diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/ChatEventListener.java b/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/ChatEventListener.java
index 2b4a8ab..3424990 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/ChatEventListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/ChatEventListener.java
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.AsyncPlayerChatEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.EventPriority;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
-import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
 
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 public class ChatEventListener implements Listener {
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public class ChatEventListener implements Listener {
     @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR)
     public void onPlayerChat(AsyncPlayerChatEvent event) {
         if (!manager.isDevModeEnabled()) return;
+        if (!manager.isChatLoggingEnabled()) return;
 
         String sender = event.getPlayer().getName();
         boolean isCancelled = event.isCancelled();
@@ -29,20 +30,19 @@ public class ChatEventListener implements Listener {
                 .collect(Collectors.joining(", "));
 
         StringBuilder log = new StringBuilder();
-        log.append("[DevMode] CHAT EVENT:\n");
-        log.append("  Sender: ").append(sender).append("\n");
-        log.append("  Message: \"").append(message).append("\"\n");
+        log.append("Sender: ").append(sender).append(" | ");
+        log.append("Message: \"").append(message).append("\" | ");
 
         if (isCancelled) {
-            log.append("  Status: CANCELLED\n");
-            log.append("  Reason: Message was blocked (possible plugin interference)\n");
+            Optional<String> blocker = PluginInterceptor.getCancellingPlugin(event);
+            log.append("Status: CANCELLED | ");
+            log.append("Blocked by: ").append(blocker.orElse("Unknown"));
         } else {
-            log.append("  Status: Delivered\n");
-            log.append("  Recipients: ").append(recipients.isEmpty() ? "None" : recipients).append("\n");
+            log.append("Status: Delivered | ");
+            log.append("Recipients: ").append(recipients.isEmpty() ? "None" : recipients);
         }
 
-        System.out.println(log.toString());
-
-        // Eventually this will route to LogWriter once wired up
+        // Log to CSV file in /logs/chat/
+        manager.getLogWriter().logToCategory("chat", log.toString());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/LogWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/LogWriter.java
index 1b88bcd..4069525 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/LogWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/LogWriter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.minster586.devmode;
 
+import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
+
 import java.io.*;
 import java.nio.file.*;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
@@ -9,24 +11,34 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
 public class LogWriter {
 
-    private static final String BASE_FOLDER = "plugins/ServerDevMode/logs/";
-    private static final String ZIP_FOLDER = "plugins/ServerDevMode/zipped_logs/";
-    private static final SimpleDateFormat FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss");
+    private final String baseFolder = "plugins/ServerDevMode/logs/";
+    private final String zipFolder = "plugins/ServerDevMode/zipped_logs/";
 
-    public LogWriter() {
-        createFolder(BASE_FOLDER);
-        createFolder(ZIP_FOLDER);
+    private final SimpleDateFormat timestampFormatter;
+    private final String fileExtension;
+
+    public LogWriter(Plugin plugin) {
+        // Load config values
+        String formatString = plugin.getConfig().getString("timestamp-format", "h:mm a | MM-dd-yyyy");
+        this.timestampFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(formatString);
+
+        this.fileExtension = plugin.getConfig().getString("log-extension", "csv").replace(".", "");
+
+        // Create folder structure
+        createFolder(baseFolder);
+        createFolder(zipFolder);
     }
 
     public void logToCategory(String category, String message) {
-        String folderPath = BASE_FOLDER + category + "/";
+        String folderPath = baseFolder + category + "/";
         createFolder(folderPath);
 
-        String fileName = "log_" + FORMAT.format(new Date()) + ".log";
+        String fileName = "log_" + getTimeStamp("yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss") + "." + fileExtension;
         File file = new File(folderPath, fileName);
 
         try (BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file, true))) {
-            String entry = "[" + FORMAT.format(new Date()) + "] " + message;
+            String timestamp = timestampFormatter.format(new Date());
+            String entry = timestamp + "," + message;
             writer.write(entry);
             writer.newLine();
         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -34,39 +46,44 @@ public class LogWriter {
         }
     }
 
-    private void createFolder(String path) {
-        File folder = new File(path);
-        if (!folder.exists()) folder.mkdirs();
-    }
-
     public void zipLogs() {
-        String zipName = "logs_" + FORMAT.format(new Date()) + ".zip";
-        File zipFile = new File(ZIP_FOLDER + zipName);
+        String zipName = "logs_" + getTimeStamp("yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss") + ".zip";
+        File zipFile = new File(zipFolder + zipName);
 
         try (ZipOutputStream zos = new ZipOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(zipFile))) {
-            Path basePath = Paths.get(BASE_FOLDER);
+            Path root = Paths.get(baseFolder);
 
-            Files.walk(basePath)
+            Files.walk(root)
                 .filter(Files::isRegularFile)
                 .forEach(path -> {
                     try (InputStream is = Files.newInputStream(path)) {
-                        String entryName = basePath.relativize(path).toString().replace("\\", "/");
-                        zos.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(entryName));
+                        String entryPath = root.relativize(path).toString().replace("\\", "/");
+                        zos.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(entryPath));
 
                         byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];
                         int len;
                         while ((len = is.read(buffer)) > 0) {
                             zos.write(buffer, 0, len);
                         }
+
                         zos.closeEntry();
                     } catch (IOException e) {
-                        System.err.println("Failed to zip file: " + path + " — " + e.getMessage());
+                        System.err.println("Failed to zip file " + path + ": " + e.getMessage());
                     }
                 });
 
-            System.out.println("[ServerDevMode] Logs zipped to " + zipFile.getName());
+            System.out.println("[ServerDevMode] Logs zipped to: " + zipName);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            System.err.println("Failed to create zip file: " + e.getMessage());
+            System.err.println("Zip creation failed: " + e.getMessage());
         }
     }
+
+    private String getTimeStamp(String format) {
+        return new SimpleDateFormat(format).format(new Date());
+    }
+
+    private void createFolder(String path) {
+        File folder = new File(path);
+        if (!folder.exists()) folder.mkdirs();
+    }
 }