diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6831c82..f982baa 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM python:3.7-alpine
-  
+
 LABEL maintainer="Robert Kaussow <mail@geeklabor.de>" \
     org.label-schema.name="git-batch" \
     org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://github.com/xoxys/git-batch" \
diff --git a/gitbatch/Cli.py b/gitbatch/Cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f17fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitbatch/Cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Main program."""
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+
+from collections import defaultdict
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+import git
+
+from gitbatch import __version__
+from gitbatch.Logging import SingleLog
+from gitbatch.Utils import normalize_path, to_bool
+
+
+class GitBatch:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.log = SingleLog()
+        self.logger = self.log.logger
+        self.args = self._cli_args()
+        self.config = self._config()
+        self.run()
+
+    def _cli_args(self):
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+            description=("Clone single branch from all repositories listed in a file"))
+        parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version="%(prog)s {}".format(__version__))
+
+        return parser.parse_args()
+
+    def _config(self):
+        config = defaultdict(dict)
+        input_file_raw = os.environ.get("GIT_BATCH_INPUT_FILE", "./batchfile")
+        config["input_file"] = normalize_path(input_file_raw)
+
+        config["ignore_existing"] = to_bool(os.environ.get("GIT_BATCH_IGNORE_EXISTING_REPO", True))
+        config["ignore_missing"] = to_bool(os.environ.get("GIT_BATCH_IGNORE_MISSING_REMOTE", True))
+
+        return config
+
+    def _repos_from_file(self, src):
+        repos = []
+        with open(src, "r") as f:
+            for num, line in enumerate(f, start=1):
+                repo = {}
+                line = line.strip()
+                if line and not line.startswith("#"):
+                    try:
+                        url, branch, dest = [x.strip() for x in line.split(";")]
+                    except ValueError as e:
+                        self.log.sysexit_with_message("Wrong numer of delimiters in line {line_num}: {exp}".format(
+                            line_num=num, exp=e))
+
+                    if url:
+                        url_parts = urlparse(url)
+
+                        repo["url"] = url
+                        repo["branch"] = branch or "master"
+                        repo["name"] = os.path.basename(url_parts.path)
+                        repo["dest"] = normalize_path(dest) or normalize_path("./{}".format(repo["name"]))
+
+                        repos.append(repo)
+                    else:
+                        self.log.sysexit_with_message("Repository Url is not set on line {line_num}".format(
+                            line_num=num))
+        return repos
+
+    def _repos_clone(self, repos, ignore_existing):
+        for repo in repos:
+            try:
+                options = [
+                    "--branch={}".format(repo["branch"]),
+                    "--single-branch"
+                ]
+                git.Repo.clone_from(repo["url"], repo["dest"], multi_options=options)
+            except git.exc.GitCommandError as e:
+                passed = False
+                err_raw = e.stderr.strip().splitlines()[:-1]
+                err = [x.split(":", 1)[1].strip() for x in err_raw]
+
+                if any(["already exists and is not an empty directory" in item for item in err]):
+                    if self.config["ignore_existing"]:
+                        passed = True
+
+                if any(["Could not find remote branch" in item for item in err]):
+                    if self.config["ignore_missing"]:
+                        passed = True
+
+                if not passed:
+                    self.log.sysexit_with_message("Git error: " + "\n".join(err))
+
+    def run(self):
+        if os.path.isfile(self.config["input_file"]):
+            repos = self._repos_from_file(self.config["input_file"])
+            self._repos_clone(repos, self.config["ignore_existing"])
+        else:
+            self.log.sysexit_with_message("The given batch file at '{}' does not exist".format(
+                os.path.relpath(os.path.join("./", self.config["input_file"]))))
diff --git a/gitbatch/Logging.py b/gitbatch/Logging.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a563cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitbatch/Logging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Global utility methods and classes."""
+
+import os
+import logging
+import gitbatch.Utils
+import sys
+
+
+from gitbatch.Utils import Singleton, to_bool
+import colorama
+from pythonjsonlogger import jsonlogger
+
+CONSOLE_FORMAT = "{}[%(levelname)s]{} %(message)s"
+JSON_FORMAT = "(asctime) (levelname) (message)"
+
+
+def _should_do_markup():
+    py_colors = os.environ.get("PY_COLORS", None)
+    if py_colors is not None:
+        return to_bool(py_colors)
+
+    return sys.stdout.isatty() and os.environ.get("TERM") != "dumb"
+
+
+colorama.init(autoreset=True, strip=not _should_do_markup())
+
+
+class LogFilter(object):
+    """A custom log filter which excludes log messages above the logged level."""
