diff --git a/static-data/www/shared/sidebar/sidebar.html b/static-data/www/shared/sidebar/sidebar.html
index 4538e35b..1e9e3f37 100644
--- a/static-data/www/shared/sidebar/sidebar.html
+++ b/static-data/www/shared/sidebar/sidebar.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div id="quickviewDefault" class="quickview">
   <header class="quickview-header">
-    <span class="delete" data-dismiss="quickview"></span>
+    <span class="delete closeSidebar" data-dismiss="quickview"></span>
   </header>
 
   <div class="quickview-body">
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
             Add Peer
           </a>
         </div>
+        <pre id="logfileOutput"></pre>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/static-data/www/shared/sidebar/sidebar.js b/static-data/www/shared/sidebar/sidebar.js
index ac00dadf..1040e0e4 100644
--- a/static-data/www/shared/sidebar/sidebar.js
+++ b/static-data/www/shared/sidebar/sidebar.js
@@ -10,6 +10,22 @@ fetch('/shared/sidebar/sidebar.html', {
     sidebarAddPeerRegister()
 })
 
+var lastLogOffset = 0
+async function showLog(){
+        fetch('/readfileoffset/onionr.log?offset=' + lastLogOffset, {
+            method: 'GET',
+            headers: {
+            "token": webpass
+            }})
+        .then((resp) => resp.json())
+        .then(function(resp){
+            lastLogOffset = resp['new_offset']
+            document.getElementById('logfileOutput').innerText += resp.data.replace(
+                /[\u001b\u009b][[()#;?]*(?:[0-9]{1,4}(?:;[0-9]{0,4})*)?[0-9A-ORZcf-nqry=><]/g, '')
+        })
+}
+
+
 function sidebarAddPeerRegister(){
     document.getElementById('addPeerBtn').onclick = function(){
         let newPeer = document.getElementById('addPeerInput').value
@@ -55,12 +71,18 @@ function sidebarAddPeerRegister(){
 }
 
 window.addEventListener("keydown", function(event) {
+    var refreshSideBarInterval = null
+    document.getElementsByClassName('closeSidebar')[0].onclick = function(){
+        clearInterval(sidebarLogInterval)
+        clearInterval(refreshSideBarInterval)
+    }
     if (event.key === "s"){
         if (document.activeElement.nodeName == "TEXTAREA" || document.activeElement.nodeName == "INPUT"){
             if (! document.activeElement.hasAttribute("readonly")){
                 return
             }
         }
+        sidebarLogInterval = setInterval(function(){showLog()}, 1000)
         let refreshSideBar = function(){
             if (document.hidden){return}
             var existingValue = document.getElementById("insertingBlocks").innerText
@@ -99,7 +121,7 @@ window.addEventListener("keydown", function(event) {
                     document.getElementById("uploadBlocks").innerText = resp.split(',').length - 1
                 })
         }
-        setInterval(refreshSideBar, 3000)
+        refreshSideBarInterval = setInterval(refreshSideBar, 3000)
 
         setTimeout(function(){document.getElementsByClassName('sidebarBtn')[0].click()}, 300)
     }
diff --git a/tests/test_read_offset.py b/tests/test_read_offset.py
index b7832667..ba411db7 100644
--- a/tests/test_read_offset.py
+++ b/tests/test_read_offset.py
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ createdirs.create_dirs()
 setup_config()
 
 class TestReadOffset(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_read_offset(self):
+        temp = tempfile.mkstemp()[1]
+        f = open(temp, 'wb')
+        data = b"test1\ntest2\ntest3\test4"
+        f.write(data)
+        f.close()
+        self.assertEqual(readoffset.read_from_offset(temp, 5).data, data[5:])
+        self.assertEqual(readoffset.read_from_offset(temp, 5).new_offset, len(data))
+        os.remove(temp)
     def test_read_whole(self):
         temp = tempfile.mkstemp()[1]
         f = open(temp, 'wb')
@@ -23,6 +32,7 @@ class TestReadOffset(unittest.TestCase):
         f.write(data)
         f.close()
         self.assertEqual(readoffset.read_from_offset(temp).data, data)
+        self.assertEqual(readoffset.read_from_offset(temp).new_offset, len(data))
         os.remove(temp)