diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 54d4b53..f1a267f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,23 +1,11 @@
-# The directory Mix will write compiled artifacts to.
 /_build/
-
-# If you run "mix test --cover", coverage assets end up here.
 /cover/
-
-# The directory Mix downloads your dependencies sources to.
 /deps/
-
-# Where third-party dependencies like ExDoc output generated docs.
 /doc/
-
-# If the VM crashes, it generates a dump, let's ignore it too.
 erl_crash.dump
-
-# Also ignore archive artifacts (built via "mix archive.build").
 *.ez
-
-# Ignore package tarball (built via "mix hex.build").
-xplore-*.tar
-
-# Temporary files, for example, from tests.
+scopes-*.tar
 /tmp/
+
+log/
+.env
diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57b8044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# scopes: basic config file
+
+import Config
+
+config :logger, :default_handler,
+  config: [
+    file: ~c"log/scopes.log"
+  ]
+
+import_config "#{config_env()}.exs"
diff --git a/config/test.exs b/config/test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0a2c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# scopes: config file for testing
+
+import Config
+
+config :logger, :default_handler,
+  config: [
+    file: ~c"test/log/scopes_test.log"
+  ]
diff --git a/lib/csys/csys.ex b/lib/csys/csys.ex
index 80cc8ba..f7afb24 100644
--- a/lib/csys/csys.ex
+++ b/lib/csys/csys.ex
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 defmodule Scopes.CSys do
+  require Logger
+
   alias Scopes.Core.Actor
 
   def neuron(scope) do
+    #Logger.info("create neuron, scope: #{inspect scope}")
+    Logger.info([info: "create neuron", scope: inspect(scope)])
     Actor.create(fn msg -> process(msg, scope) end)
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/csys/programs.ex b/lib/csys/programs.ex
index 736c0c1..3be6494 100644
--- a/lib/csys/programs.ex
+++ b/lib/csys/programs.ex
@@ -29,5 +29,4 @@ defmodule Scopes.CSys.Programs do
   def std_proc(msg, scope) do
     unless forward(msg, scope), do: notify(msg, scope)
   end
-
 end