diff --git a/src/main.java b/src/main.java
index b78ecb5..0cc4b89 100644
--- a/src/main.java
+++ b/src/main.java
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import db.jdcb;
+import website.Log;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ public class main {
         Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(() -> {
             try {
                 Thread.sleep(200);
-                System.out.println("Shutting down ...");
+                Log.warning("Shutting down ...");
 
                 //shutdown routine
             }  catch (InterruptedException e) {
@@ -26,8 +27,7 @@ public class main {
         Thread mythread = new Thread(() -> new website.Webserver().startserver());
         mythread.start();
 
-
-        System.out.println("thread started");
+        Log.message("thread started");
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/website/Log.java b/src/website/Log.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..797c95b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/website/Log.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package website;
+
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.logging.*;
+
+public class Log {
+
+    private static final String ANSI_RESET = "\u001B[0m";
+    private static final String ANSI_BLACK = "\u001B[30m";
+    private static final String ANSI_RED = "\u001B[31m";
+    private static final String ANSI_GREEN = "\u001B[32m";
+    private static final String ANSI_YELLOW = "\u001B[33m";
+    private static final String ANSI_BLUE = "\u001B[34m";
+    private static final String ANSI_PURPLE = "\u001B[35m";
+    private static final String ANSI_CYAN = "\u001B[36m";
+    private static final String ANSI_WHITE = "\u001B[37m";
+
+    public static final int CRITICAL_ERROR=6;
+    public static final int ERROR=5;
+    public static final int WARNING=4;
+    public static final int INFO=3;
+    public static final int MESSAGE=2;
+    public static final int DEBUG=1;
+
+    private static ArrayList<String> colors= new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("","DEBUG","MESSAGE","INFO","WARNING","ERROR","CRITICAL_ERROR"));
+
+    public static void criticalerror(String msg){
+        log(msg,CRITICAL_ERROR);
+    }
+
+    public static void error(String msg){
+        log(msg,ERROR);
+    }
+
+    public static void warning(String msg){
+        log(msg,WARNING);
+    }
+
+    public static void info(String msg){
+        log(msg,INFO);
+    }
+
+    public static void message(String msg){
+        log(msg,MESSAGE);
+    }
+
+    public static void debug(String msg){
+        log(msg,DEBUG);
+    }
+
+
+    public static void log(String msg, int level){
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        switch (level){
+            case INFO:
+                builder.append(ANSI_CYAN);
+                break;
+            case WARNING:
+                builder.append(ANSI_YELLOW);
+                break;
+            case ERROR:
+                builder.append(ANSI_RED);
+                break;
+            case CRITICAL_ERROR:
+                builder.append(ANSI_RED);
+                break;
+            case MESSAGE:
+                builder.append(ANSI_WHITE);
+                break;
+            case DEBUG:
+                builder.append(ANSI_BLUE);
+                break;
+        }
+        builder.append("[");
+        builder.append(calcDate(System.currentTimeMillis()));
+        builder.append("]");
+
+        builder.append(" [");
+        builder.append(new Exception().getStackTrace()[1].getClassName());
+        builder.append("]");
+
+        builder.append(" [");
+        builder.append(colors.get(level));
+        builder.append("]");
+
+        builder.append(ANSI_WHITE);
+        builder.append(" - ");
+        builder.append(msg);
+
+        builder.append(ANSI_RESET);
+        System.out.println(builder.toString());
+    }
+
+    private static String calcDate(long millisecs) {
+        SimpleDateFormat date_format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
+        Date resultdate = new Date(millisecs);
+        return date_format.format(resultdate);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/website/MainPage.java b/src/website/MainPage.java
index 21f3bea..e879e65 100644
--- a/src/website/MainPage.java
+++ b/src/website/MainPage.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class MainPage implements HttpHandler {
         } else {
             path = uri.getPath();
         }
-        System.out.println("looking for: " + root + path);
+        Log.message("looking for: " + root + path);
 
         File file = new File(root + path).getCanonicalFile();
 
diff --git a/src/website/Webserver.java b/src/website/Webserver.java
index f2ef43f..9c8bca6 100644
--- a/src/website/Webserver.java
+++ b/src/website/Webserver.java
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpServer;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+
 
 public class Webserver {
     public void startserver() {
-        System.out.println("starting server");
+        Log.info("starting server");
         HttpServer server = null;
         try {
             server = HttpServer.create(new InetSocketAddress(8000), 0);
@@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ public class Webserver {
 
         server.setExecutor(null); // creates a default executor
         server.start();
-        System.out.println("Server available at http://127.0.0.1:8000 now");
+        Log.info("Server available at http://127.0.0.1:8000 now");
+
     }