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+        "stack-trace": "0.0.x",
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diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index 27d4dd1..62461ae 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -25,11 +25,15 @@
       "target": [
         {
           "target": "dmg",
-          "arch": ["x64"]
+          "arch": [
+            "x64"
+          ]
         },
         {
           "target": "zip",
-          "arch": ["x64"]
+          "arch": [
+            "x64"
+          ]
         }
       ]
     },
@@ -37,7 +41,9 @@
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         {
           "target": "nsis",
-          "arch": ["x64"]
+          "arch": [
+            "x64"
+          ]
         }
       ]
     },
@@ -45,7 +51,9 @@
       "target": [
         {
           "target": "AppImage",
-          "arch": ["x64"]
+          "arch": [
+            "x64"
+          ]
         }
       ]
     },
@@ -54,7 +62,9 @@
     },
     "protocols": {
       "name": "serenade-protocol",
-      "schemes": ["serenade"]
+      "schemes": [
+        "serenade"
+      ]
     },
     "publish": {
       "provider": "generic",
@@ -80,7 +90,9 @@
     "start:electron": "electron ."
   },
   "electronWebpack": {
-    "whiteListedModules": ["react-redux"]
+    "whiteListedModules": [
+      "react-redux"
+    ]
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^1.2.32",
@@ -89,6 +101,7 @@
     "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome": "^0.1.12",
     "@headlessui/react": "^1.4.2",
     "@heroicons/react": "^1.0.5",
+    "@types/winston": "^2.4.4",
     "chokidar": "^3.4.3",
     "classnames": "^2.3.1",
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@@ -110,6 +123,8 @@
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     "speech-recorder": "2.1.0",
     "uuid": "^8.3.1",
+    "winston": "^3.14.2",
+    "winston-format": "^1.0.1",
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diff --git a/client/src/main/api.ts b/client/src/main/api.ts
index a206b10..4f7297d 100644
--- a/client/src/main/api.ts
+++ b/client/src/main/api.ts
@@ -10,15 +10,17 @@ import SettingsWindow from "./windows/settings";
 import { Endpoint } from "../shared/endpoint";
 
 export default class API {
+  private log: Log;
+
   constructor(
     private active: Active,
     private bridge: RendererBridge,
-    private log: Log,
     private mainWindow: MainWindow,
     private metadata: Metadata,
     private settings: Settings,
     private settingsWindow: () => Promise<SettingsWindow> | undefined
   ) {
+    this.log = new Log(settings, "API");
     setInterval(() => {
       this.ping(this.settings.getStreamingEndpoint());
     }, 60000);
@@ -54,7 +56,8 @@ export default class API {
       const buffer = await response.buffer();
       return responseClass.toObject(responseClass.decode(buffer), { defaults: true });
     } catch (e) {
-      this.log.logError(e);
+      let message = "Exception while trying to POST to " + url;
+      this.log.error(message, e);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/client/src/main/app.ts b/client/src/main/app.ts
index d8909b0..0ae0dc9 100644
--- a/client/src/main/app.ts
+++ b/client/src/main/app.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ export default class App {
     const settings = (instance.settings = new Settings());
     const bridge = (instance.bridge = new RendererBridge(settings));
     const system = new System(settings);
-    const log = (instance.log = new Log(settings));
+    const log = (instance.log = new Log(settings, "Main"));
+
+    log.info("App created! Starting initialization...");
     instance.updateDarkModeForAllWindows();
 
     const custom = (instance.custom = await Custom.create(settings));
@@ -147,9 +149,9 @@ export default class App {
     );
 
     const nativeCommands = new NativeCommands(active, insertHistory, revisionBoxWindow, system);
-    const api = new API(active, bridge, log, mainWindow, metadata, settings, () => settingsWindow);
-    const stream = (instance.stream = new Stream(active, api, log, settings));
-    const local = (instance.local = new Local(bridge, log, mainWindow, metadata, settings));
+    const api = new API(active, bridge, mainWindow, metadata, settings, () => settingsWindow);
+    const stream = (instance.stream = new Stream(active, api, settings));
+    const local = (instance.local = new Local(bridge, mainWindow, metadata, settings));
     const nux = new NUX(
       active,
       instance,
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ export default class App {
       miniModeWindow,
       pluginManager,
       stream,
-      log
+      settings
     );
 
