diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30a5488..9052ff5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "@quasar/extras": "^1.16.4",
     "axios": "^1.2.1",
     "dayjs": "^1.11.10",
+    "electron-log": "^5.0.3",
     "pinia": "^2.0.11",
     "quasar": "^2.14.2",
     "tar-pack": "^3.4.1",
@@ -52,4 +53,4 @@
     "npm": ">= 6.13.4",
     "yarn": ">= 1.21.1"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src-electron/electron-main.ts b/src-electron/electron-main.ts
index a56bc8b..7753395 100644
--- a/src-electron/electron-main.ts
+++ b/src-electron/electron-main.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,36 @@
+import dayjs from 'dayjs';
 import { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain } from 'electron';
-// import path from 'path';
-import path from 'path';
-// import * as fs from 'fs';
-// const path = require('path');
-// import os from 'os';
-// const os = require('os');
+import log from 'electron-log';
 import Listeners from './ipcListeners';
-// needed in case process is undefined under Linux
-// const platform = process.platform || os.platform();
+const path = require('path');
+const os = require('os');
+const fs = require('fs');
 
-// app.allowRendererProcessReuse = true;
+// Optional, initialize the logger for any renderer process
+log.initialize();
+const currDate = dayjs().format('DD-MM-YYYY');
+
+const logFolder = path.join(
+  process.platform === 'win32' ? app.getPath('appData') : os.homedir(),
+  'Drehmal Installer',
+  'logs'
+);
+
+const getLogFileName: () => string = () => {
+  let index = 1;
+  let name = `${currDate}_${index}-installer.log`;
+  while (true) {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(logFolder, name))) break;
+    else name = `${currDate}_${index++}-installer.log`;
+  }
+  return name;
+};
+// can't use function call in resolve path as it'll create a new file for each logger instance
+const logFileName = getLogFileName();
+log.transports.file.resolvePathFn = () => path.join(logFolder, logFileName);
+log.transports.file.format = '[{h}:{i}:{s}.{ms}] [{label}] {text}';
+
+log.info('Logger initialised');
 
 let mainWindow: BrowserWindow | undefined;
 
diff --git a/src-electron/ipcListeners.ts b/src-electron/ipcListeners.ts
index e926d8a..25721d7 100644
--- a/src-electron/ipcListeners.ts
+++ b/src-electron/ipcListeners.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { ipcMain, BrowserWindow, app as ElectronApp } from 'electron';
 // import path from 'path';
-// console.log('IPC Listener');
+// log.info('IPC Listener');
 let browserWindow: BrowserWindow;
 let app: typeof ElectronApp;
 
diff --git a/src/components/FolderSelect.vue b/src/components/FolderSelect.vue
index 29f2474..d2b7ee4 100644
--- a/src/components/FolderSelect.vue
+++ b/src/components/FolderSelect.vue
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import log from 'electron-log';
 import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia';
 import { useInstallerStore } from 'src/stores/InstallerStore';
 import { ref } from 'vue';
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ filePath.value = minecraftDir.value;
 //   let firstFilePath = folderPath.value.split('\\');
 //   firstFilePath.pop();
 //   installerStore.setMinecraftDir(filePath)
-//   console.log(`Minecraft Path updated to ${installerStore.minecraftDir.value}`)
+//   log.info(`Minecraft Path updated to ${installerStore.minecraftDir.value}`)
 //   return path.join(...firstFilePath);
 // });
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ const folderSelectChange = async (event: any) => {
   filePath.value = path.join(...firstFilePath);
   // installerStore.setMinecraftDir(filePath.value)
   minecraftDir.value = filePath.value;
-  console.log(`Minecraft Path updated to ${minecraftDir.value}`);
+  log.info(`Minecraft Path updated to ${minecraftDir.value}`);
 };
 </script>
 
diff --git a/src/components/MapDownload.vue b/src/components/MapDownload.vue
index 93a91a3..9be2f03 100644
--- a/src/components/MapDownload.vue
+++ b/src/components/MapDownload.vue
@@ -59,14 +59,18 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import log from 'electron-log';
 import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia';
 import MiniProgressBar from 'src/components/MiniProgressBar.vue';
 import ProgressBox from 'src/components/ProgressBox.vue';
 import { ProgressBox as ProgressBoxType, Shard } from 'src/components/models';
 import { downloadFile } from 'src/providers/DownloadFile';
 import { extractTargz } from 'src/providers/ExtractFile';
-import { downloadResourcePack } from 'src/providers/InstallFabric';
-import { downloadMods, installFabric } from 'src/providers/InstallFabric';
+import {
+  downloadMods,
+  downloadResourcePack,
+  installFabric,
+} from 'src/providers/InstallFabric';
 import { useInstallerStore } from 'src/stores/InstallerStore';
 import { useSourcesStore } from 'src/stores/SourcesStore';
 import { ref } from 'vue';
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ const downloadShards = async () => {
       shardsDir.value,
       `${versionFileName}-${index}.tar.gz`
     );
-    console.log(`Downloading map shard to ${filePath}`);
+    log.info(`Downloading map shard to ${filePath}`);
     downloadFile(url, filePath, shardRef).then(() => {
       downloaded++;
       if (downloaded === map.value.shards.length)
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ const downloadShards = async () => {
       if (!fs.existsSync(mapDir)) fs.mkdirSync(mapDir, { recursive: true });
       shardRef.value.label = 'Extracting files. . .';
 
