diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a634911..df290a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ brew install joshmedeski/sesh/sesh
 
 ### ArchLinux AUR
 
-To install sesh using, run the following [yay](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yay) command:
+To install sesh, run the following [yay](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yay) command:
 
 ```sh
 yay -S sesh-bin
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1f225eb..3da5276 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"log"
+	"fmt"
+	"io" // This is used to enable the multiwritter and be able to write to the log file and the console at the same time
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
+	"path"    // This is used to create the path where the log files will be stored
+	"strings" // This is required to conpare the evironment variables
+	"time"    // This is used to get the current date and create the log file
 
 	"github.com/joshmedeski/sesh/seshcli"
 )
@@ -10,8 +15,75 @@ import (
 var version = "dev"
 
 func main() {
+	slog.Debug("Debug")
+	slog.Info("Information")
+	slog.Warn("Warning")
+	slog.Error("Error")
+
 	app := seshcli.App(version)
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		slog.Error("main file: ", "error", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func init() {
+	var f *os.File
+	var err error
+	fileOnly := false
+
+	if f, err = createLoggerFile(); err != nil {
+		slog.Error("Unable to create logger file", "error", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	env := os.Getenv("ENV")
+	handlerOptions := &slog.HandlerOptions{}
+
+	switch strings.ToLower(env) {
+	case "debug":
+		handlerOptions.Level = slog.LevelDebug
+	case "info":
+		handlerOptions.Level = slog.LevelInfo
+	case "error":
+		handlerOptions.Level = slog.LevelError
+	default:
+		handlerOptions.Level = slog.LevelWarn
+		fileOnly = true
+	}
+
+	var loggerHandler *slog.JSONHandler
+	if !fileOnly {
+		multiWriter := io.MultiWriter(os.Stdout, f)
+		loggerHandler = slog.NewJSONHandler(multiWriter, handlerOptions)
+	} else {
+		loggerHandler = slog.NewJSONHandler(f, handlerOptions)
 	}
+	slog.SetDefault(slog.New(loggerHandler))
+}
+
+func createLoggerFile() (*os.File, error) {
+	now := time.Now()
+	date := fmt.Sprintf("%s.log", now.Format("2006-01-02"))
+
+	// TempDir returns the default directory to use for temporary files.
+	//
+	// On Unix systems, it returns $TMPDIR if non-empty, else /tmp.
+	// On Windows, it uses GetTempPath, returning the first non-empty
+	// value from %TMP%, %TEMP%, %USERPROFILE%, or the Windows directory.
+	// On Plan 9, it returns /tmp.
+	userTempDir := os.TempDir()
+	slog.Debug("createLoggerFile:", "userTempDir", userTempDir)
+
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(path.Join(userTempDir, "sesh"), 0755); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	fileFullPath := path.Join(userTempDir, "sesh", date)
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(fileFullPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return file, nil
 }
diff --git a/seshcli/seshcli.go b/seshcli/seshcli.go
index 2fab1e6..7994053 100644
--- a/seshcli/seshcli.go
+++ b/seshcli/seshcli.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package seshcli
 
 import (
+	"log/slog"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+
 	"github.com/joshmedeski/sesh/configurator"
 	"github.com/joshmedeski/sesh/connector"
 	"github.com/joshmedeski/sesh/dir"
@@ -19,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/joshmedeski/sesh/tmux"
 	"github.com/joshmedeski/sesh/tmuxinator"
 	"github.com/joshmedeski/sesh/zoxide"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
 func App(version string) cli.App {
@@ -45,9 +48,12 @@ func App(version string) cli.App {
 	config, err := configurator.NewConfigurator(os, path, runtime).GetConfig()
 	// TODO: make sure to ignore the error if the config doesn't exist
 	if err != nil {
+		slog.Error("seshcli/seshcli.go: App", "error", err)
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	slog.Debug("seshcli/seshcli.go: App", "version", version, "config", config)
+
 	// core dependencies
 	lister := lister.NewLister(config, home, tmux, zoxide, tmuxinator)
 	startup := startup.NewStartup(config, lister, tmux)