diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0e0c520..bcd8510 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 thread-killer.py
+log.txt
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 5cb8c16..8288203 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from flask import Flask, render_template, request
 from main import get_auto_transcript, get_video_id, create_and_stream
+from datetime import datetime
+import pytz
 
 app = Flask(__name__, static_folder="website/static", template_folder="website")
 
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@ def home():
 
 @app.route('/process_url', methods=['POST'])
 def process_url():
+    # Opens a file to log the video id and the assistants respone to see if I can further improve instructions:
+    log = open("log.txt", "at", 1)
     url = request.form['url']
     
     # Extract the video ID from the URL
@@ -22,10 +26,10 @@ def process_url():
         return "Successfully parsed video ID from URL, however the ID was either invalid, the transcript was disabled by the video owner, or some other error was raised because of YouTube."
     
     # Process the transcript and stream the result.
-    stream = create_and_stream(transcript)
-    
+    response = create_and_stream(transcript)
+    log.write(f"\n\n\n### New Entry at {datetime.now(pytz.timezone('America/New_York')).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}\n\n URL: {url}\n Video ID: {video_id}\n\nAssistant Response: {response}")
     # Return a response
-    return stream  # Add more detailed output if needed
+    return response  # Add more detailed output if needed
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':  # Change this line to properly check for main
     app.run(debug=True)
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