diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 997bae9..8c48552 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ db/*
 electrs/*
 events/signals/*
 lnd/*
+logs/*
 statuses/*
 tor/*
 
@@ -33,5 +34,6 @@ tor/*
 !db/.gitkeep
 !events/signals/.gitkeep
 !lnd/.gitkeep
+!logs/.gitkeep
 !tor/data/.gitkeep
 !tor/run/.gitkeep
diff --git a/logs/.gitkeep b/logs/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/scripts/start b/scripts/start
index 290643c..c5a4151 100755
--- a/scripts/start
+++ b/scripts/start
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ check_dependencies fswatch
 check_dependencies rsync jq curl
 
 UMBREL_ROOT="$(dirname $(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"))/.."
+UMBREL_LOGS="${UMBREL_ROOT}/logs"
 
 if [[ ! -d "$UMBREL_ROOT" ]]; then
   echo "Root dir does not exist '$UMBREL_ROOT'"
@@ -70,15 +71,15 @@ cd "$UMBREL_ROOT"
 
 echo "Starting karen..."
 echo
-./karen &
+./karen &>> "${UMBREL_LOGS}/karen.log" &
 
 echo "Starting backup monitor..."
 echo
-./scripts/backup/monitor &
+./scripts/backup/monitor &>> "${UMBREL_LOGS}/backup-monitor.log" &
 
 echo "Starting decoy backup trigger..."
 echo
-./scripts/backup/decoy-trigger &
+./scripts/backup/decoy-trigger &>> "${UMBREL_LOGS}/backup-decoy-trigger.log" &
 
 echo
 echo "Starting Docker services..."
diff --git a/scripts/update/.updateignore b/scripts/update/.updateignore
index b32c8c6..a3121b3 100644
--- a/scripts/update/.updateignore
+++ b/scripts/update/.updateignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ statuses
 tor/*
 electrs/*
 events/signals
+logs