diff --git a/settings/logger.py b/settings/logger.py
index db6d97e..43a0e0e 100644
--- a/settings/logger.py
+++ b/settings/logger.py
@@ -1,13 +1,53 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 
+# Define a constant for the logger name to make it easy to call from other modules
+LOGGER_NAME = "MyApp"
+LOG_LEVEL = logging.INFO
+# Define a standard ISO 8601-like format for the timestamp
+DATE_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+LOG_FORMAT = "%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
 
-def setup_logger():
-    logger = logging.getLogger()
-    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
-    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
-    handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
-    formatter = logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
-    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-    logger.addHandler(handler)
+def setup_logger() -> logging.Logger:
+    """
+    Initializes and configures a dedicated application logger.
+    
+    The logger is configured to output messages to the console (sys.stderr by default) 
+    with a specific format and level.
+    
+    Returns:
+        logging.Logger: The configured application logger instance.
+    """
+    
+    # Use a named logger instead of the root logger for better modularity.
+    logger = logging.getLogger(LOGGER_NAME)
+    logger.setLevel(LOG_LEVEL)
+
+    # Prevent logs from propagating to the root logger handlers, 
+    # ensuring only our specific configuration is used.
+    logger.propagate = False
+
+    # Check if a handler is already attached to prevent duplicate log messages.
+    if not logger.handlers:
+        # StreamHandler defaults to sys.stderr, which is standard practice for logging, 
+        # especially for errors/warnings.
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout) # Keeping sys.stdout as requested by original code
+        handler.setLevel(LOG_LEVEL)
+        
+        # Create the formatter
+        formatter = logging.Formatter(LOG_FORMAT, datefmt=DATE_FORMAT)
+        handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+        
+        # Add the handler to the logger
+        logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+    # Return the configured logger instance
+    return logger
+
+# Example of usage (optional, but shows how to initialize and use the logger)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    my_logger = setup_logger()
+    my_logger.info("Logger setup successful and initialized.")
+    my_logger.warning("This is a warning message.")
+    my_logger.debug("This debug message will not appear because the level is INFO.")