diff --git a/bench/app.py b/bench/app.py
index a742a284..f675f3a3 100644
--- a/bench/app.py
+++ b/bench/app.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import os
 from .utils import exec_cmd, get_frappe
 
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 def get_apps(bench='.'):
 	try:
@@ -17,14 +20,17 @@ def add_to_appstxt(app, bench='.'):
 			return f.write('\n'.join(apps))
 
 def get_app(app, git_url, bench='.'):
+	logger.info('getting app {}'.format(app))
 	exec_cmd("git clone {} --origin upstream {}".format(git_url, app), cwd=os.path.join(bench, 'apps'))
 	install_app(app, bench=bench)
 
 def new_app(app, bench='.'):
+	logger.info('creating new app {}'.format(app))
 	exec_cmd("{frappe} --make_app {apps}".format(frappe=get_frappe(bench=bench), apps=os.path.join(bench, 'apps')))
 	install_app(app, bench=bench)
 
 def install_app(app, bench='.'):
+	logger.info('installing {}'.format(app))
 	exec_cmd("{pip} install -e {app}".format(pip=os.path.join(bench, 'env', 'bin', 'pip'), app=os.path.join(bench, 'apps', app)))
 	add_to_appstxt(app, bench=bench)
 
@@ -34,4 +40,5 @@ def pull_all_apps(bench='.'):
 	for app in apps:
 		app_dir = os.path.join(apps_dir, app)
 		if os.path.exists(os.path.join(app_dir, '.git')):
+			logger.info('pulling {}'.format(app))
 			exec_cmd("git pull --rebase upstream HEAD", cwd=app_dir)
diff --git a/bench/cli.py b/bench/cli.py
index 8da1924d..f43e33bb 100644
--- a/bench/cli.py
+++ b/bench/cli.py
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@ from .utils import new_site as _new_site
 from .utils import setup_backups as _setup_backups
 from .utils import setup_auto_update as _setup_auto_update
 from .utils import setup_sudoers as _setup_sudoers
-from .utils import build_assets, patch_sites, exec_cmd, update_bench, get_frappe
+from .utils import build_assets, patch_sites, exec_cmd, update_bench, get_frappe, setup_logging
 from .app import get_app as _get_app
 from .app import new_app as _new_app
 from .app import pull_all_apps
 from .config import generate_config
 import os
 import sys
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('bench')
 
 def cli():
 	if sys.argv[1] == "frappe":
@@ -24,8 +27,9 @@ def frappe(bench='.'):
 	os.execv(f, [f] + sys.argv[2:])
 
 @click.group()
-def bench():
-	pass
+def bench(bench='.'):
+	# TODO add bench path context
+	setup_logging(bench=bench)
 
 @click.command()
 @click.argument('path')
diff --git a/bench/utils.py b/bench/utils.py
index 1ae47737..0f48d6c0 100644
--- a/bench/utils.py
+++ b/bench/utils.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import os
 import sys
 import subprocess
 import getpass
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 def get_frappe(bench='.'):
 	frappe = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(bench, 'env', 'bin', 'frappe'))
@@ -19,6 +22,9 @@ def init(path):
 	os.mkdir(path)
 	for dirname in ('apps', 'sites', 'config', 'logs'):
 		os.mkdir(os.path.join(path, dirname))
+
+	setup_logging()
+
 	setup_env(bench=path)
 	get_app('frappe', 'https://github.com/frappe/frappe.git', bench=path)
 	setup_backups(bench=path)
@@ -35,6 +41,7 @@ def setup_env(bench='.'):
 	exec_cmd('virtualenv {} -p {}'.format('env', sys.executable), cwd=bench)
 
 def new_site(site, bench='.'):
+	logger.info('creating new site {}'.format(site))
 	exec_cmd("{frappe} --install {site} {site}".format(frappe=get_frappe(bench=bench), site=site), cwd=os.path.join(bench, 'sites'))
 	if len(get_sites(bench=bench)) == 1:
 		exec_cmd("{frappe} --use {site}".format(frappe=get_frappe(bench=bench), site=site), cwd=os.path.join(bench, 'sites'))
@@ -58,14 +65,17 @@ def get_bench_dir(bench='.'):
 	return os.path.abspath(bench)
 
 def setup_auto_update(bench='.'):
+	logger.info('setting up auto update')
 	exec_cmd('echo \"`crontab -l`\" | uniq | sed -e \"a0 10 * * * cd {bench_dir} &&  {bench} update\" | grep -v "^$" | uniq | crontab'.format(bench_dir=get_bench_dir(bench=bench),
 	bench=os.path.join(get_bench_dir(bench=bench), 'env', 'bin', 'bench')))
 
 def setup_backups(bench='.'):
+	logger.info('setting up backups')
 	exec_cmd('echo \"`crontab -l`\" | uniq | sed -e \"a0 */6 * * * cd {sites_dir} &&  {frappe} --backup all\" | grep -v "^$" | uniq | crontab'.format(sites_dir=get_sites_dir(bench=bench),
 	frappe=get_frappe(bench=bench)))
 
 def update_bench():
+	logger.info('setting up sudoers')
 	cwd = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 	exec_cmd("git pull", cwd=cwd)
 
@@ -74,3 +84,13 @@ def setup_sudoers():
 		f.write("{user} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: {supervisorctl} restart frappe\:\n".format(
 					user=getpass.getuser()),
 					supervisorctl=subprocess.check_output('which supervisorctl', shell=True).strip())
+
+def setup_logging(bench='.'):
+	if os.path.exists(os.path.join(bench, 'logs')):
+		logger = logging.getLogger('bench')
+		log_file = os.path.join(bench, 'logs', 'bench.log')
+		formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')
+		hdlr = logging.FileHandler(log_file)
+		hdlr.setFormatter(formatter)
+		logger.addHandler(hdlr)
+		logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)