# Node-red-log should be longer

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-log-should-be-longer/4315>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [26 October 2018 11:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-log-should-be-longer/4315 "2018-10-26T11:01:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [26 October 2018 11:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-log-should-be-longer/4315/1 "2018-10-26T11:01:18Z")

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Can I suggest that the amount of history shown in node-red-log should be increased? Currently it only shows the last 25 lines of the log but often that is not enough even immediately after startup. This can be achieved by changing the last line of `/usr/bin/node-red-log` from

```auto
sudo journalctl -f -n 25 -u nodered -o cat

```

to

```auto
sudo journalctl -f -n 50 -u nodered -o cat

```

or maybe even 75