diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 10dd33be..f98fd0ee 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ PRIMARY_COLOR="\e[38;5;208m"  # #f59322
 SECONDARY_COLOR="\e[38;5;165m"  # #c740c7
 RESET_COLOR="\e[0m"
 
+# Log file
+LOG_FILE="/var/log/deploy.log"
+
+# Log function
+log() {
+  echo -e "$1" | tee -a $LOG_FILE
+}
+
 # Detect OS and architecture
 detect_os_arch() {
   OS="$(uname -s)"
@@ -33,7 +41,7 @@ detect_os_arch() {
 
 # Install LND
 install_lnd() {
-  echo -e "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Installing LND...${RESET_COLOR}"
+  log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Installing LND...${RESET_COLOR}"
   LND_VERSION=$(wget -qO- https://api.github.com/repos/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/latest | grep 'tag_name' | cut -d\" -f4)
   LND_URL="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/download/${LND_VERSION}/lnd-${OS}-${ARCH}-${LND_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 
@@ -41,51 +49,52 @@ install_lnd() {
   if [ -d ~/lnd ]; then
     CURRENT_VERSION=$(~/lnd/lnd --version | grep -oP 'version \K[^\s]+')
     if [ "$CURRENT_VERSION" == "${LND_VERSION#v}" ]; then
-      echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}LND is already up-to-date (version $CURRENT_VERSION).${RESET_COLOR}"
+      log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}LND is already up-to-date (version $CURRENT_VERSION).${RESET_COLOR}"
       return
     else
       if [ "$SKIP_PROMPT" != true ]; then
         read -p "LND version $CURRENT_VERSION is installed. Do you want to upgrade to version $LND_VERSION? (y/N): " response
         case "$response" in
           [yY][eE][sS]|[yY]) 
-            echo -e "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Upgrading LND from version $CURRENT_VERSION to $LND_VERSION...${RESET_COLOR}"
+            log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Upgrading LND from version $CURRENT_VERSION to $LND_VERSION...${RESET_COLOR}"
             ;;
           *)
-            echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Upgrade cancelled.${RESET_COLOR}"
+            log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Upgrade cancelled.${RESET_COLOR}"
             return
             ;;
         esac
       else
-        echo -e "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Upgrading LND from version $CURRENT_VERSION to $LND_VERSION...${RESET_COLOR}"
+        log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Upgrading LND from version $CURRENT_VERSION to $LND_VERSION...${RESET_COLOR}"
       fi
     fi
-  else
-    echo -e "${PRIMARY_COLOR}LND is not installed. Proceeding with installation...${RESET_COLOR}"
   fi
 
-  wget $LND_URL -O lnd.tar.gz
+  log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Downloading LND...${RESET_COLOR}"
+  wget --progress=dot:giga $LND_URL -O lnd.tar.gz 2>&1 | grep --line-buffered "%" | sed -u -e "s,\.,,g" | awk '{printf("\rDownloading: %s", $2)}'
+  echo -e "\n"
+
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to download LND binary. Please check the URL or your internet connection.${RESET_COLOR}"
+    log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to download LND binary. Please check the URL or your internet connection.${RESET_COLOR}"
     exit 1
   fi
 
   # Check if LND is already running and stop it if necessary
   if [ "$SYSTEMCTL_AVAILABLE" = true ]; then
     if systemctl is-active --quiet lnd; then
-      echo -e "${PRIMARY_COLOR}LND is currently running. Stopping LND service...${RESET_COLOR}"
+      log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Stopping LND service...${RESET_COLOR}"
       sudo systemctl stop lnd
       if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-        echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to stop LND service. Please stop it manually and try again.${RESET_COLOR}"
+        log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to stop LND service. Please stop it manually and try again.${RESET_COLOR}"
         exit 1
       fi
     fi
   else
-    echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}systemctl not found. Please stop LND manually if it is running.${RESET_COLOR}"
+    log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}systemctl not found. Please stop LND manually if it is running.${RESET_COLOR}"
   fi
 
-  tar -xvzf lnd.tar.gz > /dev/null
+  tar -xzf lnd.tar.gz -C ~/ > /dev/null
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to extract LND binary.${RESET_COLOR}"
+    log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to extract LND binary.${RESET_COLOR}"
     exit 1
   fi
   rm lnd.tar.gz
@@ -96,7 +105,7 @@ install_lnd() {
 
   # Check if lnd.conf already exists and avoid overwriting it
   if [ -f ~/.lnd/lnd.conf ]; then
-    echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}lnd.conf already exists. Skipping creation of new lnd.conf file.${RESET_COLOR}"
+    log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}lnd.conf already exists. Skipping creation of new lnd.conf file.${RESET_COLOR}"
   else
     cat <<EOF > ~/.lnd/lnd.conf
 bitcoin.mainnet=true
@@ -104,15 +113,15 @@ bitcoin.node=neutrino
 neutrino.addpeer=neutrino.shock.network
 feeurl=https://nodes.lightning.computer/fees/v1/btc-fee-estimates.json
 EOF
-    echo -e "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Created new lnd.conf file.${RESET_COLOR}"
+    log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Created new lnd.conf file.${RESET_COLOR}"
   fi
 
-  echo -e "${PRIMARY_COLOR}LND installation and configuration completed.${RESET_COLOR}"
+  log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}LND installation and configuration completed.${RESET_COLOR}"
 }
 
 # Function to install Node.js using nvm
 install_nodejs() {
-  echo -e "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Checking for Node.js...${RESET_COLOR}"
+  log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Checking for Node.js...${RESET_COLOR}"
   MINIMUM_VERSION="18.0.0"
   