     await custom.start();
@@ -177,7 +179,6 @@ export default class App {
       api,
       bridge,
       insertHistory,
-      log,
       mainWindow,
       miniModeWindow,
       nativeCommands,
@@ -198,7 +199,6 @@ export default class App {
       chunkQueue,
       custom,
       executor,
-      log,
       mainWindow,
       microphone,
       miniModeWindow,
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ export default class App {
         useMiniModeFewerAlternatives: settings.getUseMiniModeFewerAlternatives(),
         useMiniModeHideTimeout: settings.getUseMiniModeHideTimeout(),
         useVerboseLogging: settings.getUseVerboseLogging(),
+        loggingLevel: settings.getLoggingLevel(),
       },
       windows ? windows : [this.mainWindow, this.miniModeWindow, this.settingsWindow]
     );
diff --git a/client/src/main/execute/executor.ts b/client/src/main/execute/executor.ts
index a409514..819a2cd 100644
--- a/client/src/main/execute/executor.ts
+++ b/client/src/main/execute/executor.ts
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ export default class Executor {
   private miniModeHideTimeout?: NodeJS.Timeout;
   private pending?: core.ICommandsResponse;
   private resolveChainFinished = () => {};
+  private log: Log;
 
   constructor(
     private active: Active,
     private api: API,
     private bridge: RendererBridge,
     private insertHistory: InsertHistory,
-    private log: Log,
     private mainWindow: MainWindow,
     private miniModeWindow: MiniModeWindow,
     private nativeCommands: NativeCommands,
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export default class Executor {
     private commandHandler: () => any
   ) {
     this.newChainFinishedPromise();
+    this.log = new Log(this.settings, "Executor");
   }
 
   private addToHistory(response: core.ICommandsResponse) {
@@ -514,7 +515,7 @@ export default class Executor {
   }
 
   async executeChain(text: string) {
-    this.log.logVerbose(`Executing chain: ${text}`);
+    this.log.debug(`Executing chain: ${text}`);
     await this.stream.sendInitializeRequest();
     this.stream.sendCallbackRequest({
       type: core.CallbackType.CALLBACK_TYPE_CHAIN,
@@ -561,7 +562,7 @@ export default class Executor {
     }
 
     if (response.alternatives && response.alternatives.length > 0) {
-      this.log.logVerbose(
+      this.log.debug(
         `Showing alternatives [${response.alternatives.map((e: any) => e.transcript).join(", ")}]`
       );
 
diff --git a/client/src/main/index.ts b/client/src/main/index.ts
index b101b71..74926fb 100644
--- a/client/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/main/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import * as os from "os";
 import * as path from "path";
 import App from "./app";
 import Metadata from "../shared/metadata";
+import Log from "./log";
+import Settings from "./settings";
 
 let instance: App | null = null;
 const lock = app.requestSingleInstanceLock();
@@ -20,9 +22,11 @@ process.env["NODE_" + "ENV"] = "production";
 
 process.on("uncaughtException", (e) => {
   if (instance && instance.log) {
-    instance.log.logError(e);
+    instance.log.error("uncaughtException", e);
   } else {
-    console.error(e);
+    let settings = new Settings();
+    let log = new Log(settings, "Main");
+    log.error("uncaughtException", e);
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/client/src/main/ipc/custom.ts b/client/src/main/ipc/custom.ts
index 753be41..f25b518 100644
--- a/client/src/main/ipc/custom.ts
+++ b/client/src/main/ipc/custom.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ For more information, check out the Serenade API documentation: https://serenade
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
       this.resolveStart = resolve;
       this.stop();
-      const stream = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(this.settings.path(), "serenade.log"));
+      const stream = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(this.settings.path(), "custom-command-server.log"));
       this.process = child_process.fork("serenade-custom-commands-server.min.js", [], {
         cwd: path.join(this.settings.path(), "ipc"),
         stdio: "pipe",
diff --git a/client/src/main/ipc/local.ts b/client/src/main/ipc/local.ts
index c93fedd..b65428b 100644
--- a/client/src/main/ipc/local.ts
+++ b/client/src/main/ipc/local.ts
@@ -18,14 +18,16 @@ export default class Local {
   private logStreams: { [key in RunnableService]?: fs.WriteStream } = {};
   private pollingInterval?: NodeJS.Timeout;
   private started: boolean = false;
+  private log: Log;
 
   constructor(
     private bridge: RendererBridge,
-    private log: Log,
     private mainWindow: MainWindow,
     private metadata: Metadata,
     private settings: Settings
-  ) {}
+  ) {
+    this.log = new Log(settings, "Local");
+  }
 
