diff --git a/src/invidious.cr b/src/invidious.cr
index 4bde39ef9..7c98735fb 100644
--- a/src/invidious.cr
+++ b/src/invidious.cr
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 require "detect_language"
 require "digest/md5"
+require "file_utils"
 require "kemal"
 require "openssl/hmac"
 require "option_parser"
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ channel_threads = CONFIG.channel_threads
 feed_threads = CONFIG.feed_threads
 video_threads = CONFIG.video_threads
 
+logger = Invidious::LogHandler.new
+
 Kemal.config.extra_options do |parser|
   parser.banner = "Usage: invidious [arguments]"
   parser.on("-t THREADS", "--crawl-threads=THREADS", "Number of threads for crawling YouTube (default: #{crawl_threads})") do |number|
@@ -69,6 +72,10 @@ Kemal.config.extra_options do |parser|
       exit
     end
   end
+  parser.on("-o OUTPUT", "--output=OUTPUT", "Redirect output (default: STDOUT)") do |output|
+    FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(output))
+    logger = Invidious::LogHandler.new(File.open(output, mode: "a"))
+  end
 end
 
 Kemal::CLI.new
@@ -295,7 +302,7 @@ get "/watch" do |env|
     next env.redirect "/watch?v=#{ex.message}"
   rescue ex
     error_message = ex.message
-    STDOUT << id << " : " << ex.message << "\n"
+    logger.write("#{id} : #{ex.message}\n")
     next templated "error"
   end
 
@@ -3849,4 +3856,5 @@ add_handler FilteredCompressHandler.new
 add_handler DenyFrame.new
 add_context_storage_type(User)
 
+Kemal.config.logger = logger
 Kemal.run
diff --git a/src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr b/src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5bb1eb408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/invidious/helpers/logger.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+require "logger"
+
+class Invidious::LogHandler < Kemal::BaseLogHandler
+  def initialize(@io : IO = STDOUT)
+  end
+
+  def call(context : HTTP::Server::Context)
+    time = Time.now
+    call_next(context)
+    elapsed_text = elapsed_text(Time.now - time)
+
+    @io << time << ' ' << context.response.status_code << ' ' << context.request.method << ' ' << context.request.resource << ' ' << elapsed_text << '\n'
+
+    if @io.is_a? File
+      @io.flush
+    end
+
+    context
+  end
+
+  def write(message : String)
+    @io << message
+
+    if @io.is_a? File
+      @io.flush
+    end
+  end
+
+  private def elapsed_text(elapsed)
+    millis = elapsed.total_milliseconds
+    return "#{millis.round(2)}ms" if millis >= 1
+
+    "#{(millis * 1000).round(2)}µs"
+  end
+end