diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fee4ec0..8fd89ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -143,4 +143,5 @@ cython_debug/
 .vscode/
 
 # the-hunt specific:
+logs/
 app.db
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diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 0c61044..8b3f4ce 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
+from config import Config
+import logging
+from logging.handlers import SMTPHandler
+from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler
+import os
+
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_bootstrap import Bootstrap
-from config import Config
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from flask_migrate import Migrate
 from flask_login import LoginManager
 
+
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config.from_object(Config)
 bootstrap = Bootstrap(app)
@@ -13,4 +19,39 @@ migrate = Migrate(app, db)
 login = LoginManager(app)
 login.login_view = 'login'
 
-from app import routes, models
+from app import routes, models, errors
+
+if not app.debug and not app.testing:
+        if app.config['MAIL_SERVER']:
+            auth = None
+            if app.config['MAIL_USERNAME'] or app.config['MAIL_PASSWORD']:
+                auth = (app.config['MAIL_USERNAME'],
+                        app.config['MAIL_PASSWORD'])
+            secure = None
+            if app.config['MAIL_USE_TLS']:
+                secure = ()
+            mail_handler = SMTPHandler(
+                mailhost=(app.config['MAIL_SERVER'], app.config['MAIL_PORT']),
+                fromaddr='no-reply@' + app.config['MAIL_SERVER'],
+                toaddrs=app.config['ADMINS'], subject='Microblog Failure',
+                credentials=auth, secure=secure)
+            mail_handler.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+            app.logger.addHandler(mail_handler)
+
+        if app.config['LOG_TO_STDOUT']:
+            stream_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+            stream_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+            app.logger.addHandler(stream_handler)
+        else:
+            if not os.path.exists('logs'):
+                os.mkdir('logs')
+            file_handler = RotatingFileHandler('logs/microblog.log',
+                                               maxBytes=10240, backupCount=10)
+            file_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(
+                '%(asctime)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s '
+                '[in %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d]'))
+            file_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+            app.logger.addHandler(file_handler)
+
+        app.logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        app.logger.info('Microblog startup')
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diff --git a/app/errors.py b/app/errors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fa9df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/errors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from flask import render_template
+from app import app, db
+
+@app.errorhandler(404)
+def not_found_error(error):
+    return render_template('404.html'), 404
+
+@app.errorhandler(500)
+def internal_error(error):
+    db.session.rollback()
+    return render_template('500.html'), 500
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diff --git a/app/routes.py b/app/routes.py
index c306e44..1a4c9fd 100644
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ def game_dashboard(game_name):
 @login_required
 @app.route('/game/<game_name>/player/<player_name>')
 def game_player(game_name, player_name):
-    return render_template("index.html", title='Home')
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+    return redirect(url_for('indsex'))
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diff --git a/app/templates/404.html b/app/templates/404.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b76b06c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/templates/404.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block app_content %}
+    <h1>File Not Found</h1>
+    <p><a href="{{ url_for('index') }}">Back</a></p>
+{% endblock %}
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diff --git a/app/templates/500.html b/app/templates/500.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88addac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/templates/500.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block app_content %}
+    <h1>An unexpected error has occurred</h1>
+    <p>The administrator has been notified. Sorry for the inconvenience!</p>
+    <p><a href="{{ url_for('index') }}">Back</a></p>
+{% endblock %}
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diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index b6ed349..80caac9 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from pathlib import Path
 basedir = Path(__file__).parent.absolute()
+load_dotenv(basedir / '.env')
 
 class Config(object):
     SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY') or 'you-will-never-guess'
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.environ.get('DATABASE_URL') or \
         f"sqlite:///{Path(basedir) / 'app.db'}"
     SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS = False
+
+    LOG_TO_STDOUT = os.environ.get('LOG_TO_STDOUT')
+    MAIL_SERVER = os.environ.get('MAIL_SERVER')
+    MAIL_PORT = int(os.environ.get('MAIL_PORT') or 25)
+    MAIL_USE_TLS = os.environ.get('MAIL_USE_TLS') is not None
+    MAIL_USERNAME = os.environ.get('MAIL_USERNAME')
+    MAIL_PASSWORD = os.environ.get('MAIL_PASSWORD')
+    ADMINS = ['your-email@example.com']
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