diff --git a/src/commands/EditorController.ts b/src/commands/EditorController.ts
index d8183b9..195db4b 100644
--- a/src/commands/EditorController.ts
+++ b/src/commands/EditorController.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { editorGroupNameMap, ViewColumnKey, ViewType } from '../definitions';
 import GitService, { RepositoryInfo } from '../utils/GitService';
 import EditorView from '../webviews/EditorView';
 import UiApi from '../utils/UiApi';
+import Logger from '../utils/Logger';
 
 export default class EditorController {
   private _primaryEditorPanel: vscode.WebviewPanel | undefined;
@@ -12,10 +13,12 @@ export default class EditorController {
 
   constructor(
     private _context: vscode.ExtensionContext,
-    private _git: GitService
+    private _git: GitService,
+    private _logger: Logger
   ) {}
 
   async openInTheMainView(repo: Repository) {
+    this._logger.log('Opened in the main view');
     const config = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('commit-message-editor');
 
     if (this._primaryEditorPanel) {
@@ -54,15 +57,22 @@ export default class EditorController {
     if (repo && repo.rootUri) {
       const repoPath = repo.rootUri.path;
       const commits = await this._git.getRecentCommitMessagesByPath(repoPath);
-
-      this._ui.sendRepositoryInfo({
+      const repositoryInfo = {
         numberOfRepositories: this._git.getNumberOfRepositories(),
         selectedRepositoryPath: repoPath,
         availableRepositories: this._git.getAvailableRepositoryPaths(),
-      });
+      };
+
+      this._ui.sendRepositoryInfo(repositoryInfo);
+      this._logger.logObject(
+        repositoryInfo,
+        'Suggested repository:'
+      );
       this._ui.sendRecentCommits(commits);
     } else {
-      this._ui.sendRepositoryInfo(this._getRepositoryInfo());
+      const repositoryInfo = this._getRepositoryInfo();
+      this._ui.sendRepositoryInfo(repositoryInfo);
+      this._logger.logObject(repositoryInfo, 'Default repository:');
     }
 
     this._initReceivedMessageListener();
@@ -74,6 +84,7 @@ export default class EditorController {
   }
 
   private async _handleRepositoryDidChange(repositoryInfo: RepositoryInfo) {
+    this._logger.logObject(repositoryInfo, 'Repository did change:');
     this._ui?.sendRepositoryInfo(repositoryInfo);
 
     const { selectedRepositoryPath } = repositoryInfo;
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 026d4eb..f5bf14e 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ import EditorController from './commands/EditorController';
 import SettingsPageController from './commands/SettingsPageController';
 import CopyFromScmInputBoxCommand from './commands/CopyFromScmInputBoxCommand';
 import { Command } from './definitions';
+import Logger from './utils/Logger';
 
 export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
+  const logger = new Logger();
   const git = new GitService();
 
-  const editorController = new EditorController(context, git);
+  const editorController = new EditorController(context, git, logger);
   const settingsPageController = new SettingsPageController(context);
 
   const copyFromScmInputBoxCommand = new CopyFromScmInputBoxCommand(
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@ export async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
       copyFromScmInputBoxCommand
     )
   );
+
+  logger.log('Extension has been activated');
 }
 
 export function deactivate() {}
diff --git a/src/utils/Logger.ts b/src/utils/Logger.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..259f6bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/Logger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+
+export default class Logger {
+  private _channel: vscode.OutputChannel;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this._channel = vscode.window.createOutputChannel('Commit Message Editor', 'Log');
+  }
+
+  log(message: string) {
+    const timeStamp = `[${this._getTimestamp()}]`;
+    this._channel.appendLine(`${timeStamp} ${message}`);
+  }
+
+  logObject(obj: any, label = '') {
+    const timeStamp = `[${this._getTimestamp()}]`;
+    this._channel.appendLine(`${timeStamp} ${label}`);
+    this._channel.appendLine(JSON.stringify(obj, undefined, 2));
+  }
+
+  private _getTimestamp() {
+    const now = new Date();
+    const y = now.getFullYear();
+    const m = (now.getMonth() + 1).toString().padStart(2, '0');
+    const d = now.getDate().toString().padStart(2, '0');
+    const h = now.getHours().toString().padStart(2, '0');
+    const mi = now.getMinutes().toString().padStart(2, '0');
+    const s = now.getSeconds().toString().padStart(2, '0');
+    const ms = now.getMilliseconds().toString().padStart(3, '0');
+
+    return `${y}-${m}-${d} ${h}:${mi}:${s}.${ms}`;
+  }
+}