-      console.log(`Extracting map to ${mapDir}`);
+      log.info(`Extracting map to ${mapDir}`);
       extractTargz(filePath, mapDir, shardRef).then(() => {
         extracted++;
 
diff --git a/src/pages/IndexPage.vue b/src/pages/IndexPage.vue
index f15a8b5..eaaead6 100644
--- a/src/pages/IndexPage.vue
+++ b/src/pages/IndexPage.vue
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
-// import { ipcRenderer } from 'electron';
+import log from 'electron-log';
 import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia';
 import NextButton from 'src/components/NextButton.vue';
 import { useInstallerStore } from 'src/stores/InstallerStore';
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ ipcRenderer.invoke('getAppDataPath').then((appData) => {
   shardsDir.value = path.join(appDir.value, 'shards');
   memory.value = 4;
 
-  console.log(
+  log.info(
     'Defaults loaded: ',
     JSON.stringify({
       homeDir: homeDir.value,
diff --git a/src/pages/InstallPage.vue b/src/pages/InstallPage.vue
index cc0dec9..c9556da 100644
--- a/src/pages/InstallPage.vue
+++ b/src/pages/InstallPage.vue
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
           <div class="footer">
             <div class="nav-footer">
               <back-button path="/path/"></back-button>
-              <!-- <next-button path="/install/"></next-button> -->
+              <!-- <next-button path="/complete/"></next-button> -->
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -36,16 +36,18 @@
 
 <!-- <script setup> -->
 <script setup lang="ts">
+import log from 'electron-log';
 import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia';
 import MapDownload from 'src/components/MapDownload.vue';
 import { Shard } from 'src/components/models';
 import { useSourcesStore } from 'src/stores/SourcesStore';
 import { ref } from 'vue';
 import BackButton from '../components/BackButton.vue';
+import NextButton from '../components/NextButton.vue';
 
 const { map } = storeToRefs(useSourcesStore());
 
-console.log(map);
+log.info(map);
 const versionFileName = map.value.versionName
   .toLowerCase()
   .split(' ')
diff --git a/src/providers/DownloadFile.ts b/src/providers/DownloadFile.ts
index 08122ae..743f429 100644
--- a/src/providers/DownloadFile.ts
+++ b/src/providers/DownloadFile.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 const https = require('https');
 const fs = require('fs');
+import log from 'electron-log';
 import { Ref } from 'vue';
 const path = require('path');
+
 function downloadFile(url: string, savePath: string, ref?: Ref): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const name = savePath.split(path.sep).pop();
     const file = fs.createWriteStream(savePath);
     file.on('error', (err: any) => {
-      console.log(`file error on ${name} ${url}`, err);
+      log.info(`file error on ${name} ${url}`, err);
     });
 
     const options = {
@@ -58,14 +60,14 @@ function downloadFile(url: string, savePath: string, ref?: Ref): Promise<void> {
         })
         .on('end', function () {
           file.end();
-          console.log(`${name} downloaded successfully. ${Date.now()}`);
+          log.info(`${name} downloaded successfully. ${Date.now()}`);
           resolve();
         })
         .on('error', (err: any) => {
-          console.log(`download error on ${name} ${url}`, err);
+          log.info(`download error on ${name} ${url}`, err);
         })
         .on('timeout', () => {
-          console.log('got timeout event');
+          log.info('got timeout event');
         });
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/providers/ExtractFile.ts b/src/providers/ExtractFile.ts
index 821c73c..86a70a7 100644
--- a/src/providers/ExtractFile.ts
+++ b/src/providers/ExtractFile.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import log from 'electron-log';
 import { Ref } from 'vue';
 const fs = require('fs');
 const tarpack = require('tar-pack');
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ export function extractTargz(
           else {
             if (ref) {
               ref.value.label = 'Files successfully extracted!';
-              console.log(`Extraction complete. Removing ${archivePath}`);
+              log.info(`Extraction complete. Removing ${archivePath}`);
               fs.unlinkSync(archivePath);
               resolve();
             }
diff --git a/src/providers/InstallFabric.ts b/src/providers/InstallFabric.ts
index 351893f..ce043c6 100644
--- a/src/providers/InstallFabric.ts
+++ b/src/providers/InstallFabric.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import log from 'electron-log';
 import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia';
 import { useInstallerStore } from 'src/stores/InstallerStore';
 import { useSourcesStore } from 'src/stores/SourcesStore';
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ export async function installFabric(ref: Ref) {
     'fabric-installer-' + launcher.value.fabric.version + '.jar'
   );
 
