diff --git a/log.d.ts b/log.d.ts
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+declare module 'scale-logging';
+// this makes vscode shut up
+// no idea if i'll do all this later
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diff --git a/log.mjs b/log.mjs
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+import chalk from "chalk";
+
+class Logging {
+
+    /**
+     * @param {string} mod Module idenfitier. Used in every line to identify the module that sent the message.
+     * @param {boolean} silentInst Set to false to log a message when the logger instantiates. Useful for debugging.
+     * @returns A source for logging messages to the console. Functions for info, warnings, errors, debug statements, and network events are provided and have shorthands.
+     */
+    constructor(mod, silentInst) {
+        if (!mod) {
+            this.moduleName = generateRandomString(12);
+            this.warn(`Logging instantiated without a module identifier, using random string`);
+        } else if (typeof mod !== 'string') {
+            this.moduleName = generateRandomString(12);
+            this.warn(`Logging instantiated with a non-string module identifier, using random string`);
+        } else {
+            this.moduleName = mod;
+            if (silentInst == false) this.info(`Instantiated module logging for ${mod}`);
+        }
+
+        // logging type shorthand
+        this.i = this.info;
+        this.w = this.warn;
+        this.e = this.error;
+        this.d = this.debug;
+        this.n = this.network;
+    }
+
+    async info(msg) {
+        let msgFormat = chalk.gray(Logging.getFormattedDate()) + chalk.bgWhite.black(`${this.moduleName} [INFO]`) + chalk.whiteBright(' ' + msg);
+        console.log(msgFormat);
+    }
+
+    async warn(msg) {
+        console.warn(chalk.gray(Logging.getFormattedDate()) + chalk.bgYellow.black(`${this.moduleName} [WARN]`) + chalk.yellowBright(' ' + msg));
+    }
+    
+    async error(msg) {
+        console.error(chalk.gray(Logging.getFormattedDate()) + chalk.bgRed.black(`${this.moduleName} [ERROR]`) + chalk.redBright(' ' + msg));
+    }
+
+    async debug(msg) {
+        if (arguments.length !== 1) console.debug(chalk.gray(Logging.getFormattedDate()) + chalk.bgGreen.black(`${this.moduleName} [DEBUG]`) + chalk.greenBright(' ' + coerce(arguments)));
+        else console.debug(chalk.gray(Logging.getFormattedDate()) + chalk.bgGreen.black(`${this.moduleName} [DEBUG]`) + chalk.greenBright(' ' + msg));
+    }
+
+    async network(msg) {
+        console.log(chalk.gray(Logging.getFormattedDate()) + chalk.bgCyan.black(`${this.moduleName} [NETWORK]`) + chalk.cyanBright(' ' + msg));
+    }
+
+    static getFormattedDate() {
+        const date = new Date();
+      
+        const options = {
+            month: '2-digit',
+            day: '2-digit',
+            year: 'numeric',
+            hour: '2-digit',
+            minute: '2-digit',
+            second: '2-digit',
+            hour12: true,
+            timeZone: process.env.TZ,
+            timeZoneName: 'short'
+        };
+    
+        return date.toLocaleString('en-US', options).replace(',', '') + ' ';
+    }
+
+}
+
+function coerce(inArgs) {
+    let constructedMsg = "";
+    let args = Array.from(inArgs);
+    args.forEach((val) => {
+        if (typeof val == 'function' || typeof val == 'object') return;
+        else constructedMsg = constructedMsg + `${val} `;
+    });
+    return constructedMsg;
+}
+
+function generateRandomString(length) {
+    const characters = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789';
+    let randomString = '';
+  
+    for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        const randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * characters.length);
+        randomString += characters.charAt(randomIndex);
+    }
+  
+    return randomString;
+}
+
+export { generateRandomString };
+export default Logging;
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "scale-logging",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "description": "Organized logging for proxnet-scale",
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "log.mjs",
+  "author": "@ZombieBrine13092 on GitHub, @zombieb on Discord",
+  "license": "ISC"
+}