diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c25327..b3e3458 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ target/
 *.idea
 
 #Subdivision Log Generator log file
-logs/
+logs/*
diff --git a/cli_application.py b/cli_application.py
index 665bcf2..4d16962 100644
--- a/cli_application.py
+++ b/cli_application.py
@@ -4,16 +4,17 @@
 """
 import argparse
 import cmd
-import logging.config
 import os
 import sys
+
 from user_interface.curve_parser import parse_curve_file
+from logger import get_logger
 
 
 class CliApplication(cmd.Cmd):
 
     def __init__(self, application_path=None, application_name="generator", args=None):
-        self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        self.logger = get_logger(__name__)
         self.curve_paths = os.path.join(application_path, "test_curves")
         self.arguments = args
         self.parse_cmd_args(self.arguments)
@@ -25,8 +26,11 @@ def parse_cmd_args(self, args):
                 if os.path.exists(args.generate_m_value):
                     self.generate_m_value(args.generate_m_value)
                 else:
-                    self.generate_m_value(os.path.join(self.curve_paths, args.generate_m_value))
-
+                    curve_path = os.path.join(self.curve_paths, args.generate_m_value)
+                    if os.path.exists(curve_path):
+                        self.generate_m_value(curve_path)
+                    else:
+                        self.logger.info("The curve file doesn't exist. Please choose an appropriate file.")
         else:
             raise Exception("There were no arguments when running the application")
 
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@ def main():
          stick knot's Bezier cure to match the stick knot", default=None, action="store")
     arguments = argument_parser.parse_args()
 
+    get_logger().debug("Subdivision-Generator Starting Up")
     application = CliApplication(application_path, application_name, arguments)
 
 
diff --git a/logger.py b/logger.py
index cc3c6a3..3d3bfaf 100644
--- a/logger.py
+++ b/logger.py
@@ -13,9 +13,18 @@ def get_logger(classname=None):
     if not os.path.exists(log_dir):
         os.makedirs(log_dir)
 
-    logging.basicConfig(filename="logs/generator_log.txt", level="DEBUG")
+    root = logging.getLogger()
+    if root.handlers:
+        for handler in root.handlers:
+            root.removeHandler(handler)
+
+    logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s: %(filename)s: %(funcName)s: %(levelname)s:\t %(message)s', datefmt='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p', filename="logs/generator_log.txt")
 
     if classname is None:
         classname = "Subdivision Generator"
 
+    logger = logging.getLogger(classname)
+    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+    logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
+
     return logging.getLogger(classname)
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 2089cea..48fffd9 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"; pwd)"
-"$SCRIPT_DIR/user_interface/cli_application.py" $*
+"$SCRIPT_DIR/cli_application.py" $*