diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 32dc488ad..c21ba4420 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,10 +106,11 @@ add_library(pynumbuf STATIC ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/numbuf/cpp/src/numbuf
                             ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/numbuf/python/src/pynumbuf/adapters/python.cc)
 target_link_libraries(pynumbuf ${ARROW_LIB} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
 
-add_executable(objstore src/objstore.cc src/ipc.cc ${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_FILES})
-target_link_libraries(objstore ${ARROW_LIB} pynumbuf)
-add_executable(scheduler src/scheduler.cc src/computation_graph.cc ${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_FILES})
-add_library(raylib SHARED src/raylib.cc src/worker.cc src/ipc.cc ${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_FILES})
-target_link_libraries(raylib ${ARROW_LIB} pynumbuf)
+add_executable(objstore src/objstore.cc src/ipc.cc src/utils.cc ${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_FILES})
+target_link_libraries(objstore ${ARROW_LIB} pynumbuf boost_system boost_filesystem)
+add_executable(scheduler src/scheduler.cc src/computation_graph.cc src/utils.cc ${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_FILES})
+target_link_libraries(scheduler boost_system boost_filesystem)
+add_library(raylib SHARED src/raylib.cc src/worker.cc src/ipc.cc src/utils.cc ${GENERATED_PROTOBUF_FILES})
+target_link_libraries(raylib ${ARROW_LIB} pynumbuf boost_system boost_filesystem)
 
 install(TARGETS objstore scheduler raylib DESTINATION ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/python/ray)
diff --git a/include/ray/logging.h b/include/ray/logging.h
index 744a92e4d..cb650cdd4 100644
--- a/include/ray/logging.h
+++ b/include/ray/logging.h
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+
+struct RayConfig {
+  bool log_to_file = false;
+  std::ofstream logfile;
+};
+
+extern RayConfig global_ray_config;
+
 #define RAY_VERBOSE -1
 #define RAY_INFO 0
 #define RAY_DEBUG 1
@@ -10,11 +21,18 @@
     \
   } else if (LEVEL == RAY_FATAL) { \
     std::cerr << "fatal error occured: " << MESSAGE << std::endl; \
+    if (global_ray_config.log_to_file) { \
+      global_ray_config.logfile << "fatal error occured: " << MESSAGE << std::endl; \
+    } \
     std::exit(1); \
   } else if (LEVEL == RAY_DEBUG) { \
     \
   } else { \
-    std::cout << MESSAGE << std::endl; \
+    if (global_ray_config.log_to_file) { \
+      global_ray_config.logfile << MESSAGE << std::endl; \
+    } else { \
+      std::cout << MESSAGE << std::endl; \
+    } \
   }
 
 #define RAY_CHECK(condition, message) \
diff --git a/lib/python/ray/arrays/distributed/core.py b/lib/python/ray/arrays/distributed/core.py
index be57ba235..bd8da610c 100644
--- a/lib/python/ray/arrays/distributed/core.py
+++ b/lib/python/ray/arrays/distributed/core.py
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ def subblocks(a, *ranges):
   shape = [(len(ranges[i]) - 1) * BLOCK_SIZE + last_block_shape[i] for i in range(a.ndim)]
   result = DistArray(shape)
   for index in np.ndindex(*result.num_blocks):
-    print tuple([ranges[i][index[i]] for i in range(a.ndim)])
     result.objrefs[index] = a.objrefs[tuple([ranges[i][index[i]] for i in range(a.ndim)])]
   return result
 
diff --git a/lib/python/ray/config.py b/lib/python/ray/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6a54ec2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/python/ray/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+LOG_DIRECTORY = "/tmp/raylogs/"
+LOG_TIMESTAMP = "{:%Y-%m-%d=%H:%M:%S}"
diff --git a/lib/python/ray/services.py b/lib/python/ray/services.py
index d7cc98b72..bd35bc14b 100644
--- a/lib/python/ray/services.py
+++ b/lib/python/ray/services.py
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ import subprocess32 as subprocess
 import os
 import atexit
 import time
+import datetime
 
 import ray
 import ray.worker as worker
+from ray.config import LOG_DIRECTORY, LOG_TIMESTAMP
 
