diff --git a/fastNLP/io/logger.py b/fastNLP/io/logger.py
index 287bdbc9..6bdf693d 100644
--- a/fastNLP/io/logger.py
+++ b/fastNLP/io/logger.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import os
 import sys
 import warnings
 
+
+__all__  = ['logger']
+
 try:
     import fitlog
 except ImportError:
@@ -36,11 +39,7 @@ else:
             self.setLevel(level)
 
 
-def init_logger(path=None, stdout='tqdm', level='INFO'):
-    """initialize logger"""
-    if stdout not in ['none', 'plain', 'tqdm']:
-        raise ValueError('stdout must in one of {}'.format(['none', 'plain', 'tqdm']))
-
+def get_level(level):
     if isinstance(level, int):
         pass
     else:
@@ -48,6 +47,15 @@ def init_logger(path=None, stdout='tqdm', level='INFO'):
         level = {'info': logging.INFO, 'debug': logging.DEBUG,
                  'warn': logging.WARN, 'warning': logging.WARN,
                  'error': logging.ERROR}[level]
+    return level
+
+
+def init_logger(path=None, stdout='tqdm', level='INFO'):
+    """initialize logger"""
+    if stdout not in ['none', 'plain', 'tqdm']:
+        raise ValueError('stdout must in one of {}'.format(['none', 'plain', 'tqdm']))
+
+    level = get_level(level)
 
     logger = logging.getLogger('fastNLP')
     logger.setLevel(level)
@@ -85,4 +93,35 @@ def init_logger(path=None, stdout='tqdm', level='INFO'):
 
     return logger
 
-get_logger = logging.getLogger
+
+# init logger when import
+logger = init_logger()
+
+
+def get_logger(name=None):
+    if name is None:
+        return logging.getLogger('fastNLP')
+    return logging.getLogger(name)
+
+
+def set_file(path, level='INFO'):
+    for h in logger.handlers:
+        if isinstance(h, logging.FileHandler):
+            if os.path.abspath(path) == h.baseFilename:
+                # file path already added
+                return
+
+    # File Handler
+    if os.path.exists(path):
+        assert os.path.isfile(path)
+        warnings.warn('log already exists in {}'.format(path))
+    dirname = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(path))
+    os.makedirs(dirname, exist_ok=True)
+
+    file_handler = logging.FileHandler(path, mode='a')
+    file_handler.setLevel(get_level(level))
+    file_formatter = logging.Formatter(fmt='%(asctime)s - [%(levelname)s] - %(name)s - %(message)s',
+                                       datefmt='%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S')
+    file_handler.setFormatter(file_formatter)
+    logger.addHandler(file_handler)
+