diff --git a/src/app/app.component.ts b/src/app/app.component.ts
index 96e8b2e8..f0fc779c 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -128,12 +128,13 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
   private onDone(text: string): void {
     this.zone.run(() => {
       this.currentRun.output = this.currentRun.output.concat(text);
-      // Wait for final report from results file
+      this.fileService.writeOutputFile(this.currentRun.output);
+      // Wait a second for final report from results file (final file changes can occur just after CLI process exits)
       setTimeout(() => {
         this.fileService.unsubscribe();
         this.dataloaderService.unsubscribe();
         this.sendNotification();
-        this.fileService.getAllRuns(this.onRunData.bind(this));
+        this.fileService.getAllRuns(this.onRunData.bind(this)); // refreshes data
       }, 1000);
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/app/providers/file/file.service.fakes.ts b/src/app/providers/file/file.service.fakes.ts
index fe6d0973..6d9ff296 100644
--- a/src/app/providers/file/file.service.fakes.ts
+++ b/src/app/providers/file/file.service.fakes.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export class FakePreviewData {
 class Run {
   previewData: IPreviewData = new FakePreviewData();
   results: IResults = new FakeResultsData(this.previewData);
+  output: string = '\nData Loader Sample Output File\n   Total Records: 0\n';
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/app/providers/file/file.service.ts b/src/app/providers/file/file.service.ts
index 4f53d525..aa2f0e18 100644
--- a/src/app/providers/file/file.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/providers/file/file.service.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export class FileService {
   private userDataDir: string;
   private runsDir: string;
   private resultsFile: string;
+  private outputFile: string;
   private settingsFile: string;
   private configFile: string;
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ export class FileService {
       let timestamp: string = moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD_HH.mm.ss');
       let runDir: string = path.join(this.runsDir, timestamp);
       this.resultsFile = path.join(runDir, 'results.json');
+      this.outputFile = path.join(runDir, 'output.txt');
 
       // Create runs directory if it does not exist
       if (!this.electronService.fs.existsSync(this.runsDir)) {
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ export class FileService {
     return '';
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Reads the user's settings file and sets appropriate defaults for missing values and older versions.
+   */
   readSettings(): ISettings {
     if (ElectronService.isElectron()) {
       if (this.electronService.fs.existsSync(this.settingsFile)) {
@@ -122,6 +127,9 @@ export class FileService {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Saves the users settings in the current settings file version.
+   */
   writeSettings(settings: ISettings): void {
     if (ElectronService.isElectron()) {
       let encryptedSettings: ISettings = Object.assign({}, settings);
@@ -162,6 +170,17 @@ export class FileService {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Since the CLI does not save off the stderr/stdout to file, we capture it and save it out when a run completes
+   *
+   * @param output: the output text that has been captured during a run
+   */
+  writeOutputFile(output: string): void {
+    if (ElectronService.isElectron()) {
+      this.electronService.fs.writeFileSync(this.outputFile, output);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the total number of rows and the first 100 rows of CSV data with the following format:
    *
@@ -254,12 +273,17 @@ export class FileService {
             if (this.electronService.fs.statSync(dir).isDirectory()) {
               let previewData: string = path.join(dir, 'previewData.json');
               let results: string = path.join(dir, 'results.json');
+              let output: string = path.join(dir, 'output.txt');
               if (this.electronService.fs.existsSync(previewData) && this.electronService.fs.existsSync(results)) {
                 try {
-                  allRuns.unshift({
+                  let run: IRun = {
                     previewData: JSON.parse(this.electronService.fs.readFileSync(previewData, 'utf8')),
                     results: JSON.parse(this.electronService.fs.readFileSync(results, 'utf8')),
-                  });
+                  };
+                  if (this.electronService.fs.existsSync(output)) {
+                    run.output = this.electronService.fs.readFileSync(output, 'utf8');
+                  }
+                  allRuns.unshift(run);
                 } catch (parseErr) {
                   console.error(`Error parsing run directory: ${dir} - ${parseErr}`); // tslint:disable-line:no-console
                 }