diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d87d478a5..979fc00df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ target
 openisle.iml
 node_modules
 dist
-open-isle.env
\ No newline at end of file
+open-isle.env
+logs
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml b/backend/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f634b7664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <property name="LOG_PATH" value="${LOG_PATH:-logs}"/>
+
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+        <file>${LOG_PATH}/app.log</file>
+        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
+            <fileNamePattern>${LOG_PATH}/app-%d{yyyy-MM-dd-HH}.log</fileNamePattern>
+            <maxHistory>72</maxHistory>
+        </rollingPolicy>
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="${LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
+    </root>
+</configuration>