diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c4ffee4..677159b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ checksum = "9c7d0618f0e0b7e8ff11427422b64564d5fb0be1940354bfe2e0529b18a9d9b8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
-version = "0.1.74"
+version = "0.1.77"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a66537f1bb974b254c98ed142ff995236e81b9d0fe4db0575f46612cb15eb0f9"
+checksum = "c980ee35e870bd1a4d2c8294d4c04d0499e67bca1e4b5cefcc693c2fa00caea9"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-appender",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
  "uuid",
 ]
 
@@ -224,9 +225,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "btleplug"
-version = "0.11.3"
+version = "0.11.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0743700186f3d4c46f91b5ac9534e0c271a5de1c3ebd7dca1b5b4216132f72a0"
+checksum = "ba345f9db94939c72959b2008abe1ffcdbcaa235243fd92ad12436532ff199cf"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
@@ -675,9 +676,9 @@ checksum = "aa9a19cbb55df58761df49b23516a86d432839add4af60fc256da840f66ed35b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
-version = "0.3.29"
+version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da0290714b38af9b4a7b094b8a37086d1b4e61f2df9122c3cad2577669145335"
+checksum = "645c6916888f6cb6350d2550b80fb63e734897a8498abe35cfb732b6487804b0"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
@@ -690,9 +691,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-channel"
-version = "0.3.29"
+version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ff4dd66668b557604244583e3e1e1eada8c5c2e96a6d0d6653ede395b78bbacb"
+checksum = "eac8f7d7865dcb88bd4373ab671c8cf4508703796caa2b1985a9ca867b3fcb78"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
@@ -700,15 +701,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-core"
-version = "0.3.29"
+version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eb1d22c66e66d9d72e1758f0bd7d4fd0bee04cad842ee34587d68c07e45d088c"
+checksum = "dfc6580bb841c5a68e9ef15c77ccc837b40a7504914d52e47b8b0e9bbda25a1d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-executor"
-version = "0.3.29"
+version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0f4fb8693db0cf099eadcca0efe2a5a22e4550f98ed16aba6c48700da29597bc"
+checksum = "a576fc72ae164fca6b9db127eaa9a9dda0d61316034f33a0a0d4eda41f02b01d"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-task",
@@ -717,15 +718,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-io"
-version = "0.3.29"
+version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8bf34a163b5c4c52d0478a4d757da8fb65cabef42ba90515efee0f6f9fa45aaa"
+checksum = "a44623e20b9681a318efdd71c299b6b222ed6f231972bfe2f224ebad6311f0c1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-macro"
-version = "0.3.29"
+version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53b153fd91e4b0147f4aced87be237c98248656bb01050b96bf3ee89220a8ddb"
+checksum = "87750cf4b7a4c0625b1529e4c543c2182106e4dedc60a2a6455e00d212c489ac"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -734,21 +735,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-sink"
-version = "0.3.29"
+version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e36d3378ee38c2a36ad710c5d30c2911d752cb941c00c72dbabfb786a7970817"
+checksum = "9fb8e00e87438d937621c1c6269e53f536c14d3fbd6a042bb24879e57d474fb5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-task"
-version = "0.3.29"
+version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "efd193069b0ddadc69c46389b740bbccdd97203899b48d09c5f7969591d6bae2"
+checksum = "38d84fa142264698cdce1a9f9172cf383a0c82de1bddcf3092901442c4097004"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-util"
-version = "0.3.29"
+version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a19526d624e703a3179b3d322efec918b6246ea0fa51d41124525f00f1cc8104"
+checksum = "3d6401deb83407ab3da39eba7e33987a73c3df0c82b4bb5813ee871c19c41d48"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
@@ -955,9 +956,9 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.150"
+version = "0.2.152"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89d92a4743f9a61002fae18374ed11e7973f530cb3a3255fb354818118b2203c"
+checksum = "13e3bf6590cbc649f4d1a3eefc9d5d6eb746f5200ffb04e5e142700b8faa56e7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libdbus-sys"
@@ -1083,6 +1084,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "minimal-lexical",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-ansi-term"
+version = "0.46.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
+dependencies = [
+ "overload",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -1142,9 +1153,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
+checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "owo-colors"
@@ -1195,18 +1212,18 @@ checksum = "26072860ba924cbfa98ea39c8c19b4dd6a4a25423dbdf219c1eca91aa0cf6964"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.66"
+version = "1.0.76"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "18fb31db3f9bddb2ea821cde30a9f70117e3f119938b5ee630b7403aa6e2ead9"
+checksum = "95fc56cda0b5c3325f5fbbd7ff9fda9e02bb00bb3dac51252d2f1bfa1cb8cc8c"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.33"
+version = "1.0.35"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5267fca4496028628a95160fc423a33e8b2e6af8a5302579e322e4b520293cae"
+checksum = "291ec9ab5efd934aaf503a6466c5d5251535d108ee747472c3977cc5acc868ef"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -1445,9 +1462,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.29"
+version = "2.0.48"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c324c494eba9d92503e6f1ef2e6df781e78f6a7705a0202d9801b198807d518a"
+checksum = "0f3531638e407dfc0814761abb7c00a5b54992b849452a0646b7f65c9f770f3f"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1466,18 +1483,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.50"
+version = "1.0.56"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f9a7210f5c9a7156bb50aa36aed4c95afb51df0df00713949448cf9e97d382d2"
+checksum = "d54378c645627613241d077a3a79db965db602882668f9136ac42af9ecb730ad"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.50"
+version = "1.0.56"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "266b2e40bc00e5a6c09c3584011e08b06f123c00362c92b975ba9843aaaa14b8"
+checksum = "fa0faa943b50f3db30a20aa7e265dbc66076993efed8463e8de414e5d06d3471"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1534,9 +1551,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.34.0"
+version = "1.35.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d0c014766411e834f7af5b8f4cf46257aab4036ca95e9d2c144a10f59ad6f5b9"
+checksum = "c89b4efa943be685f629b149f53829423f8f5531ea21249408e8e2f8671ec104"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "bytes",
@@ -1629,17 +1646,32 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0955b8137a1df6f1a2e9a37d8a6656291ff0297c1a97c24e0d8425fe2312f79a"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee855f1f400bd0e5c02d150ae5de3840039a3f54b025156404e34c23c03f47c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tracing-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-subscriber"
-version = "0.3.17"
+version = "0.3.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30a651bc37f915e81f087d86e62a18eec5f79550c7faff886f7090b4ea757c77"
+checksum = "ad0f048c97dbd9faa9b7df56362b8ebcaa52adb06b498c050d2f4e32f90a7a8b"
 dependencies = [
+ "nu-ansi-term",
  "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
  "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1678,6 +1710,12 @@ version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5e395fcf16a7a3d8127ec99782007af141946b4795001f876d54fb0d55978560"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "walkdir"
 version = "2.3.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3adac2a..cf77806 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ doc = false
 
