diff --git a/remindme_caldav.py b/remindme_caldav.py
index c0ea9b1..5303c97 100644
--- a/remindme_caldav.py
+++ b/remindme_caldav.py
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ from alert_processor import AlertProcessor
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
 
-def setup_logging():
+def setup_logging(logfile = "log"):
     log_format='[%(levelname)s] %(asctime)s %(message)s'
-    logging.basicConfig(format=log_format, level=logging.INFO)
+    logging.basicConfig(filename = logfile, format=log_format, level=logging.INFO)
 
 def parse_args():
     """Parse command line arguments."""
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="A simple calendar alerting daemon written in Python")
     parser.add_argument('--config', type=str, help='Path to config file. Must be .toml')
-    parser.add_argument('--logfile', type=str, help='Path to logfile file. Default logfile', default = "none")
+    parser.add_argument('--logfile', type=str, help='Path to logfile file. Defaults to "log" in current directory.', default = "log")
     parser.add_argument('--loglevel', help="Set the log level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL)", 
                         type=str, choices=['DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL'])
     return parser.parse_args()
@@ -340,12 +340,12 @@ def process_alert(current_time, next_alert, next_event, event, config):
         return
 
 def main():
-    setup_logging()
-    logger = logging.getLogger()  # Assign a default value to logger
-
     # Parse args
     args = parse_args()
 
+    setup_logging(args.logfile)
+    logger = logging.getLogger()  # Assign a default value to logger
+
     # Set log level
     if args.loglevel is not None:
         numeric_level = getattr(logging, args.loglevel.upper(), None)   # Convert string to integer
@@ -370,12 +370,15 @@ def main():
         sys.exit(1)
 
     # Parse calendar events
-    calendar_parser = CalendarParser()
-    files = list(cal_dir.glob('*.ics'))                        
-    if len(files) == 0:
-        logger.error("No calendar files in destination location. Did you sync with the caldav server?")
-        sys.exit(1)
+    no_files_detected = True
+    logger.info(f"Looking for calendar files in {cal_dir}...")
+    while no_files_detected is True:
+        files = list(cal_dir.glob('*.ics'))                        
+        if len(files) != 0:
+            logger.info("Calendar files detected in sync location!")
+            no_files_detected = False
 
+    calendar_parser = CalendarParser()
     event_list = []
     for file in files:
         with open(file, 'r') as f: