diff --git a/logging.nimble b/logging.nimble
index d450fcc..307e052 100644
--- a/logging.nimble
+++ b/logging.nimble
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ srcDir        = "src"
 
 # Dependencies
 requires "nim >= 2.0.0"
+requires "ssh://git@gitlab.disney.com/cordg017/simple-properties.git >= 1.0.1"
diff --git a/src/logging.nim b/src/logging.nim
index e9d5720..a947799 100644
--- a/src/logging.nim
+++ b/src/logging.nim
@@ -4,7 +4,16 @@
 ## [Thu Mar  7 11:25:18 AM PST 2024] 
 ## Changed formatting to JSON output
 import std/[exitprocs, locks, strutils, terminal, times]
-import ./properties
+import properties
+
+################################################################
+## Read the property values
+##
+let
+    beVerbose: bool         = getPropBool("beVerbose", false)
+    beDebugging: bool       = getPropBool("beDebugging", false)
+    LoggingLevel: string    = getPropStr("loggingLevel", "INFO")
+
 
 ################################################################
 ## Log levels, and functions to convert to/from
@@ -74,7 +83,7 @@ type
 var
     logsLock: Lock
     logsStream: File = stdout
-    logsLevel: LogLevel = properties.LoggingLevel.parseLogLevel()
+    logsLevel: LogLevel = LoggingLevel.parseLogLevel()
     logsFormat: LogOutputFormat = JSON
     logsIsTTY: bool = false
 
diff --git a/src/properties.nim b/src/properties.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index f1d68f6..0000000
--- a/src/properties.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# just let's get these definitions out of the way
-let
-    beVerbose* = true
-    beDebugging* = true
-    LoggingLevel* = "INFO"