   private captureOutput(service: RunnableService, child: child_process.ChildProcess) {
     if (this.logStreams[service]) {
@@ -129,10 +131,10 @@ export default class Local {
     this.pollUntilRunning();
 
     let speechEngineModels = path.join(__dirname, "..", "static", "local", "speech-engine-models");
-    this.log.logVerbose("Initial speech engine model path: " + speechEngineModels);
+    this.log.info("Initial speech engine model path: " + speechEngineModels);
 
     let codeEngineModels = path.join(__dirname, "..", "static", "local", "code-engine-models");
-    this.log.logVerbose("Initial code engine model path: " + codeEngineModels);
+    this.log.info("Initial code engine model path: " + codeEngineModels);
 
     if (os.platform() == "win32") {
       speechEngineModels =
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ export default class Local {
           ])
           .stdout.toString()
           .trim();
-      this.log.logVerbose("WSL speech engine path: " + speechEngineModels);
+      this.log.info("WSL speech engine path: " + speechEngineModels);
 
       codeEngineModels =
         "/" +
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ export default class Local {
           ])
           .stdout.toString()
           .trim();
-      this.log.logVerbose("WSL code engine path: " + codeEngineModels);
+      this.log.info("WSL code engine path: " + codeEngineModels);
     }
 
     // here and below: WSL doesn't deal well with paths, so set the cwd to be the same as the binary
diff --git a/client/src/main/ipc/server.ts b/client/src/main/ipc/server.ts
index a384be2..4742f52 100644
--- a/client/src/main/ipc/server.ts
+++ b/client/src/main/ipc/server.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ import RendererBridge from "../bridge";
 import Stream from "../stream/stream";
 import { core } from "../../gen/core";
 import Log from "../log";
+import Settings from "../settings";
 
 const maximumIconLength = 20000;
 
 export default class IPCServer {
   private server: WebSocket.Server;
+  private log: Log;
 
   constructor(
     private active: Active,
@@ -22,8 +24,9 @@ export default class IPCServer {
     private miniModeWindow: MiniModeWindow,
     private pluginManager: PluginManager,
     private stream: Stream,
-    private log: Log
+    private settings: Settings
   ) {
+    this.log = new Log(this.settings, "IPCServer");
     this.server = new WebSocket.Server({ host: "localhost", port: 17373 });
     this.server.on("connection", (websocket) => {
       websocket.on("message", (message) => {
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ export default class IPCServer {
               icon.length <= maximumIconLength);
 
           if (!iconValid) {
-            this.log.logVerbose("Plugin provided an app icon that does not adhere to requirements");
+            this.log.warn("Plugin provided an app icon that does not adhere to requirements");
             icon = undefined;
           }
 
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ export default class IPCServer {
         }
         // custom commands messages from custom commands servers
         if (request.message == "customCommands") {
-          this.log.logVerbose(
+          this.log.debug(
             "Received " +
               request.data.commands.length +
               " commands, " +
diff --git a/client/src/main/log.ts b/client/src/main/log.ts
index 85ade2f..c77365a 100644
--- a/client/src/main/log.ts
+++ b/client/src/main/log.ts
@@ -2,35 +2,69 @@ import * as fs from "fs-extra";
 import * as os from "os";
 import * as path from "path";
 import Settings from "./settings";
+import * as wiston from "winston";
 
 export default class Log {
+  private logger: wiston.Logger;
+  private label: string;
   private errorStream?: fs.WriteStream;
   private verboseStream?: fs.WriteStream;
+  private defaultLevel: string = "info";
 
-  constructor(private settings: Settings) {}
-
-  logError(e: any) {
-    if (!this.errorStream) {
-      this.errorStream = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(os.homedir(), ".serenade", "error.log"));
+  constructor(private settings: Settings, label?: string) {
+    if (label) {
+          this.label = label;
+    } else {
+          this.label = "serenade";
     }
 
-    console.error(e);
-    this.errorStream.write(`${e.stack}\n`);
+    const myFmt = wiston.format.printf(({ level, label, message, timestamp }) => {
+      return `${timestamp} [${label}] ${level}: ${message}`;
+    });
+
+    this.logger = wiston.createLogger({
+      level: this.validateLogLevel(this.settings.getLoggingLevel()),
+      format: wiston.format.combine(
+        wiston.format.label({ label: this.label }),
+        wiston.format.timestamp(),
+        myFmt
+      ),
+      transports: [
+        new wiston.transports.Console(),
+        new wiston.transports.File({
+          filename: path.join(os.homedir(), ".serenade", "serenade.log"),
+        }),
+      ]
+    });
   }
 
