diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fbabad0..04b41c1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/motion v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.0.0
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 // indirect
+	github.com/jordanorelli/blammo v0.0.0-20200201231725-9fd70eb7c1f2
 	github.com/josharian/impl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jstemmer/gotags v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/keegancsmith/rpc v1.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 99c0147..cfc20a3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:vSVL/GV5mCSlPC6thFP5kfOFdM9MGZcalip
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=
 github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 h1:El6M4kTTCOh6aBiKaUGG7oYTSPP8MxqL4YI3kZKwcP4=
 github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510/go.mod h1:pupxD2MaaD3pAXIBCelhxNneeOaAeabZDe5s4K6zSpQ=
+github.com/jordanorelli/blammo v0.0.0-20200201231725-9fd70eb7c1f2 h1:DH2VZ5Z4paQJe0zViSQENrwbgfrt4yyTeckjureCKOw=
+github.com/jordanorelli/blammo v0.0.0-20200201231725-9fd70eb7c1f2/go.mod h1:hh4DdsA3OoMbUpCM3iftScrKFmrPuTLOqnK1aJmadqk=
 github.com/josharian/impl v1.0.0 h1:yMibyBqtigRRIK+47NGeIzPWJIPdj8DWvhHRp5gGZJQ=
 github.com/josharian/impl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:SQ6aJMP6xsJpGSD/36IIqrUdigLCYe9bz/9o5AKm6Aw=
 github.com/jstemmer/gotags v1.4.1 h1:aWIyXsU3lTDqhsEC49MP85p2cUUWr2ptvdGNqqGA3r4=
@@ -82,9 +84,11 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJ
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190626150813-e07cf5db2756/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f h1:+Nyd8tzPX9R7BWHguqsrbFdRx3WQ/1ib8I44HXV5yTA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0 h1:g61tztE5qeGQ89tm6NTjjM9VPIm088od1l6aSorWRWg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.3 h1:cokOdA+Jmi5PJGXLlLllQSgYigAEfHXJAERHVMaCc2k=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180824175216-6c1c5e93cdc1/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f4675de..57dd457 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,16 +1,54 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2"
 
 	"github.com/jordanorelli/belt-mud/internal/exit"
+	"github.com/jordanorelli/blammo"
 )
 
+func newLog(path string) *blammo.Log {
+	f, err := os.OpenFile("./belt.log", os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		exit.WithMessage(1, "unable to open log file %q for writing: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	w := blammo.NewLineWriter(f)
+
+	options := []blammo.Option{
+		blammo.DebugWriter(w),
+		blammo.InfoWriter(w),
+		blammo.ErrorWriter(w),
+	}
+
+	return blammo.NewLog("belt", options...)
+}
+
 func main() {
+	log := newLog("./belt.log")
+	start := time.Now()
+	log.Info("starting at: %v", start)
+	defer func() {
+		finished := time.Now()
+		log.Info("finished at: %v", finished)
+		log.Info("total play time: %v", finished.Sub(start))
+	}()
+
 	screen, err := tcell.NewScreen()
 	if err != nil {
+		exit.WithMessage(1, "unable to create a screen: %v", err)
+	}
+	log.Debug("sceen created")
+	if err := screen.Init(); err != nil {
 		exit.WithMessage(1, "unable to initialize screen: %v", err)
 	}
-	fmt.Println(screen)
+	log.Debug("screen initialized")
+	defer screen.Fini()
+
+	log.Debug("clearing screen")
+	screen.Clear()
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 }