diff --git a/baloo.categories b/baloo.categories
index 5610e217..9019cd71 100644
--- a/baloo.categories
+++ b/baloo.categories
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 org.kde.baloo Baloo File debug
+kf5.kio.kio_tags Baloo Timeline (KIO) [WARNING]
diff --git a/src/kioslaves/timeline/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kioslaves/timeline/CMakeLists.txt
index 97ee3f5e..bc3e8ca2 100644
--- a/src/kioslaves/timeline/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kioslaves/timeline/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kio5_timeline\")
 
 set(kio_timeline_SRCS
   kio_timeline.cpp
   timelinetools.cpp
 )
 
+ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(kio_timeline_SRCS
+                                HEADER kio_timeline_debug.h
+                                IDENTIFIER Baloo::KIO_TIMELINE
+                                DEFAULT_SEVERITY Warning
+                                CATEGORY_NAME kf5.kio.kio_timeline
+)
+
 add_library(timeline MODULE ${kio_timeline_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(timeline
   KF5::KIOWidgets
   KF5::I18n
   KF5::Baloo
 )
 
 install(TARGETS timeline DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR}/kf5/kio)
 install(FILES timeline.protocol DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR})
diff --git a/src/kioslaves/timeline/timelinetools.cpp b/src/kioslaves/timeline/timelinetools.cpp
index 26e44ee8..82de2b15 100644
--- a/src/kioslaves/timeline/timelinetools.cpp
+++ b/src/kioslaves/timeline/timelinetools.cpp
@@ -1,137 +1,138 @@
 /*
    This file is part of the Nepomuk KDE project.
    Copyright (C) 2010 Sebastian Trueg <trueg@kde.org>
 
    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) version 3, or any
    later version accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its
    successor approved by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall
    act as a proxy defined in Section 6 of version 3 of the license.
 
    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 #include "timelinetools.h"
+#include "kio_timeline_debug.h"
 
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QDate>
 #include <QRegExp>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QUrlQuery>
 
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
 namespace
 {
 QDate applyRelativeDateModificators(const QDate& date, const QMap<QString, QString>& modificators)
 {
     QDate newDate(date);
     const QString dayKey = QStringLiteral("relDays");
     const QString weekKey = QStringLiteral("relWeeks");
     const QString monthKey = QStringLiteral("relMonths");
     const QString yearKey = QStringLiteral("relYears");
     bool ok = false;
 
     if (modificators.contains(yearKey)) {
         int relYears = modificators[yearKey].toInt(&ok);
         if (ok) {
             newDate = newDate.addYears(relYears);
         }
     }
     if (modificators.contains(monthKey)) {
         int relMonths = modificators[monthKey].toInt(&ok);
         if (ok) {
             newDate = newDate.addMonths(relMonths);
         }
     }
     if (modificators.contains(weekKey)) {
         int relWeeks = modificators[weekKey].toInt(&ok);
         if (ok) {
             newDate = newDate.addDays(relWeeks * 7); // we assume weeks have 7 days everywhere. QDate seems to make that assumption too, should be OK.
         }
     }
     if (modificators.contains(dayKey)) {
         int relDays = modificators[dayKey].toInt(&ok);
         if (ok) {
             newDate = newDate.addDays(relDays);
         }
     }
     return newDate;
 }
 }
 
 
 Baloo::TimelineFolderType Baloo::parseTimelineUrl(const QUrl& url, QDate* date, QString* filename)
 {
-    qDebug() << url;
+    qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << url;
 
     static QRegExp s_dateRegexp(QStringLiteral("\\d{4}-\\d{2}(?:-(\\d{2}))?"));
 
     // reset
     *date = QDate();
 
     QString path = url.path();
     if (path.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/')))
         path = path.mid(0, path.length()-1);
 
     if (path.isEmpty() || path == QLatin1String("/")) {
-        qDebug() << url << "is root folder";
+        qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << url << "is root folder";
         return RootFolder;
     } else if (path.startsWith(QLatin1String("/today"))) {
         *date = QDate::currentDate();
         if (filename)
             *filename = path.mid(7);
-        qDebug() << url << "is today folder:" << *date;
+        qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << url << "is today folder:" << *date;
         return DayFolder;
     } else if (path == QLatin1String("/calendar")) {
-        qDebug() << url << "is calendar folder";
+        qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << url << "is calendar folder";
         return CalendarFolder;
     } else {
         QStringList sections = path.split(QStringLiteral("/"), QString::SkipEmptyParts);
         QString dateString;
         if (s_dateRegexp.exactMatch(sections.last())) {
             dateString = sections.last();
         } else if (sections.count() > 1 && s_dateRegexp.exactMatch(sections[sections.count() - 2])) {
             dateString = sections[sections.count() - 2];
             if (filename)
                 *filename = sections.last();
         } else {
-            qDebug() << url << "COULD NOT PARSE";
+            qCWarning(KIO_TIMELINE) << url << "COULD NOT PARSE";
             return NoFolder;
         }
 
         if (s_dateRegexp.cap(1).isEmpty()) {
             // no day -> month listing
-            qDebug() << "parsing " << dateString;
+            qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << "parsing " << dateString;
             *date = QDate::fromString(dateString, QStringLiteral("yyyy-MM"));
-            qDebug() << url << "is month folder:" << date->month() << date->year();
+            qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << url << "is month folder:" << date->month() << date->year();
             if (date->month() > 0 && date->year() > 0)
                 return MonthFolder;
         } else {
-            qDebug() << "parsing " << dateString;
+            qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << "parsing " << dateString;
             typedef QPair<QString, QString> StringPair;
             QUrlQuery query(url);
             QList<StringPair> queryItems = query.queryItems();
             QMap<QString, QString> map;
             Q_FOREACH (const StringPair& pair, queryItems) {
                 map.insert(pair.first, pair.second);
             }
 
             *date = applyRelativeDateModificators(QDate::fromString(dateString, QStringLiteral("yyyy-MM-dd")), map);
             // only in day folders we can have filenames
-            qDebug() << url << "is day folder:" << *date;
+            qCDebug(KIO_TIMELINE) << url << "is day folder:" << *date;
             if (date->isValid())
                 return DayFolder;
         }
     }
 
     return NoFolder;
 }