diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ddccccf..b523c77 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ go.work*
 cmd/.state/
 id_*
 *.gdbm
+*.log
diff --git a/cmd/africastalking/main.go b/cmd/africastalking/main.go
index db66a2e..15a13ee 100644
--- a/cmd/africastalking/main.go
+++ b/cmd/africastalking/main.go
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
@@ -27,10 +31,27 @@ import (
 var (
 	logg      = logging.NewVanilla()
 	scriptDir = path.Join("services", "registration")
+	WarningLogger *log.Logger
+	InfoLogger    *log.Logger
+	ErrorLogger   *log.Logger
 )
 
 func init() {
 	initializers.LoadEnvVariables()
+
+	logFile := "urdt-ussd-africastalking.log"
+
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(logFile, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	InfoLogger = log.New(file, "INFO: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+	ErrorLogger = log.New(file, "ERROR: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+
+	// Inject into remote package
+	remote.InfoLogger = InfoLogger
+	remote.ErrorLogger = ErrorLogger
 }
 
 type atRequestParser struct{}
@@ -38,9 +59,30 @@ type atRequestParser struct{}
 func (arp *atRequestParser) GetSessionId(rq any) (string, error) {
 	rqv, ok := rq.(*http.Request)
 	if !ok {
+		ErrorLogger.Println("got an invalid request:", rq)
 		return "", handlers.ErrInvalidRequest
 	}
+
+	// Capture body (if any) for logging
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(rqv.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		ErrorLogger.Println("failed to read request body:", err)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to read request body: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Reset the body for further reading
+	rqv.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body))
+
+	// Log the body as JSON
+	bodyLog := map[string]string{"body": string(body)}
+	logBytes, err := json.Marshal(bodyLog)
+	if err != nil {
+		ErrorLogger.Println("failed to marshal request body:", err)
+	} else {
+		InfoLogger.Println("Received request:", string(logBytes))
+	}
+
 	if err := rqv.ParseForm(); err != nil {
+		ErrorLogger.Println("failed to parse form data: %v", err)
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to parse form data: %v", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/async/main.go b/cmd/async/main.go
index e4c94b0..0dd7c2c 100644
--- a/cmd/async/main.go
+++ b/cmd/async/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path"
@@ -23,12 +24,28 @@ import (
 var (
 	logg      = logging.NewVanilla()
 	scriptDir = path.Join("services", "registration")
+	WarningLogger *log.Logger
+	InfoLogger    *log.Logger
+	ErrorLogger   *log.Logger
 )
 
 func init() {
 	initializers.LoadEnvVariables()
-}
 
+	logFile := "urdt-ussd-async.log"
+
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(logFile, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	InfoLogger = log.New(file, "INFO: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+	ErrorLogger = log.New(file, "ERROR: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+
+	// Inject into remote package
+	remote.InfoLogger = InfoLogger
+	remote.ErrorLogger = ErrorLogger
+}
 type asyncRequestParser struct {
 	sessionId string
 	input     []byte
diff --git a/cmd/http/main.go b/cmd/http/main.go
index 96e2688..ffb4109 100644
--- a/cmd/http/main.go
+++ b/cmd/http/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
@@ -26,10 +27,27 @@ import (
 var (
 	logg      = logging.NewVanilla()
 	scriptDir = path.Join("services", "registration")
+	WarningLogger *log.Logger
+	InfoLogger    *log.Logger
+	ErrorLogger   *log.Logger
 )
 
 func init() {
 	initializers.LoadEnvVariables()
+
+	logFile := "urdt-ussd-http.log"
+
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(logFile, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	InfoLogger = log.New(file, "INFO: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+	ErrorLogger = log.New(file, "ERROR: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+
+	// Inject into remote package
+	remote.InfoLogger = InfoLogger
+	remote.ErrorLogger = ErrorLogger
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 9599eb7..a623cbe 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
@@ -20,10 +21,27 @@ import (
 var (
 	logg      = logging.NewVanilla()
 	scriptDir = path.Join("services", "registration")
+	WarningLogger *log.Logger
+	InfoLogger    *log.Logger
+	ErrorLogger   *log.Logger
 )
 
 func init() {
 	initializers.LoadEnvVariables()
+
+	logFile := "urdt-ussd-cli.log"
+
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(logFile, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0666)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	InfoLogger = log.New(file, "INFO: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+	ErrorLogger = log.New(file, "ERROR: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+
+	// Inject into remote package
+	remote.InfoLogger = InfoLogger
+	remote.ErrorLogger = ErrorLogger
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/remote/accountservice.go b/remote/accountservice.go
index 92fd9df..41f1c89 100644
--- a/remote/accountservice.go
+++ b/remote/accountservice.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
-	"os"
 
 	"git.grassecon.net/urdt/ussd/config"
 	"git.grassecon.net/urdt/ussd/models"
@@ -18,9 +17,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	DebugLogger = log.New(os.Stdout, "DEBUG: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
-	InfoLogger  = log.New(os.Stdout, "INFO: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
-	ErrorLogger = log.New(os.Stderr, "ERROR: ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime|log.Lshortfile)
+	InfoLogger  *log.Logger
+	ErrorLogger *log.Logger
 )
 
 type AccountServiceInterface interface {
@@ -187,7 +185,7 @@ func doRequest(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request, rcpt any) (*api.OKRespons
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
-	InfoLogger.Printf("Received response for %s: Status Code: %d | Content-Type: %s", req.URL, resp.StatusCode, resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
+	InfoLogger.Printf("Received response for %s | Status Code: %d | Content-Type: %s", req.URL, resp.StatusCode, resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
 	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -242,6 +240,5 @@ func logRequestDetails(req *http.Request, apiKey string) {
 		bodyBytes = []byte("-")
 	}
 
-	InfoLogger.Printf("URL: %s  | Content-Type: %s | Method: %s| Request Body: %s", req.URL, contentType, req.Method, string(bodyBytes))
-
+	InfoLogger.Printf("Outgoing request: URL: %s | Content-Type: %s | Method: %s | Request Body: %s", req.URL, contentType, req.Method, string(bodyBytes))
 }