diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 088fa53..17a42a9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ WORKDIR /lanews
 RUN python3 -m venv venv && \
     venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
 
+RUN mkdir database && \
+    touch database/news.db
+
 CMD ["venv/bin/python", "main.py"]
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diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 2c7659e..065f060 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import os
 import asyncio
 import json
 import time
+import logging
 
+logging.basicConfig(filename="lanews.log", level=logging.DEBUG)
 dotenv_path = join(dirname(__file__), '.env')
 load_dotenv(dotenv_path)
 
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
 
 
 async def publish_news():
-    print('Running web scrape...')
+    logging.debug('Running web scrape...')
     la_news = NewsScraper(loop=loop)
     articles = await la_news.news_articles()
 
@@ -57,6 +59,6 @@ def run_async(coroutine):
 schedule.every().hour.do(run_async, publish_news)
 
 while True:
-    print('Checking schedule...')
+    logging.debug('Checking schedule...')
     schedule.run_pending()
     time.sleep(300)
diff --git a/news.py b/news.py
index dbf5816..09eee0b 100644
--- a/news.py
+++ b/news.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class NewsScraper:
             raise Exception()
 
         self.client = client if None else ClientSession(loop=loop)
-        self.database = _create_connection('news.db') if database is None else database
+        self.database = _create_connection('database/news.db') if database is None else database
         self._md5 = hashlib.new('md5', usedforsecurity=False)
 
     async def _fetch_url(self, url):