diff --git a/bin/pCampBot.exe.config b/bin/pCampBot.exe.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff6ce7fb7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/pCampBot.exe.config
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<configuration>
+  <configSections>
+    <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler,log4net" />
+  </configSections>
+  <appSettings>
+  </appSettings>
+  <log4net>
+    <appender name="Console" type="OpenSim.Framework.Console.OpenSimAppender, OpenSim.Framework.Console">
+      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
+        <conversionPattern value="%date{HH:mm:ss} - %message%newline" />
+      </layout>
+    </appender>
+    <appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
+      <file value="pCampBot.log" />
+      <appendToFile value="false" />
+      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
+        <conversionPattern value="%date %-5level - %logger %message%newline" />
+      </layout>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root>
+      <level value="DEBUG" />
+      <appender-ref ref="Console" />
+      <appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />
+    </root>
+  </log4net>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/pCampBot/BotManager.cs b/pCampBot/BotManager.cs
index a9cd643282..ee5f82d852 100644
--- a/pCampBot/BotManager.cs
+++ b/pCampBot/BotManager.cs
@@ -44,25 +44,24 @@ namespace pCampBot
     /// </summary>
     public class BotManager : conscmd_callback
     {
-        protected LogBase m_log;
+        private static readonly log4net.ILog m_log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
+
+        protected ConsoleBase m_console;
         protected List<PhysicsBot> m_lBot;
         protected Thread[] m_td;
-        protected string m_logFilename = "botlog.log";
         protected bool m_verbose = true;
         protected Random somthing = new Random(System.Environment.TickCount);
         protected int numbots = 0;
         protected IConfig Previous_config;
         
         /// <summary>
-        /// Constructor Creates Mainlog.Instance to take commands and provide the place to write data
+        /// Constructor Creates MainConsole.Instance to take commands and provide the place to write data
         /// </summary>
         public BotManager()
         {
-
-            m_log = CreateLog();
-            MainLog.Instance = m_log;
+            m_console = CreateConsole();
+            MainConsole.Instance = m_console;
             m_lBot = new List<PhysicsBot>();
-
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ namespace pCampBot
             {
                 startupBot(i, Previous_config);
             }
-            
         }
        
         /// <summary>
@@ -151,19 +149,19 @@ namespace pCampBot
             switch (eventt)
             {
                 case EventType.CONNECTED:
-                    MainLog.Instance.Verbose(" " + callbot.firstname + " " + callbot.lastname, "Connected");
+                    m_log.Info("[ " + callbot.firstname + " " + callbot.lastname + "]: Connected");
                     numbots++;
                     break;
                 case EventType.DISCONNECTED:
-                    MainLog.Instance.Verbose(" " + callbot.firstname + " " + callbot.lastname, "Disconnected");
+                    m_log.Info("[ " + callbot.firstname + " " + callbot.lastname + "]: Disconnected");
                     m_td[m_lBot.IndexOf(callbot)].Abort();
                     numbots--;
                     if (numbots >1)
                         Environment.Exit(0);
                     break;
-
             }
         }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Shutting down all bots
         /// </summary>
@@ -173,23 +171,15 @@ namespace pCampBot
             {
                 pb.shutdown();
             }
-
-            
-
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Standard Creatlog routine
+        /// Standard CreateConsole routine
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        protected LogBase CreateLog()
+        protected ConsoleBase CreateConsole()
         {
-            if (!Directory.Exists(Util.logDir()))
-            {
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(Util.logDir());
-            }
-
-            return new LogBase((Path.Combine(Util.logDir(), m_logFilename)), "Region", this, m_verbose);
+            return new ConsoleBase("Region", this);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -219,11 +209,11 @@ namespace pCampBot
             switch (command)
             {
                 case "shutdown":
-                    MainLog.Instance.Warn("BOTMANAGER", "Shutting down bots");
+                    m_console.Warn("BOTMANAGER", "Shutting down bots");
                     doBotShutdown();
                     break;
                 case "quit":
-                    MainLog.Instance.Warn("DANGER", "This should only be used to quit the program if you've already used the shutdown command and the program hasn't quit");
+                    m_console.Warn("DANGER", "This should only be used to quit the program if you've already used the shutdown command and the program hasn't quit");
                     Environment.Exit(0);
                     break;
                 case "addbots":
@@ -234,10 +224,8 @@ namespace pCampBot
                         addbots(newbots);
                     break;
                 case "help":
-                    MainLog.Instance.Notice("HELP", "\nshutdown - graceful shutdown\naddbots <n> - adds n bots to the test\nquit - forcequits, dangerous if you have not already run shutdown");
+                    m_console.Notice("HELP", "\nshutdown - graceful shutdown\naddbots <n> - adds n bots to the test\nquit - forcequits, dangerous if you have not already run shutdown");
                     break;
-
-
             }
         }
 
