diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d9332e9a..fe40cb05 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@
 # exclude binarys in examples folder
 /examples/*
 !/examples/*.rs
+
+# exlcude logging
 *.log
+/logs/
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3c7149af..ec8e5365 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "adler"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "0.7.18"
@@ -89,6 +95,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc32fast"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b540bd8bc810d3885c6ea91e2018302f68baba2129ab3e88f32389ee9370880d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ffplayout-engine-rs"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -96,6 +111,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "ffprobe",
+ "file-rotate",
  "log",
  "notify",
  "rand",
@@ -117,6 +133,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "file-rotate"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f8071df7315b1cd4006ce687043f393cca212761889b3626c1444ae06e8f72d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "flate2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "filetime"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -129,6 +155,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flate2"
+version = "1.0.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e6988e897c1c9c485f43b47a529cef42fde0547f9d8d41a7062518f1d8fc53f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fsevent"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -290,6 +328,16 @@ version = "2.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "308cc39be01b73d0d18f82a0e7b2a3df85245f84af96fdddc5d202d27e47b86a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a92518e98c078586bc6c934028adcca4c92a53d6a958196de835170a01d84e4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "0.6.23"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e1e6f4b4..7e4b4824 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,18 +6,19 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_yaml = "0.8"
-serde_json = "1.0"
-regex = "1"
 chrono = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "3.0.14", features = ["derive"] }
-notify = "4.0.0"
-walkdir = "2"
-rand = "0.8.5"
 ffprobe = "0.3"
+file-rotate = "0.6.0"
 log = "0.4.14"
+notify = "4.0.0"
+rand = "0.8.5"
+regex = "1"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+serde_yaml = "0.8"
 simplelog = { version = "^0.11.2", features = ["paris"] }
+walkdir = "2"
 
 # tokio = { version = "1.16.1", features = ["full"] }
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/examples/logging.rs b/examples/logging.rs
index 28d75014..873f211c 100644
--- a/examples/logging.rs
+++ b/examples/logging.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ extern crate simplelog;
 
 use simplelog::*;
 
-use std::fs::File;
+use file_rotate::{FileRotate, ContentLimit, suffix::AppendCount, compression::Compression};
 
 fn main() {
-    TermLogger::init(LevelFilter::Debug, Config::default(), TerminalMode::Mixed, ColorChoice::Auto).unwrap();
+    //TermLogger::init(LevelFilter::Debug, Config::default(), TerminalMode::Mixed, ColorChoice::Auto).unwrap();
     //SimpleLogger::init(LevelFilter::Debug, Config::default()).unwrap();
     // CombinedLogger::init(
     //     vec![
@@ -15,7 +15,18 @@ fn main() {
     //     ]
     // ).unwrap();
 
-    error!("Bright red error");
-    info!("This only appears in <red>the log file</>");
-    debug!("This level is <b>currently</b> not enabled for any logger");
+    let log = || {
+        FileRotate::new(
+            "logs/ffplayout.log",
+            AppendCount::new(7),
+            ContentLimit::Lines(1000),
+            Compression::None,
+        )
+    };
+
+    WriteLogger::init(LevelFilter::Debug, Config::default(), log()).unwrap();
+
+    for idx in 1..1500 {
+        info!("{idx}");
+    }
 }