diff --git a/usr/bin/custom/watchdog-monitor b/usr/bin/custom/watchdog-monitor
index 2ee136d..d6b6535 100644
--- a/usr/bin/custom/watchdog-monitor
+++ b/usr/bin/custom/watchdog-monitor
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ log_file="/var/log/watchdog.log"
 # Configuration file
 config_file="/etc/watchdog.conf"
 
+# Function to log messages with timestamp
+log() {
+    echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - $1" >> "$log_file"
+}
+
 # Function to update watchdog configuration
 update_watchdog_config() {
     # Extract watchdog IP addresses
@@ -16,6 +21,7 @@ update_watchdog_config() {
 
     # Backup current configuration
     sudo cp "$config_file" "$config_file.bak"
+    log "Backup of $config_file created successfully."
 
     # Clean existing configurations
     sudo sed -i '/ping/d' "$config_file"
@@ -25,22 +31,22 @@ update_watchdog_config() {
     echo "interval = 58" | sudo tee -a "$config_file" > /dev/null
 
     if [ ${#ip_array[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo "No IP addresses found. Watchdog configuration cleared." >> "$log_file"
-        return 1  # No IP addresses to configure, return 1 to continue loop
+        log "No IP addresses found. Watchdog configuration cleared."
+        return 1  # No IP addresses to configure
     else
         # Insert IPs into config
         for ip in "${ip_array[@]}"; do
             echo "ping = $ip" | sudo tee -a "$config_file" > /dev/null
         done
-        echo "Configured watchdog to ping: ${ip_array[*]}" >> "$log_file"
+        log "Configured watchdog to ping: ${ip_array[*]}"
 
         # Restart watchdog service
         if sudo systemctl restart watchdog; then
-            echo "Watchdog service restarted successfully." >> "$log_file"
-            return 0  # Successful restart, exit function with 0 to break main loop
+            log "Watchdog service restarted successfully."
+            return 0  # Successful restart
         else
-            echo "Failed to restart watchdog service." >> "$log_file"
-            return 1  # Failed restart, continue main loop
+            log "Failed to restart watchdog service."
+            return 1  # Failed restart
         fi
     fi
 }
@@ -53,20 +59,20 @@ end_time=$((start_time + 300))  # 5 minutes in seconds
 # Main loop
 while true; do
     if ! update_watchdog_config; then
-        echo "IP addresses found and watchdog restarted. Exiting loop." >> "$log_file"
+        log "IP addresses found and watchdog restarted. Exiting loop."
         break
     else
-        echo "No IP addresses found or restart failed. Waiting for $interval seconds before checking again..." >> "$log_file"
+        log "No IP addresses found or restart failed. Waiting for $interval seconds before checking again..."
     fi
 
     # Check if 5 minutes have passed
     if [ "$(date +%s)" -ge "$end_time" ]; then
-        echo "5 minutes have passed. Stopping the watchdog service." >> "$log_file"
+        log "5 minutes have passed. Stopping the watchdog service."
         sudo systemctl stop watchdog
         break
     fi
 
-    echo "Waiting for $interval seconds before checking for IP addresses again..." >> "$log_file"
+    log "Waiting for $interval seconds before checking for IP addresses again..."
     sleep $interval
 done