diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26d33521a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
diff --git a/.idea/ersilia.iml b/.idea/ersilia.iml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..039314de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/ersilia.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="PyDocumentationSettings">
+    <option name="format" value="NUMPY" />
+    <option name="myDocStringFormat" value="NumPy" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..105ce2da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/inspectionProfiles/profiles_settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
+  <settings>
+    <option name="USE_PROJECT_PROFILE" value="false" />
+    <version value="1.0" />
+  </settings>
+</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d239058f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.10 (ersilia)" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10b052848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/ersilia.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/ersilia.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94a25f7f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ersilia/20231021170711 b/ersilia/20231021170711
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb17ccd0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ersilia/20231021170711
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Session started for model: eos4rta
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ersilia/cli/commands/close.py b/ersilia/cli/commands/close.py
index da4fac826..625d1fefa 100644
--- a/ersilia/cli/commands/close.py
+++ b/ersilia/cli/commands/close.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import datetime
+import os
 from . import ersilia_cli
 from .. import echo
 from ... import ErsiliaModel
@@ -17,3 +19,8 @@ def close():
         mdl = ErsiliaModel(model_id, service_class=service_class)
         mdl.close()
         echo(":no_entry: Model {0} closed".format(mdl.model_id), fg="green")
+
+        #renames current_session to timestamp 
+        old_file_path = "current_session.txt"
+        new_file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(old_file_path), datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S'))
+        os.rename(old_file_path, new_file_path)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ersilia/cli/commands/serve.py b/ersilia/cli/commands/serve.py
index 3c05e366a..c8b4be6ce 100644
--- a/ersilia/cli/commands/serve.py
+++ b/ersilia/cli/commands/serve.py
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ def serve_cmd():
         type=click.INT,
         help="Preferred port to use (integer)",
     )
-    def serve(model, lake, docker, port):
+    # Add the new flag for tracking the serve session
+    @click.option(
+        "-t/", "--track_serve/--no_track_serve", "track_serve", required=False, default=True
+    )
+    def serve(model, lake, docker, port, track_serve):
         if docker:
             service_class = "docker"
         else:
@@ -54,3 +58,6 @@ def serve(model, lake, docker, port):
         echo("")
         echo(":person_tipping_hand: Information:", fg="blue")
         echo("   - info", fg="blue")
+        if track_serve:
+            with open("current_session.txt", "w") as f:
+                f.write("Session started for model: {0}".format(mdl.model_id))
diff --git a/ersilia/core/tracking.py b/ersilia/core/tracking.py
index 64f8c8063..781b098bb 100644
--- a/ersilia/core/tracking.py
+++ b/ersilia/core/tracking.py
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ def track(self, input, result, meta):
 
         self.get_file_sizes(input_dataframe, result_dataframe)
 
+        # log results to console
+        with open('../cli/commands/current_session.txt', 'a') as f:
+            # write the print statements to a file
+            f.write(f"\n{json.dumps(input_dataframe)}\n")
+            f.write(f"\n{json.dumps(result_dataframe)}\n")
+            f.write(f"\n{json.dumps(meta)}\n")
+            f.write(f"\nModel ID: {model_id}\n")
+            f.write(f"\nTime taken: {time}\n")
+            f.write(f"\nNAN Count:\n {nan_count}\n")
+
     def log_to_console(self, data):
         print(f"\n{json.dumps(data)}\n")