diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 595d3ae..11d7cb0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
   "description": "Parent Logger for all UCI modules",
   "main": "src/logger",
   "scripts": {
-    "testw": "mocha -r esmtest/*.test.mjs --watch --recurse --watch-extensions mjs",
-    "test": "mocha -r esmtest/*.test.mjs",
+    "testw": "mocha -r esm test/*.test.mjs --watch --recurse --watch-extensions mjs",
+    "test": "mocha -r esm test/*.test.mjs",
     "testci": "istanbul cover ./node_modules/.bin/_mocha  --report lcovonly -- -R spec --recursive && codecov || true",
     "example": "node -r esm example/example",
     "dev": "UCI_DEV=true ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon -r esm example/example",
-    "log": "UCI_LOG=true ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon -r esm example/example"
+    "log": "UCI_LOG=true ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon -r esm example/example",
+    "pro": "UCI_PROD=./test/logs/uci.log node -r esm example/example"
   },
   "author": "David Kebler",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/logger.js b/src/logger.js
index caa8aa4..d9cb036 100644
--- a/src/logger.js
+++ b/src/logger.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pino from 'pino'
+import { homedir } from 'os'
 
 let pretty = false
 if(process.env.UCI_DEV) {
@@ -6,7 +7,8 @@ if(process.env.UCI_DEV) {
   pretty.search = process.env.UCI_LOG_SEARCH
 }
 
-let LOG = process.env.UCI_LOG || process.env.UCI_DEV
+let LOG = process.env.UCI_LOG || process.env.UCI_DEV || process.env.UCI_PROD
+let LOG_PATH = (process.env.UCI_PROD===true) ? homedir()+'/logs/uci.log'  :  process.env.UCI_PROD
 
 const logger = pino({
   name: 'UCI',
@@ -17,7 +19,10 @@ const logger = pino({
     res: pino.stdSerializers.res
   },
   prettyPrint: pretty
-})
+},
+// if production not enabled then LOG_PATH is empty and logs go to stdout/stderr and can be piped from there
+LOG_PATH
+)
 
 function child (opts) {
   const LOG_OPTS = {