# Logs
It can be vital to understand what is happening in Serena, especially when something goes wrong.
You can access Serena's live logs via
* the [Serena dashboard](060_dashboard) (tab "Logs")
* the [GUI tool](060_dashboard).
Additionally, logs are persisted in the Serena home directory, which, by default, is located at
* `%USERPROFILE%\.serena\logs` on Windows
* `~/.serena/logs` on Linux and macOS.
You can adjust the log level via the [global configuration](global-config).
You additionally have the option of enabling full tracing of language server communication (mostly for development purposes).