diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 92cd002..d87c0e0 100755
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func main() {
 	fs.Append(args.STRING, "p", "port to serve", "8100")
 	fs.Append(args.STRING, "u", "user:pass for basic auth", "")
 	fs.Append(args.BOOL, "md", "whether to render markdown as html", true)
+	fs.Append(args.BOOL, "log", "emit access logs", false)
 	fs.Append(args.BOOL, "ro", "read only mode", false)
 	fs.Append(args.BOOL, "https", "https only", false)
 	fs.Append(args.STRING, "md-css", "css to load for md", "/dev/null")
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ func main() {
 	https := fs.Get("https").GetBool()
 	mdCss := fs.Get("md-css").GetString()
 	mdClass := fs.Get("md-class").GetString()
+	accessLogging := fs.GetBool("log")
 	if mdCss != "" {
 		b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(mdCss)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -95,15 +97,21 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	p := strings.TrimPrefix(fs.Get("p").GetString(), ":")
 
-	http.Handle("/", http.HandlerFunc(handler(userPass, https, ro, d, md, mdCss, mdClass)))
+	http.Handle("/", http.HandlerFunc(handler(userPass, https, ro, d, md, mdCss, mdClass, accessLogging)))
 
 	log.Printf("Serving %s on HTTP port: %s\n", d, p)
 
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":"+p, nil))
 }
 
-func handler(userPass string, https, ro bool, d string, md bool, mdCss, mdClass string) http.HandlerFunc {
-	return httpsOnly(https, gzip(basicAuth(userPass, endpoints(ro, withDel(ro, withMD(d, md, mdCss, mdClass, fserve(d)))))))
+func handler(userPass string, https, ro bool, d string, md bool, mdCss, mdClass string, accessLogging bool) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return withAccessLogging(accessLogging, httpsOnly(https, gzip(basicAuth(userPass, endpoints(ro, withDel(ro, withMD(d, md, mdCss, mdClass, fserve(d))))))))
+}
+
+func withAccessLogging(enabled bool, h http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		h(w, r)
+	}
 }
 
 func writeMeta(w http.ResponseWriter) {