diff --git a/src/logging.rs b/src/logging.rs
index 209c9f848..5d0efa8a4 100644
--- a/src/logging.rs
+++ b/src/logging.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,32 @@
-use log::info;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::sync::Once;
+
+use log::{info, LevelFilter};
 
 use crate::Configuration;
 
+static INIT: Once = Once::new();
+
 pub fn setup_logging(cfg: &Configuration) {
-    let log_level = match &cfg.log_level {
+    let level = config_level_or_default(&cfg.log_level);
+
+    if level == log::LevelFilter::Off {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    INIT.call_once(|| {
+        stdout_config(level);
+    });
+}
+
+fn config_level_or_default(log_level: &Option<String>) -> LevelFilter {
+    match log_level {
         None => log::LevelFilter::Info,
-        Some(level) => match level.as_str() {
-            "off" => log::LevelFilter::Off,
-            "trace" => log::LevelFilter::Trace,
-            "debug" => log::LevelFilter::Debug,
-            "info" => log::LevelFilter::Info,
-            "warn" => log::LevelFilter::Warn,
-            "error" => log::LevelFilter::Error,
-            _ => {
-                panic!("Unknown log level encountered: '{}'", level.as_str());
-            }
-        },
-    };
+        Some(level) => LevelFilter::from_str(level).unwrap(),
+    }
+}
 
+fn stdout_config(level: LevelFilter) {
     if let Err(_err) = fern::Dispatch::new()
         .format(|out, message, record| {
             out.finish(format_args!(
@@ -28,11 +37,12 @@ pub fn setup_logging(cfg: &Configuration) {
                 message
             ))
         })
-        .level(log_level)
+        .level(level)
         .chain(std::io::stdout())
         .apply()
     {
         panic!("Failed to initialize logging.")
     }
+
     info!("logging initialized.");
 }
diff --git a/tests/udp.rs b/tests/udp.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b391b922f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/udp.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+/// Integration tests for UDP tracker server
+///
+/// cargo test udp_tracker_server -- --nocapture
+extern crate rand;
+
+mod udp_tracker_server {
+    use core::panic;
+    use std::io::Cursor;
+    use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
+    use aquatic_udp_protocol::{
+        AnnounceEvent, AnnounceRequest, ConnectRequest, ConnectionId, InfoHash, NumberOfBytes, NumberOfPeers, PeerId, PeerKey,
+        Port, Request, Response, ScrapeRequest, TransactionId,
+    };
+    use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
+    use tokio::net::UdpSocket;
+    use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+    use torrust_tracker::jobs::udp_tracker;
+    use torrust_tracker::tracker::statistics::StatsTracker;
+    use torrust_tracker::tracker::tracker::TorrentTracker;
+    use torrust_tracker::udp::MAX_PACKET_SIZE;
+    use torrust_tracker::{logging, static_time, Configuration};
+
+    fn tracker_configuration() -> Arc<Configuration> {
+        let mut config = Configuration::default();
+        config.log_level = Some("off".to_owned());
+        config.udp_trackers[0].bind_address = format!("127.0.0.1:{}", ephemeral_random_port());
+        Arc::new(config)
+    }
+
+    pub struct UdpServer {
+        pub started: AtomicBool,
+        pub job: Option<JoinHandle<()>>,
+        pub bind_address: Option<String>,
+    }
+
+    impl UdpServer {
+        pub fn new() -> Self {
+            Self {
+                started: AtomicBool::new(false),
+                job: None,
+                bind_address: None,
+            }
+        }
+
+        pub async fn start(&mut self, configuration: Arc<Configuration>) {
+            if !self.started.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                // Set the time of Torrust app starting
+                lazy_static::initialize(&static_time::TIME_AT_APP_START);
+
+                // Initialize stats tracker
+                let stats_tracker = StatsTracker::new_active_instance();
