diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..397b4a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.log
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0101958..b481b5b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ 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
-OBJS=webdis.o conf.o $(FORMAT_OBJS) cmd.o server.o $(HIREDIS_OBJ) $(JANSSON_OBJ) libb64/cencode.o acl.o
+OBJS=webdis.o conf.o $(FORMAT_OBJS) cmd.o slog.o server.o $(HIREDIS_OBJ) $(JANSSON_OBJ) libb64/cencode.o acl.o
 CFLAGS=-O3 -Wall -Wextra -I. -Ijansson/src
 LDFLAGS=-levent
 
diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 839192d..4ab33c8 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ conf_read(const char *filename) {
 	conf->http_port = 7379;
 	conf->user = getuid();
 	conf->group = getgid();
+        conf->logfile = "webdis.log";
 
 	j = json_load_file(filename, 0, &error);
 	if(!j) {
@@ -66,7 +67,9 @@ 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));
+                }
 	}
 
 	json_decref(j);
diff --git a/conf.h b/conf.h
index d700fe8..3d96522 100644
--- a/conf.h
+++ b/conf.h
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ struct conf {
 	/* user/group */
 	uid_t user;
 	gid_t group;
+
+        /* Logfile */
+        char *logfile;
 };
 
 struct conf *
diff --git a/server.c b/server.c
index a285eca..4370a1e 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>
@@ -96,24 +97,26 @@ server_copy(const struct server *s) {
 
 void
 on_request(struct evhttp_request *rq, void *ctx) {
-
 	const char *uri = evhttp_request_uri(rq);
 	struct server *s = ctx;
 	int ret;
-
+             
 	if(!s->ac) { /* redis is unavailable */
 		printf("503\n");
 		evhttp_send_reply(rq, 503, "Service Unavailable", NULL);
 		return;
 	}
-
-	/* check that the command can be executed */
+        
+        
+       	/* check that the command can be executed */
 	switch(rq->type) {
 		case EVHTTP_REQ_GET:
-			ret = cmd_run(s, rq, 1+uri, strlen(uri)-1);
+                        slog(s->cfg->logfile,1, uri);
+                        ret = cmd_run(s, rq, 1+uri, strlen(uri)-1);
 			break;
 
 		case EVHTTP_REQ_POST:
+                        slog(s->cfg->logfile,1, uri);
 			ret = cmd_run(s, rq,
 				(const char*)EVBUFFER_DATA(rq->input_buffer),
 				EVBUFFER_LENGTH(rq->input_buffer));
@@ -121,11 +124,13 @@ on_request(struct evhttp_request *rq, void *ctx) {
 
 		default:
 			printf("405\n");
+                        slog(s->cfg->logfile,2, uri);
 			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);
 	}
 }
@@ -139,10 +144,12 @@ 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_gencb(s->http, on_request, s);
 
 	/* drop privileges */
+        slog(s->cfg->logfile,1,"Dropping Privileges");
 	setuid(s->cfg->user);
 	setgid(s->cfg->group);
 
diff --git a/slog.c b/slog.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..639a1b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slog.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* A slog is a simple log. Basically extracted from antirez/redis. */
+#include "conf.h"
+
+#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..ea83d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slog.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef SLOG_H
+#define SLOG_H
+
+#include "conf.h"
+
+#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);
+
+#endif