-  logVerbose(message: string, includeDate: boolean = true) {
-    if (!this.settings.getUseVerboseLogging()) {
-      return;
+  validateLogLevel(level: string): string {
+    if (wiston.config.syslog.levels[level]) {
+      return level;
+    } else {
+      return this.defaultLevel;
     }
+  }
 
-    if (!this.verboseStream) {
-      this.verboseStream = fs.createWriteStream(
-        path.join(os.homedir(), ".serenade", "verbose.log")
-      );
-    }
+  debug(message: string) {
+    this.logger.debug(message);
+  }
 
-    const data = `${includeDate ? Date.now() + " " : ""}${message}`;
-    console.log(data);
-    this.verboseStream.write(`${data}\n`);
+  info(message: string) {
+    this.logger.info(message);
+  }
+
+  warn(message: string) {
+    this.logger.warn(message);
+  }
+
+  error(message: string, e?: any) {
+    if (e) {
+      message = `${message}: ${e.message}`;
+      this.logger.error(message);
+      this.logger.error(e.stack);
+    } else {
+      this.logger.error(message);
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/main/settings.ts b/client/src/main/settings.ts
index cc4200f..729fde8 100644
--- a/client/src/main/settings.ts
+++ b/client/src/main/settings.ts
@@ -372,6 +372,15 @@ export default class Settings {
     return this.get("user", "verbose_logging", false);
   }
 
+  getLoggingLevel(): string {
+    let verbose = this.getUseVerboseLogging();
+    if (verbose) {
+      return "debug";
+    } else {
+      return "info";
+    }
+  }
+
   async loadWordsFileIfNeeded() {
     const modified = (await fs.stat(this.wordsFile())).mtime.getTime();
     if (modified > this.wordsLastLoad) {
diff --git a/client/src/main/stream/chunk-manager.ts b/client/src/main/stream/chunk-manager.ts
index 202f9a6..b567ca5 100644
--- a/client/src/main/stream/chunk-manager.ts
+++ b/client/src/main/stream/chunk-manager.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
   private speaking: boolean = false;
   private timeToWaitBeforeClassifyingAsNoise: number = 200;
   private timeToWaitBeforeStartingNewCommand: number = 5000;
+  private log: Log;
 
   listening: boolean = false;
 
@@ -57,13 +58,14 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
     private chunkQueue: ChunkQueue,
     private custom: Custom,
     private executor: Executor,
-    private log: Log,
     private mainWindow: MainWindow,
     private microphone: Microphone,
     private miniModeWindow: MiniModeWindow,
     private settings: Settings,
     private stream: Stream
-  ) {}
+  ) {
+    this.log = new Log(settings, "ChunkManager");
+  }
 
   private async enqueue(request: Request, flush: boolean = true) {
     this.buffer.push(request);
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
     while (this.buffer.length > 0) {
       const request = this.buffer.shift()!;
       if (request.requestType != "audio") {
-        this.log.logVerbose(`Flushing ${request.requestType}`);
+        this.log.debug(`Flushing ${request.requestType}`);
       }
 
       await this.send(request);
@@ -227,45 +229,45 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
 
   async attemptToEvaluateChunk(chunk: Chunk): Promise<any> {
     if (this.chunkQueue.size() == 0) {
-      this.log.logVerbose(`Attempt to evaluate chunk, but empty chunk queue`);
+      this.log.debug(`Attempt to evaluate chunk, but empty chunk queue`);
       return;
     }
 
     const current = this.chunkQueue.getIndex(0);
-    this.log.logVerbose(
-      `Attempt to evaluate chunk\n  chunk.id: ${chunk.id}\n  chunk.executed: ${
+    this.log.debug(
+      `Attempt to evaluate chunk chunk.id: ${chunk.id} chunk.executed: ${
         chunk.executed
-      }\n  chunk.reverted: ${
+      } chunk.reverted: ${
         chunk.reverted
-      }\n  chunk.response: ${!!chunk.response}\n  chunk.silence: ${
+      } chunk.response: ${!!chunk.response} chunk.silence: ${
         chunk.silence
-      } (${this.reachedSilenceThreshold(chunk)})\n  current.id: ${
+      } (${this.reachedSilenceThreshold(chunk)}) current.id: ${
         current.id
-      }\n  current.audioSize: ${current.audioSize}`
+      } current.audioSize: ${current.audioSize}`
     );
 
