diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/LogWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/LogWriter.java
index 8b13789..896b47a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/LogWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minster586/devmode/LogWriter.java
@@ -1 +1,76 @@
+package com.minster586.devmode;
 
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.file.*;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
+
+public class LogWriter {
+
+    private static final String LOG_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");
+
+    private BufferedWriter currentWriter;
+
+    public LogWriter() {
+        prepareDirectories();
+        rotateLogFile(); // Start fresh
+    }
+
+    private void prepareDirectories() {
+        new File(LOG_FOLDER).mkdirs();
+        new File(ZIP_FOLDER).mkdirs();
+    }
+
+    public void rotateLogFile() {
+        try {
+            if (currentWriter != null) currentWriter.close();
+            String timestamp = FORMAT.format(new Date());
+            File file = new File(LOG_FOLDER + "devlog_" + timestamp + ".log");
+            currentWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file));
+            log("Log file initialized at " + timestamp);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void log(String message) {
+        try {
+            String entry = "[" + FORMAT.format(new Date()) + "] " + message;
+            currentWriter.write(entry);
+            currentWriter.newLine();
+            currentWriter.flush();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void zipLogs() {
+        String zipName = "logs_" + FORMAT.format(new Date()) + ".zip";
+        try (ZipOutputStream zos = new ZipOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(ZIP_FOLDER + zipName))) {
+            Files.walk(Paths.get(LOG_FOLDER))
+                    .filter(Files::isRegularFile)
+                    .forEach(path -> {
+                        try (InputStream is = Files.newInputStream(path)) {
+                            ZipEntry entry = new ZipEntry(path.getFileName().toString());
+                            zos.putNextEntry(entry);
+                            byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];
+                            int len;
+                            while ((len = is.read(buffer)) > 0) {
+                                zos.write(buffer, 0, len);
+                            }
+                            zos.closeEntry();
+                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                            e.printStackTrace();
+                        }
+                    });
+
+            System.out.println("[DevMode] Zipped logs to " + zipName);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}