-  console.log(`Downloading Fabric installer to ${fabricPath}`);
+  log.info(`Downloading Fabric installer to ${fabricPath}`);
 
   ref.value.label = 'Downloading Fabric installer';
   ref.value.progress = 0.25;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export async function installFabric(ref: Ref) {
     ref.value.label = 'Installing Fabric';
     ref.value.progress = 0.5;
     ref.value.percent = 50;
-    console.log('Calling Fabric installer');
+    log.info('Calling Fabric installer');
     const fabricProc = spawn('java', [
       '-jar',
       fabricPath,
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ export async function installFabric(ref: Ref) {
       '1.17.1',
     ]);
     fabricProc.stdout.on('data', (data: any) => {
-      console.log(`stdout: ${data}`);
+      log.info(`stdout: ${data}`);
     });
     fabricProc.stderr.on('data', (data: any) => {
       console.error(`stderr: ${data}`);
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ export async function installFabric(ref: Ref) {
 
     fabricProc.on('close', (code: any) => {
       const taken = Date.now() - startTime;
-      console.log(`child process exited with code ${code} in ${taken}ms`);
+      log.info(`child process exited with code ${code} in ${taken}ms`);
       fs.unlinkSync(fabricPath);
 
       ref.value.label = 'Fabric successfully installed!';
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ export async function installFabric(ref: Ref) {
       ] = `-Xmx${memory.value}G`;
 
       fs.writeFileSync(profileFilePath, JSON.stringify(data), 'utf-8');
-      console.log('readFileSync complete');
+      log.info('readFileSync complete');
 
       ref.value.label = 'Minecraft profile created!';
       ref.value.progress = 1;
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ export async function downloadMods(ref: Ref) {
       const { name, mod_version, mc_version, source } = mod;
       const modName =
         name + ' - ' + modLoader + mod_version + '-' + mc_version + '.jar';
-      console.log(`Downloading ${modName} to ${modsPath}`);
+      log.info(`Downloading ${modName} to ${modsPath}`);
       const modPath = path.join(modsPath, modName);
       await downloadFile(source, modPath);
       downloaded++;
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ export async function downloadMods(ref: Ref) {
       ref.value.label = `Downloading: ${name}`;
 
       const taken = Date.now() - startTime;
-      console.log(`downloaded mod ${downloaded}/${totalMods} in ${taken}ms`);
+      log.info(`downloaded mod ${downloaded}/${totalMods} in ${taken}ms`);
     }
   }
   await processArray(modList);
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ export async function downloadResourcePack(mapPath: string, ref?: Ref) {
   const filePath = path.join(minecraftDir.value, 'resourcepacks', rpName);
 
   fs.copyFileSync(path.join(mapPath, 'resources.zip'), filePath);
-  console.log(`Copied resource pack to ${filePath}`);
+  log.info(`Copied resource pack to ${filePath}`);
 
   const optionsFilePath = path.join(minecraftDir.value, 'options.txt');
   const data = fs.readFileSync(optionsFilePath).toString().split('\n');
@@ -147,5 +148,5 @@ export async function downloadResourcePack(mapPath: string, ref?: Ref) {
   ] = `resourcePacks:["vanilla","Fabric Mods","file/${rpName}"]`;
 
   fs.writeFileSync(optionsFilePath, data.join('\n'), 'utf-8');
-  console.log('Updated Resource Pack order');
+  log.info('Updated Resource Pack order');
 }
diff --git a/src/stores/InstallerStore.ts b/src/stores/InstallerStore.ts
index bb651a5..3929764 100644
--- a/src/stores/InstallerStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/InstallerStore.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { defineStore } from 'pinia';
 import { ref } from 'vue';
+import log from 'electron-log';
 const path = require('path');
 const os = require('os');
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ export const useInstallerStore = defineStore('installer', () => {
 
   const minecraftDir = ref(path.join('', '.minecraft'));
   const minecraftDirIsDefault = ref(true);
-  console.log(`Home: ${os.homedir()}`);
+  log.info(`Home: ${os.homedir()}`);
 
   const memory = ref(
     parseInt(process.env.MINECRAFT_MEMORY ? process.env.MINECRAFT_MEMORY : '4')
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2c5e486..e455668 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ csstype@^3.1.3:
 
 dayjs@^1.11.10:
   version "1.11.10"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/dayjs/-/dayjs-1.11.10.tgz"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dayjs/-/dayjs-1.11.10.tgz#68acea85317a6e164457d6d6947564029a6a16a0"
   integrity sha512-vjAczensTgRcqDERK0SR2XMwsF/tSvnvlv6VcF2GIhg6Sx4yOIt/irsr1RDJsKiIyBzJDpCoXiWWq28MqH2cnQ==
 
 debug@2.6.9, debug@^2.2.0:
@@ -1651,6 +1651,11 @@ electron-builder@^24.3.0:
     simple-update-notifier "2.0.0"
     yargs "^17.6.2"
 
+electron-log@^5.0.3:
+  version "5.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-log/-/electron-log-5.0.3.tgz#972e088df24bf09dca980067df48e4eec0e2ec82"
+  integrity sha512-jUgAuRjfpCD9tmH1F6fb195YsFfM/DkqkZLhFeo0VAAstantn11bxmgx63uE6KG/JljHG7sIkgM2QEjDimJI0g==
+
 electron-packager@^17.1.1:
   version "17.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron-packager/-/electron-packager-17.1.2.tgz"