diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 90e671d..2eb18d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,5 +28,10 @@
 			<artifactId>json</artifactId>
 			<version>20180130</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2.17</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/TelegramAPI.java b/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/TelegramAPI.java
index 01eea9c..bc60dc2 100644
--- a/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/TelegramAPI.java
+++ b/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/TelegramAPI.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.Scanner;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
-import javax.print.attribute.SetOfIntegerSyntax;
 
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
@@ -18,11 +17,14 @@ import de.mrbesen.telegram.event.Event;
 import de.mrbesen.telegram.event.EventManager;
 import de.mrbesen.telegram.event.events.UserSendAudioEvent;
 import de.mrbesen.telegram.event.events.UserSendMessageEvent;
+import de.mrbesen.telegram.log.Log;
+import de.mrbesen.telegram.log.Log4JLog;
+import de.mrbesen.telegram.log.SimpleLog;
 import de.mrbesen.telegram.objects.JSONBased.Member;
-import de.mrbesen.telegram.objects.TUser.Status;
 import de.mrbesen.telegram.objects.TAudio;
 import de.mrbesen.telegram.objects.TMessage;
 import de.mrbesen.telegram.objects.TUser;
+import de.mrbesen.telegram.objects.TUser.Status;
 
 public class TelegramAPI implements Runnable {
 
@@ -36,10 +38,11 @@ public class TelegramAPI implements Runnable {
 	private Thread thread;
 	private boolean run = true;
 	private String helpmessage = "generic helppage\nuse TelegramAPI.setHelpText(java.lang.String) to change this.";
-
+	
 	private LinkedList<TUser> users = new LinkedList<>();
 	private CommandManager cmdmgr = new CommandManager();
 	private EventManager evntmgr = new EventManager();
+	Log log = new SimpleLog();
 
 	public TelegramAPI(String apikey) {
 		if (!apikey.matches(TOKENREGEX) ) {
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ public class TelegramAPI implements Runnable {
 		OutputStreamWriter wr = new OutputStreamWriter(con.getOutputStream());
 		wr.write(parameter);
 		wr.flush(); 
-		System.out.println( this.getClass().getSimpleName() + ": request: " + request + " content " + parameter + " -> " + con.getResponseCode() + ", " + con.getResponseMessage());
+		log.log( this.getClass().getSimpleName() + ": request: " + request + " content " + parameter + " -> " + con.getResponseCode() + ", " + con.getResponseMessage());
 		if(con.getResponseCode() == 200) {
 			Scanner s = new Scanner(con.getInputStream());
 			StringBuilder sb_apianswer = new StringBuilder();
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ public class TelegramAPI implements Runnable {
 			JSONObject o = request("sendMessage", msg.getQ());
 			return new TMessage(o.getJSONObject("result"), this);
 		} catch(IOException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
+			log.log("",e);
 		}
 		return null;
 	}
@@ -140,8 +143,7 @@ public class TelegramAPI implements Runnable {
 		try {
 			processUpdates(request("getUpdates", "offset=" + msg_offset));
 		} catch (IOException e) {
-			System.err.println("error getting updates.");
-			e.printStackTrace();
+			log.log("error getting updates.", e);
 		}		
 	}
 
@@ -192,6 +194,19 @@ public class TelegramAPI implements Runnable {
 		helpmessage = ( helptext == null ? "" : helptext);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the logging method, use {@link Log4JLog} for usage of LOG4J,
+	 * or {@link SimpleLog} for usage of System.out.println();
+	 * use Null t odisable logging the default is {@link SimpleLog}
+	 * @param l
+	 */
+	public void setLog(Log l) {
+		if(l == null)
+			log = new Log();
+		else
+			log = l;
+	}
+	
 	public CommandManager getCommandManager() {
 		return cmdmgr;
 	}
@@ -298,4 +313,5 @@ public class TelegramAPI implements Runnable {
 			isArray = b;
 		}
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/commands/CommandManager.java b/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/commands/CommandManager.java
index 30bf3fc..8524891 100644
--- a/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/commands/CommandManager.java
+++ b/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/commands/CommandManager.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class CommandManager {
 					if(result)
 						break;
 				} catch(Throwable t) {
-					System.err.println("Error, while performing Command. ");
+					System.err.println("Error, while performing Command. ");//TODO do loggin here
 					t.printStackTrace();
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/log/Log.java b/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/log/Log.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..525f422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/log/Log.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package de.mrbesen.telegram.log;
+
+public class Log {
+	
+	public void log( String msg) {
+		
+	}
+	
+	public void log(String msg, Throwable t) {
+		
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/log/Log4JLog.java b/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/log/Log4JLog.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08ff486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/log/Log4JLog.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package de.mrbesen.telegram.log;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+public class Log4JLog extends Log {
+
+	Logger log = Logger.getRootLogger();
+
+	@Override
+	public void log(String msg) {
+		log.info(msg);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void log(String msg, Throwable t) {
+		log.info(msg, t);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/log/SimpleLog.java b/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/log/SimpleLog.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b1f762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/de/mrbesen/telegram/log/SimpleLog.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package de.mrbesen.telegram.log;
+
+public class SimpleLog extends Log {
+
+	@Override
+	public void log(String msg) {
+		System.out.println(msg);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void log(String msg, Throwable t) {
+		System.out.println(msg);
+		t.printStackTrace(System.out);
+	}
+
+}