diff --git a/IzzyLib/logging.py b/IzzyLib/logging.py
index d3c2b6c..fe73cc1 100644
--- a/IzzyLib/logging.py
+++ b/IzzyLib/logging.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ from os import environ as env
 from datetime import datetime
 
 
-# Custom logger
 class Log():
-	def __init__(self, minimum='INFO', datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', date=True):
+	'''basic logging class'''
+	def __init__(self, minimum='INFO', datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', date=True, systemd=True):
 		self.levels = {
 			'CRIT': 60,
 			'ERROR': 50,
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ class Log():
 			'MERP': 0
 		}
 
+		self.systemd = True
 		self.date = date
 		self.datefmt = datefmt
 		self.minimum = self._lvlCheck(minimum)
 
-		# make sure the minimum logging level is an int
 	def _lvlCheck(self, level):
+		'''make sure the minimum logging level is an int'''
 		try:
 			value = int(level)
 
@@ -30,14 +31,36 @@ class Log():
 			value = self.levels.get(level)
 
 		if value not in self.levels.values():
-			raise InvalidLevel(f'Invalid logging level: {level}')
+			raise error.InvalidLevel(f'Invalid logging level: {level}')
 
 		return value
 
 	def setLevel(self, level):
+		'''change the minimum logging level'''
 		self.minimum = self._lvlCheck(level)
 
+	def setDateEnable(self, boolean):
+		'''enable or disable printing the date'''
+		if type(boolean) != bool:
+			raise TypeError(f'{boolean} is not a boolean')
+
+		self.date = boolean
+
+	def setDate(self, datefmt):
+		'''change the date format'''
+		'''insert regex to make sure it is the correct format here'''
+		self.datefmt = datefmt
+
+	def setSystemd(self, boolean):
+		'''enable or disable checking if the script is running in systemd'''
+		if type(boolean) != bool:
+			raise TypeError(f'{boolean} is not a boolean')
+
+		self.systemd = boolean
+
+
 	def log(self, level, msg):
+		'''log to the console'''
 		levelNum = self._lvlCheck(level)
 
 		if type(level) == int:
@@ -50,8 +73,8 @@ class Log():
 
 		output = f'{level}: {msg}\n'
 
-		# Only show date when not running in systemd and date var is True
-		if self.date and not env.get('INVOCATION_ID'):
+		if self.date and (self.systemd and not env.get('INVOCATION_ID')):
+			'''only show date when not running in systemd and date var is True'''
 			date = datetime.now().strftime(self.datefmt)
 			output = f'{date} {output}'
 
@@ -59,7 +82,6 @@ class Log():
 		stdout.write(output)
 		stdout.flush()
 
-
 	def critical(self, msg):
 		self.log('CRIT', msg)
 
@@ -82,8 +104,42 @@ class Log():
 		self.log('MERP', msg)
 
 
-class InvalidType(Exception):
-	'''Raise when the log level isn't a str or an int'''
+def getLogger(loginst):
+	'''get a logging instance'''
+	Logger = logger.get(loginst)
 
-class InvalidLevel(Exception):
-	'''Raise when an invalid logging level was specified'''
+	if not Logger:
+		raise 
+
+
+'''create a default logger'''
+logger = {
+	'default': Log()
+}
+
+DefaultLog = logger['default']
+
+
+'''aliases for default logger's log output functions'''
+critical = DefaultLog.critical
+error = DefaultLog.error
+warning = DefaultLog.error
+info = DefaultLog.info
+verbose = DefaultLog.verbose
+debug = DefaultLog.debug
+merp = DefaultLog.merp
+
+'''aliases for the default logger's config functions'''
+'''will probably change this to setConfig to simplify things'''
+setLevel = DefaultLog.setLevel
+setDateEnable = DefaultLog.setDateEnable
+setDate = DefaultLog.setDate
+setSystemd = DefaultLog.setSystemd
+
+
+class error:
+	class InvalidLevel(Exception):
+		'''Raise when an invalid logging level was specified'''
+
+	class InvalidLogger(Exception):
+		'''Raise when the specified logger doesn't exist'''
diff --git a/IzzyLib/misc.py b/IzzyLib/misc.py
index 6450984..faa315e 100644
--- a/IzzyLib/misc.py
+++ b/IzzyLib/misc.py
@@ -1,5 +1,38 @@
-from .logging import Log
+import random, string
+
+from . import logging
+
+
+def boolean(v, fail=True):
+	if type(v) in [dict, list, tuple]:
+		raise ValueError(f'Value is not a string, boolean, int, or nonetype: {value}')
+
+	'''make the value lowercase if it's a string'''
+	value = v.lower() if type(value) == str else v
+
+	if value in [1, True, 'on', 'y', 'yes', 'true', 'enable']:
+		'''convert string to True'''
+		return True
+
+	elif value in [0, False, None, 'off', 'n', 'no', 'false', 'disable', '']:
+		'''convert string to False'''
+		return False
+
+	elif not fail:
+		'''just return the value'''
+		return value
+
+	else:
+		raise ValueError(f'Value cannot be converted to a boolean: {value}')
+
+
+def randomgen(chars=20):
+	if type(chars) != int:
+		raise TypeError(f'Character length must be an integer, not a {type(char)}')
+
+	return ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, k=chars))
 
 
 def merp():
-	Log('MERP', date=False).merp('heck')
+	logging.setLevel('MERP')
+	logging.merp('heck')