diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 662ed34..3bcae4e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### Changed
 
+#### 2025-12-05
+
+* `./pysieved/main.py`: Added file-based logging with `WatchedFileHandler` and removed syslog usage.
+* `./pysieved.ini`: Added option for file logging path.
+
 #### 2025-12-04
 
 * `./.github/workflows/tests.yml`: Added Github action for running tests.
diff --git a/build_deb.sh b/build_deb.sh
index 876ceec..de4d9f2 100755
--- a/build_deb.sh
+++ b/build_deb.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-export BUILD_VERSION=${BUILD_VERSION:-0.2.5}
+export BUILD_VERSION=${BUILD_VERSION:-0.2.6}
 
 docker build -t pysieved-deb-builder .
 docker run --name pysieved-builder pysieved-deb-builder bash -c "
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fc4e33b..76cc10b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pysieved (0.2.6) jammy; urgency=medium
+
+  * Replaced syslog with File Logging
+
+ -- Team noris SKG-PRJ <prj-d@noris.de>  Fri, 05 DEC 2025 17:00:00 +0200
+
 pysieved (0.2.5) jammy; urgency=medium
 
   * Added tests
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index d4e52e0..f002397 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@
 
 set -e
 
+LOGDIR="/var/log/pysieved"
+
 if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
+  if [ ! -d "$LOGDIR" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$LOGDIR"
+    chmod 755 "$LOGDIR"
+  fi
+
   if command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     systemctl daemon-reload || true
     systemctl enable pysieved.service || true
diff --git a/pysieved.ini b/pysieved.ini
index 71edffb..3bb445c 100644
--- a/pysieved.ini
+++ b/pysieved.ini
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ pidfile = /var/run/pysieved.pid
 # Prepend this path to result of userdb lookup if not absolute
 #base = /var/mail
 
+# Log file
+logfile = /var/log/pysieved/pysieved.log
 
 [TLS]
 # Require STARTTLS before authentication
diff --git a/pysieved/main.py b/pysieved/main.py
index 3fb4eb9..adb85a9 100755
--- a/pysieved/main.py
+++ b/pysieved/main.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ## Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
 ## USA
 #
-# 04 December 2025 - Modified by F. Ioannidis.
+# 05 December 2025 - Modified by A. Manalikadis.
 
 
 import optparse
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
 import socket
 import socketserver as SocketServer
 import sys
-import syslog
+import logging
+from logging.handlers import WatchedFileHandler
+import getpass
+
 
 from pysieved.config import Config
 from pysieved.managesieve import RequestHandler
@@ -47,20 +50,52 @@ class Server(SocketServer.ForkingTCPServer):
 # Define defaults before they get overwritten
 VERBOSITY = 10
 DEBUG = False
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger("pysieved")
 
-
-def log(l, s):
+def log(l: int, s: str) -> None:
     if l <= VERBOSITY:
-        if DEBUG:
-            sys.stderr.write("%s %s\n" % ("=" * l, s))
+        if l > 0:
+            lvl = logging.INFO
+        elif l == 0:
+            lvl = logging.WARNING
         else:
-            if l > 0:
-                lvl = syslog.LOG_NOTICE
-            elif l == 0:
-                lvl = syslog.LOG_WARNING
-            else:
-                lvl = syslog.LOG_ERR
-            syslog.syslog(lvl, s)
+            lvl = logging.ERROR
+
+        LOGGER.log(lvl, s)
+
+
+def setup_logging(options: optparse.Values, config: Config) -> None:
+    global VERBOSITY, DEBUG, LOGGER
+
+    VERBOSITY = options.verbosity
+    DEBUG = options.debug
+
+    # Default logfile, overrideable by config
+    logfile = config.get("main", "logfile", "/var/log/pysieved/pysieved.log")
+
+    # Base logger config
+    LOGGER.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+    # Remove any existing handlers (if intiliazed more than once in tests)
+    LOGGER.handlers.clear()
+
+    username = getpass.getuser()
+
+    formatter = logging.Formatter(
+        fmt=f"%(asctime)s {username} [%(process)d] %(levelname)s: %(message)s",
+        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+    )
+
+    if DEBUG:
+        # In debug mode, log to stderr
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr)
+    else:
+        # In normal mode, log to a logfile that notices rotation by logrotate
+        handler = WatchedFileHandler(logfile)
+
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    LOGGER.addHandler(handler)
+
 
 
 def cli():
@@ -173,9 +208,6 @@ def get_handler(options, config):
     tls_cert = options.tls_cert or config.get("TLS", "cert", "")
     tls_passphrase = config.get("TLS", "passphrase", "")
 
-    # Define the log function
-    syslog.openlog("pysieved[%d]" % (os.getpid()), 0, syslog.LOG_MAIL)
-
     # Load TLS key and cert
     tls_privateKey = None
     tls_certChain = None
@@ -323,6 +355,9 @@ def main(options: optparse.Values, _: list):
     # Read config file
     config = Config(options.config)
 
+    # Initialise logging
+    setup_logging(options, config)
+
     addr = options.bindaddr or config.get("main", "bindaddr", "")
     port = options.port or config.getint("main", "port", 4190)
     pidfile = options.pidfile or config.get("main", "pidfile", "/var/run/pysieved.pid")
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 907735f..480c780 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 setup(
     name="pysieved",
     description="Core daemon for the pysieved project",
-    version=os.getenv("BUILD_VERSION", "0.2.5"),
+    version=os.getenv("BUILD_VERSION", "0.2.6"),
     packages=find_packages(where="."),
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [