diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 90bfa7c2..ec97d73b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1107,6 +1107,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "yaml-rust",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console"
+version = "0.15.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e1f83fc076bd6dd27517eacdf25fef6c4dfe5f1d7448bafaaf3a26f13b5e4eb"
+dependencies = [
+ "encode_unicode",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "console-api"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -1691,6 +1704,12 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "658bbadc628dc286b9ae02f0cb0f5411c056eb7487b72f0083203f115de94060"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encode_unicode"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a357d28ed41a50f9c765dbfe56cbc04a64e53e5fc58ba79fbc34c10ef3df831f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enum-as-inner"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -5788,6 +5807,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap 4.5.1",
  "config 0.14.0",
+ "console",
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "cursive",
  "cursive_buffered_backend",
diff --git a/veilid-cli/Cargo.toml b/veilid-cli/Cargo.toml
index 59f304f0..2750b13e 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/veilid-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ owning_ref = "0.4.1"
 unicode-width = "0.1.11"
 lru = "0.10.1"
 rustyline-async = "0.4.2"
+console = "0.15.8"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serial_test = "^2"
diff --git a/veilid-cli/src/command_processor.rs b/veilid-cli/src/command_processor.rs
index fec2e21c..25e6a989 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/src/command_processor.rs
+++ b/veilid-cli/src/command_processor.rs
@@ -221,9 +221,13 @@ Server Debug Commands:
                 }
             };
 
-            match capi.server_change_log_level(layer, log_level).await {
+            match capi.server_change_log_level(layer, log_level.clone()).await {
                 Ok(()) => {
-                    ui.display_string_dialog("Success", "Log level changed", callback);
+                    ui.display_string_dialog(
+                        "Log level changed",
+                        &format!("Log level set to '{}'", log_level),
+                        callback,
+                    );
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
                     ui.display_string_dialog(
diff --git a/veilid-cli/src/log_viewer_ui.rs b/veilid-cli/src/log_viewer_ui.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c07c9a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/veilid-cli/src/log_viewer_ui.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+use crate::command_processor::*;
+use crate::cursive_ui::CursiveUI;
+use crate::settings::*;
+use crate::tools::*;
+use crate::ui::*;
+
+use console::{style, Term};
+use flexi_logger::writers::LogWriter;
+use stop_token::future::FutureExt as StopTokenFutureExt;
+use stop_token::*;
+
+pub type LogViewerUICallback = Box<dyn FnMut() + Send>;
+
+pub struct LogViewerUIInner {
+    cmdproc: Option<CommandProcessor>,
+    done: Option<StopSource>,
+    term: Term,
+    connection_state_receiver: flume::Receiver<ConnectionState>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct LogViewerUI {
+    inner: Arc<Mutex<LogViewerUIInner>>,
+}
+
+impl LogViewerUI {
+    pub fn new(_settings: &Settings) -> (Self, LogViewerUISender) {
+        let (cssender, csreceiver) = flume::unbounded::<ConnectionState>();
+
+        let term = Term::stdout();
+        let enable_color = console::colors_enabled() && term.features().colors_supported();
+
+        // Create the UI object
+        let this = Self {
+            inner: Arc::new(Mutex::new(LogViewerUIInner {
+                cmdproc: None,
+                done: Some(StopSource::new()),
+                term: term.clone(),
+                connection_state_receiver: csreceiver,
+            })),
+        };
+
+        let ui_sender = LogViewerUISender {
+            inner: this.inner.clone(),
+            connection_state_sender: cssender,
+            term,
+            enable_color,
+        };
+
+        (this, ui_sender)
+    }
+
+    pub async fn command_loop(&self) {
+        let (connection_state_receiver, term, done) = {
+            let inner = self.inner.lock();
+            (
+                inner.connection_state_receiver.clone(),
+                inner.term.clone(),
+                inner.done.as_ref().unwrap().token(),
+            )
+        };
+
+        CursiveUI::set_start_time();
+
+        // Wait for connection to be established
+        loop {
+            match connection_state_receiver.recv_async().await {
+                Ok(ConnectionState::ConnectedTCP(_, _))
+                | Ok(ConnectionState::ConnectedIPC(_, _)) => {
+                    break;
+                }
+                Ok(ConnectionState::RetryingTCP(_, _)) | Ok(ConnectionState::RetryingIPC(_, _)) => {
+                }
