diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 516e1b9..e278dcc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -256,6 +256,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.5.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a33c2bf77f2df06183c3aa30d1e96c0695a313d4f9c453cc3762a6db39f99200"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a22b2d63d4d1dc0b7f1b6b2747dd0088008a9be28b6ddf0b1e7d335e3037294"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dashmap"
 version = "5.5.3"
@@ -269,6 +288,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot_core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "deranged"
+version = "0.3.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8eb30d70a07a3b04884d2677f06bec33509dc67ca60d92949e5535352d3191dc"
+dependencies = [
+ "powerfmt",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "directories"
+version = "5.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a49173b84e034382284f27f1af4dcbbd231ffa358c0fe316541a7337f376a35"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "520f05a5cbd335fae5a99ff7a6ab8627577660ee5cfd6a94a6a929b52ff0321c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "option-ext",
+ "redox_users",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "divan"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -410,6 +459,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fe9006bed769170c11f845cf00c7c1e9092aeb3f268e007c3e760ac68008070f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.28.1"
@@ -431,8 +491,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "bstr",
  "log",
- "regex-automata 0.4.3",
- "regex-syntax 0.8.2",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -559,6 +619,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libredox"
+version = "0.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85c833ca1e66078851dba29046874e38f08b2c883700aa29a03ddd3b23814ee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linked-hash-map"
 version = "0.5.6"
@@ -600,15 +671,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "matchers"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8263075bb86c5a1b1427b5ae862e8889656f126e9f77c484496e8b47cf5c5558"
-dependencies = [
- "regex-automata 0.1.10",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.6.4"
@@ -698,6 +760,12 @@ version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "option-ext"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ouroboros"
 version = "0.18.0"
@@ -795,6 +863,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "powerfmt"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "prettyplease"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -857,24 +931,14 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "regex"
-version = "1.10.2"
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.4.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "380b951a9c5e80ddfd6136919eef32310721aa4aacd4889a8d39124b026ab343"
+checksum = "a18479200779601e498ada4e8c1e1f50e3ee19deb0259c25825a98b5603b2cb4"
 dependencies = [
- "aho-corasick",
- "memchr",
- "regex-automata 0.4.3",
- "regex-syntax 0.8.2",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
-dependencies = [
- "regex-syntax 0.6.29",
+ "getrandom",
+ "libredox",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -885,7 +949,7 @@ checksum = "5f804c7828047e88b2d32e2d7fe5a105da8ee3264f01902f796c8e067dc2483f"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-syntax 0.8.2",
+ "regex-syntax",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -894,12 +958,6 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "30b661b2f27137bdbc16f00eda72866a92bb28af1753ffbd56744fb6e2e9cd8e"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.6.29"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
 version = "0.8.2"
@@ -1114,12 +1172,14 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "stef-lsp"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "directories",
  "ouroboros",
  "stef-compiler",
  "stef-parser",
  "tokio",
  "tower-lsp",
  "tracing",
+ "tracing-appender",
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
@@ -1270,6 +1330,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c4a34ab300f2dee6e562c10a046fc05e358b29f9bf92277f30c3c8d82275f6f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "deranged",
+ "itoa",
+ "powerfmt",
+ "serde",
+ "time-core",
+ "time-macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-core"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef927ca75afb808a4d64dd374f00a2adf8d0fcff8e7b184af886c3c87ec4a3f3"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-macros"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ad70d68dba9e1f8aceda7aa6711965dfec1cac869f311a51bd08b3a2ccbce20"
+dependencies = [
+ "time-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -1292,6 +1381,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d0c014766411e834f7af5b8f4cf46257aab4036ca95e9d2c144a10f59ad6f5b9"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
+ "bytes",
  "num_cpus",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tokio-macros",
@@ -1393,6 +1483,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-appender"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3566e8ce28cc0a3fe42519fc80e6b4c943cc4c8cef275620eb8dac2d3d4e06cf"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "thiserror",
+ "time",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-attributes"
 version = "0.1.27"
@@ -1431,14 +1533,10 @@ version = "0.3.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ad0f048c97dbd9faa9b7df56362b8ebcaa52adb06b498c050d2f4e32f90a7a8b"
 dependencies = [
- "matchers",
  "nu-ansi-term",
- "once_cell",
- "regex",
  "sharded-slab",
  "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
- "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-log",
 ]
@@ -1516,6 +1614,12 @@ 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/crates/stef-lsp/Cargo.toml b/crates/stef-lsp/Cargo.toml
index ae2e38c..ea0109b 100644
--- a/crates/stef-lsp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/stef-lsp/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@ repository.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
+directories = "5.0.1"
 ouroboros = "0.18.0"
 stef-compiler = { path = "../stef-compiler" }
 stef-parser = { path = "../stef-parser" }
-tokio = { version = "1.34.0", features = ["io-std", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.34.0", features = ["fs", "io-std", "io-util", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tower-lsp = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["proposed"] }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter"] }
+tracing-appender = "0.2.3"
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/stef-lsp/src/main.rs b/crates/stef-lsp/src/main.rs
index 45e123e..da38c2d 100644
--- a/crates/stef-lsp/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/stef-lsp/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+use directories::ProjectDirs;
 use ouroboros::self_referencing;
 use stef_parser::Schema;
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@ use tower_lsp::{
     },
     Client, LanguageServer, LspService, Server,
 };
-use tracing::debug;
-use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
+use tracing::{debug, Level};
+use tracing_subscriber::{filter::Targets, fmt::MakeWriter, prelude::*};
 