 _services_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
@@ -66,11 +68,13 @@ def cleanup():
 # atexit.register(cleanup)
 
 def start_scheduler(scheduler_address):
-  p = subprocess.Popen([os.path.join(_services_path, "scheduler"), scheduler_address])
+  scheduler_log_filename = os.path.join(LOG_DIRECTORY, (LOG_TIMESTAMP + "-scheduler.log").format(datetime.datetime.now()))
+  p = subprocess.Popen([os.path.join(_services_path, "scheduler"), scheduler_address, "--log-file-name", scheduler_log_filename])
   all_processes.append((p, scheduler_address))
 
 def start_objstore(scheduler_address, objstore_address):
-  p = subprocess.Popen([os.path.join(_services_path, "objstore"), scheduler_address, objstore_address])
+  objstore_log_filename = os.path.join(LOG_DIRECTORY, (LOG_TIMESTAMP + "-objstore-{}.log").format(datetime.datetime.now(), objstore_address))
+  p = subprocess.Popen([os.path.join(_services_path, "objstore"), scheduler_address, objstore_address, "--log-file-name", objstore_log_filename])
   all_processes.append((p, objstore_address))
 
 def start_worker(test_path, scheduler_address, objstore_address, worker_address):
diff --git a/lib/python/ray/worker.py b/lib/python/ray/worker.py
index dd8b8f063..ca094c1da 100644
--- a/lib/python/ray/worker.py
+++ b/lib/python/ray/worker.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import datetime
+import logging
+import os
 from types import ModuleType
 import typing
 import funcsigs
@@ -5,6 +8,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import pynumbuf
 
 import ray
+from ray.config import LOG_DIRECTORY, LOG_TIMESTAMP
 import serialization
 
 class Worker(object):
@@ -61,11 +65,11 @@ def task_info(worker=global_worker):
   return ray.lib.task_info(worker.handle);
 
 def register_module(module, recursive=False, worker=global_worker):
-  print "registering functions in module {}.".format(module.__name__)
+  logging.info("registering functions in module {}.".format(module.__name__))
   for name in dir(module):
     val = getattr(module, name)
     if hasattr(val, "is_remote") and val.is_remote:
-      print "registering {}.".format(val.func_name)
+      logging.info("registering {}.".format(val.func_name))
       worker.register_function(val)
     # elif recursive and isinstance(val, ModuleType):
     #   register_module(val, recursive, worker)
@@ -74,6 +78,10 @@ def connect(scheduler_addr, objstore_addr, worker_addr, worker=global_worker):
   if hasattr(worker, "handle"):
     del worker.handle
   worker.handle = ray.lib.create_worker(scheduler_addr, objstore_addr, worker_addr)
+  FORMAT = "%(asctime)-15s %(message)s"
+  log_basename = os.path.join(LOG_DIRECTORY, (LOG_TIMESTAMP + "-worker-{}").format(datetime.datetime.now(), worker_addr))
+  logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, format=FORMAT, filename=log_basename + ".log")
+  ray.lib.set_log_config(log_basename + "-c++.log")
 
 def disconnect(worker=global_worker):
   ray.lib.disconnect(worker.handle)
@@ -109,10 +117,10 @@ def remote(arg_types, return_types, worker=global_worker):
   def remote_decorator(func):
     def func_executor(arguments):
       """This is what gets executed remotely on a worker after a remote function is scheduled by the scheduler."""
-      print "Calling function {}".format(func.__name__)
+      logging.info("Calling function {}".format(func.__name__))
       result = func(*arguments)
       check_return_values(func_call, result) # throws an exception if result is invalid
-      print "Finished executing function {}".format(func.__name__)
+      logging.info("Finished executing function {}".format(func.__name__))
       return result
     def func_call(*args, **kwargs):
       """This is what gets run immediately when a worker calls a remote function."""
@@ -204,9 +212,9 @@ def get_arguments_for_execution(function, args, worker=global_worker):
 