+
+                // Initialize Torrust tracker
+                let tracker = match TorrentTracker::new(configuration.clone(), Box::new(stats_tracker)) {
+                    Ok(tracker) => Arc::new(tracker),
+                    Err(error) => {
+                        panic!("{}", error)
+                    }
+                };
+
+                // Initialize logging
+                logging::setup_logging(&configuration);
+
+                let udp_tracker_config = &configuration.udp_trackers[0];
+
+                // Start the UDP tracker job
+                self.job = Some(udp_tracker::start_job(&udp_tracker_config, tracker.clone()));
+
+                self.bind_address = Some(udp_tracker_config.bind_address.clone());
+
+                self.started.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn new_running_udp_server(configuration: Arc<Configuration>) -> UdpServer {
+        let mut udp_server = UdpServer::new();
+        udp_server.start(configuration).await;
+        udp_server
+    }
+
+    struct UdpClient {
+        socket: Arc<UdpSocket>,
+    }
+
+    impl UdpClient {
+        async fn bind(local_address: &str) -> Self {
+            let socket = UdpSocket::bind(local_address).await.unwrap();
+            Self {
+                socket: Arc::new(socket),
+            }
+        }
+
+        async fn connect(&self, remote_address: &str) {
+            self.socket.connect(remote_address).await.unwrap()
+        }
+
+        async fn send(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> usize {
+            self.socket.writable().await.unwrap();
+            self.socket.send(bytes).await.unwrap()
+        }
+
+        async fn receive(&self, bytes: &mut [u8]) -> usize {
+            self.socket.readable().await.unwrap();
+            self.socket.recv(bytes).await.unwrap()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new UdpClient connected to a Udp server
+    async fn new_connected_udp_client(remote_address: &str) -> UdpClient {
+        let client = UdpClient::bind(&source_address(ephemeral_random_port())).await;
+        client.connect(remote_address).await;
+        client
+    }
+
+    struct UdpTrackerClient {
+        pub udp_client: UdpClient,
+    }
+
+    impl UdpTrackerClient {
+        async fn send(&self, request: Request) -> usize {
+            // Write request into a buffer
+            let request_buffer = vec![0u8; MAX_PACKET_SIZE];
+            let mut cursor = Cursor::new(request_buffer);
+
+            let request_data = match request.write(&mut cursor) {
+                Ok(_) => {
+                    let position = cursor.position() as usize;
+                    let inner_request_buffer = cursor.get_ref();
+                    // Return slice which contains written request data
+                    &inner_request_buffer[..position]
+                }
+                Err(_) => panic!("could not write request to bytes."),
+            };
+
+            self.udp_client.send(&request_data).await
+        }
+
+        async fn receive(&self) -> Response {
+            let mut response_buffer = [0u8; MAX_PACKET_SIZE];
+
+            let payload_size = self.udp_client.receive(&mut response_buffer).await;
+
+            Response::from_bytes(&response_buffer[..payload_size], true).unwrap()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new UdpTrackerClient connected to a Udp Tracker server
+    async fn new_connected_udp_tracker_client(remote_address: &str) -> UdpTrackerClient {
+        let udp_client = new_connected_udp_client(remote_address).await;
+        UdpTrackerClient { udp_client }
+    }
+
+    fn empty_udp_request() -> [u8; MAX_PACKET_SIZE] {
+        [0; MAX_PACKET_SIZE]
+    }
+
+    fn empty_buffer() -> [u8; MAX_PACKET_SIZE] {
+        [0; MAX_PACKET_SIZE]
+    }
+
+    /// Generates a random ephemeral port for a client source address
+    fn ephemeral_random_port() -> u16 {
+        // todo: this may produce random test failures because two tests can try to bind the same port.
