diff --git a/controllers/errorController.go b/controllers/errorController.go
index aadb352..76af0f7 100644
--- a/controllers/errorController.go
+++ b/controllers/errorController.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package controllers
 
 import (
+	"log"
+
 	"github.com/gin-contrib/sessions"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ func throwError(code int, msg string, c *gin.Context) {
 	session := sessions.Default(c)
 	session.AddFlash(msg, "WARNING")
 	ila := isLoggedIn(c)
+	log.Printf("[ERROR] %d %s", code, msg)
 	c.HTML(code, "error.html", gin.H{"flash": session.Flashes("WARNING"), "code": code, "isLoggedIn": ila})
 	session.Save()
 }
diff --git a/controllers/sessionController.go b/controllers/sessionController.go
index 553e8e8..e0aeb64 100644
--- a/controllers/sessionController.go
+++ b/controllers/sessionController.go
@@ -83,5 +83,4 @@ func DumpSession(c *gin.Context) {
 	adminCookie := session.Get(isAdmin).(bool)
 	sessionCookies.IsAdmin = adminCookie
 	c.JSON(200, sessionCookies)
-	return
 }
diff --git a/controllers/userController.go b/controllers/userController.go
index ef3221d..7dbf840 100644
--- a/controllers/userController.go
+++ b/controllers/userController.go
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ func AuthenticateUser(c *gin.Context) {
 
 	var authUser = UserForm{}
 	if err := c.Bind(&authUser); err != nil {
-		log.Println(err.Error())
 		throwError(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error(), c)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/medialog.go b/medialog.go
index e3fdf8b..2e2a25b 100644
--- a/medialog.go
+++ b/medialog.go
@@ -53,12 +53,19 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	} else {
 
-		log.Println("Getting Configuration")
 		env, err := config.GetEnvironment(configuration, environment)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
 
+		logFile, err := os.OpenFile(env.LogLocation, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0755)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		defer logFile.Close()
+		log.SetOutput(logFile)
+
+		log.Println("Medialog starting up")
 		log.Println("Setting Up Router")
 
 		r, err = router.SetupRouter(env, gormDebug, prod)
diff --git a/migration/migrate.go b/migration/migrate.go
index fc42532..f54dbde 100644
--- a/migration/migrate.go
+++ b/migration/migrate.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nyudlts/go-medialog/models"
 )
 
-const version = "v0.2.3-beta"
+const version = "v0.2.5-beta"
 
 var (
 	test          bool
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var (
 	conf          string
 	sqlite        bool
 	compare       bool
+	clearSessions bool
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&migrateTable, "migrate-table", "", "migrate a table")
 	flag.BoolVar(&createAdmin, "create-admin", false, "")
 	flag.BoolVar(&compare, "compare-data", false, "")
+	flag.BoolVar(&clearSessions, "clear-sessions", false, "")
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -82,6 +84,10 @@ func main() {
 
 	db := database.GetDB()
 
+	if clearSessions {
+		fmt.Println("Clearing sessions")
+	}
+
 	if migrateTable != "" {
 
 		switch migrateTable {
diff --git a/router/router.go b/router/router.go
index 88c43d0..2c1e018 100644
--- a/router/router.go
+++ b/router/router.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package router
 
 import (
 	"io"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/gin-contrib/sessions"
@@ -13,17 +14,21 @@ import (
 )
 
 func SetupRouter(env config.Environment, gormDebug bool, prod bool) (*gin.Engine, error) {
-	/*
-		//configure
-		gin.DisableConsoleColor()
-		f, _ := os.Create(env.LogLocation)
-		defer f.Close()
-		gin.DefaultWriter = io.MultiWriter(f)
-	*/
+
+	log.Println("Medialog starting up")
+
+	log.Println("  ** Configuring Gin logger")
+	//configure logger
+	gin.DisableConsoleColor()
+	f, _ := os.OpenFile(env.LogLocation, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0755)
+	defer f.Close()
+	gin.DefaultWriter = io.MultiWriter(f)
 
 	if prod {
 		gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
 	}
+
+	log.Println("  ** Setting up router")
 	//initialize the router
 	r := gin.Default()
 
@@ -36,12 +41,15 @@ func SetupRouter(env config.Environment, gormDebug bool, prod bool) (*gin.Engine
 	r.Static("/public", "./public")
 	r.SetTrustedProxies([]string{"127.0.0.1"})
 
+	log.Println("  ** Connecting to database")
 	//connect the database
 	if err := database.ConnectMySQL(env.DatabaseConfig, gormDebug); err != nil {
 		os.Exit(2)
 	}
 
-	//configure session parametes
+	log.Println("  ** Configuring sessions")
+	//configure session parameters
+
 	store := gormsessions.NewStore(database.GetDB(), true, []byte("secret"))
 	options := sessions.Options{}
 	options.HttpOnly = true
@@ -49,7 +57,8 @@ func SetupRouter(env config.Environment, gormDebug bool, prod bool) (*gin.Engine
 	options.MaxAge = 3600
 	r.Use(sessions.Sessions("mysession", store))
 
-	//load applicatin routes
+	//load application routes
+	log.Println("  ** Loading routes")
 	LoadRoutes(r)
 
 	return r, nil
@@ -79,7 +88,7 @@ func SetupSQRouter(env config.SQLiteEnv, gormDebug bool) (*gin.Engine, error) {
 		os.Exit(2)
 	}
 
-	//configure session parametes
+	//configure session parameters
 	store := gormsessions.NewStore(database.GetDB(), true, []byte("secret"))
 	options := sessions.Options{}
 	options.HttpOnly = true
@@ -87,7 +96,7 @@ func SetupSQRouter(env config.SQLiteEnv, gormDebug bool) (*gin.Engine, error) {
 	options.MaxAge = 3600
 	r.Use(sessions.Sessions("mysession", store))
 
-	//load applicatin routes
+	//load application routes
 	LoadRoutes(r)
 
 	return r, nil
diff --git a/templates/global/footer.html b/templates/global/footer.html
index 93428db..66adf00 100644
--- a/templates/global/footer.html
+++ b/templates/global/footer.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         <div class="container">
             <span class="text-muted ">
                 <div class="float-right">
-                    <a href="https://github.com/nyudlts/go-medialog">go-medialog v0.2.4-beta</a>
+                    <a href="https://github.com/nyudlts/go-medialog">go-medialog v0.2.5-beta</a>
                 </div>
             </span>
         </div>