diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d6181e6..657b12a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -63,6 +63,21 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc7eb209b1518d6bb87b283c20095f5228ecda460da70b44f0802523dea6da04"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "android-tzdata"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e999941b234f3131b00bc13c22d06e8c5ff726d1b6318ac7eb276997bbb4fef0"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "android_system_properties"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arboard"
 version = "3.5.0"
@@ -245,6 +260,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.41"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c469d952047f47f91b68d1cba3f10d63c11d73e4636f24f08daf0278abf01c4d"
+dependencies = [
+ "android-tzdata",
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "num-traits",
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clipboard-win"
 version = "5.4.0"
@@ -758,6 +785,7 @@ name = "gta-tools"
 version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
  "catppuccin-egui",
+ "chrono",
  "eframe",
  "egui_extras",
  "image",
@@ -802,6 +830,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone"
+version = "0.1.63"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b0c919e5debc312ad217002b8048a17b7d83f80703865bbfcfebb0458b0b27d8"
+dependencies = [
+ "android_system_properties",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_collections"
 version = "1.5.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7aeea1c..ccc97a8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 catppuccin-egui = { version = "5.5.0", default-features = false, features = [
     "egui31",
 ] }
+chrono = { version = "0.4.41", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
 eframe = { version = "0.31.1", default-features = false, features = [
     "glow",
     "default_fonts",
diff --git a/src/gui/run.rs b/src/gui/run.rs
index 0f079e1..8f6606f 100644
--- a/src/gui/run.rs
+++ b/src/gui/run.rs
@@ -3,28 +3,14 @@ use crate::{
         app::{App, WINDOW_SIZE},
         tools,
     },
-    util::{consts::path, persistent_state::PersistentState, win},
+    util::{log, persistent_state::PersistentState, win},
 };
 use eframe::egui;
-use std::{
-    fs::File,
-    io::Write,
-    time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH},
-};
 
 fn panic_hook(panic_info: &std::panic::PanicHookInfo<'_>) {
-    let mut file = File::options()
-        .create(true)
-        .append(true)
-        .open(path::APP_ERROR.as_path())
-        .unwrap();
-    let timestamp = SystemTime::now()
-        .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
-        .unwrap()
-        .as_secs();
     let backtrace = std::backtrace::Backtrace::capture();
-    let message = format!("[{timestamp}]\n{panic_info}\nstack backtrace:\n{backtrace}\n");
-    file.write_all(message.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    let message = format!("{panic_info}\nstack backtrace:\n{backtrace}\n");
+    log::log(log::LogLevel::Panic, message);
 }
 
 fn app_creator(
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 36da39c..9c2bb50 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod codeberg;
 pub mod consts;
 pub mod countdown;
+pub mod log;
 pub mod meta;
 pub mod persistent_state;
 pub mod win;
diff --git a/src/util/consts.rs b/src/util/consts.rs
index d39f576..9bc5c0d 100644
--- a/src/util/consts.rs
+++ b/src/util/consts.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pub mod path {
             .join("GTA Tools")
     });
     pub static APP_CONFIG: LazyLock<PathBuf> = LazyLock::new(|| APP_STORAGE.join("config.json"));
-    pub static APP_ERROR: LazyLock<PathBuf> = LazyLock::new(|| APP_STORAGE.join("error.log"));
+    pub static APP_LOG: LazyLock<PathBuf> = LazyLock::new(|| APP_STORAGE.join("gta-tools.log"));
 }
 
 pub mod game {
diff --git a/src/util/log.rs b/src/util/log.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..906d824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/log.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use crate::util::consts::path;
+use std::{fs::File, io::Write};
+use strum::Display;
+
+#[derive(Display)]
+pub enum LogLevel {
+    Error,
+    Panic,
+}
+
+pub fn log(level: LogLevel, message: String) {
+    let mut file = File::options()
+        .create(true)
+        .append(true)
+        .open(path::APP_LOG.as_path())
+        .unwrap();
+    let timestamp = chrono::Local::now().to_rfc3339_opts(chrono::SecondsFormat::Secs, false);
+    let message = format!("[{timestamp}] [{level}]\n{message}\n\n");
+    file.write_all(message.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+}