diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c608da6..03f4d93 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ section = "video"
 assets = [
 	["target/release/zealot", "usr/bin/zealot", "755"],
 	["build/etc/example.toml", "etc/zealot/example.toml", "644"],
+	["build/etc/log4rs.yaml", "etc/zealot/log4rs.yaml", "755"],
 	["README.md", "usr/share/doc/zealot/README", "644"]
 ]
 [package.metadata.deb.systemd-units]
diff --git a/build/debian/service/adept.service b/build/debian/service/zealot.service
similarity index 60%
rename from build/debian/service/adept.service
rename to build/debian/service/zealot.service
index 52e2dea..8e6bef6 100644
--- a/build/debian/service/adept.service
+++ b/build/debian/service/zealot.service
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Description=Zealot video transcoder service
 [Service]
 User=zealot
 Group=zealot
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/zealot
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/zealot -l /etc/zealot/log4rs.yaml
 SuccessExitStatus=143
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/build/etc/log4rs.yaml b/build/etc/log4rs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3011875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/etc/log4rs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+appenders:
+  stdout:
+    kind: console
+    encoder:
+      pattern: "{d(%+)(utc)} {h({l})}: {m}{n}"
+    filters:
+      - kind: threshold
+        level: info
+root:
+  level: info
+  appenders:
+    - stdout
diff --git a/build/scripts/postinst b/build/scripts/postinst
index 529b87e..1f2728c 100755
--- a/build/scripts/postinst
+++ b/build/scripts/postinst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ GETENT_GROUP=$(getent group zealot)
 
 # Create the zealot user if it doesn't already exist
 if [ "$GETENT_USER" = "" ]; then
+	echo "Creating the 'zealot' user."
 	useradd -r zealot
 else
 	echo "The 'zealot' user already exists, skipping creation."
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ fi
 
 # Create the zealot group if it doesn't already exist
 if [ "$GETENT_GROUP" = "" ]; then
+	echo "Creating the 'zealot' group."
 	groupadd zealot
 	usermod -aG zealot zealot
 else
@@ -21,6 +23,15 @@ fi
 # Change the directory ownership of /etc
 chown -R zealot:zealot /etc/zealot
 
+# Create the log directory under /var/log
+if [ ! -d /var/log/zealot ]; then
+	echo "Creating /var/log/zealot to store log files."
+	mkdir /var/log/zealot
+	chown zealot:zealot /var/log/zealot
+else
+	echo "/var/log/zealot already exists, skipping creation."
+fi
+
 #DEBHELPER#
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 93093b6..b275001 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ mod util;
 #[derive(Parser)]
 #[clap(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
 struct Cli {
+  /// Number of times to greet
+  #[clap(short = 'l', long, default_value_t = String::from("./log4rs.yaml"))]
+  log_config: String,
+
   #[clap(subcommand)]
   command: Option<Commands>,
 }
@@ -23,12 +27,13 @@ enum Commands {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-  // initialize the log4rs logger
-  log4rs::init_file("./log4rs.yaml", Default::default()).unwrap();
-
   // initialize the clap CLI
   let cli = Cli::parse();
 
+  // grab the log4rs config file path, then initialize log4rs
+  let log4rs_config: String = cli.log_config;
+  log4rs::init_file(&log4rs_config, Default::default()).unwrap();
+
   match &cli.command {
     // sub-commands will be handled here
     Some(Commands::Setup {}) => cmd::core::setup_command(),