+                Ok(ConnectionState::Disconnected) => {}
+                Err(e) => {
+                    eprintln!("Error: {:?}", e);
+                    self.inner.lock().done.take();
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        let cmdproc = self.inner.lock().cmdproc.clone().unwrap();
+
+        if !term.features().is_attended() {
+            done.await;
+        } else {
+            while let Ok(Ok(c)) = blocking_wrapper(
+                {
+                    let term = term.clone();
+                    move || term.read_char()
+                },
+                Err(std::io::Error::other("failed")),
+            )
+            .timeout_at(done.clone())
+            .await
+            {
+                match c {
+                    'q' | 'Q' => {
+                        self.inner.lock().done.take();
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    'e' | 'E' => {
+                        if let Err(e) = cmdproc.run_command(
+                            "change_log_level api error",
+                            UICallback::LogViewerUI(Box::new(|| {})),
+                        ) {
+                            eprintln!("Error: {:?}", e);
+                            self.inner.lock().done.take();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    'w' | 'W' => {
+                        if let Err(e) = cmdproc.run_command(
+                            "change_log_level api warn",
+                            UICallback::LogViewerUI(Box::new(|| {})),
+                        ) {
+                            eprintln!("Error: {:?}", e);
+                            self.inner.lock().done.take();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    'i' | 'I' => {
+                        if let Err(e) = cmdproc.run_command(
+                            "change_log_level api info",
+                            UICallback::LogViewerUI(Box::new(|| {})),
+                        ) {
+                            eprintln!("Error: {:?}", e);
+                            self.inner.lock().done.take();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    'd' | 'D' => {
+                        if let Err(e) = cmdproc.run_command(
+                            "change_log_level api debug",
+                            UICallback::LogViewerUI(Box::new(|| {})),
+                        ) {
+                            eprintln!("Error: {:?}", e);
+                            self.inner.lock().done.take();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    't' | 'T' => {
+                        if let Err(e) = cmdproc.run_command(
+                            "change_log_level api trace",
+                            UICallback::LogViewerUI(Box::new(|| {})),
+                        ) {
+                            eprintln!("Error: {:?}", e);
+                            self.inner.lock().done.take();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    'h' | 'H' => {
+                        println!(
+                            r"Help:
+    h - This help
+    e - Change log level to 'error'
+    w - Change log level to 'warn'
+    i - Change log level to 'info'
+    d - Change log level to 'debug'
+    t - Change log level to 'trace'
+    q - Quit
+"
+                        );
+                    }
+                    _ => {
+                        // ignore
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl UI for LogViewerUI {
+    fn set_command_processor(&mut self, cmdproc: CommandProcessor) {
+        let mut inner = self.inner.lock();
+        inner.cmdproc = Some(cmdproc);
+    }
+    fn run_async(&mut self) -> Pin<Box<dyn core::future::Future<Output = ()>>> {
+        let this = self.clone();
+        Box::pin(async move {
+            this.command_loop().await;
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct LogViewerUISender {
+    inner: Arc<Mutex<LogViewerUIInner>>,
+    connection_state_sender: flume::Sender<ConnectionState>,
+    term: Term,
+    enable_color: bool,
+}
+
+impl UISender for LogViewerUISender {
+    fn clone_uisender(&self) -> Box<dyn UISender> {
+        Box::new(LogViewerUISender {
+            inner: self.inner.clone(),
+            connection_state_sender: self.connection_state_sender.clone(),
+            term: self.term.clone(),
+            enable_color: self.enable_color,
+        })
+    }
+    fn as_logwriter(&self) -> Option<Box<dyn LogWriter>> {
+        None
+    }
+
+    fn display_string_dialog(&self, title: &str, text: &str, close_cb: UICallback) {
+        println!("{}: {}", title, text);
+        if let UICallback::Interactive(mut close_cb) = close_cb {
+            close_cb()
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn quit(&self) {
+        self.inner.lock().done.take();
+    }
+
+    fn send_callback(&self, callback: UICallback) {
+        if let UICallback::Interactive(mut callback) = callback {
+            callback();
+        }
+    }
+    fn set_attachment_state(
+        &mut self,
+        _state: &str,
+        _public_internet_ready: bool,
