diff --git a/src/NetSparkle/Downloaders/WebRequestAppCastDataDownloader.cs b/src/NetSparkle/Downloaders/WebRequestAppCastDataDownloader.cs
index 2b25ab35..1a508644 100644
--- a/src/NetSparkle/Downloaders/WebRequestAppCastDataDownloader.cs
+++ b/src/NetSparkle/Downloaders/WebRequestAppCastDataDownloader.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using NetSparkleUpdater.Interfaces;
+using NetSparkleUpdater.Interfaces;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
@@ -18,16 +18,36 @@ namespace NetSparkleUpdater.Downloaders
     /// </summary>
     public class WebRequestAppCastDataDownloader : IAppCastDataDownloader
     {
+        private ILogger _logger;
         private string _appcastUrl = "";
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Default constructor for the app cast data downloader. Basically
-        /// does nothing. :)
+        /// Default constructor for the app cast data downloader.
         /// </summary>
-        public WebRequestAppCastDataDownloader()
+        public WebRequestAppCastDataDownloader() : this(new LogWriter())
         {
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Default constructor for the app cast data downloader.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="logger">ILogger to write logs to</param>
+        public WebRequestAppCastDataDownloader(ILogger logger)
+        {
+            if (logger == null)
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("logger");
+            _logger = logger;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// ILogger to log data from WebRequestAppCastDataDownloader
+        /// </summary>
+        public ILogger LogWriter
+        {
+            set { _logger = value; }
+            get { return _logger; }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// If true, don't check the validity of SSL certificates. Defaults to false.
         /// </summary>
@@ -132,7 +152,7 @@ public async Task<string> DownloadAndGetAppCastDataAsync(string url)
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
+                LogWriter.PrintMessage("Error: {0}", e.Message);
             }
             return "";
         }
diff --git a/src/NetSparkle/SparkleUpdater.cs b/src/NetSparkle/SparkleUpdater.cs
index 71e9e0dc..7fc1e336 100644
--- a/src/NetSparkle/SparkleUpdater.cs
+++ b/src/NetSparkle/SparkleUpdater.cs
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ protected async Task<UpdateInfo> GetUpdateStatus(Configuration config, bool igno
             // init the appcast
             if (AppCastDataDownloader == null)
             {
-                AppCastDataDownloader = new WebRequestAppCastDataDownloader();
+                AppCastDataDownloader = new WebRequestAppCastDataDownloader(LogWriter);
             }
             if (AppCastHandler == null)
             {