diff --git a/_start.sh b/_start.sh
index 8e6f333..dcaaa4b 100755
--- a/_start.sh
+++ b/_start.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+python log.py &
 python collect.py &
 python retrieve.py &
 python scrape.py &
diff --git a/collect.py b/collect.py
index a4da229..b22eff6 100644
--- a/collect.py
+++ b/collect.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import zmq, msgpack, json, os, time
 context = zmq.Context()
 socket = context.socket(zmq.PULL)
 socket.bind("ipc:///tmp/pbscrape-results")
+logger = context.socket(zmq.PUSH)
+logger.connect("ipc:///tmp/pbscrape-log")
 
 try:
 	os.makedirs("pastes")
@@ -28,3 +30,5 @@ while True:
 	f = open("pastes/%s/%s.json" % (target_dir, item["id"]), "wb")
 	json.dump(item, f)
 	f.close()
+	
+	logger.send(msgpack.packb({"component": "collect", "timestamp": int(time.time()), "message": "Stored %s." % item["id"]}))
diff --git a/log.py b/log.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f9bdcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import zmq, msgpack
+
+context = zmq.Context()
+socket = context.socket(zmq.PULL)
+socket.bind("ipc:///tmp/pbscrape-log")
+
+while True:
+	entry = msgpack.unpackb(socket.recv())
+	
+	f = open("scrape.log", "a")
+	f.write("[%(component)s]  %(timestamp)s  :  %(message)s\n" % entry)
+	f.close()
diff --git a/retrieve.py b/retrieve.py
index 92438ae..398ab5a 100644
--- a/retrieve.py
+++ b/retrieve.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ receiver = context.socket(zmq.PULL)
 receiver.connect("ipc:///tmp/pbscrape-tasks")
 sender = context.socket(zmq.PUSH)
 sender.connect("ipc:///tmp/pbscrape-results")
+logger = context.socket(zmq.PUSH)
+logger.connect("ipc:///tmp/pbscrape-log")
 
 while True:
 	item = msgpack.unpackb(receiver.recv())
@@ -21,6 +23,9 @@ while True:
 		
 	item["retrieval_time"] = int(time.time())
 	item["paste"] = paste
+	
+	logger.send(msgpack.packb({"component": "retrieve", "timestamp": int(time.time()), "message": "Downloaded paste body for %s." % item["id"]}))
+	
 	sender.send(msgpack.packb(item))
 	
 	time.sleep(1) # Wait a second between each paste retrieval...
diff --git a/scrape.py b/scrape.py
index b488665..a29431e 100644
--- a/scrape.py
+++ b/scrape.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import zmq, time, requests, lxml.html, msgpack
 context = zmq.Context()
 socket = context.socket(zmq.PUSH)
 socket.bind("ipc:///tmp/pbscrape-tasks")
+logger = context.socket(zmq.PUSH)
+logger.connect("ipc:///tmp/pbscrape-log")
 
 last_list = []
 
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ while True:
 	
 	pastes = xml.xpath("//table[@class='maintable']/tr")
 	new_list = []
+	found = 0
 	
 	for paste in pastes:
 		try:
@@ -33,8 +36,11 @@ while True:
 		new_list.append(paste_id)
 		
 		if paste_id not in last_list:
+			found += 1
 			socket.send(msgpack.packb({"id": paste_id, "type": filetype, "title": title, "base_time": basetime, "ago": ago}))
 	
+	logger.send(msgpack.packb({"component": "scrape", "timestamp": int(time.time()), "message": "Scraped metadata for %d new pastes." % found}))
+	
 	last_list = new_list
 	
 	time.sleep(5 * 60)