     if isinstance(arg, ray.lib.ObjRef):
       # get the object from the local object store
-      print "Getting argument {} for function {}.".format(i, function.__name__)
+      logging.info("Getting argument {} for function {}.".format(i, function.__name__))
       argument = worker.get_object(arg)
-      print "Successfully retrieved argument {} for function {}.".format(i, function.__name__)
+      logging.info("Successfully retrieved argument {} for function {}.".format(i, function.__name__))
     else:
       # pass the argument by value
       argument = arg
@@ -224,7 +232,7 @@ def store_outputs_in_objstore(objrefs, outputs, worker=global_worker):
   for i in range(len(objrefs)):
     if isinstance(outputs[i], ray.lib.ObjRef):
       # An ObjRef is being returned, so we must alias objrefs[i] so that it refers to the same object that outputs[i] refers to
-      print "Aliasing objrefs {} and {}".format(objrefs[i].val, outputs[i].val)
+      logging.info("Aliasing objrefs {} and {}".format(objrefs[i].val, outputs[i].val))
       worker.alias_objrefs(objrefs[i], outputs[i])
       pass
     else:
diff --git a/src/objstore.cc b/src/objstore.cc
index 286ef229c..0cb4072e6 100644
--- a/src/objstore.cc
+++ b/src/objstore.cc
@@ -335,8 +335,23 @@ void start_objstore(const char* scheduler_addr, const char* objstore_addr) {
   server->Wait();
 }
 
+RayConfig global_ray_config;
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-  RAY_CHECK_EQ(argc, 3, "object store: expected two arguments (scheduler ip address and object store ip address)");
+  RAY_CHECK_GE(argc, 3, "object store: expected at least two arguments (scheduler ip address and object store ip address)");
+
+  if (argc > 3) {
+    const char* log_file_name = get_cmd_option(argv, argv + argc, "--log-file-name");
+    if (log_file_name) {
+      std::cout << "object store: writing to log file " << log_file_name << std::endl;
+      create_log_dir_or_die(log_file_name);
+      global_ray_config.log_to_file = true;
+      global_ray_config.logfile.open(log_file_name);
+    } else {
+      std::cout << "object store: writing logs to stdout; you can change this by passing --log-file-name <filename> to ./scheduler" << std::endl;
+      global_ray_config.log_to_file = false;
+    }
+  }
 
   start_objstore(argv[1], argv[2]);
 
diff --git a/src/raylib.cc b/src/raylib.cc
index 684e9e1d2..c727e67d4 100644
--- a/src/raylib.cc
+++ b/src/raylib.cc
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 #include "types.pb.h"
 #include "worker.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+RayConfig global_ray_config;
 
 extern "C" {
 
@@ -812,6 +815,17 @@ PyObject* task_info(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
   return dict;
 }
 
+PyObject* set_log_config(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
+  const char* log_file_name;
+  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &log_file_name)) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  create_log_dir_or_die(log_file_name);
+  global_ray_config.log_to_file = true;
+  global_ray_config.logfile.open(log_file_name);
+  Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
 static PyMethodDef RayLibMethods[] = {
  { "serialize_object", serialize_object, METH_VARARGS, "serialize an object to protocol buffers" },
  { "deserialize_object", deserialize_object, METH_VARARGS, "deserialize an object from protocol buffers" },
@@ -835,6 +849,7 @@ static PyMethodDef RayLibMethods[] = {
  { "start_worker_service", start_worker_service, METH_VARARGS, "start the worker service" },
  { "scheduler_info", scheduler_info, METH_VARARGS, "get info about scheduler state" },
  { "task_info", task_info, METH_VARARGS, "get task statuses" },
+ { "set_log_config", set_log_config, METH_VARARGS, "set filename for raylib logging" },
  { NULL, NULL, 0, NULL }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/scheduler.cc b/src/scheduler.cc
index cfaad0f67..5f58dc16f 100644
--- a/src/scheduler.cc
+++ b/src/scheduler.cc
@@ -794,26 +794,30 @@ void start_scheduler_service(const char* service_addr, SchedulingAlgorithmType s
   server->Wait();
 }
 