 mod compile;
 mod utf16;
@@ -55,9 +56,7 @@ impl LanguageServer for Backend {
     }
 
     async fn initialized(&self, _params: InitializedParams) {
-        self.client
-            .log_message(MessageType::INFO, "server initialized!")
-            .await;
+        debug!("initialized");
     }
 
     async fn shutdown(&self) -> Result<()> {
@@ -121,23 +120,34 @@ impl LanguageServer for Backend {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    let (stdin, stdout) = (tokio::io::stdin(), tokio::io::stdout());
+    let dirs = ProjectDirs::from("rocks", "dnaka91", env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME")).unwrap();
+
+    let file_appender = tracing_appender::rolling::daily(dirs.cache_dir(), "log");
+    let (file_appender, _guard) = tracing_appender::non_blocking(file_appender);
+
     let (service, socket) = LspService::new(|client| {
-        tracing_subscriber::fmt()
-            .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
-            .with_writer({
-                let client = client.clone();
-                move || ClientLogWriter {
-                    client: client.clone(),
-                }
-            })
+        tracing_subscriber::registry()
+            .with(
+                tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
+                    .with_ansi(false)
+                    .with_writer(ClientLogWriter::new(client.clone())),
+            )
+            .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer().with_writer(file_appender))
+            .with(Targets::new().with_default(Level::WARN).with_targets([
+                (env!("CARGO_CRATE_NAME"), Level::TRACE),
+                ("stef_compiler", Level::TRACE),
+                ("stef_parser", Level::TRACE),
+                ("tower_lsp", Level::DEBUG),
+            ]))
             .init();
+
         Backend {
             client,
             files: Mutex::default(),
         }
     });
 
+    let (stdin, stdout) = (tokio::io::stdin(), tokio::io::stdout());
     Server::new(stdin, stdout, socket).serve(service).await;
 }
 
@@ -145,12 +155,18 @@ struct ClientLogWriter {
     client: Client,
 }
 
+impl ClientLogWriter {
+    fn new(client: Client) -> Self {
+        Self { client }
+    }
+}
+
 impl std::io::Write for ClientLogWriter {
     fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
         let client = self.client.clone();
-        let message = String::from_utf8_lossy(buf).into_owned();
+        let message = String::from_utf8_lossy(buf).trim().to_owned();
 
-        tokio::spawn(async move { client.log_message(MessageType::INFO, message).await });
+        tokio::spawn(async move { client.log_message(MessageType::LOG, message).await });
 
         Ok(buf.len())
     }
@@ -159,3 +175,13 @@ impl std::io::Write for ClientLogWriter {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+impl MakeWriter<'_> for ClientLogWriter {
+    type Writer = Self;
+
+    fn make_writer(&self) -> Self::Writer {
+        Self {
+            client: self.client.clone(),
+        }
+    }
+}