diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a3f44b7..93a7676 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
+ "dirs",
  "envconfig",
  "git2",
  "log",
@@ -99,6 +100,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "4.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ca3aa72a6f96ea37bbc5aa912f6788242832f75369bdfdadcb0e38423f100059"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b1d1d91c932ef41c0f2663aa8b0ca0342d444d842c06914aa0a7e352d0bada6"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "redox_users",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "envconfig"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -129,6 +150,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4eb1a864a501629691edf6c15a593b7a51eebaa1e8468e9ddc623de7c9b58ec6"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "git2"
 version = "0.15.0"
@@ -322,6 +354,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fb5a58c1855b4b6819d59012155603f0b22ad30cad752600aadfcb695265519a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b033d837a7cf162d7993aded9304e30a83213c648b6e389db233191f891e5c2b"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.11"
@@ -413,6 +465,26 @@ version = "0.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b1141d4d61095b28419e22cb0bbf02755f5e54e0526f97f1e3d1d160e60885fb"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f5f6586b7f764adc0231f4c79be7b920e766bb2f3e51b3661cdb263828f19994"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "12bafc5b54507e0149cdf1b145a5d80ab80a90bcd9275df43d4fff68460f6c21"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.13"
@@ -518,6 +590,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
diff --git "a/\\" "b/\\"
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c29557..0000000
--- "a/\\"
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct CuddleContext {
-    pub plan: CuddlePlan,
-    pub path: PathBuf,
-}
diff --git a/cuddle_cli/Cargo.toml b/cuddle_cli/Cargo.toml
index b55aa65..377a047 100644
--- a/cuddle_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cuddle_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ clap = "3.2.16"
 envconfig = "0.10.0"
 log = { version = "0.4.17", features = ["kv_unstable", "serde", "std"] }
 simplelog = "0.12.0"
+dirs = "4.0.0"
diff --git a/cuddle_cli/src/actions/shell.rs b/cuddle_cli/src/actions/shell.rs
index 18b3a6c..45c1df1 100644
--- a/cuddle_cli/src/actions/shell.rs
+++ b/cuddle_cli/src/actions/shell.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ use std::{
 
 pub struct ShellAction {
     path: String,
+    name: String,
 }
 
 impl ShellAction {
-    pub fn new(path: String) -> Self {
-        Self { path }
+    pub fn new(name: String, path: String) -> Self {
+        Self { path, name }
     }
 
     pub fn execute(self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ impl ShellAction {
 
         log::info!(
             "
+
 ===
 Starting running shell action: {}
 ===
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ Starting running shell action: {}
             let stdout_reader = BufReader::new(stdout);
             let mut stdout_lines = stdout_reader.lines();
             while let Some(Ok(line)) = stdout_lines.next() {
-                log::info!("{}", line)
+                log::info!(process=log::as_display!(self.name); "{}", line)
             }
         }
 
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ Starting running shell action: {}
 
         log::info!(
             "
+
 ===
 Finished running shell action
 ===
diff --git a/cuddle_cli/src/cli.rs b/cuddle_cli/src/cli.rs
index 0790317..e1ebc9a 100644
--- a/cuddle_cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/cuddle_cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -24,13 +24,16 @@ impl CuddleAction {
     pub fn execute(self) {
         match self.script {
             CuddleScript::Shell(_s) => {
-                match actions::shell::ShellAction::new(format!(
-                    "{}/scripts/{}.sh",
-                    self.path
-                        .to_str()
-                        .expect("action doesn't have a name, this should never happen"),
-                    self.name
-                ))
+                match actions::shell::ShellAction::new(
+                    self.name.clone(),
+                    format!(
+                        "{}/scripts/{}.sh",
+                        self.path
+                            .to_str()
+                            .expect("action doesn't have a name, this should never happen"),
+                        self.name
+                    ),
+                )
                 .execute()
                 {
                     Ok(()) => {}
diff --git a/cuddle_cli/src/main.rs b/cuddle_cli/src/main.rs
index f47cedf..98c83a8 100644
--- a/cuddle_cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cuddle_cli/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+use std::fs::File;
+
 use config::CuddleConfig;
-use simplelog::{ColorChoice, Config, TermLogger, TerminalMode};
+use simplelog::{ColorChoice, CombinedLogger, Config, TermLogger, TerminalMode, WriteLogger};
 
 mod actions;
 mod cli;
@@ -8,14 +10,7 @@ mod context;
 mod model;
 
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    TermLogger::init(
-        log::LevelFilter::Info,
-        Config::default(),
-        TerminalMode::Mixed,
-        ColorChoice::Auto,
-    )?;
-
-    log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Info);
+    init_logging()?;
 
     let config = CuddleConfig::from_env()?;
 
@@ -24,3 +19,24 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+fn init_logging() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let mut log_file = dirs::state_dir().ok_or(anyhow::anyhow!("could not find state_dir"))?;
+    log_file.push("cuddle_cli.log");
+
+    CombinedLogger::init(vec![
+        TermLogger::new(
+            log::LevelFilter::Info,
+            Config::default(),
+            TerminalMode::Mixed,
+            ColorChoice::Auto,
+        ),
+        WriteLogger::new(
+            log::LevelFilter::Debug,
+            Config::default(),
+            File::create(log_file).unwrap(),
+        ),
+    ])?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}