+        _local_network_ready: bool,
+    ) {
+        //
+    }
+    fn set_network_status(
+        &mut self,
+        _started: bool,
+        _bps_down: u64,
+        _bps_up: u64,
+        mut _peers: Vec<json::JsonValue>,
+    ) {
+        //
+    }
+    fn set_config(&mut self, _config: &json::JsonValue) {
+        //
+    }
+    fn set_connection_state(&mut self, state: ConnectionState) {
+        if let Err(e) = self.connection_state_sender.send(state) {
+            eprintln!("Error: {:?}", e);
+            self.inner.lock().done.take();
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn add_node_event(&self, _log_color: Level, event: &str) {
+        println!("{}", event);
+    }
+    fn add_log_event(&self, log_color: Level, event: &str) {
+        let log_line = format!(
+            "{}: {}",
+            CursiveUI::cli_ts(CursiveUI::get_start_time()),
+            event
+        );
+        if self.enable_color {
+            let log_line = match log_color {
+                Level::Error => style(log_line).red().bright().to_string(),
+                Level::Warn => style(log_line).yellow().bright().to_string(),
+                Level::Info => log_line,
+                Level::Debug => style(log_line).green().bright().to_string(),
+                Level::Trace => style(log_line).blue().bright().to_string(),
+            };
+            if let Err(e) = self.term.write_line(&log_line) {
+                eprintln!("Error: {:?}", e);
+                self.inner.lock().done.take();
+            }
+        } else {
+            println!("{}", log_line);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/veilid-cli/src/main.rs b/veilid-cli/src/main.rs
index f8fff5f0..2cab8882 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/veilid-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ mod command_processor;
 mod cursive_ui;
 mod interactive_ui;
 mod io_read_write_ui;
+mod log_viewer_ui;
 mod peers_table_view;
 mod settings;
 mod tools;
@@ -128,7 +129,18 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
         } else if let Some(command_file) = args.command_file {
             cfg_if! {
                 if #[cfg(feature="rt-async-std")] {
-                    use async_std::prelude::*;
+                    let (in_obj, out_obj) =
+                        if command_file.to_string_lossy() == "-" {
+                            (Box::pin(async_std::io::stdin()) as Pin<Box<dyn futures::AsyncRead + Send>>, async_std::io::stdout())
+                        } else {
+                            let f = match async_std::fs::File::open(command_file).await {
+                                Ok(v) => v,
+                                Err(e) => {
+                                    return Err(e.to_string());
+                                }
+                            };
+                            (Box::pin(f) as Pin<Box<dyn futures::AsyncRead + Send>>, async_std::io::stdout())
+                        };
                 } else if #[cfg(feature="rt-tokio")] {
                     use tokio_util::compat::{TokioAsyncWriteCompatExt, TokioAsyncReadCompatExt};
                     let (in_obj, out_obj) =
@@ -156,7 +168,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
         } else if let Some(evaluate) = args.evaluate {
             cfg_if! {
                 if #[cfg(feature="rt-async-std")] {
-                    use async_std::prelude::*;
+                    let in_str = format!("{}\n", evaluate);
+                    let (in_obj, out_obj) = (futures::io::Cursor::new(in_str), async_std::io::stdout());
                 } else if #[cfg(feature="rt-tokio")] {
                     use tokio_util::compat::{TokioAsyncWriteCompatExt};
                     let in_str = format!("{}\n", evaluate);
@@ -171,6 +184,12 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
                 Box::new(ui) as Box<dyn UI>,
                 Box::new(uisender) as Box<dyn UISender>,
             )
+        } else if args.show_log {
+            let (ui, uisender) = log_viewer_ui::LogViewerUI::new(&settings);
+            (
+                Box::new(ui) as Box<dyn UI>,
+                Box::new(uisender) as Box<dyn UISender>,
+            )
         } else {
             panic!("unknown ui mode");
         };
diff --git a/veilid-cli/src/ui.rs b/veilid-cli/src/ui.rs
index 75b80acc..9171601a 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/src/ui.rs
+++ b/veilid-cli/src/ui.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use crate::command_processor::*;
 use crate::cursive_ui::CursiveUICallback;
 use crate::interactive_ui::InteractiveUICallback;
 use crate::io_read_write_ui::IOReadWriteUICallback;
+use crate::log_viewer_ui::LogViewerUICallback;
 use crate::tools::*;
 use flexi_logger::writers::LogWriter;
 use log::Level;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ pub enum UICallback {
     Cursive(CursiveUICallback),
     Interactive(InteractiveUICallback),
     IOReadWrite(IOReadWriteUICallback),
+    LogViewerUI(LogViewerUICallback),
 }
 
 pub trait UISender: Send {