diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b507b50..ffc17d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 # Log file
 *.log
+*.log.*
 
 # BlueJ files
 *.ctxt
@@ -23,10 +24,12 @@
 
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
+
+#NetBeans Temp Files
 /Java/MoppyLib/.nb-gradle/
 /Java/MoppyLib/build/
 /Java/MoppyDeviceGUI/.nb-gradle/
 /Java/MoppyDeviceGUI/build/
 /Java/*/.nb-gradle-properties
 /Java/MoppyControlGUI/.nb-gradle/
-/Java/MoppyControlGUI/build/
\ No newline at end of file
+/Java/MoppyControlGUI/build/
diff --git a/Java/MoppyControlGUI/src/main/java/com/moppy/control/MoppyControlGUI.java b/Java/MoppyControlGUI/src/main/java/com/moppy/control/MoppyControlGUI.java
index 935c829..575db75 100644
--- a/Java/MoppyControlGUI/src/main/java/com/moppy/control/MoppyControlGUI.java
+++ b/Java/MoppyControlGUI/src/main/java/com/moppy/control/MoppyControlGUI.java
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 import com.moppy.core.midi.MoppyMIDISequencer;
 import com.moppy.core.status.StatusBus;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.logging.FileHandler;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.LogManager;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter;
 import javax.sound.midi.MidiUnavailableException;
 import javax.swing.UIManager;
 import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
@@ -22,6 +25,14 @@ public class MoppyControlGUI {
      */
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, MidiUnavailableException {
 
+        //
+        //// Initialize Logger
+        //
+
+        FileHandler logFileHandler = new FileHandler("moppy_control_gui.log", 5000000, 3, true);
+        logFileHandler.setFormatter(new SimpleFormatter());
+        LogManager.getLogManager().getLogger("").addHandler(logFileHandler);
+
         //
         //// Initialize Moppy System components
         //