diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index c1322dc..a1027e5 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ indent_style = space
 indent_size = 4
 end_of_line = lf
 charset = utf-8
-trim_trailing_whitespace = false
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
 insert_final_newline = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 76add87..ea8c4bf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-node_modules
-dist
\ No newline at end of file
+/target
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9ca683e..a3c3426 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -282,6 +282,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloc-no-stdlib",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.81"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0952808a6c2afd1aa8947271f3a60f1a6763c7b912d210184c5149b5cf147247"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arc-swap"
 version = "1.7.1"
@@ -892,6 +898,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num_threads"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c7398b9c8b70908f6371f47ed36737907c87c52af34c268fed0bf0ceb92ead9"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.32.2"
@@ -907,6 +922,12 @@ version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "paris"
+version = "1.5.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8fecab3723493c7851f292cb060f3ee1c42f19b8d749345d0d7eaf3fd19aa62d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -948,7 +969,10 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "actix-web-lab",
+ "anyhow",
  "askama",
+ "log",
+ "simplelog",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1176,6 +1200,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "simplelog"
+version = "0.12.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "16257adbfaef1ee58b1363bdc0664c9b8e1e30aed86049635fb5f147d065a9c0"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "paris",
+ "termcolor",
+ "time",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -1223,6 +1259,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termcolor"
+version = "1.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06794f8f6c5c898b3275aebefa6b8a1cb24cd2c6c79397ab15774837a0bc5755"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.34"
@@ -1231,7 +1276,9 @@ checksum = "c8248b6521bb14bc45b4067159b9b6ad792e2d6d754d6c41fb50e29fefe38749"
 dependencies = [
  "deranged",
  "itoa",
+ "libc",
  "num-conv",
+ "num_threads",
  "powerfmt",
  "serde",
  "time-core",
@@ -1414,6 +1461,37 @@ 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"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f29e6f9198ba0d26b4c9f07dbe6f9ed633e1f3d5b8b414090084349e46a52596"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9a1e372..32cf208 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "4.5.1"
 actix-web-lab = "0.20.2"
+anyhow = "1.0.81"
 askama = "0.12.1"
+log = "0.4.21"
+simplelog = { version = "0.12.2", features = ["paris"] }
+# time = { version = "0.3.34", features = ["macros"] }
diff --git a/src/logger.rs b/src/logger.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1976406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/logger.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use simplelog::*;
+
+
+
+pub fn init_logger() {
+    // TODO: figure out what these do
+    let config = ConfigBuilder::new()
+        .build();
+    
+
+
+    CombinedLogger::init(
+        vec![
+            TermLogger::new(LevelFilter::Debug, config, TerminalMode::Mixed, ColorChoice::Auto),
+            // TODO: Set up loggin to file
+            // WriteLogger::new(LevelFilter::Info, Config::default(), File::create("my_rust_binary.log").unwrap()),
+        ]
+    ).unwrap();
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b283567..dbefdf4 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
-
 mod public;
+mod logger;
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    logger::init_logger();
 
-    HttpServer::new(|| {
-        App::new()
-            .route("/", web::get().to(public::index))
-    })
-
-    .bind("0.0.0.0:8080")?
-    .run()
-    .await
+    if let Err(e) = public::start_actix().await {
+        log::error!("Actix had an error: {e}");
+    }
+    Ok(())
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/public/mod.rs b/src/public/mod.rs
index 0116f8e..8d27852 100644
--- a/src/public/mod.rs
+++ b/src/public/mod.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-use actix_web_lab::respond::Html;
-use actix_web::{Result, Responder};
-use askama::Template;
-
 
+mod routes;
 mod templates;
 
-pub async fn index() -> Result<impl Responder> {
-    let html = templates::IndexTemplate {
-        placeholder: "hewwo world"
-    }.render().expect("Failed to render index.html");
+use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
 
-    Ok(Html(html))
+pub(crate) async fn start_actix() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    log::info!("Serving an http server at https://0.0.0.0:8080");
+    HttpServer::new(|| {
+        App::new()
+            .route("/", web::get().to(routes::index))
+    })
+
+    .bind("0.0.0.0:8080")?
+    .run()
+    .await?;
+
+    Ok(())
 }
-
diff --git a/src/public/routes/mod.rs b/src/public/routes/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3642b91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/public/routes/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+use actix_web_lab::respond::Html;
+use actix_web::{Result, Responder};
+use askama::Template;
+
+use crate::public::templates::IndexTemplate;
+
+pub async fn index() -> Result<impl Responder> {
+    let html = IndexTemplate {
+        placeholder: "hewwo world"
+    }.render().expect("Failed to render index.html");
+
+    Ok(Html(html))
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/public/templates.rs b/src/public/templates.rs
index b0c306a..c1764cd 100644
--- a/src/public/templates.rs
+++ b/src/public/templates.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use askama::Template;
 
-#[derive(Template)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Template)]
 #[template(path = "index.html")]
 pub struct IndexTemplate<'a> {
     pub placeholder: &'a str,