diff --git a/lib/bin/logger_web.dart b/lib/bin/logger_web.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0be5f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/bin/logger_web.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:logger/logger.dart';
+
+class AppConsoleOutput extends LogOutput {
+  AppConsoleOutput();
+
+  @override
+  void output(OutputEvent event) async {
+    for (var line in event.lines) {
+      debugPrint(line); //print to console as well
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/bin/logger_windows.dart b/lib/bin/logger_windows.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33e0aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/bin/logger_windows.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:logger/logger.dart';
+import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';
+
+class AppFileOutput extends LogOutput {
+  AppFileOutput();
+
+  late File file;
+
+  @override
+  void output(OutputEvent event) async {
+    final appDir = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
+    final path = p.join(appDir.path, 'ReliabilityApp', 'iko_reliability.log');
+    late File file = File(path);
+
+    for (var line in event.lines) {
+      await file.writeAsString("${line.toString()}\n",
+          mode: FileMode.writeOnlyAppend);
+      debugPrint(line); //print to console as well
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index b418abe..f309492 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart' show kIsWeb;
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart' show PlatformDispatcher, kIsWeb;
 import 'dart:io' show Platform;
 
 import 'package:auto_route/auto_route.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:iko_reliability_flutter/bin/consts.dart';
 import 'package:hive_flutter/hive_flutter.dart';
+import 'package:iko_reliability_flutter/bin/logger_web.dart';
+import 'package:iko_reliability_flutter/bin/logger_windows.dart';
 import 'package:iko_reliability_flutter/settings/settings_notifier.dart';
 import 'package:iko_reliability_flutter/settings/theme_manager.dart';
+import 'package:logger/logger.dart';
 import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
 import 'package:url_launcher/url_launcher.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_window_close/flutter_window_close.dart';
@@ -27,8 +30,55 @@ import 'routes/route.dart';
 
 MyDatabase? database;
 final navigatorKey = GlobalKey<NavigatorState>();
+Logger? logger;
 
 void main() async {
+  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
+  if (kIsWeb) {
+    logger = Logger(
+      filter: ProductionFilter(),
+      printer: PrettyPrinter(
+        methodCount: 1,
+        errorMethodCount: 6,
+        lineLength: 80,
+        colors: false,
+        printEmojis: false,
+        printTime: true,
+      ),
+      output: AppConsoleOutput(),
+    );
+  } else if (Platform.isWindows) {
+    setWindowMinSize(const Size(640, 360));
+    logger = Logger(
+      filter: ProductionFilter(),
+      printer: PrettyPrinter(
+        methodCount: 1,
+        errorMethodCount: 6,
+        lineLength: 80,
+        colors: false,
+        printEmojis: false,
+        printTime: true,
+      ),
+      output: AppFileOutput(),
+    );
+  }
+  // put flutter errors in the logger
+  FlutterError.onError = (details) {
+    FlutterError.presentError(details);
+    logger?.f(
+      details.exceptionAsString(),
+      error: (details.toDiagnosticsNode().toStringDeep()),
+      stackTrace: details.stack,
+    );
+  };
+  PlatformDispatcher.instance.onError = (exception, stackTrace) {
+    logger?.f(
+      "Unhandled Exception",
+      error: exception,
+      stackTrace: stackTrace,
+    );
+    return false;
+  };
   await Hive.initFlutter();
   await Hive.openBox('pmNumber');
   await Hive.openBox('jpNumber');
@@ -40,11 +90,6 @@ void main() async {
   box = Hive.box('routeNumber');
   box.clear();
   database = MyDatabase();
-  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
-  if (kIsWeb) {
-  } else if (Platform.isWindows) {
-    setWindowMinSize(const Size(640, 360));
-  }
   SettingsNotifier settingsNotifier = SettingsNotifier();
   SelectedSiteNotifier selectedSiteNotifier = SelectedSiteNotifier();
   ThemeManager themeManager = ThemeManager();
@@ -128,7 +173,7 @@ class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
 
 Future<void> loadAppSettings(SelectedSiteNotifier selectedSiteNotifier,
     ThemeManager themeManager, SettingsNotifier settingsNotifier) async {
-  debugPrint('running load app');
+  logger?.d('Loading App Settings Before Start');
   final settings = await database!.getSettings();
   final selectedSite = settings
       .firstWhere(
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index f70e636..71ac2f3 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -536,6 +536,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.2.0+4"
+  logger:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: logger
+      sha256: "6bbb9d6f7056729537a4309bda2e74e18e5d9f14302489cc1e93f33b3fe32cac"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.0.2+1"
   logging:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 8fc34f1..9eb61a1 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ dependencies:
     intl: ^0.18.1
     file_selector: ^1.0.1
     collection: ^1.17.2
+    logger: ^2.0.2+1
 
 dev_dependencies:
     flutter_test: