diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index fb3a569..7425896 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ __pycache__
 .gitignore
 Dockerfile
 docker-compose.yml
-log.md
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+log.md
+.vscode
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9d83d26..606b1bd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 log.md
 .env
+.vscode
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0e21369..32522bf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install Python dependencies
 COPY requirements.txt .
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip && pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Copy application files
 COPY . /app
 
 # Make start.sh executable
-RUN chmod +x start.sh
+COPY start.sh .
+RUN chmod +x ./start.sh
 
 # Expose the port the app runs on
 EXPOSE 1986
 
 # Specify the entrypoint script
-ENTRYPOINT ["./start.sh"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/start.sh"]
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index edce716..13157a0 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -58,8 +58,12 @@ import pytz
 from datetime import datetime
 
 def log(str):
-  with open("logs/log.md", "at") as file:
-    file.write(str)
+  try:
+    with open("logs/log.md", "a") as file:
+      file.write(str)
+  except FileNotFoundError:
+    os.system("touch logs/log.md")
+    log("#### log.md was not found, so it was just touched.")
 
 ### OpenAI Config 
 
@@ -125,4 +129,6 @@ def get_auto_transcript(video_id):
   txt_transcript = formatter.format_transcript(transcript)
   return txt_transcript
 
-output_stream = StreamOutput()
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+output_stream = StreamOutput()
+
+log(f"# Main initilized at {datetime.now(pytz.timezone('America/New_York')).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}. Presumeably application starting.")
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 403d03b..9346b88 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   app:
     build: .
-    container_name: screw-bardo-container
+    container_name: screw-bardo
     ports:
       - "1986:1986"
     env_file:
       - .env
     volumes:
-      - ./logs:/app/logs
-    restart: unless-stopped
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+      - ./app/logs:/app/app/logs/:rw
+    restart: unless-stopped
+  
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diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 6228c5a..d787f11 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-cd ./app
+cd app
 exec gunicorn -b 0.0.0.0:1986 --log-level debug app:app
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