diff --git a/handlers.go b/handlers.go
index 8f9f253..5d75070 100644
--- a/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func init() {
 // LoginHandler handles the /login endpoint.
 func LoginHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var req LoginRequest
-	fmt.Println("db is ", db)
+	//fmt.Println("db is ", db)
 	//fmt.Println("config is ", config)
 	if db == nil {
 		fmt.Println("DB is nil")
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index faa5425..e78653d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	fmt.Printf("Config loaded successfully in main(), DB path %s", config.DatabasePath)
 
+	// Set up logging
+	if err := setupLogging(config.LogFile); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to set up logging: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	// Connect to the database
 	db, err = connectToDatabase(config)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -76,6 +81,20 @@ func loadAndValidateConfig() (*Config, error) {
 	return config, nil
 }
 
+func setupLogging(logFile string) error {
+	fmt.Printf("Attempting to set up logging to file: %s\n", logFile)
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(logFile, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Failed to open log file: %v\n", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open log file: %v", err)
+	}
+	log.SetOutput(file)
+	log.SetFlags(log.Ldate | log.Ltime | log.Lshortfile)
+	fmt.Println("Logging initialized")
+	log.Println("Logging initialized")
+	return nil
+}
+
 func connectToDatabase(config *Config) (*gorm.DB, error) {
 	if config == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("config is nil in connectToDatabase")
@@ -84,7 +103,7 @@ func connectToDatabase(config *Config) (*gorm.DB, error) {
 	if err != nil || db == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to database: %v", err)
 	}
-	fmt.Println("Connected to database in connectToDatabase")
+	log.Println("Connected to database in connectToDatabase")
 	return db, nil
 }