diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 701a1d6..ac6853d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,7 +112,12 @@ If you want to ignore certain paths, you can use `-i/--ignore`:
 
 It supports a list of patterns in a comma separated list, wildcards work, more [on pkg.go.dev].
 
-If you run into issues, run with `-d/--debug` to see what is happening under the hood.
+If you run into issues, run with `-d/--debug`. All debug logs are stored in a time stamped log file under `/tmp/`.
+
+```bash
+➜  ls /tmp/ | grep -i distribusi
+distribusi-go-20-25-492637114356
+```
 
 :v:
 
diff --git a/distribusi.go b/distribusi.go
index 6b01db5..d381ba2 100644
--- a/distribusi.go
+++ b/distribusi.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"image/png"
+	"io"
 	"io/fs"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	logrusStack "github.com/Gurpartap/logrus-stack"
 	"github.com/barasher/go-exiftool"
@@ -178,7 +180,19 @@ Example:
 			if c.Bool("debug") {
 				logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
 				logrus.SetFormatter(&logrus.TextFormatter{})
-				logrus.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
+
+				logFile, err := getLogFile()
+				if err != nil {
+					logrus.Fatalf("unable to set up a log file, saw: %s", err)
+				}
+
+				logrus.SetOutput(io.MultiWriter(os.Stderr, logFile))
+				logrus.RegisterExitHandler(func() {
+					if logFile == nil {
+						return
+					}
+					logFile.Close()
+				})
 				logrus.AddHook(logrusStack.StandardHook())
 			}
 
@@ -190,6 +204,8 @@ Example:
 				logrus.Fatal(err)
 			}
 
+			logrus.Debugf("selecting %s as distribusi root", root)
+
 			var ignore []string
 			if c.String("ignore") != "" {
 				ignore = strings.Split(c.String("ignore"), ",")
@@ -217,21 +233,25 @@ Example:
 				exiftoolInstalled = false
 			}
 
-			logrus.Debugf("selecting %s as distribusi root", root)
-
 			ch := make(chan error, 2)
 			go func() {
+				logrus.Debug("distribuis commencing generation...")
+
 				if err := distribusify(c, root, ignore); err != nil {
 					ch <- err
 					return
 				}
 
+				logrus.Debug("distribusi finished generation!")
+
 				ch <- nil
 				return
 			}()
 
 			if c.Bool("serve") {
 				go func() {
+					logrus.Debug("starting up web server")
+
 					if err := serveHTTP(root); err != nil {
 						ch <- err
 						return
@@ -283,7 +303,8 @@ func distribusify(c *cli.Context, root string, ignore []string) error {
 
 			absPath, err := filepath.Abs(fpath)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				logrus.Debugf("unable to read %s", absPath)
+				return nil
 			}
 
 			contents, err := ioutil.ReadDir(absPath)
@@ -297,15 +318,19 @@ func distribusify(c *cli.Context, root string, ignore []string) error {
 					dirs = append(dirs, path.Join(absPath, content.Name()))
 				} else {
 					if content.Name() == "index.html" {
-						file, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join(absPath, content.Name()))
+						indexPath := path.Join(absPath, content.Name())
+						file, err := os.ReadFile(indexPath)
 						if err != nil {
 							logrus.Debugf("unable to read %s, skipping", content.Name())
 							continue
 						}
+
 						if strings.Contains(string(file), generatedInDistribusi) {
+							logrus.Debugf("%s was not generated by distribusi, skipping", indexPath)
 							continue
 						}
 					}
+
 					files = append(files, path.Join(absPath, content.Name()))
 				}
 			}
@@ -477,6 +502,12 @@ func getCaption(c *cli.Context, fpath string) (string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if caption != "" {
+		logrus.Debug("retrieved caption %s from %s", caption, fpath)
+	} else {
+		logrus.Debug("no comment retrieved for %s", fpath)
+	}
+
 	return caption, nil
 }
 
@@ -569,6 +600,8 @@ func getHref(c *cli.Context, fpath string, mtype string) (bool, string, error) {
 		href = fmt.Sprintf("<a class='%s' href=\"%s\">%s</a>", stype, fname, fname)
 	}
 
+	logrus.Debugf("generated href for %s: %s", fname, href)
+
 	return unknown, href, nil
 }
 
@@ -594,6 +627,8 @@ func mkDiv(c *cli.Context, mtype string, href, fname string, unknown bool) (stri
 		}
 	}
 
+	logrus.Debugf("generated div wrapper for %s: %s", fname, div)
+
 	return div, nil
 }
 
@@ -613,6 +648,8 @@ func writeIndex(fpath string, html []string, styles string) error {
 				return nil
 			}
 
+			logrus.Debugf("loading custom styles from %s", absPath)
+
 			body = fmt.Sprintf(htmlBody, generatedInDistribusi, contents, strings.Join(html, "\n"))
 		}
 	}
@@ -670,6 +707,7 @@ func wipeGeneratedFiles(dir string) error {
 			if err := removeIndex(fpath); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+			logrus.Debugf("wiping %s as requested", fpath)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}); err != nil {
@@ -704,3 +742,19 @@ func shouldSkip(c *cli.Context, fpath string, ignore []string) (bool, error) {
 
 	return false, nil
 }
+
+// getLogFile creates a new log file for debug output.
+func getLogFile() (*os.File, error) {
+	cTime := time.Now()
+	timeNow := fmt.Sprintf("%v-%v-%v", cTime.Hour(), cTime.Minute(), cTime.Second())
+	prefix := fmt.Sprintf("distribusi-go-%s", timeNow)
+
+	file, err := ioutil.TempFile("/tmp", prefix)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	logrus.Debugf("creating %s as debug log file", file.Name())
+
+	return file, nil
+}