diff --git a/runner.log b/runner.log
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..630efea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runner.log
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+time="2026-01-29T20:06:23-07:00" level=info msg="Starting runner daemon"
+time="2026-01-29T20:06:23-07:00" level=info msg="runner: community-rule-runner-mac, with version: v0.2.6, with labels: [self-hosted macos-latest], declare successfully"
diff --git a/scripts/start-runner.sh b/scripts/start-runner.sh
index 29de9a6..8773ce0 100755
--- a/scripts/start-runner.sh
+++ b/scripts/start-runner.sh
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ if pgrep -f "act_runner daemon" > /dev/null; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Start the runner in the background with proper PATH
-PATH="/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH" ./act_runner daemon --config config/gitea-runner.yaml &
+# Start the runner in the background with proper PATH and log redirection
+PATH="/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH" ./act_runner daemon --config config/gitea-runner.yaml > runner.log 2>&1 &
 RUNNER_PID=$!
 
 # Save PID to file for easy stopping