+        // We could either use the same client for all tests (slower) or
+        // create a pool of available ports (with read/write lock)
+        let mut rng = thread_rng();
+        rng.gen_range(49152..65535)
+    }
+
+    /// Generates the source address for the UDP client
+    fn source_address(port: u16) -> String {
+        format!("127.0.0.1:{}", port)
+    }
+
+    fn is_error_response(response: &Response, error_message: &str) -> bool {
+        match response {
+            Response::Error(error_response) => return error_response.message.starts_with(error_message),
+            _ => return false,
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn is_connect_response(response: &Response, transaction_id: TransactionId) -> bool {
+        match response {
+            Response::Connect(connect_response) => return connect_response.transaction_id == transaction_id,
+            _ => return false,
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn is_ipv4_announce_response(response: &Response) -> bool {
+        match response {
+            Response::AnnounceIpv4(_) => return true,
+            _ => return false,
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn is_scrape_response(response: &Response) -> bool {
+        match response {
+            Response::Scrape(_) => return true,
+            _ => return false,
+        };
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn should_return_a_bad_request_response_when_the_client_sends_an_empty_request() {
+        let configuration = tracker_configuration();
+
+        let udp_server = new_running_udp_server(configuration).await;
+
+        let client = new_connected_udp_client(&udp_server.bind_address.unwrap()).await;
+
+        client.send(&empty_udp_request()).await;
+
+        let mut buffer = empty_buffer();
+        client.receive(&mut buffer).await;
+        let response = Response::from_bytes(&buffer, true).unwrap();
+
+        assert!(is_error_response(&response, "bad request"));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn should_return_a_connect_response_when_the_client_sends_a_connection_request() {
+        let configuration = tracker_configuration();
+
+        let udp_server = new_running_udp_server(configuration).await;
+
+        let client = new_connected_udp_tracker_client(&udp_server.bind_address.unwrap()).await;
+
+        let connect_request = ConnectRequest {
+            transaction_id: TransactionId(123),
+        };
+
+        client.send(connect_request.into()).await;
+
+        let response = client.receive().await;
+
+        assert!(is_connect_response(&response, TransactionId(123)));
+    }
+
+    async fn send_connection_request(transaction_id: TransactionId, client: &UdpTrackerClient) -> ConnectionId {
+        let connect_request = ConnectRequest { transaction_id };
+
+        client.send(connect_request.into()).await;
+
+        let response = client.receive().await;
+
+        match response {
+            Response::Connect(connect_response) => connect_response.connection_id,
+            _ => panic!("error connecting to udp server {:?}", response),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn should_return_an_announce_response_when_the_client_sends_an_announce_request() {
+        let configuration = tracker_configuration();
+
+        let udp_server = new_running_udp_server(configuration).await;
+
+        let client = new_connected_udp_tracker_client(&udp_server.bind_address.unwrap()).await;
+
+        let connection_id = send_connection_request(TransactionId(123), &client).await;
+
+        // Send announce request
+
+        let announce_request = AnnounceRequest {
+            connection_id: ConnectionId(connection_id.0),
+            transaction_id: TransactionId(123i32),
+            info_hash: InfoHash([0u8; 20]),
+            peer_id: PeerId([255u8; 20]),
+            bytes_downloaded: NumberOfBytes(0i64),
+            bytes_uploaded: NumberOfBytes(0i64),
+            bytes_left: NumberOfBytes(0i64),
+            event: AnnounceEvent::Started,
+            ip_address: Some(Ipv4Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0)),
+            key: PeerKey(0u32),
+            peers_wanted: NumberOfPeers(1i32),
+            port: Port(client.udp_client.socket.local_addr().unwrap().port()),
+        };
+
+        client.send(announce_request.into()).await;
+
+        let response = client.receive().await;
+
+        assert!(is_ipv4_announce_response(&response));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn should_return_a_scrape_response_when_the_client_sends_a_scrape_request() {
+        let configuration = tracker_configuration();
+
+        let udp_server = new_running_udp_server(configuration).await;
+
+        let client = new_connected_udp_tracker_client(&udp_server.bind_address.unwrap()).await;
+
+        let connection_id = send_connection_request(TransactionId(123), &client).await;
+
+        // Send scrape request
+
+        // Full scrapes are not allowed so it will return "bad request" error with empty vector
+        let info_hashes = vec![InfoHash([0u8; 20])];
+
+        let scrape_request = ScrapeRequest {
+            connection_id: ConnectionId(connection_id.0),
+            transaction_id: TransactionId(123i32),
+            info_hashes,
+        };
+
+        client.send(scrape_request.into()).await;
+
+        let response = client.receive().await;
+
+        assert!(is_scrape_response(&response));
+    }
+}