diff --git a/epp/composer.json b/epp/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13d102c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/epp/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "require": {
+        "monolog/monolog": "^3.5"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/epp/src/helpers.php b/epp/src/helpers.php
index cd33d16..9ba4c4f 100644
--- a/epp/src/helpers.php
+++ b/epp/src/helpers.php
@@ -1,5 +1,46 @@
 <?php
 
+require_once '../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+use Monolog\Logger;
+use Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler;
+use Monolog\Handler\RotatingFileHandler;
+use Monolog\Formatter\LineFormatter;
+
+/**
+ * Sets up and returns a Logger instance.
+ * 
+ * @param string $logFilePath Full path to the log file.
+ * @param string $channelName Name of the log channel (optional).
+ * @return Logger
+ */
+function setupLogger($logFilePath, $channelName = 'app') {
+    // Create a log channel
+    $log = new Logger($channelName);
+
+    // Set up the console handler
+    $consoleHandler = new StreamHandler('php://stdout', Logger::DEBUG);
+    $consoleFormatter = new LineFormatter(
+        "[%datetime%] %channel%.%level_name%: %message% %context% %extra%\n",
+        "Y-m-d H:i:s.u", // Date format
+        true, // Allow inline line breaks
+        true  // Ignore empty context and extra
+    );
+    $consoleHandler->setFormatter($consoleFormatter);
+    $log->pushHandler($consoleHandler);
+
+    // Set up the file handler
+    $fileHandler = new RotatingFileHandler($logFilePath, 0, Logger::DEBUG);
+    $fileFormatter = new LineFormatter(
+        "[%datetime%] %channel%.%level_name%: %message% %context% %extra%\n",
+        "Y-m-d H:i:s.u" // Date format
+    );
+    $fileHandler->setFormatter($fileFormatter);
+    $log->pushHandler($fileHandler);
+
+    return $log;
+}
+
 function checkLogin($db, $clID, $pw) {
     $stmt = $db->prepare("SELECT pw FROM registrar WHERE clid = :username");
     $stmt->execute(['username' => $clID]);
diff --git a/epp/start_epp.php b/epp/start_epp.php
index 84bffb5..f4ebddd 100644
--- a/epp/start_epp.php
+++ b/epp/start_epp.php
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-//require 'vendor/autoload.php';
 global $c;
 $c = require_once 'config.php';
 require_once 'src/EppWriter.php';
@@ -14,6 +13,9 @@ require_once 'src/epp-poll.php';
 require_once 'src/epp-transfer.php';
 require_once 'src/epp-delete.php';
 
+$logFilePath = '/var/log/namingo/epp.log';
+$log = setupLogger($logFilePath, 'EPP');
+
 use Swoole\Coroutine\Server;
 use Swoole\Coroutine\Server\Connection;
 use Swoole\Table;
@@ -31,14 +33,14 @@ Swoole\Runtime::enableCoroutine();
 $server = new Server($c['epp_host'], $c['epp_port']);
 $server->set([
     'enable_coroutine' => true,
-    'log_file' => '/var/log/namingo/epp.log',
+    'log_file' => '/var/log/namingo/epp_application.log',
     'log_level' => SWOOLE_LOG_INFO,
     'worker_num' => swoole_cpu_num() * 4,
     'pid_file' => $c['epp_pid'],
     'tcp_user_timeout' => 10,
     'max_request' => 1000,
     'open_tcp_nodelay' => true,
-    'max_conn' => 10000,
+    'max_conn' => 1024,
     'heartbeat_check_interval' => 60,
     'heartbeat_idle_time' => 120,
     'open_ssl' => true,
@@ -49,9 +51,10 @@ $server->set([
     'ssl_protocols' => SWOOLE_SSL_TLSv1_2 | SWOOLE_SSL_TLSv1_3,
     'ssl_ciphers' => 'ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384',
 ]);
+$log->info('server started.');
 
-$server->handle(function (Connection $conn) use ($table, $db, $c) {
-    echo "Client connected.\n";
+$server->handle(function (Connection $conn) use ($table, $db, $c, $log) {
+    $log->info('new client connected');
     sendGreeting($conn);
   
     while (true) {
@@ -494,10 +497,11 @@ $server->handle(function (Connection $conn) use ($table, $db, $c) {
     }
 
     sendEppError($conn, $db, 2100, 'Unknown command');
-    echo "Client disconnected.\n";
+    $log->info('client disconnected');
 });
 
-echo "Namingo EPP server started.\n";
+$log->info('Namingo EPP server started');
+
 Swoole\Coroutine::create(function () use ($server) {
     $server->start();
 });
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