diff --git a/br-webui/_includes/header.liquid b/br-webui/_includes/header.liquid
index b9f8c749..db3b00de 100644
--- a/br-webui/_includes/header.liquid
+++ b/br-webui/_includes/header.liquid
@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@
 		function shutdown() {
 			socket.emit('shutdown');
 		}
+		
+		function send() {
+			console.log('got into the function send');
+			socket.emit('sendlog');
+
+		}
+			
+		socket.on('getlogs', function(data) {
+			console.log("In get logs");
+		 	console.log(data);
+		});
+		
+			
 	</script>
 	<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/bootstrap.min.css">
 	<link rel="stylesheet" href="/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css">
@@ -42,6 +55,10 @@
 				<form class="navbar-form navbar-right">
 					<button onclick="reboot()" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm navbar-btn">Reboot</button>
 					<button onclick="shutdown()" class="btn btn-error btn-sm navbar-btn">Shutdown</button>
+					<button type="button" onclick="send()" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm navbar-btn">
+						Send Error Log
+						
+					</button>
 				</form>
 			</div><!--/.nav-collapse -->
 		</div>
diff --git a/br-webui/index.js b/br-webui/index.js
index 29cb0143..096fc01a 100644
--- a/br-webui/index.js
+++ b/br-webui/index.js
@@ -1593,6 +1593,13 @@ io.on('connection', function(socket) {
 		});
 	});
 	
+	socket.on('sendlog', function(data) {
+		logger.log('sendlog');
+		var cmd = child_process.exec('ls', function (error, stdout, stderr) {
+			socket.emit('getlogs',"hi");
+			logger.log('entered function sendlog');
+		});
+	});
 	var uploader = new SocketIOFile(socket, {
 		// uploadDir: {			// multiple directories 
 		// 	music: 'data/music',