diff --git a/lib/debug_config.c b/lib/debug_config.c
index 20abe2c..4273efd 100644
--- a/lib/debug_config.c
+++ b/lib/debug_config.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ static debug_category_t get_category_by_name(const char* name) {
         {"dump", DEBUG_CATEGORY_DUMP},
         {"traffic", DEBUG_CATEGORY_TRAFFIC},
         {"debug", DEBUG_CATEGORY_DEBUG},
+        {"general", DEBUG_CATEGORY_GENERAL},
         {"all", DEBUG_CATEGORY_ALL},
         {NULL, 0}
     };
diff --git a/lib/debug_config.h b/lib/debug_config.h
index 9f1643e..da6391a 100644
--- a/lib/debug_config.h
+++ b/lib/debug_config.h
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ typedef uint64_t debug_category_t;
 #define DEBUG_CATEGORY_DUMP        ((debug_category_t)1 << 15)  // Packet dump/logging
 #define DEBUG_CATEGORY_TRAFFIC     ((debug_category_t)1 << 16)  // Traffic flow (src/dst node IDs)
 #define DEBUG_CATEGORY_DEBUG       ((debug_category_t)1 << 17)  // Current debugging
-#define DEBUG_CATEGORY_COUNT       18                             // Total number of categories
+#define DEBUG_CATEGORY_GENERAL     ((debug_category_t)1 << 18)  // Messages for user (common log)
+#define DEBUG_CATEGORY_COUNT       19                           // Total number of categories
 #define DEBUG_CATEGORY_ALL         ((debug_category_t)0xFFFFFFFFUL)
 
 /* Debug configuration structure */
diff --git a/src/config_parser.c b/src/config_parser.c
index fc5d2d3..606c85a 100644
--- a/src/config_parser.c
+++ b/src/config_parser.c
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ static uint32_t parse_debug_categories(const char *value) {
             categories |= DEBUG_CATEGORY_TRAFFIC;
         } else if (strstr(token, "debug")) {
             categories |= DEBUG_CATEGORY_DEBUG;
+        } else if (strstr(token, "general")) {
+            categories |= DEBUG_CATEGORY_GENERAL;
         } else if (strstr(token, "all")) {
             categories |= DEBUG_CATEGORY_ALL;
         } else if (strstr(token, "none")) {