diff --git a/demo_logger/README.md b/demo_logger/README.md
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+# Remer
+
+[ ![codeship status for seanedw1/remer](https://codeship.com/projects/92c3f5c0-76cf-0134-e5f4-66667cc72310/status?branch=master)](https://app.codeship.com/projects/179698)
+
+
+# Getting started
+
+## Install package
+
+To install package
+
+```
+npm i remer
+```
+
+### Usage
+
+start your api in debug mode.
+
+```
+DEBUG=true node src/server
+```
+### Logging
+
+remer will create and write to a log file on root level of application when enabled.Log will contain robust debugging information about your application.
+
+### Debugging
+
+write it in this format
+
+debug excepts two params one for title and one for status.
+
+status should be either succes or fail if undefined terminal will output magenta title
+
+```
+remer.debug('title goes here', 'status');
+```
+
+###Style Guide reference
+[Airbnb](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript)
+
+###Contributors
+[View Contributors](https://github.com/seanedw1/remer/graphs/contributors)
diff --git a/demo_logger/package.json b/demo_logger/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "remer",
+  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "description": "debugging utility tool",
+  "main": "src/util",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "mocha"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/seanedw1/remer.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "debug"
+  ],
+  "author": "seanedw1",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/seanedw1/remer/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/seanedw1/remer#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "colors": "^1.1.2"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "chai": "^3.5.0",
+    "mocha": "^3.1.2",
+    "eslint": "^3.3.1",
+    "eslint-config-airbnb": "^10.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "^1.13.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-react": "^6.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "2.1.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/demo_logger/src/util.js b/demo_logger/src/util.js
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+++ b/demo_logger/src/util.js
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+// time stamp
+const stamp = new Date();
+
+const seperator = '======' + stamp + '=======';
+
+const colors = require('colors');
+
+// utility method of debug
+exports.debug = (data, status) => {
+  // debug env
+  let state;
+  if (process.env.DEBUG) {
+    if (status === 'fail') {
+      const out1 = seperator + '\n \n' + colors.red(data) + '\n \n';
+      state = status;
+      console.error(out1);
+    } else if (status === 'sucess') {
+      const out2 = seperator + '\n \n' + colors.green(data) + '\n \n';
+      state = status;
+      console.log(out2);
+      // if status is undefined
+    } else {
+      const out3 = seperator + '\n \n' + colors.magenta(data) + '\n \n';
+      console.warn(out3);
+      state = 'warn';
+    } // closes else
+    console.log('log updated sucessfully');
+    return state;
+  } // closes if debug env
+}; // closes util module
diff --git a/demo_logger/test/__util.js b/demo_logger/test/__util.js
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+++ b/demo_logger/test/__util.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+const expect = require('chai').expect;
+const remer = require('../src/util');
+
+// turn on debug mode for these tests
+process.env.DEBUG = true;
+describe('remer log tool tests', () => {
+  // Read url by id
+  it('remer should return "sucess" when using console.log()', (done) => {
+    // const test = remer.debug('this is a log', 'sucess');
+
+    const t = remer.debug('', 'sucess');
+    expect(t).to.equal('sucess');
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('remer should return "warn" when using console.warn()', (done) => {
+    // const test = remer.debug('this is a log', 'sucess');
+
+    const t = remer.debug('', 'warn');
+    expect(t).to.equal('warn');
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('remer should return "fail" when using console.error()', (done) => {
+    // const test = remer.debug('this is a log', 'sucess');
+
+    const t = remer.debug('', 'fail');
+    expect(t).to.equal('fail');
+    done();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/error.log b/error.log
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+++ b/error.log
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+======Mon Oct 17 2016 22:41:20 GMT-0400 (EDT)=======
+ 
+sucess on get
+ 
+======Mon Oct 17 2016 22:41:57 GMT-0400 (EDT)=======
+ 
+sucess on get
+ 
+======Mon Oct 17 2016 22:42:02 GMT-0400 (EDT)=======
+ 
+sucess on get
+ 
+======Mon Oct 17 2016 22:42:11 GMT-0400 (EDT)=======
+ 
+sucess on get
+ 
+======Mon Oct 17 2016 22:42:38 GMT-0400 (EDT)=======
+ 
+sucess on get
+ 
diff --git a/src/models/gen.js b/src/models/gen.js
index a9b672d..f554d7d 100644
--- a/src/models/gen.js
+++ b/src/models/gen.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const bcrypt = require('bcrypt-nodejs');
-const remer = require('remer');
+// const remer = require('remer');
+const remer = require('../../demo_logger/src/util');
 
