diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4e56040..e2c548c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,5 +16,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.43.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.9.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3a52fcd..832e2f0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -151,8 +151,14 @@ github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q
 github.com/xordataexchange/crypt v0.0.3-0.20170626215501-b2862e3d0a77/go.mod h1:aYKd//L2LvnjZzWKhF00oedf4jCCReLcmhLdhm1A27Q=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
+go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0 h1:9qC72Qh0+3MqyJbAn8YU5xVq1frD8bn3JtD2oXtafVQ=
+go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0/go.mod h1:LUxbIzbOniOlMKjJjyPfpl4v+PKK2cNJn91OQbhoJI0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:wR5kodmAFQ0UK8QlbwjlSNy0Z68gJhDJUG5sjR94q/0=
+go.uber.org/multierr v1.9.0 h1:7fIwc/ZtS0q++VgcfqFDxSBZVv/Xo49/SYnDFupUwlI=
+go.uber.org/multierr v1.9.0/go.mod h1:X2jQV1h+kxSjClGpnseKVIxpmcjrj7MNnI0bnlfKTVQ=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.10.0/go.mod h1:vwi/ZaCAaUcBkycHslxD9B2zi4UTXhF60s6SWpuDF0Q=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0 h1:FiJd5l1UOLj0wCgbSE0rwwXHzEdAZS6hiiSnxJN/D60=
+go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0/go.mod h1:2kMP+WWQ8aoFoedH3T2sq6iJ2yDWpHbP0f6MQbS9Gkg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220214200702-86341886e292/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9a45159..d73e7e1 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 
 	"github.com/ProjectSegfault/publapi/pages"
-	"github.com/ProjectSegfault/publapi/utils"
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
 )
 
@@ -36,3 +36,12 @@ func main() {
 
 	app.Listen(utils.GetPort())
 }
+
+// GetPort returns the port to listen on
+func GetPort() string {
+	port := os.Getenv("PUBLAPI_PORT")
+	if port == "" {
+		port = "3000"
+	}
+	return ":" + port
+}
diff --git a/pages/signup.go b/pages/signup.go
index a8159ee..5fdd755 100644
--- a/pages/signup.go
+++ b/pages/signup.go
@@ -9,25 +9,34 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sethvargo/go-password/password"
 
 	"github.com/containrrr/shoutrrr"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 // SignupPage is the signup page handler
 func SignupPage(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+	// set up logger
+	logger, _ := zap.NewProduction()
+	defer logger.Sync()
+
 	username := c.FormValue("username")
 	email := c.FormValue("email")
 	if username == "" || email == "" {
+		logger.Error("username or email is empty", zap.String("username", username), zap.String("email", email))
 		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusBadRequest)
 	}
 
 	// generate password
 	pass, err := password.Generate(30, 10, 10, false, false)
 	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("failed to generate password", zap.Error(err))
 		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
 
 	// create user file
 	f, err := os.Create("/var/publapi/users/" + username + ".sh")
 	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("failed to create user file", zap.Error(err))
 		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
@@ -44,12 +53,14 @@ func SignupPage(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 	// write to file
 	_, err = f.WriteString(bashscript)
 	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("failed to write to user file", zap.Error(err))
 		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
 
 	// send notification to admins
 	err = shoutrrr.Send(os.Getenv("PUBLAPI_SHOUTRRRURL"), "New user signup! Please review /var/publapi/users/"+username+".sh to approve or deny the user.")
 	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("failed to send notification to admins", zap.Error(err))
 		return c.SendStatus(fiber.StatusInternalServerError)
 	}
 	return c.JSON(fiber.Map{
diff --git a/utils/port.go b/utils/port.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8380fa9..0000000
--- a/utils/port.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package utils
-
-import (
-	"os"
-)
-
-// GetPort returns the port to listen on
-func GetPort() string {
-	port := os.Getenv("PUBLAPI_PORT")
-	if port == "" {
-		port = "3000"
-	}
-	return ":" + port
-}