace MantidQt
       connect(m_information, SIGNAL(activated()), m_logLevelMapping, SLOT (map()));
       connect(m_debug, SIGNAL(activated()), m_logLevelMapping, SLOT (map()));
 
-      connect(m_logLevelMapping, SIGNAL(mapped(int)), m_logChannel, SLOT(setGlobalLogLevel(int)));
+      connect(m_logLevelMapping, SIGNAL(mapped(int)), this, SLOT(setGlobalLogLevel(int)));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/docs/source/concepts/PropertiesFile.rst b/Code/Mantid/docs/source/concepts/PropertiesFile.rst
index 2f9aac4024b0e8baa1e432f63c163c052128e237..2f7009c9373edc58f787609c0b02ea53c24ef982 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/docs/source/concepts/PropertiesFile.rst
+++ b/Code/Mantid/docs/source/concepts/PropertiesFile.rst
@@ -96,15 +96,21 @@ Directory Properties
 Logging Properties
 ******************
 
-The details of configuring the logging functionality within Mantid will not be explained here. For those who want more details look into the POCO logging classes and the Log4J logging module that it closely emulates. There are several comments in the properties file itself that explain the configuration we provide by default.However there are some obvious areas that you may want to alter and those properties are detailed below.
+The details of configuring the logging functionality within Mantid will not be explained here. 
+For those who want more details look into the POCO logging classes and the Log4J logging module 
+that it closely emulates. There are several comments in the properties file itself that explain 
+the configuration we provide by default.  However there are some obvious areas that you may want 
+to alter and those properties are detailed below.
 
 +----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+
 |Property                                |Description                                        |Example value          |
 +========================================+===================================================+=======================+
 |logging.loggers.root.level              |Defines the lowest level of messages to be output  |debug, informtion,     |
-|                                        |by the system. The default is information, but this|notice, warning,       |
-|                                        |can be lowered to debug for more detailed feedback.|error, critical        |
-|                                        |                                                   |or fatal               |
+|                                        |by the system, and will override lower settings in |notice, warning,       |
+|                                        |filterChannels. The default is information, but    |error, critical        |
+|                                        |this can be lowered to debug for more detailed     |or fatal               |
+|                                        |feedback.                                          |                       |
+|                                        |                                                   |                       |
 +----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+
 |logging.channels.fileFilterChannel.level|The lowest level messages to output to the log     |debug, informtion,     |
 |                                        |file. The default is warning, but this can be      |notice, warning,       |
@@ -114,6 +120,18 @@ The details of configuring the logging functionality within Mantid will not be e
 +----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+
 |logging.channels.fileChannel.path       | The Path to the log file.                         |../logs/mantid.log     |
 +----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+
+The logging priority levels for the file logging and console logging can also be adjusted in python using the commands:
+
+.. testcode:: LoggingConfigExample
+
+  #Set the console to log at debug level on above (7=debug)
+  ConfigService.setConsoleLogLevel(7)
+  #Set the file to only log at critical level (1=critical)
+  ConfigService.setConsoleLogLevel(7)
+  
+.. testoutput:: AddSampleLogExample 
+
+
 
 MantidPlot Properties
 *********************