   # Load nvm if it exists
@@ -120,61 +129,61 @@ install_nodejs() {
   [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
 
   if ! command -v nvm &> /dev/null; then
-    echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}nvm not found, installing...${RESET_COLOR}"
+    log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}nvm not found, installing...${RESET_COLOR}"
     NVM_VERSION=$(wget -qO- https://api.github.com/repos/nvm-sh/nvm/releases/latest | grep -oP '"tag_name": "\K(.*)(?=")')
     wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/${NVM_VERSION}/install.sh | bash > /dev/null 2>&1
     export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
     [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
   fi
 
-  nvm install $MINIMUM_VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1
-  nvm use $MINIMUM_VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1
-  nvm alias default $MINIMUM_VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1
+  if command -v node &> /dev/null; then
+    NODE_VERSION=$(node -v)
+    if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$MINIMUM_VERSION" "$NODE_VERSION" | sort -V | head -n1)" = "$MINIMUM_VERSION" ]; then
+      log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Node.js is already installed and meets the minimum version requirement.${RESET_COLOR}"
+      return
+    else
+      log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Updating Node.js to the latest version...${RESET_COLOR}"
+    fi
+  else
+    log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Node.js is not installed. Installing the latest version...${RESET_COLOR}"
+  fi
 
-  NODE_VERSION=$(node -v | grep -o '[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+')
-  if [ -z "$NODE_VERSION" ]; then
-    echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to install Node.js. Please check the installation process.${RESET_COLOR}"
+  nvm install node
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to install Node.js. Please check the nvm installation.${RESET_COLOR}"
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  CURRENT_VERSION=$(printf '%s\n' "$MINIMUM_VERSION" "$NODE_VERSION" | sort -V | tail -n1)
-  if [ "$CURRENT_VERSION" != "$NODE_VERSION" ]; then
-    echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}NodeJS version is less than required, installing LTS version...${RESET_COLOR}"
-    nvm install --lts > /dev/null 2>&1
-    nvm use --lts > /dev/null 2>&1
-    nvm alias default lts/* > /dev/null 2>&1
-  fi
-
-  echo -e "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Node.js installation completed.${RESET_COLOR}"
+  log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Node.js installation completed.${RESET_COLOR}"
 }
 
 # Download and extract Lightning.Pub
 install_lightning_pub() {
-  echo -e "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Installing Lightning.Pub...${RESET_COLOR}"
+  log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Installing Lightning.Pub...${RESET_COLOR}"
   REPO_URL="https://github.com/shocknet/Lightning.Pub/tarball/master"
   wget $REPO_URL -O lightning_pub.tar.gz > /dev/null 2>&1
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to download Lightning.Pub tarball. Please check the URL or your internet connection.${RESET_COLOR}"
+    log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to download Lightning.Pub tarball. Please check the URL or your internet connection.${RESET_COLOR}"
     exit 1
   fi
   mkdir -p lightning_pub_temp
   tar -xvzf lightning_pub.tar.gz -C lightning_pub_temp --strip-components=1 > /dev/null 2>&1
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to extract Lightning.Pub tarball.${RESET_COLOR}"
+    log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to extract Lightning.Pub tarball.${RESET_COLOR}"
     exit 1
   fi
   rm lightning_pub.tar.gz
 
   # Check if rsync is installed, install if not
   if ! command -v rsync &> /dev/null; then
-    echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}rsync not found, installing...${RESET_COLOR}"
+    log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}rsync not found, installing...${RESET_COLOR}"
     if [ -x "$(command -v apt-get)" ]; then
       sudo apt-get update > /dev/null 2>&1
       sudo apt-get install -y rsync > /dev/null 2>&1
     elif [ -x "$(command -v yum)" ]; then
       sudo yum install -y rsync > /dev/null 2>&1
     else
-      echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Package manager not found. Please install rsync manually.${RESET_COLOR}"
+      log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Package manager not found. Please install rsync manually.${RESET_COLOR}"
       exit 1
     fi
   fi
@@ -183,7 +192,7 @@ install_lightning_pub() {
   rsync -av --exclude='*.sqlite' --exclude='.env' --exclude='logs' --exclude='node_modules' lightning_pub_temp/ lightning_pub/ > /dev/null 2>&1
 
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to merge Lightning.Pub files.${RESET_COLOR}"
+    log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}Failed to merge Lightning.Pub files.${RESET_COLOR}"
     exit 1
   fi
   rm -rf lightning_pub_temp
@@ -195,22 +204,22 @@ install_lightning_pub() {
   cd lightning_pub
 
   # Show a progress indicator while npm install is running
-  echo -e "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Installing npm dependencies...${RESET_COLOR}"
+  log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Installing npm dependencies...${RESET_COLOR}"
   npm install > npm_install.log 2>&1 &
   PID=$!
   while kill -0 $PID 2> /dev/null; do
-    echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR}.${RESET_COLOR}"
+    log "${SECONDARY_COLOR}.${RESET_COLOR}"
     sleep 1
   done
 
   if wait $PID; then
-    echo -e "${PRIMARY_COLOR} done.${RESET_COLOR}"
+    log "${PRIMARY_COLOR} done.${RESET_COLOR}"
   else
-    echo -e "${SECONDARY_COLOR} failed. Check npm_install.log for details.${RESET_COLOR}"
+    log "${SECONDARY_COLOR} failed. Check npm_install.log for details.${RESET_COLOR}"
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  echo -e "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Lightning.Pub installation completed.${RESET_COLOR}"
+  log "${PRIMARY_COLOR}Lightning.Pub installation completed.${RESET_COLOR}"
 }
 
 # Ceate start script