diff --git a/webui/config.php b/webui/config.php
index 79b7897..54a26a7 100644
--- a/webui/config.php
+++ b/webui/config.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 define('ENABLE_GOOGLE_LOGIN', 0);
 define('SEARCH_RESULT_CHECKBOX_CHECKED', 1);
 define('HELPER_URL', '');
-
+define('ENABLE_SYSLOG', 0);
 define('GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID', 'xxxxxxxxxxx');
 define('GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET', 'xxxxxxxxxxxxx');
 define('GOOGLE_DEVELOPER_KEY', 'xxxxxxxxxxxx');
diff --git a/webui/index.php b/webui/index.php
index 68ac1ba..6eb9621 100644
--- a/webui/index.php
+++ b/webui/index.php
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 Registry::set('language', $language);
 
 
+if(ENABLE_SYSLOG == 1) { openlog("piler-webui", LOG_PID, LOG_MAIL); }
+
+
 /* check if user has authenticated himself. If not, we send him to login */
 
 Registry::set('username', getAuthenticatedUsername());
diff --git a/webui/model/search/search.php b/webui/model/search/search.php
index bba226d..05b7319 100644
--- a/webui/model/search/search.php
+++ b/webui/model/search/search.php
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
          $query = $this->sphx->query("SELECT id FROM " . SPHINX_MAIN_INDEX . " WHERE $a $date $attachment $direction $size $folders MATCH('$match') $sortorder LIMIT 0," . MAX_SEARCH_HITS);
       }
 
-//print $query->query; print "<p>" . $query->exec_time . "</p>\n";
+      if(ENABLE_SYSLOG == 1) { syslog(LOG_INFO, sprintf("sphinx query: %s in %.2f s", $query->query, $query->exec_time)); }
 
 
       /*