diff --git a/ohmpi/logging_setup.py b/ohmpi/logging_setup.py
index e6bb9b87bfedfdafed70851bafceefa969f53132..e2606b024a70b57843cf8ef2890d24b30c13afc7 100644
--- a/ohmpi/logging_setup.py
+++ b/ohmpi/logging_setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import sys
 from termcolor import colored
 
 
-def add_logging_level(levelName, levelNum, methodName=None):
+def add_logging_level(level_name, level_num, method_name=None):
     """
     Comprehensively adds a new logging level to the `logging` module and the
     currently configured logging class.
@@ -31,35 +31,35 @@ def add_logging_level(levelName, levelNum, methodName=None):
     -------
     >>> add_logging_level('TRACE', logging.DEBUG - 5)
     >>> logging.getLogger(__name__).setLevel("TRACE")
-    >>> logging.getLogger(__name__).trace('that worked')
-    >>> logging.trace('so did this')
-    >>> logging.TRACE
-    5
+    >>> logging.getLogger(__name__).trace('that worked')  # noqa
+    >>> logging.trace('so did this')  # noqa
+    >>> logging.TRACE  # noqa
 
     """
-    if not methodName:
-        methodName = levelName.lower()
+    if not method_name:
+        method_name = level_name.lower()
 
-    if hasattr(logging, levelName):
-       raise AttributeError('{} already defined in logging module'.format(levelName))
-    if hasattr(logging, methodName):
-       raise AttributeError('{} already defined in logging module'.format(methodName))
-    if hasattr(logging.getLoggerClass(), methodName):
-       raise AttributeError('{} already defined in logger class'.format(methodName))
+    if hasattr(logging, level_name):
+        raise AttributeError('{} already defined in logging module'.format(level_name))
+    if hasattr(logging, method_name):
+        raise AttributeError('{} already defined in logging module'.format(method_name))
+    if hasattr(logging.getLoggerClass(), method_name):
+        raise AttributeError('{} already defined in logger class'.format(method_name))
 
     # This method was inspired by the answers to Stack Overflow post
     # http://stackoverflow.com/q/2183233/2988730, especially
     # http://stackoverflow.com/a/13638084/2988730
-    def logForLevel(self, message, *args, **kwargs):
-        if self.isEnabledFor(levelNum):
-            self._log(levelNum, message, args, **kwargs)
-    def logToRoot(message, *args, **kwargs):
-        logging.log(levelNum, message, *args, **kwargs)
+    def log_for_level(self, message, *args, **kwargs):
+        if self.isEnabledFor(level_num):
+            self._log(level_num, message, args, **kwargs)
 
-    logging.addLevelName(levelNum, levelName)
-    setattr(logging, levelName, levelNum)
-    setattr(logging.getLoggerClass(), methodName, logForLevel)
-    setattr(logging, methodName, logToRoot)
+    def log_to_root(message, *args, **kwargs):
+        logging.log(level_num, message, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    logging.addLevelName(level_num, level_name)
+    setattr(logging, level_name, level_num)
+    setattr(logging.getLoggerClass(), method_name, log_for_level)
+    setattr(logging, method_name, log_to_root)
 
 
 def create_stdout_logger(name):
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def create_stdout_logger(name):
 
 
 def setup_loggers(mqtt=True):
-    add_logging_level('EVENT', logging.INFO + 1)  # TODO : check if we should set the level to DEBUG...
+    add_logging_level('EVENT', logging.DEBUG + 1)  # TODO : check if we should set the level to DEBUG...
     msg = ''
     # Message logging setup
     log_path = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), 'logs')