diff --git a/data/css/style.css b/data/css/style.css
index 511c8ae7..c8b0eb22 100755
--- a/data/css/style.css
+++ b/data/css/style.css
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ table#log_table { background-color: white; }
 
 table#log_table th#timestamp { text-align: left; min-width: 165px; }
 table#log_table th#level { text-align: left; min-width: 75px; }
-table#log_table th#message { text-align: left; min-width: 200px; }
+table#log_table th#message { text-align: left; min-width: 500px; }
 
 table#upcoming_table th#albumart { text-align: center; min-width: 50px; }
 table#upcoming_table th#albumname { text-align: center; min-width: 200px; }
diff --git a/data/interfaces/default/logs.html b/data/interfaces/default/logs.html
index cc6436f3..98004034 100644
--- a/data/interfaces/default/logs.html
+++ b/data/interfaces/default/logs.html
@@ -15,23 +15,18 @@
 		<tbody>
 		%for line in lineList:
 			<%
-				out_tuple = helpers.extract_logline(line)
+				timestamp, message, level, threadname = line
+				
+				if level == 'WARNING' or level == 'ERROR':
+					grade = 'X'
+				else:
+					grade = 'Z'
 			%>
-			%if out_tuple:
-				<%
-					if out_tuple[1] == 'DEBUG':
-						continue
-					elif out_tuple[1] == 'WARNING' or out_tuple[1] == 'ERROR':
-						grade = 'X'
-					else:
-						grade = 'Z'
-				%>
 				<tr class="grade${grade}">
-					<td id="timestamp">${out_tuple[0]}</td>
-					<td id="level">${out_tuple[1]}</td>
-					<td id="message">${out_tuple[3].decode('utf-8')}</td>
+					<td id="timestamp">${timestamp}</td>
+					<td id="level">${level}</td>
+					<td id="message">${message}</td>
 				</tr>
-			%endif
 		%endfor
 		</tbody>
 	</table>
diff --git a/headphones/__init__.py b/headphones/__init__.py
index 47e8ed29..4671177a 100644
--- a/headphones/__init__.py
+++ b/headphones/__init__.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ CFG = None
 DB_FILE = None
 
 LOG_DIR = None
+LOG_LIST = []
+
 CACHE_DIR = None
 
 HTTP_PORT = None
diff --git a/headphones/helpers.py b/headphones/helpers.py
index 9dc3aa10..4ecc6941 100644
--- a/headphones/helpers.py
+++ b/headphones/helpers.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import re
 
 import headphones
 
-from headphones import logger
-
 def multikeysort(items, columns):
 
     comparers = [ ((itemgetter(col[1:].strip()), -1) if col.startswith('-') else (itemgetter(col.strip()), 1)) for col in columns]
@@ -91,6 +89,10 @@ def today():
 	yyyymmdd = datetime.date.isoformat(today)
 	return yyyymmdd
 	
+def now():
+	now = datetime.datetime.now()
+	return now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+	
 def bytes_to_mb(bytes):
 
 	mb = int(bytes)/1048576
@@ -103,6 +105,9 @@ def replace_all(text, dic):
 	return text
 	
 def extract_data(s):
+	
+    from headphones import logger
+
     #headphones default format
     pattern = re.compile(r'(?P<name>.*?)\s\-\s(?P<album>.*?)\s\[(?P<year>.*?)\]', re.VERBOSE)
     match = pattern.match(s)
diff --git a/headphones/logger.py b/headphones/logger.py
index f861a4c3..93c77c57 100644
--- a/headphones/logger.py
+++ b/headphones/logger.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 from logging import handlers
 
 import headphones
+from headphones import helpers
 
 MAX_SIZE = 1000000 # 1mb
 MAX_FILES = 5
@@ -45,33 +46,36 @@ class RotatingLogger(object):
 			l.addHandler(consolehandler)	
 		
 	def log(self, message, level):
-	
+
 		logger = logging.getLogger('headphones')
 		
 		threadname = threading.currentThread().getName()
-		message = threadname + ' : ' + message
 		
-		if level == 'debug':
+		if level != 'DEBUG':
+			headphones.LOG_LIST.insert(0, (helpers.now(), message, level, threadname))
+		
+		message = threadname + ' : ' + message
+
+		if level == 'DEBUG':
 			logger.debug(message)
-		elif level == 'info':
+		elif level == 'INFO':
 			logger.info(message)
-		elif level == 'warn':
+		elif level == 'WARN':
 			logger.warn(message)
 		else:
 			logger.error(message)
 
-
 headphones_log = RotatingLogger('headphones.log', MAX_SIZE, MAX_FILES)
 
 def debug(message):
-	headphones_log.log(message, level='debug')
+	headphones_log.log(message, level='DEBUG')
 
 def info(message):
-	headphones_log.log(message, level='info')
+	headphones_log.log(message, level='INFO')
 	
 def warn(message):
-	headphones_log.log(message, level='warn')
+	headphones_log.log(message, level='WARN')
 	
 def error(message):
-	headphones_log.log(message, level='error')
+	headphones_log.log(message, level='ERROR')
 	
diff --git a/headphones/webserve.py b/headphones/webserve.py
index fd406306..779f6da0 100644
--- a/headphones/webserve.py
+++ b/headphones/webserve.py
@@ -231,13 +231,7 @@ class WebInterface(object):
 	history.exposed = True
 	
 	def logs(self):
-		log_file = os.path.join(headphones.LOG_DIR, 'headphones.log')
-		if os.path.isfile(log_file):
-			fileHandle = open(log_file)
-			lineList = fileHandle.readlines()
-			fileHandle.close()
-			lineList.reverse()
-		return serve_template(templatename="logs.html", title="Log", lineList=lineList[0:500])
+		return serve_template(templatename="logs.html", title="Log", lineList=headphones.LOG_LIST)
 	logs.exposed = True
 	
 	def clearhistory(self, type=None):