diff --git a/buildUpgradePackages.sh b/buildUpgradePackages.sh
index 4661872..ebfad8c 100755
--- a/buildUpgradePackages.sh
+++ b/buildUpgradePackages.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,20 @@
 
 . /etc/portage/make.conf
 
+script="$0"
+
+function mylog() {
+  logger -t "$script" "${*}"
+}
+
+mylog "testing if other instances are running"
+
 if [[ $(pgrep -f -c $(basename $0)) -gt 1 ]] ; then
-#      echo other instance still running
+      mylog "other instance still running"
       exit 1
 fi
 
+mylog "start building packages"
 for atom in $(emerge -uDN --pretend --quiet world | grep ^'\[ebuild' | sed -e 's/.* \b\([a-z0-9\-]\+\/[\_A-Za-z\.0-9\-]\+\)\b.*/\1/g');
 do
   PACKAGE_FILE="$PKGDIR/$atom.tbz2"
@@ -27,9 +36,11 @@ done
 if [[ -n "${SUCCESS}" ]]
 then
   echo "Successfully build: ${SUCCESS}"
+  mylog "Successfully build: ${SUCCESS}"
 fi
 
 if [[ -n "${FAILURE}" ]]
 then
   echo "Build Failures: ${FAILURE}"
+  mylog "Build Failures: ${FAILURE}"
 fi