diff --git a/swap/src/asb/command.rs b/swap/src/asb/command.rs
index 9fcde941..0b5ecc06 100644
--- a/swap/src/asb/command.rs
+++ b/swap/src/asb/command.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ where
         RawCommand::Logs {
             output_path,
             logs_dir: dir_path,
+            swap_id,
             redact,
         } => Arguments {
             testnet,
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ where
             cmd: Command::Logs {
                 logs_dir: dir_path,
                 output_path,
+                swap_id,
                 redact,
             },
         },
@@ -216,6 +218,7 @@ pub enum Command {
     Logs {
         logs_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
         output_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+        swap_id: Option<Uuid>,
         redact: bool,
     },
     WithdrawBtc {
@@ -308,6 +311,12 @@ pub enum RawCommand {
             long = "redact"
         )]
         redact: bool,
+        #[structopt(
+            long = "swap-id",
+            help = "Filter for logs concerning this swap.",
+            long_help = "This checks whether each logging message contains the swap id. Some messages might be skipped when they don't contain the swap id even though they're relevant.",
+        )]
+        swap_id: Option<Uuid>
     },
     #[structopt(about = "Prints the current config")]
     Config,
diff --git a/swap/src/bin/asb.rs b/swap/src/bin/asb.rs
index ad477846..ec099501 100644
--- a/swap/src/bin/asb.rs
+++ b/swap/src/bin/asb.rs
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         Command::Logs {
             logs_dir,
             output_path,
+            swap_id,
             redact,
         } => {
             // use provided directory of default one
@@ -299,6 +300,17 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 None => OutputChannel::Stdout(stdout()),
             };
 
+            // conveniance method for checking whether we should filter a specific line
+            let filter_by_swap_id: Box<dyn Fn(&str) -> bool> = match swap_id {
+                // if we should filter by swap id, check if the line contains the string
+                Some(swap_id) => {
+                    let swap_id = swap_id.to_string();
+                    Box::new(move |line: &str| line.contains(&swap_id))
+                }
+                // otherwise we let every line pass
+                None => Box::new(|_| true),
+            };
+            
             // print all lines from every log file. TODO: sort files by date?
             for entry in log_files {
                 // get the file path
@@ -319,6 +331,11 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
                 // print each line, redacted if the flag is set
                 while let Some(line) = lines.next_line().await? {
+                    // check if we should filter this line
+                    if !filter_by_swap_id(&line) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     let line = if redact { common::redact(&line) } else { line };
                     write_to_channel(&mut output_channel, &line).await?;
                     // don't forget newlines