     if (!chunk.reverted && chunk.executed) {
-      this.log.logVerbose(`Not executing chunk ${chunk.id}: already executed`);
+      this.log.debug(`Not executing chunk ${chunk.id}: already executed`);
       return;
     }
 
     if (chunk.id != current.id) {
-      this.log.logVerbose(`Not executing chunk ${chunk.id}: new chunk started`);
+      this.log.debug(`Not executing chunk ${chunk.id}: new chunk started`);
       return;
     }
 
     if (!chunk.reverted && !chunk.response) {
-      this.log.logVerbose(`Not executing chunk ${chunk.id}: no final response yet`);
+      this.log.debug(`Not executing chunk ${chunk.id}: no final response yet`);
       return;
     }
 
     if (chunk.reverted && !chunk.revertedResponse) {
-      this.log.logVerbose(`Not executing chunk ${chunk.id}: no reverted response yet`);
+      this.log.debug(`Not executing chunk ${chunk.id}: no reverted response yet`);
       return;
     }
 
     if (!this.reachedSilenceThreshold(chunk)) {
-      this.log.logVerbose(`Not executing chunk ${chunk.id}: waiting for silence`);
+      this.log.debug(`Not executing chunk ${chunk.id}: waiting for silence`);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
       (!chunk.response.alternatives || chunk.response.alternatives.length == 0) &&
       !chunk.response.execute
     ) {
-      this.log.logVerbose(`Not executing chunk ${chunk.id}: no alternatives or execute`);
+      this.log.debug(`Not executing chunk ${chunk.id}: no alternatives or execute`);
       this.deadlineToMakeNewInitializeRequest =
         chunk.audioSize < this.audioSizeForDelayedInitialize
           ? Date.now() + this.timeToWaitBeforeClassifyingAsNoise
@@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
     }
 
     if (chunk.response && chunk.response.final && this.shouldAppendToPrevious(chunk.response)) {
-      this.log.logVerbose(`Appending to previous ${chunk.id}`);
+      this.log.debug(`Appending to previous ${chunk.id}`);
       chunk.reverted = Date.now();
       chunk.executed = 0;
       chunk.silence = 0;
@@ -294,7 +296,7 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
       return;
     }
 
-    this.log.logVerbose(`Setting partial to false`);
+    this.log.debug(`Setting partial to false`);
     this.bridge.setState(
       {
         partial: false,
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
       [this.mainWindow, this.miniModeWindow]
     );
 
-    this.log.logVerbose(`Executing chunk ${chunk.id}`);
+    this.log.debug(`Executing chunk ${chunk.id}`);
     this.deadlineToMakeNewInitializeRequest = 0;
     chunk.executed = Date.now();
     this.startBuffering();
@@ -313,11 +315,11 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
   async onCommandsResponse(response: core.ICommandsResponse) {
     const chunk = this.chunkQueue.getChunk(response.chunkId!);
     if (!chunk) {
-      this.log.logVerbose(`No chunk found for ${response.chunkId!}`);
+      this.log.debug(`No chunk found for ${response.chunkId!}`);
       return;
     }
 
-    this.log.logVerbose(
+    this.log.debug(
       `Received ${response.final ? "final" : "partial"} response for ${chunk.id}: [${(
         response.alternatives || []
       )
@@ -337,7 +339,7 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
     if (!this.shouldAppendToPrevious(response)) {
       const partial = !chunk.executed && (!response.final || !this.reachedSilenceThreshold(chunk));
       if (!isMetaResponse(response) && response.alternatives && response.alternatives.length > 0) {
-        this.log.logVerbose(`Setting partial = ${partial}`);
+        this.log.debug(`Setting partial = ${partial}`);
         this.bridge.setState(
           {
             partial,
@@ -391,7 +393,7 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
     if (
       current.silence == Math.ceil(this.settings.getExecuteSilenceThreshold() * silenceThreshold)
     ) {
-      this.log.logVerbose(`Silence hit for ${current.id}`);
+      this.log.debug(`Silence hit for ${current.id}`);
       this.attemptToEvaluateChunk(current);
     }
   }
@@ -412,7 +414,7 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
       return;
     }
 