-char* get_cmd_option(char** begin, char** end, const std::string& option) {
-  char** it = std::find(begin, end, option);
-  if (it != end && ++it != end) {
-    return *it;
-  }
-  return 0;
-}
+RayConfig global_ray_config;
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   SchedulingAlgorithmType scheduling_algorithm = SCHEDULING_ALGORITHM_LOCALITY_AWARE;
   RAY_CHECK_GE(argc, 2, "scheduler: expected at least one argument (scheduler ip address)");
   if (argc > 2) {
-    char* scheduling_algorithm_name = get_cmd_option(argv, argv + argc, "--scheduler-algorithm");
+    const char* log_file_name = get_cmd_option(argv, argv + argc, "--log-file-name");
+    if (log_file_name) {
+      std::cout << "scheduler: writing to log file " << log_file_name << std::endl;
+      create_log_dir_or_die(log_file_name);
+      global_ray_config.log_to_file = true;
+      global_ray_config.logfile.open(log_file_name);
+    } else {
+      std::cout << "scheduler: writing logs to stdout; you can change this by passing --log-file-name <filename> to ./scheduler" << std::endl;
+      global_ray_config.log_to_file = false;
+    }
+    const char* scheduling_algorithm_name = get_cmd_option(argv, argv + argc, "--scheduler-algorithm");
     if (scheduling_algorithm_name) {
-      if(std::string(scheduling_algorithm_name) == "naive") {
-        std::cout << "using 'naive' scheduler" << std::endl;
+      if (std::string(scheduling_algorithm_name) == "naive") {
+        RAY_LOG(RAY_INFO, "scheduler: using 'naive' scheduler" << std::endl);
         scheduling_algorithm = SCHEDULING_ALGORITHM_NAIVE;
       }
-      if(std::string(scheduling_algorithm_name) == "locality_aware") {
-        std::cout << "using 'locality aware' scheduler" << std::endl;
+      if (std::string(scheduling_algorithm_name) == "locality_aware") {
+        RAY_LOG(RAY_INFO, "scheduler: using 'locality aware' scheduler" << std::endl);
         scheduling_algorithm = SCHEDULING_ALGORITHM_LOCALITY_AWARE;
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/utils.cc b/src/utils.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba5e85989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#include "utils.h"
+
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
+#include "ray/ray.h"
+
+std::string::iterator split_ip_address(std::string& ip_address) {
+  if (ip_address[0] == '[') { // IPv6
+    auto split_end = std::find(ip_address.begin() + 1, ip_address.end(), ']');
+    if(split_end != ip_address.end()) {
+      split_end++;
+    }
+    if(split_end != ip_address.end() && *split_end == ':') {
+      return split_end;
+    }
+    RAY_CHECK(false, "ip address should contain a port number");
+  } else { // IPv4
+    auto split_point = std::find(ip_address.rbegin(), ip_address.rend(), ':').base();
+    RAY_CHECK_NEQ(split_point, ip_address.begin(), "ip address should contain a port number");
+    return split_point;
+  }
+}
+
+const char* get_cmd_option(char** begin, char** end, const std::string& option) {
+  char** it = std::find(begin, end, option);
+  if (it != end && ++it != end) {
+    return *it;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void create_log_dir_or_die(const char* log_file_name) {
+  boost::filesystem::path log_file_path(log_file_name);
+  boost::system::error_code returned_error;
+  boost::filesystem::create_directories(log_file_path.parent_path(), returned_error);
+  if (returned_error) {
+    RAY_CHECK(false, "Failed to create directory for " << log_file_name);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index f7d024d71..3e77e0a60 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
 #ifndef RAY_UTILS_H
 #define RAY_UTILS_H
 
-inline std::string::iterator split_ip_address(std::string& ip_address) {
-  if (ip_address[0] == '[') { // IPv6
-    auto split_end = std::find(ip_address.begin() + 1, ip_address.end(), ']');
-    if(split_end != ip_address.end()) {
-      split_end++;
-    }
-    if(split_end != ip_address.end() && *split_end == ':') {
-      return split_end;
-    }
-    RAY_CHECK(false, "ip address should contain a port number");
-  } else { // IPv4
-    auto split_point = std::find(ip_address.rbegin(), ip_address.rend(), ':').base();
-    RAY_CHECK_NEQ(split_point, ip_address.begin(), "ip address should contain a port number");
-    return split_point;
-  }
-}
+#include <string>
+
+std::string::iterator split_ip_address(std::string& ip_address);
+
+const char* get_cmd_option(char** begin, char** end, const std::string& option);
+
+void create_log_dir_or_die(const char* log_file_name);
 
 #endif