diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 8f6f451..ad6b951 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
+LOGFILE=./build.log
+
+echo "" > $LOGFILE
+
+echo "Starting build process" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+
 rm -rf ./build
 rm -rf ./compiled
 mkdir ./build
 mkdir ./compiled
+
+echo "Directories cleaned and new ones created" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+
 find . -name "*.lua" -type f ! -path "./compiled/*" ! -path "./.luarocks/*" | while read -r file
 do
     # Extract the base name of the file
@@ -9,12 +18,17 @@ do
 
     # Check if a file with the same name already exists in the build directory
     if [ -e "./build/$base" ]; then
-        echo "Error: File $base already exists in the build directory. Exiting."
+        echo "Error: File $base already exists in the build directory. Exiting." | tee -a $LOGFILE
         exit 1
     else
         # If not, copy the file to the build directory
         cp "$file" ./build
+        echo "Copied $file to build directory" | tee -a $LOGFILE
     fi
 done
+
 # copy everything from src/resources too
-cp -r ./src/resources/* ./build
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+cp -r ./src/resources/* ./build
+echo "Copied resources to build directory" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+
+echo "Build process completed" | tee -a $LOGFILE
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