diff --git a/src/musicplayer.gleam b/src/musicplayer.gleam
index 3fd6635..0d33896 100644
--- a/src/musicplayer.gleam
+++ b/src/musicplayer.gleam
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub fn main() -> Nil {
   let input_keys_name: Name(Key) = process.new_name("input_keys")
   input.new(input_keys_name)
 
-  let assert Ok(ui) = ui.new()
+  let assert Ok(ui) = ui.new(logger)
   let assert Ok(mpv) = mpv.new()
   let assert Ok(musicplayer_pid) =
     musicplayer.new(logger, ui, mpv, input_keys_name)
diff --git a/src/musicplayer/ui/ui.gleam b/src/musicplayer/ui/ui.gleam
index 3233456..0f8a9a7 100644
--- a/src/musicplayer/ui/ui.gleam
+++ b/src/musicplayer/ui/ui.gleam
@@ -5,22 +5,30 @@ import gleam/list
 import gleam/otp/actor
 import gleam/string
 
+import musicplayer/logging/control as logging_control
+import musicplayer/logging/logging
 import musicplayer/ui/control.{type Control}
 import musicplayer/ui/internal as ui_internal
 import musicplayer/ui/layout.{type Layout, type Section}
 
 pub type State(redraw, content) {
-  State(redraw: Subject(Layout), layout: Layout)
+  State(
+    logger: Subject(logging_control.Control),
+    redraw: Subject(Layout),
+    layout: Layout,
+  )
 }
 
-pub fn new() -> Result(Subject(Control), String) {
+pub fn new(
+  logger: Subject(logging_control.Control),
+) -> Result(Subject(Control), String) {
   let redraw_name = process.new_name("redraw")
   let redraw: Subject(Layout) = process.named_subject(redraw_name)
 
   let layout = layout.new()
 
   case
-    actor.new(State(redraw, layout))
+    actor.new(State(logger, redraw, layout))
     |> actor.on_message(handle_message)
     |> actor.start
   {
@@ -29,7 +37,7 @@ pub fn new() -> Result(Subject(Control), String) {
     Ok(actor.Started(data: ui, ..)) -> {
       process.spawn(fn() {
         let update_dimensions_interval_ms = 300
-        update_dimensions_on_interval(ui, update_dimensions_interval_ms)
+        update_dimensions_on_interval(logger, ui, update_dimensions_interval_ms)
       })
 
       process.spawn(fn() {
@@ -57,6 +65,11 @@ fn handle_message(
       case #(width, height) == current_dimensions {
         True -> actor.continue(state)
         False -> {
+          [width, height]
+          |> list.map(int.to_string)
+          |> string.join(" ")
+          |> string.append("ui - updating dimensions: ", _)
+          |> logging.log(state.logger, _)
 
           actor.continue(
             State(
@@ -92,16 +105,20 @@ fn redraw_on_update_loop(redraw: Subject(Layout)) -> Nil {
   redraw_on_update_loop(redraw)
 }
 
-fn update_dimensions_on_interval(ui: Subject(Control), interval_ms: Int) {
+fn update_dimensions_on_interval(
+  logger: Subject(logging_control.Control),
+  ui: Subject(Control),
+  interval_ms: Int,
+) {
   case ui_internal.io_get_columns(), ui_internal.io_get_rows() {
     Ok(width), Ok(height) -> {
       process.send(ui, control.UpdateDimensions(width, height))
     }
-    _, _ -> Nil
+    _, _ -> logging.log(logger, "ui - failed to update dimensions")
   }
 
   process.sleep(interval_ms)
-  update_dimensions_on_interval(ui, interval_ms)
+  update_dimensions_on_interval(logger, ui, interval_ms)
 }
 
 fn render_layout(layout: Layout, from: Section) -> Nil {