 [dependencies]
 ansi-to-tui = "3.0.0"
-btleplug = "0.11.3"
+btleplug = "0.11.5"
 byteorder = "1.4.3"
 chrono = "0.4.26"
 clap = { version = "4.3.4", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ regex = "1.8.4"
 tokio = { version = "1.28", features = ["full", "tracing"] }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 tracing-appender = "0.2.2"
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
 tui = { package = "ratatui", version = "0.21.0" }
 uuid = "1.3.4"
 
diff --git a/src/cli_args.rs b/src/cli_args.rs
index 574600d..7c90b1e 100644
--- a/src/cli_args.rs
+++ b/src/cli_args.rs
@@ -88,10 +88,11 @@ pub trait GeneralSortable {
     fn cmp(&self, sort: &GeneralSort, a: &Self, b: &Self) -> std::cmp::Ordering;
 }
 
-impl GeneralSort {
-    pub fn apply_sort<T: GeneralSortable>(&self, a: &T, b: &T) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
-        a.cmp(self, a, b)
-    }
+#[derive(Default, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Clone, Copy, clap::ValueEnum)]
+pub enum LogLevel {
+    Debug,
+    #[default]
+    Error,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Parser)]
@@ -143,4 +144,10 @@ pub struct Args {
     #[clap(long)]
     #[arg(value_enum)]
     pub sort: Option<GeneralSort>,
+
+    /// Log level for the CLI.
+    /// Logs are located at the $TMPDIR/blendr/*-cli.log and rotated daily.
+    #[clap(long)]
+    #[arg(value_enum)]
+    pub log_level: Option<LogLevel>,
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 961d945..37d0b8c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use btleplug::platform::Manager;
 use clap::Parser;
 use cli_args::Args;
 use general_options::GeneralOptions;
+use std::env;
 use std::sync::RwLock;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLockReadGuard};
 
@@ -39,6 +40,18 @@ impl Ctx {
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     let args = Args::parse();
+    let file_appender = tracing_appender::rolling::daily(env::temp_dir().join("blendr"), "cli.log");
+    let (non_blocking, _guard) = tracing_appender::non_blocking(file_appender);
+
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_writer(non_blocking)
+        .with_max_level(match args.log_level.unwrap_or_default() {
+            cli_args::LogLevel::Debug => tracing::Level::DEBUG,
+            cli_args::LogLevel::Error => tracing::Level::ERROR,
+        })
+        .pretty()
+        .init();
+
     let ctx = Arc::new(Ctx {
         latest_scan: RwLock::new(None),
         active_route: RwLock::new(route::Route::PeripheralList),
diff --git a/src/route.rs b/src/route.rs
index 1618a02..fe11f2b 100644
--- a/src/route.rs
+++ b/src/route.rs
@@ -88,15 +88,15 @@ impl Route {
     ) -> error::Result<()> {
         match (previous, self) {
             (Route::PeripheralList, Route::PeripheralWaitingView { peripheral, retry }) => {
-                while peripheral
+                while !peripheral
                     .ble_peripheral
                     .is_connected()
                     .await
-                    .map(|c| !c)
-                    .unwrap_or(true)
+                    .unwrap_or(false)
                 {
+                    tracing::debug!("Connecting to peripheral.");
                     if let Err(e) =
-                        timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), peripheral.ble_peripheral.connect()).await
+                        timeout(Duration::from_secs(10), peripheral.ble_peripheral.connect()).await
                     {
                         tracing::error!(?e, "Failed to connect to peripheral.");
                     }
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ impl Route {
                     .read(&characteristic.ble_characteristic)
                     .await
                 {
+                    if !ble_peripheral.is_connected().await.unwrap_or(false) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+
                     history.write().unwrap().push(CharacteristicValue {
                         time: chrono::Local::now(),
                         data,