diff --git a/webserv/log/FileChannel.cpp b/webserv/log/FileChannel.cpp
index 4e96d8e..a22c8e3 100644
--- a/webserv/log/FileChannel.cpp
+++ b/webserv/log/FileChannel.cpp
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 #include <webserv/log/FileChannel.hpp>
 
 #include <chrono>
+#include <ios>
 #include <iostream>
 
-FileChannel::FileChannel(const std::string &filename, LogLevel logLevel)
-    : Channel(logLevel), filename_(filename), fileStream_(filename, std::ios::trunc)
+FileChannel::FileChannel(const std::string &filename, std::ios_base::openmode mode, LogLevel logLevel)
+    : Channel(logLevel), filename_(filename), fileStream_(filename, mode)
 {
     if (!fileStream_.is_open())
     {
diff --git a/webserv/log/FileChannel.hpp b/webserv/log/FileChannel.hpp
index 4e83936..bd2a8fd 100644
--- a/webserv/log/FileChannel.hpp
+++ b/webserv/log/FileChannel.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 class FileChannel : public Channel
 {
   public:
-    FileChannel(const std::string &filename, LogLevel logLevel = LogLevel::LOGLVL_TRACE);
+    FileChannel(const std::string &filename, std::ios_base::openmode mode, LogLevel logLevel = LogLevel::LOGLVL_TRACE);
 
     FileChannel(const FileChannel &other) = delete;
     FileChannel(const FileChannel &&other) = delete;
diff --git a/webserv/log/Log.cpp b/webserv/log/Log.cpp
index 840dc7c..fa3c1c1 100644
--- a/webserv/log/Log.cpp
+++ b/webserv/log/Log.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void Log::setStdoutChannel(LogLevel logLevel)
     }
 }
 
-void Log::setFileChannel(const std::string &filename, LogLevel logLevel)
+void Log::setFileChannel(const std::string &filename, std::ios_base::openmode mode, LogLevel logLevel)
 {
     Log &log = getInstance();
     if (log.channels_.contains("file"))
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void Log::setFileChannel(const std::string &filename, LogLevel logLevel)
     }
     try
     {
-        log.channels_.insert({"file", std::unique_ptr<Channel>(new FileChannel(filename, logLevel))});
+        log.channels_.insert({"file", std::unique_ptr<Channel>(new FileChannel(filename, mode, logLevel))});
     }
     catch (const std::exception &e)
     {
diff --git a/webserv/log/Log.hpp b/webserv/log/Log.hpp
index c623b80..9ae46ec 100644
--- a/webserv/log/Log.hpp
+++ b/webserv/log/Log.hpp
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ class Log
     Log &operator=(const Log &other) = delete;
     Log &&operator=(const Log &&other) = delete;
 
-    static void setFileChannel(const std::string &filename, LogLevel logLevel = LogLevel::LOGLVL_TRACE);
+    static void setFileChannel(const std::string &filename, std::ios_base::openmode mode = std::ios_base::app, LogLevel logLevel = LogLevel::LOGLVL_TRACE);
     static void setStdoutChannel(LogLevel logLevel = LogLevel::LOGLVL_TRACE);
-    
+
     void log(LogLevel level, const std::string &message, const std::string &channel = "stdout",
              const std::map<std::string, std::string> &context = {});
 
diff --git a/webserv/main.cpp b/webserv/main.cpp
index db763c1..5b3d4a6 100644
--- a/webserv/main.cpp
+++ b/webserv/main.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " <config_file_path>\n"; // NOLINT
         return 1;
     }
-    Log::setFileChannel("webserv.log", LogLevel::LOGLVL_WARN);
-    Log::setStdoutChannel(LogLevel::LOGLVL_TRACE);
+    Log::setFileChannel("webserv.log", std::ios_base::app, LogLevel::LOGLVL_TRACE);
+    Log::setStdoutChannel(LogLevel::LOGLVL_INFO);
+    LOG_INFO("\n======================\nStarting webserv...\n======================\n");
     ConfigManager::getInstance().init(argv[1]); // NOLINT
     Server server(ConfigManager::getInstance());
     server.start();