diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0bb0afac4..a5be88d73 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ compile_commands.json
 *.sw?
 
 .env
+.*.env
 *.db
 
 /build*
diff --git a/gs/backend/api/backend_setup.py b/gs/backend/api/backend_setup.py
index b6ba6080e..733999e28 100644
--- a/gs/backend/api/backend_setup.py
+++ b/gs/backend/api/backend_setup.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from gs.backend.api.v1.mcc.endpoints.commands import commands_router
 from gs.backend.api.v1.mcc.endpoints.main_commands import main_commands_router
 from gs.backend.api.v1.mcc.endpoints.telemetry import telemetry_router
+from gs.backend.config.config import backend_config
 
 
 def setup_routes(app: FastAPI) -> None:
@@ -32,4 +33,7 @@ def setup_middlewares(app: FastAPI) -> None:
     """Adds the middlewares to the app"""
     add_cors_middleware(app)  # Cors middleware should be added first
     app.add_middleware(AuthMiddleware)
-    app.add_middleware(LoggerMiddleware, excluded_endpoints=[])
+    app.add_middleware(
+        LoggerMiddleware,
+        excluded_endpoints=backend_config.logger_config.excluded_endpoints,
+    )
diff --git a/gs/backend/api/middleware/cors_middleware.py b/gs/backend/api/middleware/cors_middleware.py
index 9fcde730c..001d524df 100644
--- a/gs/backend/api/middleware/cors_middleware.py
+++ b/gs/backend/api/middleware/cors_middleware.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 
+from gs.backend.config.config import backend_config
+
 
 def add_cors_middleware(app: FastAPI) -> None:
     """
@@ -10,8 +12,8 @@ def add_cors_middleware(app: FastAPI) -> None:
     """
     app.add_middleware(
         CORSMiddleware,
-        allow_origins=["http://localhost:5173"],
-        allow_credentials=True,
-        allow_methods=["*"],
-        allow_headers=["*"],
+        allow_origins=backend_config.cors_config.allow_origins,
+        allow_credentials=backend_config.cors_config.allow_credentials,
+        allow_methods=backend_config.cors_config.allow_methods,
+        allow_headers=backend_config.cors_config.allow_headers,
     )
diff --git a/gs/backend/config/config.py b/gs/backend/config/config.py
index 6df17d795..77d5281f7 100644
--- a/gs/backend/config/config.py
+++ b/gs/backend/config/config.py
@@ -4,9 +4,24 @@
 
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
+from .cors_config import CORSConfig
+from .logger_config import LoggerConfig
+
 load_dotenv()
 
 
+class BackendConfiguration:
+    """
+    Class for storing backend configuration settings
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.cors_config = CORSConfig()
+        self.logger_config = LoggerConfig()
+
+
+backend_config = BackendConfiguration()
+
 # TODO: Make these throw an exception if they are None
 GS_DATABASE_USER = environ.get("GS_DATABASE_USER")
 GS_DATABASE_PASSWORD = environ.get("GS_DATABASE_PASSWORD")
diff --git a/gs/backend/config/cors_config.py b/gs/backend/config/cors_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..767954024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gs/backend/config/cors_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
+
+
+class CORSConfig(BaseSettings):
+    """
+    Pydantic class for storing CORS middleware configuration settings
+    """
+
+    model_config = SettingsConfigDict(env_prefix="CORS_")
+
+    allow_origins: list[str] = ["http://localhost:5173"]
+    allow_credentials: bool = True
+    allow_methods: list[str] = ["*"]
+    allow_headers: list[str] = ["*"]
diff --git a/gs/backend/config/logger_config.py b/gs/backend/config/logger_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2886e1818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gs/backend/config/logger_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, SettingsConfigDict
+
+
+class LoggerConfig(BaseSettings):
+    """
+    Pydantic class for storing logger middleware configuration settings
+    """
+
+    model_config = SettingsConfigDict(env_prefix="LOGGER_")
+
+    excluded_endpoints: Sequence[str] = []
diff --git a/python_test/test_config_manager.py b/python_test/test_config_manager.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e33de65a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python_test/test_config_manager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import importlib
+
+from gs.backend.config import config
+from gs.backend.config.cors_config import CORSConfig
+from gs.backend.config.logger_config import LoggerConfig
+
+
+def test_logger_config_default():
+    cfg = LoggerConfig()
+    assert cfg.excluded_endpoints == []
+
+
+def test_cors_config_default():
+    cfg = CORSConfig()
+
+    assert cfg.allow_origins == ["http://localhost:5173"]
+    assert cfg.allow_credentials == True
+    assert cfg.allow_methods == ["*"]
+    assert cfg.allow_headers == ["*"]
+
+
+def test_backend_configuration_from_env(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("LOGGER_EXCLUDED_ENDPOINTS", '["/test"]')
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS", '["http://test.com"]')
+
+    importlib.reload(config)
+    cfg = config.backend_config
+    assert "/test" in cfg.logger_config.excluded_endpoints
+    assert "http://test.com" in cfg.cors_config.allow_origins
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 28dc36306..8a6528093 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ hypothesis==6.131.30
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.10
 python-dotenv==1.1.0
 tqdm==4.67
+pydantic-settings==2.4.0
 
 # Typed packages
 types-requests==2.31.0