diff --git a/lightly_studio/src/lightly_studio/setup_logging.py b/lightly_studio/src/lightly_studio/setup_logging.py
index 76c1b005..ce006bfd 100644
--- a/lightly_studio/src/lightly_studio/setup_logging.py
+++ b/lightly_studio/src/lightly_studio/setup_logging.py
@@ -9,10 +9,50 @@
 
 import logging
 import warnings
+from typing import ClassVar
+
+
+class ConsoleFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    """Customer console formatter for Lightly Studio."""
+
+    green = "\x1b[33;32m"
+    yellow = "\x1b[33;20m"
+    red = "\x1b[31;20m"
+    bold_red = "\x1b[31;1m"
+    reset = "\x1b[0m"
+    time_str = "%(asctime)s "
+    level_str = "%(levelname)s" + reset + ": "
+    msg_str = "%(message)s"
+
+    FORMATS: ClassVar = {
+        logging.DEBUG: time_str + level_str + msg_str,
+        logging.INFO: time_str + green + level_str + msg_str,
+        logging.WARNING: time_str + yellow + level_str + msg_str,
+        logging.ERROR: time_str + red + level_str + msg_str,
+        logging.CRITICAL: time_str + bold_red + level_str + msg_str,
+    }
+
+    def format(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> str:
+        """Format record using our own format and colors."""
+        log_fmt = self.FORMATS.get(record.levelno)
+        formatter = logging.Formatter(log_fmt)
+        return formatter.format(record)
+
 
 # Set logging level to ERROR for labelformat.
 logging.getLogger("labelformat").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
 
+# Configure the root logger with ConsoleFormatter
+root_logger = logging.getLogger()
+# Do not add a new logging handler if there's one registered already. This prevents duplicated
+# log messages.
+if not root_logger.handlers:
+    ch = logging.StreamHandler()
+    ch.setLevel(logging.INFO)  # TODO(lukas 12/2025): Make this configurable
+    ch.setFormatter(ConsoleFormatter())
+    root_logger.addHandler(ch)
+root_logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)  # TODO(lukas 12/2025): Make this configurable
+
 # Suppress warnings from mobileclip.
 # TODO(Michal, 04/2025): Remove once we don't vendor mobileclip.
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=FutureWarning, module="timm.models.layers")