diff --git a/cloudwatch.tf b/cloudwatch.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2835fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudwatch.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_group" "default" {
+  name              = "/aws/glue/jobs/${var.name}"
+  retention_in_days = var.log_retention_days
+}
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index fde4977..d3c4dc7 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 resource "aws_glue_job" "default" {
   name                   = var.name
   connections            = var.connections
-  default_arguments      = var.default_arguments
   glue_version           = var.glue_version
   max_capacity           = var.max_capacity
   max_retries            = var.max_retries
@@ -16,6 +15,11 @@ resource "aws_glue_job" "default" {
     python_version  = var.python_version
     script_location = var.script_location
   }
+
+  default_arguments = merge({
+    "--continuous-log-logGroup" : aws_cloudwatch_log_group.default.name,
+    "--enable-continuous-cloudwatch-log" : "true",
+  }, var.default_arguments)
 }
 
 resource "aws_glue_trigger" "default" {
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index ad4e01f..3c4ebfc 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ variable "glue_version" {
   description = "The Glue version to use"
 }
 
+variable "log_retention_days" {
+  type        = number
+  description = "The cloudwatch log group retention in days"
+  default     = 90
+}
+
 variable "max_capacity" {
   type        = number
   default     = null