diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6af0822..06b9f51 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER g++-13)
 
 project(PasswordManager)
 
diff --git a/source/CMakeLists.txt b/source/CMakeLists.txt
index bc7eac5..1d04ed2 100644
--- a/source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ add_library(sqlite3 STATIC ../lib/sqlite3.c)
 find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-add_executable(passwordManager main.cpp PasswordManager.cpp)
+add_executable(passwordManager
+    main.cpp
+    PasswordManager.cpp
+    Common/Logger.cpp)
 
 target_include_directories(sqlite3 PUBLIC ../lib)
 target_link_libraries(passwordManager PRIVATE sqlite3 ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
 
 add_subdirectory(test)
 add_subdirectory(DataBase)
+
+target_include_directories(passwordManager PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/headers)
diff --git a/source/Common/Logger.cpp b/source/Common/Logger.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df096c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Common/Logger.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#include "Logger.hpp"
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <format>
+#include <memory>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace common::logger {
+
+Logger::Logger(const std::string& prefix, const std::string& testName)
+    : prefix_(prefix), testName_(testName) {
+  std::error_code errorCode;
+  std::filesystem::create_directories(logDirectory_, errorCode);
+  if (errorCode) {
+    std::cerr << "failed to create log directory: " << errorCode.message()
+              << std::endl;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  std::filesystem::path loggingFilePath = logDirectory_ / (testName_ + ".log");
+  file_.open(loggingFilePath, std::ios::app);
+  if (!file_.is_open()) {
+    std::cerr << "unable to open logs file at " << loggingFilePath << std::endl;
+  }
+}
+
+void Logger::log(const std::string& message) noexcept {
+  auto currentTime = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+  auto timeStamp = std::chrono::system_clock::to_time_t(currentTime);
+  std::tm timeInfo = *std::localtime(&timeStamp);
+
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  ss << std::put_time(&timeInfo, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S");
+  std::string timeStr = ss.str();
+  std::vector<std::string> severityVec = {"INFO", "WARNING", "DEBUG", "ERROR"};
+
+  std::string logMessage = std::format(
+      "{} [{}][{}]: {}\n", timeStr,
+      severityVec[static_cast<int>(currentSeverity_)], prefix_, message);
+
+  file_ << logMessage;
+}
+
+Logger& Logger::operator<<(Severity severity) noexcept {
+  currentSeverity_ = severity;
+  return *this;
+}
+
+Logger& Logger::operator<<(const std::string& message) noexcept {
+  log(message);
+  return *this;
+}
+
+}  // namespace common::logger
diff --git a/source/Common/Logger.hpp b/source/Common/Logger.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a724da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Common/Logger.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "time.h"
+
+namespace common::logger {
+
+enum class Severity { info, warning, debug, error };
+
+class Logger final {
+ public:
+  explicit Logger(const std::string& prefix,
+                  const std::string& testName = "defaultLogs");
+  ~Logger() = default;
+
+  Logger& operator<<(Severity severity) noexcept;
+  Logger& operator<<(const std::string& message) noexcept;
+
+ private:
+  void log(const std::string& message) noexcept;
+
+  std::ofstream file_;
+  std::string prefix_;
+  std::string testName_;
+  Severity currentSeverity_;
+
+  static inline const std::filesystem::path logDirectory_ = "ut_logs/";
+};
+
+}  // namespace common::logger
+
+constexpr common::logger::Severity info = common::logger::Severity::info;
+constexpr common::logger::Severity warning = common::logger::Severity::warning;
+constexpr common::logger::Severity debug = common::logger::Severity::debug;
+constexpr common::logger::Severity error = common::logger::Severity::error;
diff --git a/source/PasswordManager.cpp b/source/PasswordManager.cpp
index ab98de7..66ba705 100644
--- a/source/PasswordManager.cpp
+++ b/source/PasswordManager.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #include "PasswordManager.h"
 
-#include <iostream>
+#include "Common/Logger.hpp"
 
-PasswordManager::PasswordManager(const std::string &password)
+PasswordManager::PasswordManager(const std::string& password)
     : password_(password) {
   std::cout << "Password is: " << password_ << '\n';
 }