diff --git a/composeApp/build.gradle.kts b/composeApp/build.gradle.kts
index bf6b3bc..df2b800 100644
--- a/composeApp/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/composeApp/build.gradle.kts
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ kotlin {
         desktopMain.dependencies {
             implementation(compose.desktop.currentOs)
             implementation(libs.kotlinx.coroutines.swing)
+
+            implementation(libs.logback)
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/composeApp/src/desktopMain/resources/logback.xml b/composeApp/src/desktopMain/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bfd241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composeApp/src/desktopMain/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<configuration>
+
+    <appender name="stdout" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+
+    </appender>
+
+    <!-- Insert the current time formatted as "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss" under
+         the key "bySecond" into the logger context. This value will be
+         available to all subsequent configuration elements. -->
+    <timestamp key="bySecond" datePattern="yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss"/>
+
+    <appender name="file" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
+        <file>data/logs/Bankmeister-${bySecond}.log</file>
+        <!-- encoders are assigned the type
+             ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder by default -->
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%-4relative [%thread] %-5level %logger{35} - %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <!-- enable or disable if FinTS message sent to and received from bank servers should get logged by setting level to 'debug' -->
+    <logger name="net.codinux.banking.fints.log.MessageLogCollector" level="debug">
+        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
+        <appender-ref ref="file" />
+    </logger>
+
+    <!-- Do not log detailed messages of Logback's configuration (= the same what is stated in this file) -->
+    <logger name="ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor" level="warn">
+        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
+    </logger>
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="stdout"/>
+        <!--        <appender-ref ref="file"/>-->
+    </root>
+
+    <root level="WARN">
+        <appender-ref ref="file"/>
+    </root>
+</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 5d68080..b2e8584 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ kotlinx-coroutines = "1.8.1"
 banking-client = "0.5.1-SNAPSHOT"
 
 kcsv = "2.2.0"
-klf = "1.6.0"
 kotlinx-serializable = "1.7.1"
 
+klf = "1.6.0"
+logback = "1.5.7"
+
 agp = "8.2.2"
 android-compileSdk = "34"
 android-minSdk = "24"
@@ -29,9 +31,11 @@ banking-client-model = { group = "net.codinux.banking.client", name = "banking-c
 fints4k-banking-client = { group = "net.codinux.banking.client", name = "fints4k-banking-client", version.ref = "banking-client" }
 
 kcsv = { group = "net.codinux.csv", name = "kcsv", version.ref = "kcsv" }
-klf = { group = "net.codinux.log", name = "klf", version.ref = "klf" }
 kotlinx-serializable = { group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-serialization-json", version.ref = "kotlinx-serializable" }
 
+klf = { group = "net.codinux.log", name = "klf", version.ref = "klf" }
+logback = { group = "ch.qos.logback", name = "logback-classic", version.ref = "logback" }
+
 androidx-core-ktx = { group = "androidx.core", name = "core-ktx", version.ref = "androidx-core-ktx" }
 androidx-test-junit = { group = "androidx.test.ext", name = "junit", version.ref = "androidx-test-junit" }
 androidx-espresso-core = { group = "androidx.test.espresso", name = "espresso-core", version.ref = "androidx-espresso-core" }