diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f58942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+DATABASE_HOST=
+DATABASE_USER=
+DATABASE_PASSWORD=
+DATABASE_NAME=
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cc6bb6a..3df1fa5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .idea/*
 *.swp
 *.log
+.env
 infra-dashboard
diff --git a/Http/utils.go b/Http/utils.go
index 706adce..575679b 100644
--- a/Http/utils.go
+++ b/Http/utils.go
@@ -3,13 +3,30 @@ package http
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 )
 
 func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	t := time.Now()
+	logRequest(t, r, 200)
 	fmt.Fprint(w, "Hello, World!")
 }
 
 func HealthHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 	_, _ = io.WriteString(w, "OK")
 }
+
+func logRequest(t time.Time, r *http.Request, s int) {
+	log.Printf("%s - - %s \"%s %s %s\" %d 0 \"-\" \"%s\" %d\n",
+		r.Host,
+		t.Format("[02/Jan/2006:15:04:05 -0700]"),
+		r.Method,
+		r.URL.Path,
+		r.Proto,
+		s,
+		r.UserAgent(),
+		time.Since(t).Milliseconds(),
+	)
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e6078eb..b2333b6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	args struct {
-		Log     string `arg:"-l,--logfile" help:"location of output logfile." default:"/app/http-broadcaster.log"`
+		Log     string `arg:"-l,--logfile" help:"location of output logfile." default:"infra-dashboard-access.log"`
 		EnvFile string `arg:"-e,--envfile" help:"location of file containing environment variables." default:".env"`
 		Metrics bool   `arg:"--metrics" help:"enable prometheus exporter on /metrics." default:"false"`
 	}