diff --git a/client/.gvc/.gvcconfig.toml b/client/.gvc/.gvcconfig.toml
index b8ac4a9..f937f1c 100644
--- a/client/.gvc/.gvcconfig.toml
+++ b/client/.gvc/.gvcconfig.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 version = "0.1.5"
+loglevel = 2
 rootpath = ""
 reponame = "gvc"
 currentbranch = "master"
diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 11ca042..6dafb5d 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import (
 	clientcmd "github.com/deranjer/gvc/client/clientcmd"
 	clientconfig "github.com/deranjer/gvc/client/clientconfig"
 	config "github.com/deranjer/gvc/client/clientconfig"
+	"github.com/deranjer/gvc/common"
+	"github.com/deranjer/gvc/common/database"
 	"github.com/deranjer/store"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
 
 var version = "0.1.5"
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Setting up a blank config to read the .toml file in if one exists
 	var conf clientconfig.Gvcconfig
 	isRepo := validateRepo()
-	if isRepo {
+	if isRepo { // If repo folder exists, treat it like a repo and setup logging and database.  If not a repo will not need any of this
 		err := store.Load(configPath, &conf)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("Error loading config file into struct, please fix config, panic! \n%s", err)
@@ -42,7 +45,24 @@ func main() {
 			fmt.Println("Error validating config, your config file is corrupt! ", err)
 			os.Exit(0)
 		}
+		fmt.Println("Attempting to start logger...")
+		// Setting up the logger to file output
+		logFile, err := os.OpenFile(".gvc/gvclog.log", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("unable to open log file at: %s, exiting with error: %s", ".gvc/gvclog.log", err)
+		}
+		defer logFile.Close()
+		// Setup non-http logging (using middleware for Echo http logging)
+		logLevel, err := common.SetLogLevel(conf.LogLevel)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("invalid log level set in config, setting to info")
+		}
+		clientlog := zerolog.New(logFile)
+		clientlog.WithLevel(logLevel)
+		// Check/Setup the database with logging
+		database.NewDB(".gvc/gvc.db", &clientlog)
 	}
+
 	// Initialize our new cli
 	cli := clir.NewCli("gvcc", "Version control client for GVC", version)
 
diff --git a/client/clientconfig/structures.go b/client/clientconfig/structures.go
index 4f692b6..e33de82 100644
--- a/client/clientconfig/structures.go
+++ b/client/clientconfig/structures.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import "github.com/deranjer/gvc/common"
 //Gvcconfig will be the struct that holds the entire client settings
 type Gvcconfig struct {
 	Version        string           `toml:"version"`
+	LogLevel       int              `toml:"loglevel"` // Panic: 5, Fatal: 4, Error: 3, Warn: 2, Info: 1, debug: 0, trace: -1
 	RootPath       string           `toml:"rootpath"`
 	RepoName       string           `toml:"reponame"`
 	Remotes        []Remote         `toml:"remote"` //The remote servers for the repo
diff --git a/common/logging.go b/common/logging.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dedf50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/logging.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+)
+
+// SetLogLevel takes in the integer supplied and turns it into a log level
+func SetLogLevel(loglevel int) (level zerolog.Level, err error) {
+	switch loglevel {
+	case -1:
+		return zerolog.TraceLevel, nil
+	case 0:
+		return zerolog.DebugLevel, nil
+	case 1:
+		return zerolog.InfoLevel, nil
+	case 2:
+		return zerolog.WarnLevel, nil
+	case 3:
+		return zerolog.ErrorLevel, nil
+	case 4:
+		return zerolog.FatalLevel, nil
+	case 5:
+		return zerolog.PanicLevel, nil
+	default:
+		return zerolog.InfoLevel, fmt.Errorf("incorrect log level set, setting it to info level")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index a776af6..ad7e9b4 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/deranjer/gvc/common"
 	"github.com/deranjer/gvc/common/database"
 	"github.com/deranjer/gvc/server/engine"
 	serverconfig "github.com/deranjer/gvc/server/serverconfig"
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer logFile.Close()
 	// Setup non-http logging (using middleware for Echo http logging)
-	logLevel, err := serverconfig.SetLogLevel(conf.LogLevel)
+	logLevel, err := common.SetLogLevel(conf.LogLevel)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("invalid log level set in config, setting to info")
 	}
diff --git a/server/serverconfig/config.go b/server/serverconfig/config.go
index 7ad2f1f..fd37898 100644
--- a/server/serverconfig/config.go
+++ b/server/serverconfig/config.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/deranjer/store"
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
 
 // ConfigPath is the global path to the config that is injected from the main server package.
@@ -35,28 +34,6 @@ func FindConfig() (string, error) {
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("serverConfig.toml does not appear to be in the correct file format")
 }
 
-// SetLogLevel takes in the integer supplied and turns it into a log level
-func SetLogLevel(loglevel int) (level zerolog.Level, err error) {
-	switch loglevel {
-	case -1:
-		return zerolog.TraceLevel, nil
-	case 0:
-		return zerolog.DebugLevel, nil
-	case 1:
-		return zerolog.InfoLevel, nil
-	case 2:
-		return zerolog.WarnLevel, nil
-	case 3:
-		return zerolog.ErrorLevel, nil
-	case 4:
-		return zerolog.FatalLevel, nil
-	case 5:
-		return zerolog.PanicLevel, nil
-	default:
-		return zerolog.InfoLevel, fmt.Errorf("incorrect log level set, setting it to info level")
-	}
-}
-
 // ValidateConfig will go through the entire config and do basic sanity checks and write valid values to the server struct if some are missing
 func ValidateConfig(conf *GvcServerConfig, configPath string, version string) error {
 	if conf.Version == "" { // No version found, should we update it?