diff --git a/src/SmartCommander/Program.cs b/src/SmartCommander/Program.cs
index a80e428..3495bc3 100644
--- a/src/SmartCommander/Program.cs
+++ b/src/SmartCommander/Program.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Avalonia;
 using Avalonia.ReactiveUI;
+using Serilog;
 using SmartCommander.Models;
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
@@ -35,6 +36,14 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
                     }
             }
             else {
+                Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
+                   .MinimumLevel.Debug()
+#if DEBUG
+                   .WriteTo.Console()
+#endif
+                   .WriteTo.File("log.txt", rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day)
+                   .CreateLogger();                
+
                 BuildAvaloniaApp().StartWithClassicDesktopLifetime(args);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/SmartCommander/SmartCommander.csproj b/src/SmartCommander/SmartCommander.csproj
index 049823c..45f9823 100644
--- a/src/SmartCommander/SmartCommander.csproj
+++ b/src/SmartCommander/SmartCommander.csproj
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Themes.Fluent" Version="11.0.10" />
     <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Xaml.Behaviors" Version="11.0.10.9" />
     <PackageReference Include="MessageBox.Avalonia" Version="3.1.5.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />  
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="4.0.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="6.0.0" />  
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Update="Assets\Resources.Designer.cs">
diff --git a/src/SmartCommander/ViewModels/FileSearchViewModel.cs b/src/SmartCommander/ViewModels/FileSearchViewModel.cs
index 6dcdf74..c42c3af 100644
--- a/src/SmartCommander/ViewModels/FileSearchViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/SmartCommander/ViewModels/FileSearchViewModel.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Avalonia.Threading;
 using ReactiveUI;
+using Serilog;
 using SmartCommander.Extensions;
 using SmartCommander.ViewModels;
 using System;
@@ -74,19 +75,18 @@ public async Task<bool> SearchAsync(string folderPath, string searchPattern, Can
                 cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
                 await SearchAsync(subDir, searchPattern, cancellationToken);
             }
-        }
-        // TODO: add logging
-        /*
-        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        }     
+        catch (OperationCanceledException e)
         {
+            Log.Error("OperationCanceledException: " + e.Message);
         }
         catch (UnauthorizedAccessException e)
         {
-        }
-        */
-        catch (Exception)
+            Log.Error("UnauthorizedAccessException: " + e.Message);
+        }        
+        catch (Exception e)
         {
-
+            Log.Error("Exception: " + e.Message);
         }
         
         return true;