diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c6994b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.log
+*.o
+webdis
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 055fed7..ecb4072 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ OUT=webdis
 HIREDIS_OBJ=hiredis/hiredis.o hiredis/sds.o hiredis/net.o hiredis/async.o hiredis/dict.o
 JANSSON_OBJ=jansson/src/dump.o jansson/src/error.o jansson/src/hashtable.o jansson/src/load.o jansson/src/strbuffer.o jansson/src/utf.o jansson/src/value.o jansson/src/variadic.o 
 FORMAT_OBJS=formats/json.o formats/raw.o formats/common.o formats/custom-type.o
-OBJS=webdis.o conf.o $(FORMAT_OBJS) cmd.o server.o $(HIREDIS_OBJ) $(JANSSON_OBJ) libb64/cencode.o acl.o md5/md5.o
+OBJS=webdis.o conf.o $(FORMAT_OBJS) cmd.o slog.o server.o $(HIREDIS_OBJ) $(JANSSON_OBJ) libb64/cencode.o acl.o md5/md5.o
+
 CFLAGS=-O3 -Wall -Wextra -I. -Ijansson/src
 LDFLAGS=-levent
 
diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 839192d..c15ec5c 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ conf_read(const char *filename) {
 	conf->http_port = 7379;
 	conf->user = getuid();
 	conf->group = getgid();
+	conf->logfile = "webdis.log";
+	conf->verbosity = WEBDIS_VERBOSE;
 
 	j = json_load_file(filename, 0, &error);
 	if(!j) {
@@ -66,6 +68,10 @@ conf_read(const char *filename) {
 			if((g = getgrnam(json_string_value(jtmp)))) {
 				conf->group = g->gr_gid;
 			}
+		} else if(strcmp(json_object_iter_key(kv),"logfile") == 0 && json_typeof(jtmp) == JSON_STRING){
+			conf->logfile = strdup(json_string_value(jtmp));
+		} else if(strcmp(json_object_iter_key(kv),"verbosity") == 0 && json_typeof(jtmp) == JSON_INTEGER){
+			conf->verbosity = (short)json_integer_value(jtmp);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/conf.h b/conf.h
index d700fe8..dc43875 100644
--- a/conf.h
+++ b/conf.h
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 #ifndef CONF_H
 #define CONF_H
 
+#define WEBDIS_VERBOSE 0
+#define WEBDIS_QUIET 1
+#define WEBDIS_SILENT 2
+
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+typedef enum {
+  WARNING = 0
+} log_level;
+
 struct conf {
 
 	/* connection to Redis */
@@ -20,6 +28,10 @@ struct conf {
 	/* user/group */
 	uid_t user;
 	gid_t group;
+
+	/* Logging */
+	char *logfile;
+	log_level verbosity;
 };
 
 struct conf *
diff --git a/server.c b/server.c
index 152de71..e41af3a 100644
--- a/server.c
+++ b/server.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "server.h"
 #include "conf.h"
 #include "cmd.h"
+#include "slog.h"
 
 #include <hiredis/hiredis.h>
 #include <hiredis/adapters/libevent.h>
@@ -116,7 +117,6 @@ on_flash_request(struct evhttp_request *rq, void *ctx) {
 
 void
 on_request(struct evhttp_request *rq, void *ctx) {
-
 	const char *uri = evhttp_request_uri(rq);
 	struct server *s = ctx;
 	int ret;
@@ -127,13 +127,16 @@ on_request(struct evhttp_request *rq, void *ctx) {
 		return;
 	}
 
+
 	/* check that the command can be executed */
 	switch(rq->type) {
 		case EVHTTP_REQ_GET:
+			webdis_log(s,1,uri);
 			ret = cmd_run(s, rq, 1+uri, strlen(uri)-1);
 			break;
 
 		case EVHTTP_REQ_POST:
+			webdis_log(s,1,uri);
 			ret = cmd_run(s, rq,
 				(const char*)EVBUFFER_DATA(rq->input_buffer),
 				EVBUFFER_LENGTH(rq->input_buffer));
@@ -141,11 +144,13 @@ on_request(struct evhttp_request *rq, void *ctx) {
 
 		default:
 			printf("405\n");
+			webdis_log(s,1,"405");
 			evhttp_send_reply(rq, 405, "Method Not Allowed", NULL);
 			return;
 	}
 
 	if(ret < 0) {
+		slog(s->cfg->logfile,2, uri);
 		evhttp_send_reply(rq, 403, "Forbidden", NULL);
 	}
 }
@@ -159,11 +164,13 @@ server_start(struct server *s) {
 #endif
 
 	/* start http server */
+	slog(s->cfg->logfile,1,"Starting HTTP Server");
 	evhttp_bind_socket(s->http, s->cfg->http_host, s->cfg->http_port);
 	evhttp_set_cb(s->http, "/crossdomain.xml", on_flash_request, s);
 	evhttp_set_gencb(s->http, on_request, s);
 
 	/* drop privileges */
+	slog(s->cfg->logfile,1,"Dropping Privileges");
 	setuid(s->cfg->user);
 	setgid(s->cfg->group);
 
@@ -174,3 +181,9 @@ server_start(struct server *s) {
 	event_base_dispatch(s->base);
 }
 
+void 
+webdis_log(struct server *s, int level, const char *body){ 
+	if(level > (int)s->cfg->verbosity){
+		slog(s->cfg->logfile,level,body);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/server.h b/server.h
index 998c9a0..a4f9528 100644
--- a/server.h
+++ b/server.h
@@ -31,5 +31,8 @@ server_copy(const struct server *s);
 void
 server_start(struct server *s);
 
+void 
+webdis_log(struct server *s, int level, const char *body);
+
 #endif
 
diff --git a/slog.c b/slog.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9ea1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slog.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* A slog is a simple log. Basically extracted from antirez/redis. */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+void slog(const char *logfile, int level, const char *body) {
+	const char *c = ".-*#";
+	time_t now = time(NULL);
+	FILE *fp;
+	char buf[64];
+	char msg[1024];
+
+	snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "%s", body);
+
+	fp = (logfile == NULL) ? stdout : fopen(logfile,"a");
+	if (!fp) return;
+
+	strftime(buf,sizeof(buf),"%d %b %H:%M:%S",localtime(&now));
+	fprintf(fp,"[%d] %s %c %s\n",(int)getpid(),buf,c[level],msg);
+	fprintf(stdout,"[%d] %s %c %s\n",(int)getpid(),buf,c[level],msg);
+	fflush(fp);
+
+	if (logfile) fclose(fp);
+}
diff --git a/slog.h b/slog.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cd2099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slog.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef SLOG_H
+#define SLOG_H
+
+void slog(const char *logfile, int level, const char *body);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/webdis.json b/webdis.json
index 611c3f5..0e2e4e1 100644
--- a/webdis.json
+++ b/webdis.json
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@
 			"http_basic_auth":	"user:password",
 			"enabled":		["DEBUG"]
 		}
-	]
+	],
+        "verbosity": 0,
+        "logfile": "webdis.log"
 }