diff --git a/DotnetFoundation/DotnetFoundation.Api/DotnetFoundation.Api.csproj b/DotnetFoundation/DotnetFoundation.Api/DotnetFoundation.Api.csproj
index 6285449..ad078ef 100644
--- a/DotnetFoundation/DotnetFoundation.Api/DotnetFoundation.Api.csproj
+++ b/DotnetFoundation/DotnetFoundation.Api/DotnetFoundation.Api.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="AutoMapper" Version="13.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="8.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Expressions" Version="4.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Formatting.Compact" Version="2.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="6.5.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="8.0.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="8.0.2" />
diff --git a/DotnetFoundation/DotnetFoundation.Api/Program.cs b/DotnetFoundation/DotnetFoundation.Api/Program.cs
index 118237c..8a99f72 100644
--- a/DotnetFoundation/DotnetFoundation.Api/Program.cs
+++ b/DotnetFoundation/DotnetFoundation.Api/Program.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 using DotnetFoundation.Services;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
+using Serilog;
+using Serilog.Templates;
 using Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Filters;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
@@ -52,6 +54,21 @@
     options.IncludeXmlComments(filePath);
 });
 
+// logging using serilog
+Log.Logger = new LoggerConfiguration()
+    .WriteTo.File(
+        formatter: new ExpressionTemplate(
+            "{ {Timestamp: @t, Level: @l, TracebackId: @tr, RequestMethod, RequestPath, StatusCode, SourceContext, Data:{EventId: @i, RequestId}, Message: @m, Exception: @x} }\n\n"
+        ),
+        path: "logs/log-.ndjson",
+        rollingInterval: RollingInterval.Day)
+    .WriteTo.Console(
+        outputTemplate: "{Timestamp:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss zzz} [{Level:u3}] {Message:lj} <s:{SourceContext}>{NewLine}{Exception}\n")
+    .CreateLogger();
+
+Log.Logger.Information("Logging has started");
+builder.Host.UseSerilog();
+
 // Adding HTTP Context
 builder.Services.AddHttpContextAccessor();
 
@@ -74,6 +91,8 @@
 
 app.UseHttpsRedirection();
 
+app.UseSerilogRequestLogging();
+
 app.UseAuthentication();
 
 app.UseAuthorization();
diff --git a/DotnetFoundation/DotnetFoundation.Api/appsettings.Development.json b/DotnetFoundation/DotnetFoundation.Api/appsettings.Development.json
index 0c208ae..1b2d3ba 100644
--- a/DotnetFoundation/DotnetFoundation.Api/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/DotnetFoundation/DotnetFoundation.Api/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
     }
   }
-}
+}
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