diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a923bd69e..04165b78d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 client/node_modules/*
 server/node_modules/*
 server/.env
+
+client/package-lock.json
+server/package-lock.json
diff --git a/client/config/logger.js b/client/config/logger.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcd5f6b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/config/logger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { createLogger, format, transports } from 'winston'
+const { combine, timestamp, simple } = format
+import { inspect } from 'util'
+
+const options = {
+  file: {
+    level: 'info',
+    filename: '../logs/app.log',
+    handleExceptions: true,
+    json: true,
+    maxsize: 5242880, // 5MB
+    maxFiles: 5,
+    colorize: false,
+    timestamp: true
+  },
+  console: {
+    level: 'debug',
+    handleExceptions: true,
+    json: false,
+    colorize: true,
+    timestamp: true
+  }
+}
+
+const logger = createLogger({
+  level: 'info',
+  format: format.combine(
+          format.colorize(),
+          format.timestamp({ format: 'YY/MM/DD HH:mm' }),
+          format.printf(
+            info => `${info.timestamp} - ${info.level}: ${JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(inspect(info.message)))}`
+          )
+  ),
+  transports: [
+    new transports.File(options.file),
+    new transports.Console(options.console)
+  ],
+  exitOnError: false // do not exit on handled exceptions
+})
+
+export default logger