+
+    def __init__(self, level):
+        """
+        Initialize a new custom log filter.
+
+        :param level: Log level limit
+        :returns: None
+
+        """
+        self.__level = level
+
+    def filter(self, logRecord):  # noqa
+        # https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#logrecord-attributes
+        return logRecord.levelno <= self.__level
+
+
+class MultilineFormatter(logging.Formatter):
+    """Logging Formatter to reset color after newline characters."""
+
+    def format(self, record): # noqa
+        record.msg = record.msg.replace("\n", "\n{}... ".format(colorama.Style.RESET_ALL))
+        return logging.Formatter.format(self, record)
+
+
+class MultilineJsonFormatter(jsonlogger.JsonFormatter):
+    """Logging Formatter to remove newline characters."""
+
+    def format(self, record): # noqa
+        record.msg = record.msg.replace("\n", " ")
+        return jsonlogger.JsonFormatter.format(self, record)
+
+
+class Log:
+    def __init__(self, level=logging.WARN, name="ansibledoctor", json=False):
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger(name)
+        self.logger.setLevel(level)
+        self.logger.addHandler(self._get_error_handler(json=json))
+        self.logger.addHandler(self._get_warn_handler(json=json))
+        self.logger.addHandler(self._get_info_handler(json=json))
+        self.logger.addHandler(self._get_critical_handler(json=json))
+        self.logger.addHandler(self._get_debug_handler(json=json))
+        self.logger.propagate = False
+
+    def _get_error_handler(self, json=False):
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
+        handler.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+        handler.addFilter(LogFilter(logging.ERROR))
+        handler.setFormatter(MultilineFormatter(
+            self.error(CONSOLE_FORMAT.format(colorama.Fore.RED, colorama.Style.RESET_ALL))))
+
+        if json:
+            handler.setFormatter(MultilineJsonFormatter(JSON_FORMAT))
+
+        return handler
+
+    def _get_warn_handler(self, json=False):
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+        handler.setLevel(logging.WARN)
+        handler.addFilter(LogFilter(logging.WARN))
+        handler.setFormatter(MultilineFormatter(
+            self.warn(CONSOLE_FORMAT.format(colorama.Fore.YELLOW, colorama.Style.RESET_ALL))))
+
+        if json:
+            handler.setFormatter(MultilineJsonFormatter(JSON_FORMAT))
+
+        return handler
+
+    def _get_info_handler(self, json=False):
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+        handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        handler.addFilter(LogFilter(logging.INFO))
+        handler.setFormatter(MultilineFormatter(
+            self.info(CONSOLE_FORMAT.format(colorama.Fore.CYAN, colorama.Style.RESET_ALL))))
+
+        if json:
+            handler.setFormatter(MultilineJsonFormatter(JSON_FORMAT))
+
+        return handler
+
+    def _get_critical_handler(self, json=False):
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
+        handler.setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
+        handler.addFilter(LogFilter(logging.CRITICAL))
+        handler.setFormatter(MultilineFormatter(
+            self.critical(CONSOLE_FORMAT.format(colorama.Fore.RED, colorama.Style.RESET_ALL))))
+
+        if json:
+            handler.setFormatter(MultilineJsonFormatter(JSON_FORMAT))
+
+        return handler
+
+    def _get_debug_handler(self, json=False):
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
+        handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        handler.addFilter(LogFilter(logging.DEBUG))
+        handler.setFormatter(MultilineFormatter(
+            self.critical(CONSOLE_FORMAT.format(colorama.Fore.BLUE, colorama.Style.RESET_ALL))))
+
+        if json:
+            handler.setFormatter(MultilineJsonFormatter(JSON_FORMAT))
+
+        return handler
+
+    def set_level(self, s):
+        self.logger.setLevel(s)
+
+    def debug(self, msg):
+        """Format info messages and return string."""
+        return msg
+
+    def critical(self, msg):
+        """Format critical messages and return string."""
+        return msg
+
+    def error(self, msg):
+        """Format error messages and return string."""
+        return msg
+
+    def warn(self, msg):
+        """Format warn messages and return string."""
+        return msg
+
+    def info(self, msg):
+        """Format info messages and return string."""
+        return msg
+
+    def _color_text(self, color, msg):
+        """
+        Colorize strings.