-    this.log.logVerbose(`Chunk end for ${current.id}`);
+    this.log.debug(`Chunk end for ${current.id}`);
     this.enqueue({ requestType: "editor" }, false);
     this.enqueue({ requestType: "endpoint", chunkId: current.id, finalize: true });
   }
@@ -420,7 +422,7 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
   async onChunkStart(audio: any) {
     const id = uuid();
     this.chunkQueue.add(id);
-    this.log.logVerbose(`Chunk start for ${id}`);
+    this.log.debug(`Chunk start for ${id}`);
 
     if (!this.speaking) {
       this.bridge.setState(
@@ -445,12 +447,12 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
   }
 
   startBuffering() {
-    this.log.logVerbose("Buffering started");
+    this.log.debug("Buffering started");
     this.buffering = true;
   }
 
   async stopBufferingAndFlush() {
-    this.log.logVerbose("Buffering stopped");
+    this.log.debug("Buffering stopped");
     this.buffering = false;
     await this.flush();
   }
@@ -472,7 +474,7 @@ export default class ChunkManager {
       [this.mainWindow, this.miniModeWindow]
     );
 
-    this.log.logVerbose(`Toggling listening to ${listening}`);
+    this.log.debug(`Toggling listening to ${listening}`);
     setTimeout(async () => {
       this.mainWindow.updateTray();
       if (listening) {
diff --git a/client/src/main/stream/stream.ts b/client/src/main/stream/stream.ts
index ba4f5bb..e3e0a7d 100644
--- a/client/src/main/stream/stream.ts
+++ b/client/src/main/stream/stream.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ export default class Stream {
   private keepAliveTimeout?: NodeJS.Timeout;
   private loggingBuffer: Buffer[] = [];
   private coreSocket?: WebSocket;
+  private log: Log;
 
   constructor(
     private active: Active,
     private api: API,
-    private log: Log,
     private settings: Settings
   ) {
+    this.log = new Log(settings, "Stream");
     // disconnect after an hour with no commands
     setInterval(() => {
       if (this.connected() && Date.now() > this.lastActivity + 3600000) {
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export default class Stream {
         return;
       }
 
-      this.log.logVerbose("Sending keepalive");
+      this.log.debug("Sending keepalive");
       this.send(this.coreSocket, {
         keepAliveRequest: {},
       });
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ export default class Stream {
       );
 
       this.coreSocket.on("open", () => {
-        this.log.logVerbose("Stream connected");
+        this.log.info("Stream connected");
         this.isConnected = true;
         resolve(true);
       });
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ export default class Stream {
 
       this.coreSocket.on("error", (e) => {
         chunkManager.toggle(false);
-        this.log.logError(e);
+        this.log.error("Error during socket operation", e);
       });
     });
   }
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ export default class Stream {
       return;
     }
 
-    this.log.logVerbose("Stream disconnected");
+    this.log.info("Stream disconnected");
     this.isConnected = false;
     this.coreSocket?.close();
     this.loggingBuffer = [];
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ export default class Stream {
   }
 
   sendCallbackRequest(callbackRequest: core.ICallbackRequest) {
-    this.log.logVerbose(`Sending callback request: ${callbackRequest.type}`);
+    this.log.debug(`Sending callback request: ${callbackRequest.type}`);
     this.send(this.coreSocket, {
       callbackRequest,
     });
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ export default class Stream {
   }
 
   async sendEditorStateRequest(clipboard: boolean = false, editorState?: any): Promise<any> {
-    this.log.logVerbose("Sending editor state");
+    this.log.debug("Sending editor state");
     if (!editorState) {
       editorState = await this.active.getEditorState(clipboard);
     }
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ export default class Stream {
     }
 
     const endpointId = uuid();
-    this.log.logVerbose(
+    this.log.debug(
       `Sending ${finalize ? "final" : "partial"} endpoint request for ${chunkId}`
     );
     this.send(this.coreSocket, {
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ export default class Stream {
   }
 
   async sendInitializeRequest(): Promise<any> {
-    this.log.logVerbose("Sending initialize request");
+    this.log.debug("Sending initialize request");
     this.send(this.coreSocket, {
       initializeRequest: {
         editorState: await this.active.getEditorState(),
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ export default class Stream {
   }
 
   async sendTextRequest(text: string, includeAlternatives: boolean) {
-    this.log.logVerbose(`Sending text request: ${text}, ${includeAlternatives}`);
+    this.log.debug(`Sending text request: ${text}, ${includeAlternatives}`);
     await this.sendInitializeRequest();
     this.send(this.coreSocket, {
       textRequest: {