 // sets generate module
 exports.genURL = () => {
diff --git a/src/models/url.js b/src/models/url.js
index 68c4218..ce1b51e 100644
--- a/src/models/url.js
+++ b/src/models/url.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const db = require('./db');
-const remer = require('remer');
+// const remer = require('remer');
+const remer = require('../../demo_logger/src/util');
 
 // create
 exports.create = (payload, err, success) => {
diff --git a/src/models/user.js b/src/models/user.js
index 266491c..e3674dd 100644
--- a/src/models/user.js
+++ b/src/models/user.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const db = require('./db');
-const remer = require('remer');
+// const remer = require('remer');
+const remer = require('../../demo_logger/src/util');
 
 // create
 exports.create = (payload, err, success) => {
diff --git a/src/routes/api/url.js b/src/routes/api/url.js
index 2fd051c..eb49fbc 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/url.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/url.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // links to link generation model
 const gen = require('../../models/gen');
 const url = require('../../models/url');
-const remer = require('remer');
+// const remer = require('remer');
+const remer = require('../../../demo_logger/src/util');
 
 
 // accepts express as a parameter of express
diff --git a/src/routes/api/user.js b/src/routes/api/user.js
index ff8740d..a5bb493 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/user.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/user.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const user = require('../../models/user');
 const gen = require('../../models/gen');
-const remer = require('remer');
+// const remer = require('remer');
+const remer = require('../../../demo_logger/src/util');
 
 
 module.exports = (express) => {
diff --git a/src/routes/go/redirect.js b/src/routes/go/redirect.js
index d1384dd..98ad5b0 100644
--- a/src/routes/go/redirect.js
+++ b/src/routes/go/redirect.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const url = require('../../models/url');
-const remer = require('remer');
+// const remer = require('remer');
+const remer = require('../../../demo_logger/src/util');
 
 
 module.exports = (express) => {
diff --git a/src/routes/index.js b/src/routes/index.js
index 5735751..7acf981 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.js
+++ b/src/routes/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-const remer = require('remer');
+// const remer = require('remer');
+const remer = require('../../demo_logger/src/util');
 
 module.exports = (express) => {
   const router = express.Router();
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index e99807f..a6a6190 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
-const remer = require('remer');
+// const remer = require('remer');
+const remer = require('../demo_logger/src/util');
 
 // express functionality
 const app = express();
@@ -26,6 +27,5 @@ app.use('/', require('./routes')(express));
 const server = app.listen(port, () => {
   remer.debug(' server active on ' + port);
 });
-
 // makes server modular
 module.exports = server;
diff --git a/test/__logs.js b/test/__logs.js
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/__logs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+const expect = require('chai').expect;
+const remer = require('../demo_logger/src/util');
+
+// turn on debug mode for these tests
+process.env.DEBUG = true;
+
+describe('remer log tool tests', () => {
+  // Read url by id
+  it('remer should return "sucess" when using console.log()', (done) => {
+    // const test = remer.debug('this is a log', 'sucess');
+
+    const t = remer.debug('', 'sucess');
+    expect(t).to.equal('sucess');
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('remer should return "warn" when using console.warn()', (done) => {
+    // const test = remer.debug('this is a log', 'sucess');
+
+    const t = remer.debug('', 'warn');
+    expect(t).to.equal('warn');
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('remer should return "fail" when using console.error()', (done) => {
+    // const test = remer.debug('this is a log', 'sucess');
+
+    const t = remer.debug('', 'fail');
+    expect(t).to.equal('fail');
+    done();
+  });
+});