diff --git a/logging_template.py b/logging_template.py
index f474da0..0eba45b 100644
--- a/logging_template.py
+++ b/logging_template.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 class LoggingTemplate:
-    # there's no close() and that might cause some issues
     def __init__(self, arguments):
-        self.log_file = open(arguments['file'], 'wt')
+        self.log_filename = arguments['file']
 
     def log(self, service_name, code, status):
-        self.log_file.write(f'{service_name} {code}: {status}\n')
+        # there's definitely a better way to do this but i'm not gonna bother
+        log_file = open(self.log_filename, 'at')
+        log_file.write(f'{service_name} {code}: {status}\n')
+        log_file.close()