diff --git a/config/log_server.go b/config/log_server.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bba439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/log_server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package Config
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"regexp"
+)
+
+func CheckLogServer(serverURL *string) bool {
+	var regex *regexp.Regexp
+	var err error
+
+	if regex, err = regexp.Compile("(\b(https?)://)?[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]+[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#/%=~_|]| ^((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)$"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return regex.MatchString(*serverURL)
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0ba1b4c..4a91ea5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module EchoBot
 
 go 1.17
+
+require gopkg.in/Graylog2/go-gelf.v2 v2.0.0-20191017102106-1550ee647df0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcacbfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+gopkg.in/Graylog2/go-gelf.v2 v2.0.0-20191017102106-1550ee647df0 h1:Xg23ydYYJLmb9AK3XdcEpplHZd1MpN3X2ZeeMoBClmY=
+gopkg.in/Graylog2/go-gelf.v2 v2.0.0-20191017102106-1550ee647df0/go.mod h1:CeDeqW4tj9FrgZXF/dQCWZrBdcZWWBenhJtxLH4On2g=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 16de330..1da021a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ package main
 import (
 	handlers "EchoBot/handlers"
 	service "EchoBot/service"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
+
+	"gopkg.in/Graylog2/go-gelf.v2/gelf"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -23,21 +26,32 @@ func startServices() {
 	service.RunTimedTask()
 }
 
+func grayLogConfig(graylogAddr *string) {
+	if len(*graylogAddr) > 0 {
+		gelfWriter, err := gelf.NewTCPWriter(*graylogAddr)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("gelf.NewWriter: %s", err)
+		}
+		// log to both stderr and graylog2
+		log.SetOutput(io.MultiWriter(os.Stderr, gelfWriter))
+		log.Printf("logging to stderr & graylog2@'%s'\n", *graylogAddr)
+	}
+}
+
 func startServer() {
 	loadHandlers()
-	startServices()
 
-	var port string
-	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
-		if _, err := strconv.Atoi(os.Args[1]); err != nil {
-			log.Println(fmt.Sprintf("Port cannot be [%s], assigning default port 8080", os.Args[1]))
-		} else {
-			port = os.Args[1]
-		}
-	} else {
-		port = "8080"
-	}
+	var graylogServer string
+	flag.StringVar(&graylogServer, "graylog", "", "The graylog server and port to utilize [Example: -graylog=http:www.graylog.com:8080")
+
+	var port int
+	flag.IntVar(&port, "port", 8080, "Port number for EchoBot to run on.")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	grayLogConfig(&graylogServer)
+	startServices()
 
-	log.Printf("EchoBot server started on port %s!\n", port)
-	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf(":%s", port), nil))
+	log.Printf("EchoBot server started on port %d!\n", port)
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf(":%d", port), nil))
 }
diff --git a/static/template/home.html b/static/template/home.html
index bdae8ed..4f281d5 100644
--- a/static/template/home.html
+++ b/static/template/home.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
                     <div class="card">
                         <h5 class="card-header">Create An Echo Request</h5>
                         <div class="card-body">
-                            <p class="card-text">Create an http request to replay
+                            <p class="card-text">Create an http request to replay</br></br>
                             </p>
                             <a href="/createEchoRequest" class="btn btn-primary">Let's Go</a>
                         </div>