diff --git a/buildbot.py b/buildbot.py
index 7d7a98b..2d45051 100755
--- a/buildbot.py
+++ b/buildbot.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from config import ARCHS, BUILD_ARCHS, BUILD_ARCH_MAPPING, \
                    MAKEPKG_MAKE_CMD, MAKEPKG_MAKE_CMD_CLEAN, \
                    GPG_SIGN_CMD, GPG_VERIFY_CMD, UPDATE_INTERVAL, \
                    MAKEPKG_MAKE_CMD_MARCH, UPLOAD_CMD, \
-                   GIT_PULL, GIT_RESET_SUBDIR
+                   GIT_PULL, GIT_RESET_SUBDIR, CONSOLE_LOGFILE
 
 from utils import print_exc_plus, background, \
                   bash, get_pkg_details_from_name, vercmp, \
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ abspath=os.path.dirname(abspath)
 os.chdir(abspath)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('buildbot')
-configure_logger(logger, logfile='buildbot.log', rotate_size=1024*1024*10)
+configure_logger(logger, logfile='buildbot.log', rotate_size=1024*1024*10, enable_notify=True, consolelog=CONSOLE_LOGFILE)
 
 # refuse to run in systemd-nspawn
 if 'systemd-nspawn' in bash('systemd-detect-virt || true'):
diff --git a/client.py b/client.py
index 80b10e1..4cb9b12 100755
--- a/client.py
+++ b/client.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ from multiprocessing.connection import Client
 from time import sleep
 
 from config import REPOD_BIND_ADDRESS, REPOD_BIND_PASSWD, \
-                   MASTER_BIND_ADDRESS, MASTER_BIND_PASSWD
+                   MASTER_BIND_ADDRESS, MASTER_BIND_PASSWD, \
+                   CONSOLE_LOGFILE
 
 from utils import print_exc_plus
 
@@ -40,36 +41,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     from utils import configure_logger
     configure_logger(logger)
     def print_log():
-        import os, re
-        abspath=os.path.abspath(__file__)
-        abspath=os.path.dirname(abspath)
-        os.chdir(abspath)
-        def is_debug_msg(msg, DEBUG):
-            if '- DEBUG -' in msg:
-                return True
-            elif re.match(r'[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}.*', msg):
-                return False
-            else:
-                return DEBUG
-        with open('buildbot.log', 'r') as f:
-            DEBUG = False
-            lines = list()
-            lines += f.read().split('\n')
-            while len(lines) >= 100:
-                lines.pop(0)
-            while True:
-                nlines = f.read().split('\n')
-                if not lines and \
-                    len(nlines) == 1 and nlines[0] == '':
-                    continue
-                else:
-                    lines += nlines
-                for line in lines:
-                    DEBUG = is_debug_msg(line, DEBUG)
-                    if not DEBUG:
-                        print(line)
-                lines = list()
-                sleep(1)
+        import os
+        os.system(f'tail -f {CONSOLE_LOGFILE}')
     try:
         actions = {
                     'info':     'show buildbot info',
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 6f83a16..4adbcf2 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -62,3 +62,5 @@ UPLOAD_CMD = 'rsync -avPh \"{src}\" repoupload:/srv/repo/buildbot/repo/updates/'
 
 GIT_PULL = 'git pull'
 GIT_RESET_SUBDIR = 'git checkout HEAD -- .'
+
+CONSOLE_LOGFILE = 'buildbot.log.console'
diff --git a/repod.py b/repod.py
index 618f6b7..2a8ca04 100755
--- a/repod.py
+++ b/repod.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ abspath=os.path.dirname(abspath)
 os.chdir(abspath)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('buildbot')
-configure_logger(logger, logfile='repod.log', rotate_size=1024*1024*10)
+configure_logger(logger, logfile='repod.log', rotate_size=1024*1024*10, enable_notify=True)
 
 class pushFm:
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index d153328..792f5e5 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ def format_exc_plus():
 
 def configure_logger(logger, format='%(asctime)s - %(name)-18s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s',
                      level=logging.INFO, logfile=None, flevel=logging.DEBUG, rotate_size=None,
-                     enable_notify=False):
+                     enable_notify=False, consolelog=None):
     def __send(*args):
         pass
     if enable_notify:
@@ -307,3 +307,11 @@ def configure_logger(logger, format='%(asctime)s - %(name)-18s - %(levelname)s -
     ch.setLevel(level)
     ch.setFormatter(cformatter)
     logger.addHandler(ch)
+    if consolelog:
+        assert type(consolelog) is str
+        cfh = logging.FileHandler(consolelog)
+        cfh.setLevel(level)
+        cfhformatter = ExceptionFormatter(fmt=format, notify=False)
+        cfh.setFormatter(cfhformatter)
+        logger.addHandler(cfh)
+    # for client.printlog