diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 60cb5b9..6854a7a 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="10.0.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Extensions.Hosting" Version="10.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="6.1.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="6.0.0" />
 
     <!-- Authentication -->
     <PackageVersion Include="NATS.NKeys" Version="1.0.0-preview.3" />
diff --git a/src/NATS.Server.Host/NATS.Server.Host.csproj b/src/NATS.Server.Host/NATS.Server.Host.csproj
index 0d9510d..6ab1019 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server.Host/NATS.Server.Host.csproj
+++ b/src/NATS.Server.Host/NATS.Server.Host.csproj
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Extensions.Hosting" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/NATS.Server.Host/Program.cs b/src/NATS.Server.Host/Program.cs
index 4dde566..b148eba 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server.Host/Program.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Server.Host/Program.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 using NATS.Server;
 using Serilog;
 
-Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
-    .MinimumLevel.Debug()
-    .Enrich.FromLogContext()
-    .WriteTo.Console(outputTemplate: "[{Timestamp:HH:mm:ss} {Level:u3}] {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}")
-    .CreateLogger();
-
 var options = new NatsOptions();
 
 // Simple CLI argument parsing
@@ -55,9 +49,47 @@ for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
         case "--tlsverify":
             options.TlsVerify = true;
             break;
+        case "-D" or "--debug":
+            options.Debug = true;
+            break;
+        case "-V" or "--trace":
+            options.Trace = true;
+            break;
+        case "-DV":
+            options.Debug = true;
+            options.Trace = true;
+            break;
+        case "-l" or "--log" when i + 1 < args.Length:
+            options.LogFile = args[++i];
+            break;
+        case "--log_size_limit" when i + 1 < args.Length:
+            options.LogSizeLimit = long.Parse(args[++i]);
+            break;
     }
 }
 
+// Configure Serilog based on options
+var logConfig = new LoggerConfiguration()
+    .Enrich.FromLogContext()
+    .WriteTo.Console(outputTemplate: "[{Timestamp:HH:mm:ss} {Level:u3}] {Message:lj}{NewLine}{Exception}");
+
+if (options.Trace)
+    logConfig.MinimumLevel.Verbose();
+else if (options.Debug)
+    logConfig.MinimumLevel.Debug();
+else
+    logConfig.MinimumLevel.Information();
+
+if (options.LogFile != null)
+{
+    logConfig.WriteTo.File(
+        options.LogFile,
+        fileSizeLimitBytes: options.LogSizeLimit > 0 ? options.LogSizeLimit : null,
+        rollOnFileSizeLimit: options.LogSizeLimit > 0);
+}
+
+Log.Logger = logConfig.CreateLogger();
+
 using var loggerFactory = new Serilog.Extensions.Logging.SerilogLoggerFactory(Log.Logger);
 using var server = new NatsServer(options, loggerFactory);