diff --git a/browserid/app.js b/browserid/app.js
index 1302ea64a7a6b97b1453e84058d6c1afe13ed1b7..a1389e66b44fdad9b73668720653534f2d0dc4fa 100644
--- a/browserid/app.js
+++ b/browserid/app.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function router(app) {
   // this should probably be an internal redirect
   // as soon as relative paths are figured out.
   app.get('/sign_in', function(req, res, next ) {
-    logging.userEntry(req);
+    logging.userEntry('browserid', req);
     res.render('dialog.ejs', {
       title: 'A Better Way to Sign In',
       layout: false,
diff --git a/libs/configuration.js b/libs/configuration.js
index 200705a11e08052dae95df92921a051a497a6c86..2690dc1f2fa1eb02b72e072f1f0cca4e436cd439 100644
--- a/libs/configuration.js
+++ b/libs/configuration.js
@@ -25,26 +25,29 @@ const g_configs = {
     hostname: 'browserid.org',
     port: '443',
     scheme: 'https',
-    use_minified_resources: true
+    use_minified_resources: true,
+    log_path: '/home/browserid/var/'
   },
   development: {
     hostname: 'dev.diresworb.org',
     port: '443',
     scheme: 'https',
-    use_minified_resources: true
+    use_minified_resources: true,
+    log_path: '/home/browserid/var/'
   },
   beta: {
     hostname: 'diresworb.org',
     port: '443',
     scheme: 'https',
-    use_minified_resources: true
+    use_minified_resources: true,
+    log_path: '/home/browserid/var/'
   },
   local: {
     hostname: '127.0.0.1',
     port: '10002',
     scheme: 'http',
     use_minified_resources: false,
-    log_path: 'log.txt'
+    log_path: './'
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/libs/logging.js b/libs/logging.js
index 37684d29f89a2ef64b261538c1683dd413013148..c34aaa0c15ad10cd60c1f1c93b3f7968fb02dc0e 100644
--- a/libs/logging.js
+++ b/libs/logging.js
@@ -6,37 +6,47 @@ const configuration = require("./configuration");
 // FIXME: separate logs depending on purpose?
 
 var log_path = configuration.get('log_path');
-var LOGGER = null;
-if (log_path) {
-  LOGGER= new (winston.Logger)({
-      transports: [new (winston.transports.File)({filename: log_path})]
+var LOGGERS = [];
+
+function setupLogger(category) {
+  if (!log_path)
+    return console.log("no log path! Not logging!");
+
+  // don't create the logger if it already exists
+  if (LOGGERS[category])
+    return;
+
+  // FIXME: check if log_path is properly terminated
+  var filename = log_path + category + "-log.txt";
+
+  LOGGERS[category] = new (winston.Logger)({
+      transports: [new (winston.transports.File)({filename: filename})]
     });
 }
 
 // entry is an object that will get JSON'ified
-exports.log = function(entry) {
+exports.log = function(category, entry) {
   // entry must have at least a type
   if (!entry.type)
     throw new Error("every log entry needs a type");
 
+  // setup the logger if need be
+  setupLogger(category);
+
   // timestamp
   entry.at = new Date().toUTCString();
   
   // if no logger, go to console (FIXME: do we really want to log to console?)
-  if (LOGGER)
-    LOGGER.info(JSON.stringify(entry));
-  else
-    winston.info(JSON.stringify(entry));
+  LOGGERS[category].info(JSON.stringify(entry));
 };
 
 // utility function to log a bunch of stuff at user entry point
-exports.userEntry = function(req) {
-  exports.log({
+exports.userEntry = function(category, req) {
+  exports.log(category, {
       type: 'signin',
       browser: req.headers['user-agent'],
       rp: req.headers['referer'],
       // IP address (this probably needs to be replaced with the X-forwarded-for value
       ip: req.connection.remoteAddress
     });
-  console.log(JSON.stringify(req.headers));
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/verifier/app.js b/verifier/app.js
index afb710dd4b75329a1d12cacabfeaee13174eb963..740311628d5b61c10b057ce1f4843313cd60e87d 100644
--- a/verifier/app.js
+++ b/verifier/app.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function doVerify(req, resp, next) {
         audience,
         function(payload) {
           // log it!
-          logging.log({
+          logging.log('verifier', {
               type: 'verify',
                 result: 'success',
                 rp: payload.audience
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function doVerify(req, resp, next) {
           resp.json(result);
         },
         function(errorObj) {
-          logging.log({
+          logging.log('verifier', {
               type: 'verify',
                 result: 'failure',
                 rp: audience
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function doVerify(req, resp, next) {
       );
   } catch (e) {
     console.log(e.stack);
-    logging.log({
+    logging.log('verifier', {
         type: 'verify',
           result: 'failure',
           rp: audience