diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 7648822..8839763 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/handlers"
+	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/logging"
 	"github.com/KristianJBorgwarth/dendrite.daemon/core/server"
 	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 )
 
 func main() {
+	logging.Init()
 	server := server.NewServer()
 
 	server.RegisterHandler("initialize", handlers.NewInitializeHandler())
diff --git a/core/frontmatter/parser.go b/core/frontmatter/parser.go
index ea834c9..9bcb523 100644
--- a/core/frontmatter/parser.go
+++ b/core/frontmatter/parser.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package frontmatter
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
+	"log/slog"
+
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ func ParseTags(file []byte) ([]string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	slog.Debug("parsed front matter", "fm", fm)
 	return fm.Tags, nil
 }
 
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ func parseFrontMatter(file []byte) (*FrontMatter, error) {
 	if idx := bytes.Index(content, []byte("---")); idx != -1 {
 		content = bytes.TrimSpace(content[:idx])
 	}
+	slog.Debug("yaml content to parse", "content", string(content))
 
 	var fm FrontMatter
 	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(content, &fm); err != nil {
diff --git a/core/handlers/create_note_handler.go b/core/handlers/create_note_handler.go
index 66abaab..10cd3cd 100644
--- a/core/handlers/create_note_handler.go
+++ b/core/handlers/create_note_handler.go
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ func (h *CreateNoteHandler) Handle(ctx context.Context, raw json.RawMessage) (an
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	slog.Debug("rendered template", "data", string(data))
+
 	tags, err := frontmatter.ParseTags(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/core/logging/logger.go b/core/logging/logger.go
index c8ce991..a26e39c 100644
--- a/core/logging/logger.go
+++ b/core/logging/logger.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 package logging
 
 import (
-	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 )
@@ -13,9 +12,7 @@ func Init() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	writer := io.MultiWriter(os.Stdout, logFile)
-
-	handler := slog.NewTextHandler(writer, &slog.HandlerOptions{
+	handler := slog.NewTextHandler(logFile, &slog.HandlerOptions{
 		Level: slog.LevelDebug,
 	})
 
diff --git a/dendrite b/dendrite
index 2eff99a..ec9a22a 100755
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