diff --git a/cli/Cargo.lock b/cli/Cargo.lock
index 5031628c4..cfce83fcc 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.lock
+++ b/cli/Cargo.lock
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ checksum = "514de17de45fdb8dc022b1a7975556c53c86f9f0aa5f534b98977b171857c2c9"
 
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+version = "2.0.59"
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-checksum = "44cfb93f38070beee36b3fef7d4f5a16f27751d94b187b666a5cc5e9b0d30687"
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+ "windows-targets 0.52.5",
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- "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.4",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.4",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.4",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.4",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnullvm",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.5",
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+checksum = "88ba073cf16d5372720ec942a8ccbf61626074c6d4dd2e745299726ce8b89670"
+
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diff --git a/cli/README.md b/cli/README.md
index 51aa31be0..daf0b6a58 100644
--- a/cli/README.md
+++ b/cli/README.md
@@ -15,11 +15,16 @@ cargo run
 To specify a custom data directory, use
 
 ```bash
-cargo run -- --data_dir temp-dir
+cargo run -- --data-dir temp-dir
 ```
 
 To set a custom log level, use
 
 ```bash
-RUST_LOG=info cargo run
+RUST_LOG=info|debug|warn cargo run
+```
+
+To specify a file to pipe logs to, use
+```bash
+RUST_LOG=info|debug|warn cargo run -- --log-file /tmp/log
 ```
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 4d153bdff..a85944332 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 mod commands;
 mod persist;
 
-use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
+use std::{
+    fs::{self, File},
+    path::PathBuf,
+};
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use clap::Parser;
@@ -13,8 +16,11 @@ use rustyline::{error::ReadlineError, hint::HistoryHinter, Editor};
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct Args {
-    #[clap(name = "data_dir", short = 'd', long = "data_dir")]
+    #[clap(short, long)]
     pub(crate) data_dir: Option<String>,
+
+    #[clap(short, long)]
+    pub(crate) log_file: Option<String>,
 }
 
 fn show_results(result: Result<String>) -> Result<()> {
@@ -30,9 +36,15 @@ fn show_results(result: Result<String>) -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    env_logger::init();
-
     let args = Args::parse();
+
+    env_logger::builder()
+        .target(match args.log_file {
+            Some(log_file) => env_logger::Target::Pipe(Box::new(File::create(log_file)?)),
+            None => env_logger::Target::Stdout,
+        })
+        .init();
+
     let data_dir_str = args.data_dir.clone().unwrap_or(".data".to_string());
     let data_dir = PathBuf::from(&data_dir_str);
     fs::create_dir_all(&data_dir)?;