diff --git a/bin/migrate b/bin/migrate
index 736533d..a2705a4 100755
--- a/bin/migrate
+++ b/bin/migrate
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 
-require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
-
-// Ensure database file exists
-$dbPath = __DIR__ . '/../storage/database.sqlite';
-if (!file_exists($dbPath)) {
-    touch($dbPath);
-}
-
-require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap/database.php';
+require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap/autoload.php';
 
 use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\DatabaseMigrationRepository;
@@ -20,8 +12,8 @@ $migrator = new Migrator($repository, $capsule->getDatabaseManager(), new Filesy
 
 if (! $repository->repositoryExists()) {
     $repository->createRepository();
-    echo "Migration table created.\n";
+    logger('migration')->info("Migration table created");
 }
 
 $migrator->run(__DIR__ . '/../database/migrations');
-echo "Migrations complete.\n";
+logger('migration')->info("Migrations completed successfully");
diff --git a/bootstrap/autoload.php b/bootstrap/autoload.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a6f0c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap/autoload.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+// Load Composer autoloader
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+// Load helper functions
+require __DIR__ . '/helpers.php';
+
+// Ensure storage directories exist
+$storageDir = __DIR__ . '/../storage';
+$logsDir = $storageDir . '/logs';
+if (!is_dir($storageDir)) {
+    mkdir($storageDir, 0755, true);
+}
+if (!is_dir($logsDir)) {
+    mkdir($logsDir, 0755, true);
+}
+
+// Ensure database file exists
+$dbPath = $storageDir . '/database.sqlite';
+if (!file_exists($dbPath)) {
+    touch($dbPath);
+}
+
+// Load database configuration
+require __DIR__ . '/database.php';
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diff --git a/bootstrap/helpers.php b/bootstrap/helpers.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7dbb92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap/helpers.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+No <?php
+
+use Monolog\Logger;
+use Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler;
+
+if (!function_exists('base_path')) {
+    function base_path($path = '') {
+        return __DIR__ . '/../' . $path;
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('logger')) {
+    function logger(string $channel = 'app'): Logger {
+        static $loggers = [];
+        
+        if (!isset($loggers[$channel])) {
+            $logger = new Logger($channel);
+            
+            // Ensure logs directory exists
+            $logsDir = __DIR__ . '/../storage/logs';
+            if (!is_dir($logsDir)) {
+                mkdir($logsDir, 0755, true);
+            }
+            
+            $logger->pushHandler(new StreamHandler($logsDir . "/{$channel}.log", Logger::INFO));
+            $loggers[$channel] = $logger;
+        }
+        
+        return $loggers[$channel];
+    }
+}
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