diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 4f2b8d3..38aa6b8 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from flask_bcrypt import Bcrypt
 from flask_login import LoginManager
 import os
+import logging
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///site.db'
@@ -21,4 +25,5 @@ if not os.path.exists('site.db'):
         db.create_all()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    logger.info("Starting application...")
     app.run(debug=True)
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 64031a5..8fa8fd7 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import os
 import uuid
 import config
 from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
+from app import logger
 
 UPLOAD_ROOT = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'uploads')
 
@@ -29,17 +30,19 @@ def send_email(recipient_email, subject, body):
                     server.starttls()
                 server.login(sender_email, sender_password)
                 server.send_message(msg)
+            logger.info(f"Email sent successfully via SMTP to {recipient_email}")
         except Exception as e:
-            print(f"Failed to send email via external SMTP: {e}")
+            logger.error(f"Failed to send email via SMTP to {recipient_email}: {e}")
     else:
         try:
-            process = os.popen(f"/usr/sbin/sendmail -t")
+            process = os.popen("/usr/sbin/sendmail -t")
             process.write(f"To: {recipient_email}\n")
             process.write(f"Subject: {subject}\n")
             process.write(f"\n{body}")
             process.close()
+            logger.info(f"Email sent successfully via sendmail to {recipient_email}")
         except Exception as e:
-            print(f"Failed to send email via local sendmail: {e}")
+            logger.error(f"Failed to send email via local sendmail to {recipient_email}: {e}")
 
 def is_file_allowed(file):
     return '.' in file.filename and file.filename.rsplit('.', 1)[1].lower() in config.ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS