diff --git a/nge.cfg b/nge.cfg
index e13049f71..a584b2545 100644
--- a/nge.cfg
+++ b/nge.cfg
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
-#Thu May 21 00:05:03 CDT 2015
-LOGIN-SERVER-NAME=LoginServer
+#Thu May 21 23:36:44 CDT 2015
+CLEAN-CHARACTER-DATA=0
 LOAD-BUILDOUTS=false
 LOCAL-USER=nge
-LOGIN-SERVER-ID=1
-LOAD-BUILDOUTS-FOR=
-GALAXY-MAX-ONLINE=3000
-LOCAL-PASS=nge
-PACKET-DEBUG=true
+LOGIN-SERVER-NAME=LoginServer
 AUTO-LOGIN=0
-CLEAN-CHARACTER-DATA=0
 SESSION-TOKEN-LENGTH=24
-MAX-PACKET-SIZE=496
-GALAXY-MAX-CHARACTERS=2
-WIPE-ODB-FILES=0
 LOGIN-PORT=44453
-ZONE-SERVER-ID=1
-ZONE-SERVER-NAME=ZoneServer
+PACKET-DEBUG=false
 LOCAL-DB=nge
+MAX-PACKET-SIZE=496
+DEBUG-SERVICES=true
+LOCAL-PASS=nge
+WIPE-ODB-FILES=0
+LOGIN-SERVER-ID=1
+GALAXY-MAX-ONLINE=3000
+GALAXY-MAX-CHARACTERS=2
+LOGIN-VERSION-CHECKS=true
diff --git a/src/resources/control/Service.java b/src/resources/control/Service.java
index de5c0fa52..88285af45 100644
--- a/src/resources/control/Service.java
+++ b/src/resources/control/Service.java
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 ***********************************************************************************/
 package resources.control;
 
+import java.text.DateFormat;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+
 import network.OutboundPacketService;
 import network.packets.Packet;
 import resources.config.ConfigFile;
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ import resources.services.Config;
 public class Service implements IntentReceiver {
 	
 	private static final OutboundPacketService outboundPacketService = new OutboundPacketService();
+	private static final DateFormat LOG_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-mm-yy HH:mm:ss.SSS");
 	
 	/**
 	 * Initializes this service. If the service returns false on this method
@@ -160,6 +164,19 @@ public class Service implements IntentReceiver {
 		return DataManager.getInstance().getLocalDatabase();
 	}
 	
-	
+	/**
+	 * Logs the string to the server log file, formatted to display the time,
+	 * tag and message.
+	 * @param tag the tag to use for the log
+	 * @param str the format string for the log
+	 * @param args the string format arguments, if specified
+	 */
+	public synchronized final void log(String tag, String str, Object ... args) {
+		if (getConfig(ConfigFile.PRIMARY).getBoolean("DEBUG-SERVICES", true)) {
+			String logStr = String.format(str, args);
+			String log = String.format("%s [%s]: %s", LOG_FORMAT.format(System.currentTimeMillis()), tag, logStr);
+			DataManager.getInstance().log(log);
+		}
+	}
 	
 }
diff --git a/src/resources/server_info/DataManager.java b/src/resources/server_info/DataManager.java
index 8014e5bef..281b6230f 100644
--- a/src/resources/server_info/DataManager.java
+++ b/src/resources/server_info/DataManager.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public class DataManager {
 	
 	private Map <ConfigFile, Config> config;
 	private RelationalDatabase localDatabase;
+	private Logger logger;
 	private boolean initialized;
 	
 	private DataManager() {
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ public class DataManager {
 	private synchronized void initialize() {
 		initializeConfig();
 		initializeDatabases();
+		initializeLogger();
 		initialized = localDatabase.isOnline() && localDatabase.isTable("users");
 	}
 	
@@ -75,6 +77,15 @@ public class DataManager {
 		initializeLocalDatabase(c);
 	}
 	
+	private synchronized void initializeLogger() {
+		logger = new Logger("log.txt");
+		try {
+			logger.open();
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
+	
 	private synchronized void initializeLocalDatabase(Config c) {
 		String db = c.getString("LOCAL-DB", "nge");
 		String user = c.getString("LOCAL-USER", "nge");
@@ -104,6 +115,14 @@ public class DataManager {
 		return localDatabase;
 	}
 	
+	public synchronized final void log(String str) {
+		try {
+			logger.write(str);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
+	
 	public synchronized final boolean isInitialized() {
 		return initialized;
 	}
diff --git a/src/resources/server_info/Logger.java b/src/resources/server_info/Logger.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b550e1051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/resources/server_info/Logger.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package resources.server_info;
+
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class Logger {
+	
+	private final File file;
+	private BufferedWriter writer;
+	
+	public Logger(String filename) {
+		this.file = new File(filename);
+	}
+	
+	public synchronized void open() throws IOException {
+		writer = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file));
+	}
+	
+	public synchronized void close() throws IOException {
+		writer.close();
+	}
+	
+	public synchronized void write(String str) throws IOException {
+		writer.write(str);
+		writer.newLine();
+		writer.flush();
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/src/services/objects/ObjectManager.java b/src/services/objects/ObjectManager.java
index 2048c347a..bc3cc63a3 100644
--- a/src/services/objects/ObjectManager.java
+++ b/src/services/objects/ObjectManager.java
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ public class ObjectManager extends Manager {
 	
 	private void loadObjects() {
 		long startLoad = System.nanoTime();
+		log("ObjectManager", "Loading objects from ObjectDatabase...");
 		System.out.println("ObjectManager: Loading objects from ObjectDatabase...");
 		objects.load();
 		objects.traverse(new Traverser<SWGObject>() {
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ public class ObjectManager extends Manager {
 			}
 		});
 		double loadTime = (System.nanoTime() - startLoad) / 1E6;
+		log("ObjectManager", "Finished loading %d objects. Time: %fms", objects.size(), loadTime);
 		System.out.printf("ObjectManager: Finished loading %d objects. Time: %fms%n", objects.size(), loadTime);
 	}
 	
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ public class ObjectManager extends Manager {
 			double loadTime = (System.nanoTime() - startLoad) / 1E6;
 			System.out.printf("ObjectManager: Finished loading buildouts. Time: %fms%n", loadTime);
 		} else {
+			log("ObjectManager", "Did not load buildouts. Reason: Disabled.");
 			System.out.println("ObjectManager: Buildouts not loaded. Reason: Disabled!");
 		}
 	}