diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 699ef30..a1855e3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+log
 
 # Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/visualstudiocode,node
 
diff --git a/log.js b/log.js
index cefd4bf..8d7653a 100644
--- a/log.js
+++ b/log.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 var console = require("console");
+var FileWriter = require("simple-file-writer");
+
+var logWriter = new FileWriter("./log");
 
 var latestLog = "";
 
@@ -7,7 +10,10 @@ function log(message) {
 		latestLog = message; //spam reduction
 
 		//attach a formatted date string to the beginning of everything we log
-		console.log(new Date().toLocaleString() + " " + message);
+		var dateMessage = new Date().toLocaleString() + " " + message;
+
+		console.log(dateMessage);
+		logWriter.write(dateMessage + "\n");
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 23d011e..3f8879d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "discord.io": "^2.2.4",
     "feed-read": "0.0.1",
+    "simple-file-writer": "^2.0.0",
     "urijs": "^1.18.2"
   }
 }