diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 295e18ca..8c34c866 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+
+- #509 CLI currently does not write a logfile
+
 2.14.1 
 =======
 2024-10-06
diff --git a/Mustang-CLI/pom.xml b/Mustang-CLI/pom.xml
index 3ea82b7d..044a2f00 100644
--- a/Mustang-CLI/pom.xml
+++ b/Mustang-CLI/pom.xml
@@ -35,11 +35,30 @@
             <version>1.8.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
+
+        <!-- logging -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2.10</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2.10</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- This library is needed so that logback stderr output is sent to, well, stderr, otherwise it lands in stdout -->
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.janino</groupId>
+            <artifactId>janino</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.7</version>
+        </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
 			<version>2.0.12</version>
 		</dependency>
+        <!-- end of logging -->
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>