diff --git a/mumbleBot.py b/mumbleBot.py
index cab12a3..033c074 100644
--- a/mumbleBot.py
+++ b/mumbleBot.py
@@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     var.db = SettingsDatabase(var.dbfile)
 
     # Setup logger
+
     bot_logger = logging.getLogger("bot")
     formatter = logging.Formatter('[%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(threadName)s] %(message)s', "%b %d %H:%M:%S")
     bot_logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
@@ -714,7 +715,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     logfile = util.solve_filepath(var.config.get('bot', 'logfile'))
     handler = None
     if logfile:
+        print(f"Redirecting stdout and stderr to log file: {logfile}")
         handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(logfile, mode='a', maxBytes=10240)  # Rotate after 10KB
+        sys.stdout = util.LoggerIOWrapper(bot_logger, logging.INFO, fallback_io_buffer=sys.stdout.buffer)
+        sys.stderr = util.LoggerIOWrapper(bot_logger, logging.ERROR, fallback_io_buffer=sys.stderr.buffer)
     else:
         handler = logging.StreamHandler()
 
@@ -755,3 +759,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     # Start the main loop.
     var.bot.loop()
+
diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
index 184ea12..7da3886 100644
--- a/util.py
+++ b/util.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import hashlib
 import magic
 import os
+import io
 import sys
 import variables as var
 import zipfile
@@ -335,3 +336,16 @@ def youtube_search(query):
         error_traceback = traceback.format_exc().split("During")[0]
         log.error("util: youtube query failed with error:\n %s" % error_traceback)
         return False
+
+class LoggerIOWrapper(io.TextIOWrapper):
+    def __init__(self, logger: logging.Logger, logging_level, fallback_io_buffer):
+        super().__init__(fallback_io_buffer, write_through=True)
+        self.logger = logger
+        self.logging_level = logging_level
+
+    def write(self, text):
+        if isinstance(text, bytes):
+            self.logger.log(self.logging_level, text.decode('utf-8').rstrip())
+        else:
+            self.logger.log(self.logging_level, text.rstrip())
+