diff --git a/src/logs.rs b/src/logs.rs
index 864a9a9..1546992 100644
--- a/src/logs.rs
+++ b/src/logs.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-use std::fmt::Display;
-
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use strum::{AsRefStr, IntoStaticStr};
+use strum::IntoStaticStr;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-use crate::{database, users::User};
+use crate::{
+    database::{self, DatabaseError},
+    users::User,
+};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct LogEntry {
@@ -14,21 +15,45 @@ pub struct LogEntry {
 }
 
 impl LogEntry {
-    pub fn new(actor: User, data: LogAction) -> Result<LogEntry, rusqlite::Error> {
+    pub fn new(actor: User, data: LogAction) -> Result<LogEntry, DatabaseError> {
         let log = LogEntry {
             id: Uuid::now_v7(),
             actor,
             data,
         };
         let conn = database::conn()?;
+        let actiontype: &'static str = (&log.data).into();
+        let payload = serde_json::to_string(&log.data).unwrap();
         conn.prepare(
             "INSERT INTO logs(id, actor, target, actiontype, payload) VALUES (?1,?2,?3,?4,?5)",
         )?
-        .execute((&log.id, &log.actor.id, log.data.get_target_id(), "a", "b"))?;
+        .execute((
+            &log.id,
+            &log.actor.id,
+            log.data.get_target_id(),
+            actiontype,
+            payload,
+        ))?;
         Ok(log)
     }
+    pub fn get_all() -> Result<Vec<LogEntry>, DatabaseError> {
+        Ok(database::conn()?
+            .prepare("SELECT id, actor, target, actiontype, payload FROM logs ORDER BY id DESC")?
+            .query_map((), |r| {
+                let payload: String = r.get(4)?;
+                Ok(LogEntry {
+                    id: r.get(0)?,
+                    actor: User::get_by_id(r.get(1)?).unwrap(),
+                    data: serde_json::from_str(&payload).unwrap(),
+                })
+            })?
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<LogEntry>, _>>()?)
+    }
 }
 
+// #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+// pub enum LogError {}
+
 #[derive(Debug, IntoStaticStr, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum LogAction {
     Initialize,
@@ -42,10 +67,10 @@ impl LogAction {
     pub fn get_target_id(&self) -> Option<Uuid> {
         match self {
             Self::Initialize | Self::RegenInfradmin => None,
-            Self::CreateUser { id, .. } => Some(*id),
-            Self::CreateTag { id, .. } => Some(*id),
-            Self::CreatePerson { id, .. } => Some(*id),
-            Self::ChangeUserHandle { id, .. } => Some(*id),
+            Self::CreateUser { id, .. }
+            | Self::CreateTag { id, .. }
+            | Self::CreatePerson { id, .. }
+            | Self::ChangeUserHandle { id, .. } => Some(*id),
         }
     }
     pub fn get_humanreadable_payload(&self) -> String {
diff --git a/src/users/setup.rs b/src/users/setup.rs
index b5f28d0..0271246 100644
--- a/src/users/setup.rs
+++ b/src/users/setup.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::{
     database,
+    logs::{LogAction, LogEntry},
     users::{User, UserError},
 };
 
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ pub fn initialise_reserved_users_if_needed() -> Result<(), UserError> {
         .optional()?
         .is_none()
     {
-        User::create_systemuser()?;
+        let u = User::create_systemuser()?;
+        LogEntry::new(u, LogAction::Initialize)?;
     }
 
     if conn
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ pub fn initialise_reserved_users_if_needed() -> Result<(), UserError> {
         .is_none()
     {
         User::create_infradmin()?;
+        LogEntry::new(User::get_by_id(Uuid::nil())?, LogAction::RegenInfradmin)?;
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/web/pages/logs.rs b/src/web/pages/logs.rs
index f0aec8f..fa3a5e3 100644
--- a/src/web/pages/logs.rs
+++ b/src/web/pages/logs.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ use axum::{
     response::{IntoResponse, Redirect, Response},
 };
 use maud::{PreEscaped, html};
-use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::{
     api::CompositeError,
-    logs::{LogAction, LogEntry},
+    logs::LogEntry,
     users::{User, auth::UserAuthenticate, permissions::Permission},
     web::{RedirectViaError, components::nav::nav, icons, pages::base},
 };
@@ -15,21 +14,7 @@ use crate::{
 pub async fn page(req: Request) -> Result<Response, CompositeError> {
     let u = User::authenticate(req.headers())?
         .ok_or(RedirectViaError(Redirect::to("/login?re=/logs")))?;
-    let logs: Vec<LogEntry> = vec![
-        LogEntry {
-            id: Uuid::now_v7(),
-            actor: User::get_by_id(Uuid::nil()).unwrap(),
-            data: LogAction::Initialize,
-        },
-        LogEntry {
-            id: Uuid::now_v7(),
-            actor: User::get_by_id(Uuid::nil()).unwrap(),
-            data: LogAction::RegenInfradmin,
-        },
-    ]
-    .into_iter()
-    .rev()
-    .collect();
+    let logs = LogEntry::get_all()?;
 
     Ok(base(
         "Persons | Mnemosyne",