diff --git a/src/borgwrapper b/src/borgwrapper
index 8e921b7..c8b9c7b 100755
--- a/src/borgwrapper
+++ b/src/borgwrapper
@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@ LOGFILE="/var/log/borgwrapper/borgwrapper.log"
 
 # Create log directory if not exist
 if [ ! -d $(dirname ${LOGFILE}) ]; then
-    mkdir $(dirname ${LOGFILE}
+    mkdir $(dirname ${LOGFILE})
 fi
 
 
 log () {
-    echo "$@" >> ${LOGFILE}
+    message=${*:-$(</dev/stdin)}
+    echo "$(date) info: ${message}" >> ${LOGFILE}
 }
 
 err () {
-    echo "$@" >> ${LOGFILE}
+    message=${*:-$(</dev/stdin)}
+    echo "$(date) error: ${message}" >> ${LOGFILE}
 }
  
 print_usage () {
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ borg_init () {
         )
     fi
     log "Initializing ${BORG_REPO}"
-    ${BORG} init "${BORG_INIT_ARGS[@]}" "${BORG_REPO}" > ${LOGFILE}
+    ${BORG} init "${BORG_INIT_ARGS[@]}" "${BORG_REPO}" 2>&1 | log
 }
 
 borg_backup () {
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ borg_backup () {
         "${BORG_REPO}"::"${SYSTEM_NAME}-$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%SZ')" \
         "${PATHS[@]}" \
         "${EXCLUDE_CMD[@]}" \
-        >> ${LOGFILE} \
+        2>&1 | log \
         || log "Error backing up. Has repo been initialized?"
 }
 
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ borg_prune () {
         --keep-monthly=${KEEP_MONTHLY:-0} \
         --keep-yearly=${KEEP_YEARLY:-0} \
         "${BORG_REPO}" \
-        >> "${LOGFILE} 
+        2>&1 | log
 }
 
 borg_verify () {
@@ -163,23 +165,23 @@ borg_verify () {
     fi
 
     log "Running borg check"
-    ${BORG} check "${BORG_CHECK_ARGS[@]}" "${BORG_REPO}" >> ${LOGFILE}
+    ${BORG} check "${BORG_CHECK_ARGS[@]}" "${BORG_REPO}" 2>&1 | log
 }
 
 borg_exec () {
     export BORG_REPO
-    ${BORG} "$@" >> ${LOGFILE}
+    ${BORG} "$@" | log
 }
 
 convert_rate () {
     # Convert IN_RATE to bytes
     local IN_RATE=${1}
     local RATE=0
-    local B_REGEX="^([0-9]+)$"
-    local KIB_REGEX="^([0-9]+)K$"
-    local MIB_REGEX="^([0-9]+)M$"
-    local GIB_REGEX="^([0-9]+)G$"
-    local TIB_REGEX="^([0-9]+)T$"
+    local B_REGEX='^([0-9]+)$'
+    local KIB_REGEX='^([0-9]+)K$'
+    local MIB_REGEX='^([0-9]+)M$'
+    local GIB_REGEX='^([0-9]+)G$'
+    local TIB_REGEX='^([0-9]+)T$'
 
     if [[ ${IN_RATE} =~ ${TIB_REGEX} ]]; then
         RATE=$(( ${BASH_REMATCH[1]} * 1024**4 ))
@@ -192,16 +194,16 @@ convert_rate () {
     elif [[ ${IN_RATE} =~ ${B_REGEX} ]]; then
         RATE=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
     else
-        >&2 echo "${IN_RATE} is not a valid rate"
-        false >> ${LOGFILE}
+        >&2 echo "${IN_RATE} is not a valid rate" | log
+        false
     fi
 
-    echo ${RATE} >> ${LOGFILE}
+    echo ${RATE} | log
 }
 
 limit_bw () {
     if ! [[ -x $(command -v pv) ]]; then
-        >&2 echo "WARNING: BWLIMIT is enabled, but the utility 'pv' is not available. Continuing without bandwidth limitation."
+        >&2 echo "WARNING: BWLIMIT is enabled, but the utility 'pv' is not available. Continuing without bandwidth limitation." | log
         return 0
     fi
 
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ limit_bw () {
     chmod +x ${PV_WRAPPER}
     echo -e '#!/bin/bash\npv -q -L ${RATE_LIMIT} | "$@"' > ${PV_WRAPPER}
     export BORG_RSH="${PV_WRAPPER} ${BORG_RSH}"
-    echo "Limiting bandwith to ${RATE_LIMIT} bytes/s" >> ${LOGFILE}
+    echo "Limiting bandwith to ${RATE_LIMIT} bytes/s" | log
 }
 
 exit_backup () {
@@ -265,7 +267,7 @@ MODE="${1}"
 
 
 echo "Loading config from ${CONFIG}"
-source "${CONFIG}" || exit 1
+source "${CONFIG}" || log "Config file: ${CONFIG} does not exit"; exit 1
 
 # Set some defaults
 [[ -n ${BORG_RSH} ]] || BORG_RSH="ssh"
@@ -298,17 +300,22 @@ mkdir -p "${LOCKDIR}"
         borg_init
     elif [[ ${MODE} == "backup" ]]; then
         trap 'exit_backup $?' ERR INT TERM
+
+        log "Saving package list..."
         save_package_list
-        echo "Saving package list..." >> ${LOGFILE} 
+
+        log "Dumping mongo..."
         dump_mongo
-        echo "Dumping mongo..." >> ${LOGFILE}
+
+        log "Dumping sql..."
         dump_sql
-        echo "Dumping sql..." >> ${LOGFILE}
         
+	log "Running borg backup..."
         borg_backup
-	echo "Running borg backup..." >> ${LOGFILE}
+        
+        log "Running borg prune..."
         borg_prune
-        echo "Running borg prune..." >> ${LOGFILE}
+        
         exit_backup 0
     elif [[ ${MODE} == "verify" ]]; then
         trap 'exit_verify $?' ERR INT TERM
@@ -316,7 +323,7 @@ mkdir -p "${LOCKDIR}"
         exit_verify 0
     elif [[ ${MODE} == "exec" ]]; then
         if [[ $# -le 1 ]]; then
-            >&2 echo "ERROR: No borg arguments given" >> ${LOGFILE}
+            >&2 echo "ERROR: No borg arguments given" | err
             exit 1
         fi