diff --git a/config.example.yml b/config.example.yml
index 4dbfd02..c093edd 100644
--- a/config.example.yml
+++ b/config.example.yml
@@ -67,4 +67,13 @@ destination:
     - token: blabla
       url: bla.bla.com
   local:
-    - path: /some/path/gickup
\ No newline at end of file
+    - path: /some/path/gickup
+
+cron: 0 22 * * *
+
+log:
+  timeformat: 2006-01-02 15:04:05
+  file-logging:
+    dir: log
+    file: gickup.log
+    maxage: 7 # keep logs for 7 days
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 739d358..3fb8fe6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211124211545-fe61309f8881 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20211116232009-f0f3c7e86c11 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8e3f217..f5f1efd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -531,6 +531,8 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
+gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.0.0 h1:1Lc07Kr7qY4U2YPouBjpCLxpiyxIVoxqXgkXLknAOE8=
+gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:l0ndWWf7gzL7RNwBG7wST/UCcT4T24xpD6X8LsfU/+k=
 gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 h1:wFXVbFY8DY5/xOe1ECiWdKCzZlxgshcYVNkBHstARME=
 gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2/go.mod h1:jksf8JmL6Qr/oQM2OXTHunEvvTAsrWBLb6OOjuVWRNI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/logger/logger.go b/logger/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85b04c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logger/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package logger
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+
+	"gickup/types"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2"
+)
+
+func NewRollingFile(config types.FileLogging) io.Writer {
+	if config.Dir != "" {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(config.Dir, 0744); err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Str("path", config.Dir).Msg("can't create log directory")
+			return nil
+		}
+	} else {
+		config.Dir = "."
+	}
+
+	return &lumberjack.Logger{
+		Filename: path.Join(config.Dir, config.File),
+		MaxAge:   config.MaxAge, // days
+	}
+}
+
+func CreateLogger(conf types.Logging) zerolog.Logger {
+	var writers []io.Writer
+
+	writers = append(writers, zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr, TimeFormat: conf.Timeformat})
+	if conf.FileLogging.File != "" {
+		writers = append(writers, NewRollingFile(conf.FileLogging))
+	}
+	mw := io.MultiWriter(writers...)
+
+	return zerolog.New(mw).With().Timestamp().Logger()
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1023dbc..44b8bf2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"gickup/gitlab"
 	"gickup/gogs"
 	"gickup/local"
+	"gickup/logger"
 	"gickup/types"
 
 	"github.com/alecthomas/kong"
@@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ func RunBackup(conf *types.Conf) {
 	//Bitbucket
 	repos = bitbucket.Get(conf)
 	Backup(repos, conf)
+
+	conf.HasValidCronSpec()
 }
 
 func PlaysForever() {
@@ -106,8 +109,7 @@ func PlaysForever() {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	zerolog.TimeFieldFormat = zerolog.TimeFormatUnix
-	log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr})
+	log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr, TimeFormat: "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00"})
 
 	kong.Parse(&cli, kong.Name("gickup"), kong.Description("a tool to backup all your favorite repos"))
 
@@ -121,8 +123,9 @@ func main() {
 		log.Info().Str("file", cli.Configfile).Msgf("Reading %s", types.Green(cli.Configfile))
 		conf := ReadConfigfile(cli.Configfile)
 
+		log.Logger = logger.CreateLogger(conf.Log)
+
 		if conf.HasValidCronSpec() {
-			log.Info().Str("cron", conf.Cron).Msg("running in cron mode")
 			c := cron.New()
 			c.AddFunc(conf.Cron, func() { RunBackup(conf) })
 			c.Start()
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index 83fac24..3d00617 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ type Conf struct {
 	Source      Source      `yaml:"source"`
 	Destination Destination `yaml:"destination"`
 	Cron        string      `yaml:"cron"`
+	Log         Logging     `yaml:"log"`
+}
+
+type Logging struct {
+	Timeformat  string      `yaml:"timeformat"`
+	FileLogging FileLogging `yaml:"file-logging"`
+}
+
+type FileLogging struct {
+	Dir    string `yaml:"dir"`
+	File   string `yaml:"file"`
+	MaxAge int    `yaml:"maxage"`
 }
 
 func (conf Conf) MissingCronSpec() bool {
@@ -54,7 +66,7 @@ func (conf Conf) HasValidCronSpec() bool {
 
 	if parsedSched != nil {
 		nextRun := parsedSched.Next(time.Now()).String()
-		log.Info().Str("next", nextRun).Msg("Next cron run")
+		log.Info().Str("next", nextRun).Str("cron", conf.Cron).Msg("Next cron run")
 	}
 
 	return parsedSched != nil