@@ -250,5 +238,4 @@ namespace pCampBot
 
         }
     }
-        
 }
diff --git a/pCampBot/PhysicsBot.cs b/pCampBot/PhysicsBot.cs
index 53a774ac93..500683abcb 100644
--- a/pCampBot/PhysicsBot.cs
+++ b/pCampBot/PhysicsBot.cs
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ using OpenSim.Framework;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Console;
 using Timer=System.Timers.Timer;
 
-
-
 namespace pCampBot
 {
     public class PhysicsBot
@@ -122,12 +120,12 @@ namespace pCampBot
         {
             client.Network.Logout();
         }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// This is the bot startup loop.
         /// </summary>
         public void startup()
         {
-
             client.Settings.LOGIN_SERVER = loginURI;
             client.Network.OnConnected += new NetworkManager.ConnectedCallback(this.Network_OnConnected);
             client.Network.OnSimConnected += new NetworkManager.SimConnectedCallback(this.Network_OnConnected);
@@ -147,14 +145,12 @@ namespace pCampBot
             }
             else
             {
-
-                MainLog.Instance.Error(firstname + " " + lastname,"Can't Log in: " + client.Network.LoginMessage);
+                MainConsole.Instance.Error(firstname + " " + lastname, "Can't login: " + client.Network.LoginMessage);
                 if (OnDisconnected != null)
                 {
                     OnDisconnected(this, EventType.DISCONNECTED);
                 }
             }
-
         }
 
         public void Network_OnConnected(object sender)
@@ -163,12 +159,10 @@ namespace pCampBot
             {
                 OnConnected(this, EventType.CONNECTED);
             }
-            
         }
+
         public void Simulator_Connected(object sender)
         {
-
-
         }
 
         public void Network_OnDisconnected(NetworkManager.DisconnectType reason, string message)
@@ -177,16 +171,11 @@ namespace pCampBot
             {
                 OnDisconnected(this,EventType.DISCONNECTED);
             }
-
-
         }
+
         public string[] readexcuses()
         {
-
-            
-            
             string allexcuses = "";
-            
                 
             string file = Path.Combine(Util.configDir(), "excuses");
             if (File.Exists(file))
@@ -195,14 +184,8 @@ namespace pCampBot
                 allexcuses = csr.ReadToEnd();
                 csr.Close();
             }
-            
 
             return allexcuses.Split(Environment.NewLine.ToCharArray());    
-
         }
-
-
     }
-
-
 }
diff --git a/pCampBot/pCampBot.cs b/pCampBot/pCampBot.cs
index 983eaf0681..704a3f5c9d 100644
--- a/pCampBot/pCampBot.cs
+++ b/pCampBot/pCampBot.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ using Nini.Config;
 using System.Threading;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Console;
 
-
 namespace pCampBot
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -47,10 +46,9 @@ namespace pCampBot
         CONNECTED = 1,
         DISCONNECTED = 2
     }
+
     public class pCampBot
     {
-
-
         [STAThread]
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@ namespace pCampBot
             cs.AddSwitch("Startup", "lastname");
             cs.AddSwitch("Startup", "password");
 
-            
             IConfig ol = cs.Configs["Startup"];
             int botcount = ol.GetInt("botcount", 1);
             BotManager bm = new BotManager();
@@ -72,9 +69,8 @@ namespace pCampBot
             bm.dobotStartup(botcount, ol);
             while (true)
             {
-                MainLog.Instance.MainLogPrompt();
+                MainConsole.Instance.Prompt();
             }
-
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/pCampBot/prebuild.xml b/pCampBot/prebuild.xml
index d29d0fce32..1f49082319 100644
--- a/pCampBot/prebuild.xml
+++ b/pCampBot/prebuild.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.dll"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.Console.dll"/>
       <Reference name="Nini.dll" />
+      <Reference name="log4net"/>
 
       <Files>
         <Match pattern="*.cs" recurse="true"/>