diff --git a/bitbotctl b/bitbotctl
index 8fdb2817..a7fbeea0 100755
--- a/bitbotctl
+++ b/bitbotctl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-import argparse, os
+import argparse, os, sys
 
 directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
@@ -10,14 +10,38 @@ arg_parser.add_argument("--database", "-d",
     help="Location of the sqlite3 database file",
     default=os.path.join(directory, "databases", "bot.db"))
 
+arg_parser.add_argument("command")
+
 args = arg_parser.parse_args()
 
+def _die(s):
+    sys.stderr.write("%s\n" % s)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if args.command == "log":
+    arg_parser.add_argument("--level", "-l", help="Log level",
+        default="INFO")
+else:
+    _die("Unknown command '%s'" % args.command)
+
+args = arg_parser.parse_args()
+
+sock_location = "%s.sock" % args.database
+if not os.path.exists(sock_location):
+    _die("Failed to connect to BitBot instance")
+
 import json, socket
 
 sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
 sock.connect("%s.sock" % args.database)
-sock.send(b"0 version 0\n")
-sock.send(b"1 log info\n")
+
+def _send(s):
+    sock.send(("%s\n" % s).encode("utf8"))
+
+_send("0 version 0")
+
+if args.command == "log":
+    _send("1 log %s" % args.level)
 
 read_buffer = b""