+
+        :param color: colorama color settings
+        :param msg: string to colorize
+        :returns: string
+
+        """
+        return "{}{}{}".format(color, msg, colorama.Style.RESET_ALL)
+
+    def sysexit(self, code=1):
+        sys.exit(code)
+
+    def sysexit_with_message(self, msg, code=1):
+        self.logger.critical(str(msg))
+        self.sysexit(code)
+
+
+class SingleLog(Log, metaclass=Singleton):
+    pass
diff --git a/gitbatch/Utils.py b/gitbatch/Utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef83d59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitbatch/Utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Global utility methods and classes."""
+
+import os
+import sys
+from distutils.util import strtobool
+
+
+def normalize_path(path):
+    if path:
+        return os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(path)))
+
+
+def to_bool(string):
+    return bool(strtobool(str(string)))
+
+
+class Singleton(type):
+    _instances = {}
+
+    def __call__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+        if cls not in cls._instances:
+            cls._instances[cls] = super(Singleton, cls).__call__(*args, **kwargs)
+        return cls._instances[cls]
diff --git a/gitbatch/__main__.py b/gitbatch/__main__.py
index 9e60d32..c28c00c 100644
--- a/gitbatch/__main__.py
+++ b/gitbatch/__main__.py
@@ -1,100 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """Main program."""
 
-import argparse
-import logging
-import os
-import sys
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
-
-import git
-
-from gitbatch import __version__
-
-logger = logging.getLogger("gitbatch")
-formatter = logging.Formatter("[%(levelname)s] %(message)s")
-
-cmdlog = logging.StreamHandler()
-cmdlog.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
-cmdlog.setFormatter(formatter)
-logger.addHandler(cmdlog)
-
-
-def sysexit(self, code=1):
-    sys.exit(code)
-
-
-def sysexit_with_message(msg, code=1):
-    logger.error(str(msg))
-    sysexit(code)
-
-
-def normalize_path(path):
-    if path:
-        return os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(os.path.expandvars(path)))
-
-
-def repos_from_file(src):
-    repos = []
-    with open(src, "r") as f:
-        for num, line in enumerate(f, start=1):
-            repo = {}
-            line = line.strip()
-            if line and not line.startswith("#"):
-                try:
-                    url, branch, dest = [x.strip() for x in line.split(";")]
-                except ValueError as e:
-                    sysexit_with_message("Wrong numer of delimiters in line {line_num}: {exp}".format(
-                        line_num=num, exp=e))
-
-                if url:
-                    url_parts = urlparse(url)
-
-                    repo["url"] = url
-                    repo["branch"] = branch or "master"
-                    repo["name"] = os.path.basename(url_parts.path)
-                    repo["dest"] = normalize_path(dest) or normalize_path("./{}".format(repo["name"]))
-
-                    repos.append(repo)
-                else:
-                    sysexit_with_message("Repository Url is not set on line {line_num}".format(
-                        line_num=num))
-    return repos
-
-
-def repos_clone(repos, ignore_existing):
-    for repo in repos:
-        print(repo)
-        try:
-            git.Repo.clone_from(repo["url"], repo["dest"], multi_options=["--branch=docs", "--single-branch"])
-        except git.exc.GitCommandError as e:
-            if not ignore_existing:
-                err_raw = [x.strip() for x in e.stderr.split(":")][2]
-                err = err_raw.splitlines()[0].split(".")[0]
-                sysexit_with_message("Git error: {}".format(err))
-            else:
-                pass
+from gitbatch.Cli import GitBatch
 
 
 def main():
-    """Run main program."""
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description=("Clone single branch from all repositories listed in a file"))
-    parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version="%(prog)s {}".format(__version__))
-
-    parser.parse_args()
-
-    input_file_raw = os.environ.get("GIT_BATCH_INPUT_FILE", "./batchfile")
-    input_file = normalize_path(input_file_raw)
-
-    ignore_existing = os.environ.get("GIT_BATCH_IGNORE_EXISTING", True)
-
-    if os.path.isfile(input_file):
-        repos = repos_from_file(input_file)
-        repos_clone(repos, ignore_existing)
-    else:
-        sysexit_with_message("The given batch file at '{}' does not exist".format(
-            os.path.relpath(os.path.join("./", input_file))))
+    GitBatch()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f2f5b94..18a00d8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ setup(
     ],
     install_requires=[
         "gitpython",
+        "colorama",
+        "python-json-logger",
     ],
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [