diff --git a/bot.js b/bot.js
index 613e3b0..53d6ebe 100644
--- a/bot.js
+++ b/bot.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ function createBot (options = {}) {
   bot.autoReconnect = options.autoReconnect
   bot.randomizeUsername = options.randomizeUsername
   bot['online-mode'] = options['online-mode']
+
   // set the client and add listeners
   bot.on('set_client', (client) => {
     client.on('connect', () => bot.emit('connect'))
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 71ab981..87fb1bc 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,57 +1,54 @@
-const readline = require('readline')
-const createBot = require('./bot.js')
-const fs = require('fs')
+const fs = require('fs/promises')
 const path = require('path')
-const moment = require('moment')
+const readline = require('readline')
 const json5 = require('json5')
 const matrix = require('matrix-js-sdk')
 
-const configPath = process.argv[2] ?? 'config.json5'
-if (!fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
-  fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'default.json5'), configPath)
-  console.info('No config file was found, so a default one was created.')
-}
-const config = json5.parse(fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf-8'))
+const createBot = require('./bot.js')
+const fileExists = require('./util/file_exists')
+const Console = require('./util/console')
 
-const logdir = config.paths.logs ?? 'logs'
-if (!fs.existsSync(logdir)) fs.mkdirSync(logdir)
+async function main () {
+  // config loading
+  const configPath = process.argv[2] ?? 'config.json5'
+  if (!await fileExists(configPath)) {
+    await fs.copyFile(path.join(__dirname, 'default.json5'), configPath)
+    console.info('No config file was found, so a default one was created')
+  }
+  const config = json5.parse(await fs.readFile(configPath, 'utf-8'))
 
-let logfile = path.join(logdir, moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD'))
-if (fs.existsSync(logfile)) {
-  const pathWithSeparator = logfile + '-'
-  let i = 0
-  while (fs.existsSync(logfile)) {
-    logfile = pathWithSeparator + (i++)
+  // logging
+  const logdir = config.paths.logs ?? 'logs'
+  if (!await fileExists(logdir)) await fs.mkdir(logdir)
+
+  const rl = readline.createInterface({
+    input: process.stdin,
+    output: process.stdout,
+    prefix: '> '
+  })
+
+  const console = new Console({ readline: rl })
+  await console.createLogFile(logdir)
+
+  const matrixClients = {}
+  for (const key in config.matrixClients) {
+    const client = matrix.createClient(config.matrixClients[key])
+    matrixClients[key] = client
+
+    client.startClient()
+  }
+
+  const bots = []
+  for (const options of config.bots) {
+    const mergedOptions = { console, ...(config.all ?? {}), ...options }
+    if (mergedOptions.matrix && typeof mergedOptions.matrix.client !== 'object') mergedOptions.matrix.client = matrixClients[mergedOptions.matrix.client]
+
+    const bot = createBot(mergedOptions)
+    bots.push(bot)
+    bot.bots = bots
+
+    bot.on('error', error => bot.console.error(error))
   }
 }
-logfile += '.log'
-fs.writeFileSync(logfile, '')
 
-const rl = readline.createInterface({
-  input: process.stdin,
-  output: process.stdout,
-  prefix: '> '
-})
-
-const matrixClients = {}
-for (const key in config.matrixClients) {
-  const client = matrix.createClient(config.matrixClients[key])
-  matrixClients[key] = client
-
-  client.startClient()
-}
-
-const bots = []
-for (const options of config.bots) {
-  const mergedOptions = { ...(config.all ?? {}), ...options }
-  if (mergedOptions.matrix && typeof mergedOptions.matrix.client !== 'object') mergedOptions.matrix.client = matrixClients[mergedOptions.matrix.client]
-
-  const bot = createBot(mergedOptions)
-  bots.push(bot)
-  bot.bots = bots
-
-  bot.on('error', console.error)
-
-  bot.console.filepath = logfile
-  bot.console.setRl(rl)
-}
+main()
diff --git a/plugins/!console.js b/plugins/!console.js
index 70145ff..749966b 100644
--- a/plugins/!console.js
+++ b/plugins/!console.js
@@ -1,77 +1,27 @@
 const fs = require('fs')
 const util = require('util')
-const colorCodeStringify = require('../util/chat/stringify/color_code')
-const ansiStringify = require('../util/chat/stringify/ansi')
 const CommandSource = require('../util/command/command_source')
+const Console = require('../util/console')
 
-function inject (bot) {
-  bot.console = {
-    filepath: null,
-    host: 'all',
-    log,
-    warn,
-    error,
-    _log,
-    setRl,
-    _rl: null
-  }
-  function log (data) {
-    _log('\u00a72INFO', process.stdout, data)
-  }
-  function warn (data) {
-    _log('\u00a7eWARN', process.stderr, data)
-  }
-  function error (data) {
-    _log('\u00a7cERROR', process.stderr, data)
-  }
-  function _log (prefix, stdout, data) {
-    // format it
-    const _prefix = `[${formatDate()} ${prefix}\u00a7r] [${bot.host}] `
-    const stringifyOptions = { lang: bot.registry?.language ?? {} }
+function inject (bot, options) {
+  bot.console = options.console ? options.console.fork(bot.host) : new Console({ namespace: bot.host })
 
-    const formattedData = _prefix + colorCodeStringify(data, stringifyOptions) + '\n'
-    const ansi = ansiStringify(_prefix, stringifyOptions) + ansiStringify(data, stringifyOptions) + '\x1b[0m\n'
+  bot.on('registry_loaded', () => (bot.console.language = bot.registry.language))
 
-    // log to file
-    const filepath = bot.console.filepath
-    if (filepath != null) {
-      fs.appendFile(filepath, formattedData, err => {
-        if (err) console.error(err)
-      })
+  bot.console.on('line', handleLine)
+
+  function handleLine (line) {
+    // if (bot.host !== bot.console.host && bot.console.host !== 'all') return
+    if (line.startsWith('.')) {
+      const source = new CommandSource({ bot, permissionLevel: Infinity, sendFeedback, displayName: '_ChipMC_' })
+      bot.commands.execute(line.substring(1), source)
+    } else {
+      bot.fancyMsg('test', '_ChipMC_', line)
     }
-
-    // log to stdout
-    stdout.write(ansi + '')
   }
 
-  function formatDate (date = new Date()) {
-    const hours = date.getHours()
-    const minutes = date.getMinutes()
-    const seconds = date.getSeconds()
-
-    return [hours, minutes, seconds].map(n => n.toString().padStart(2, '0')).join(':')
-  }
-
-  function setRl (rl) {
-    rl?.prompt(true)
-    rl?.on('line', handleLine)
-    // bot.console._rl?.removeListener('line', handleLine)
-    bot.console._rl = rl
-
-    function handleLine (line) {
-      if (bot.host !== bot.console.host && bot.console.host !== 'all') return
-      if (line.startsWith('.')) {
-        const source = new CommandSource({ bot, permissionLevel: Infinity, sendFeedback, displayName: 'console' })
-        bot.commands.execute(line.substring(1), source)
-      } else {
-        bot.fancyMsg('test', '_ChipMC_', line)
-        rl?.prompt(true)
-      }
-    }
-
-    function sendFeedback (text, sendFeedback) {
-      bot.console.log(text)
-    }
+  function sendFeedback (text, broadcase) {
+    bot.console.log(text)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/util/console.js b/util/console.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28928c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/console.js
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+const fs = require('fs')
+const path = require('path')
+const zlib = require('zlib')
+const stream = require('stream/promises')
+const EventEmitter = require('events')
+
+const fileExists = require('./file_exists')
+const colorCodeStringify = require('../util/chat/stringify/color_code')
+const ansiStringify = require('../util/chat/stringify/ansi')
+
+class Console extends EventEmitter {
+  #writeStream = null
+  #forks = []
+
+  logdir = null
+  filename = null
+  parent = null
+
+  constructor ({ lang = {}, namespace = '', stdout = process.stdout, stderr = process.stderr, readline = null } = {}) {
+    super()
+
+    this.language = lang
+    this.namespace = namespace
+    this.stdout = stdout
+    this.stderr = stderr
+    this.readline = readline
+
+    this.readline?.on('line', line => {
+      this.emit('line', line)
+      this.readline.prompt(true)
+    })
+
+    this.on('local_error', error => this.emit('error', error))
+
+    this.on('error', error => this.#forks.forEach(fork => fork.emit('error', error)))
+    this.on('line', line => this.#forks.forEach(fork => fork.emit('line', line)))
+    this.on('end', () => this.#forks.forEach(fork => fork.emit('end')))
+  }
+
+  info (text) {
+    this.#log(text, '\xa72INFO', this.stdout)
+  }
+
+  warn (text) {
+    this.#log(text, '\xa7eWARN', this.stderr)
+  }
+
+  error (text) {
+    this.#log(text, '\xa7cERROR', this.stderr)
+  }
+
+  log (text) {
+    this.info(text)
+  }
+
+  #log (text, prefix, stdout) {
+    const raw = [`[${formatTimestamp()} ${prefix}\xa7r] `, text]
+    if (this.namespace) raw[0] += `[${this.namespace}] `
+
+    const options = { lang: this.language }
+    const colorStr = colorCodeStringify(raw, options)
+    const ansiStr = ansiStringify(raw, options)
+
+    if (stdout) stdout.write(ansiStr + '\x1b[0m\n')
+    this.#writeToLog(colorStr + '\n') 
+  }
+
+  #writeToLog (text) {
+    if (this.parent) return this.parent.#writeToLog(text)
+    this.#writeStream?.write(text)
+  }
+
+  fork (namespace) {
+    if (this.namespace) namespace = this.namespace + '/' + namespace
+
+    const fork = new Console({ lang: this.language, namespace })
+    fork.parent = this
+
+    this.#forks.push(fork)
+    fork.on('end', () => (this.#forks = this.#forks.filter(_fork => _fork !== fork)))
+
+    return fork
+  }
+
+  end () {
+    this.#writeStream?.end()
+    this.stdout = null
+    this.stderr = null
+    this.parent = null
+
+    this.emit('end')
+  }
+
+  async createLogFile (logdir) {
+    this.logdir = logdir
+    const filename = path.join(logdir, 'latest.log')
+
+    if (await fileExists(filename)) {
+      const inStream = fs.createReadStream(filename)
+      let outStreamRaw
+      let outStreamGzip
+
+      inStream.on('data', chunk => {
+        if (!outStreamRaw) {
+          // Attempt to read the first line (assumed to have a date)
+          let idx = -1
+          for (let i = 0; i < chunk.length; i++) {
+            if (chunk[i] === 0x0a || chunk[i] === 0x0d) {
+              idx = i + 1
+              break
+            }
+          }
+          if (chunk[idx] === 0x0d && chunk[idx + 1] === 0x0a) idx++
+
+          let date
+          if (idx !== -1) {
+            date = chunk.subarray(0, idx).toString().trim()
+
+            // sanity checking
+            const parts = date.split('-').map(Number)
+            if (parts.length !== 3) idx = -1
+            else if (parts.some(part => Number.isNaN(part))) idx = -1
+          }
+
+          if (idx !== -1) {
+            // The sanity checks passed, so we can skip the date now
+            chunk = chunk.subarray(idx)
+          } else {
+            // stat the file for the creation date
+            const stat = fs.statSync(filename)
+            date = formatDate(stat.birthtime)
+          }
+
+          // handle duplicates
+          const prefix = this.logdir + '/'
+          const suffix = '.log.gz'
+          let outFilename = prefix + date + suffix
+          let count = 1
+          while (fs.existsSync(outFilename)) {
+            outFilename = prefix + date + '-' + count++ + suffix
+          }
+
+          // so much for just some output streams...
+          outStreamRaw = fs.createWriteStream(outFilename)
+          outStreamGzip = zlib.createGzip()
+
+          outStreamGzip.on('data', chunk => outStreamRaw.write(chunk))
+          outStreamGzip.on('end', () => outStreamRaw.end())
+        }
+
+        outStreamGzip.write(chunk)
+      })
+
+      await stream.finished(inStream)
+      outStreamGzip?.end()
+    }
+
+    this.filename = filename
+    this.#writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(filename)
+    this.#writeStream.setDefaultEncoding('utf-8')
+    this.#writeStream.write(formatDate() + '\n')
+  }
+}
+
+function formatDate (date = new Date()) {
+  const year = date.getFullYear()
+  const month = date.getMonth() + 1
+  const day = date.getDay()
+  return `${year.toString().padStart(4, '0')}-${month.toString().padStart(2, '0')}-${day.toString().padStart(2, '0')}`
+}
+
+function formatTimestamp (date = new Date()) {
+  const hours = date.getHours()
+  const minutes = date.getMinutes()
+  const seconds = date.getSeconds()
+  return `${hours.toString().padStart(2, '0')}:${minutes.toString().padStart(2, '0')}:${seconds.toString().padStart(2, '0')}`
+}
+
+module.exports = Console
diff --git a/util/file_exists.js b/util/file_exists.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48c1494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/file_exists.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const fs = require('fs/promises')
+
+async function fileExists (filename) {
+  try {
+    await fs.stat(filename)
+    return true
+  } catch {
+    return false
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = fileExists