diff --git a/roles/certstore/tasks/main.yml b/roles/certstore/tasks/main.yml
index 7b6ac29..c15e9ea 100644
--- a/roles/certstore/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/certstore/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
     src: "{{ role_path }}/templates/cert_store.ini.j2"
     dest: /opt/tsg/certstore/conf/cert_store.ini
 
+- name: template certstore zlog file
+  template:
+    src: "{{ role_path }}/templates/zlog.conf.j2"
+    dest: /opt/tsg/certstore/conf/zlog.conf
+
 - name: "start certstore"
   systemd:
     name: certstore.service
diff --git a/roles/certstore/templates/zlog.conf.j2 b/roles/certstore/templates/zlog.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02f5f96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/certstore/templates/zlog.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[global]
+default format = "%d(%c), %V, %F, %U, %m%n"
+[levels]
+DEBUG=10
+INFO=20
+FATAL=30
+[rules]
+*.fatal        "./logs/error.log.%d(%F)";
+*.{{ certstore_log_level }}        "./logs/certstore.log.%d(%F)"
+