diff --git a/zellij-server/src/panes/grid.rs b/zellij-server/src/panes/grid.rs
index 58459327..4e9ef158 100644
--- a/zellij-server/src/panes/grid.rs
+++ b/zellij-server/src/panes/grid.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub const MAX_TITLE_STACK_SIZE: usize = 1000;
 
 use vte::{Params, Perform};
 use zellij_tile::data::{Palette, PaletteColor};
-use zellij_utils::{consts::VERSION, logging::debug_log_to_file, shared::version_number};
+use zellij_utils::{consts::VERSION, shared::version_number};
 
 use crate::panes::alacritty_functions::{parse_number, xparse_color};
 use crate::panes::terminal_character::{
@@ -1943,10 +1943,7 @@ impl Perform for Grid {
                 _ => {}
             }
         } else {
-            drop(debug_log_to_file(format!(
-                "Unhandled csi: {}->{:?}",
-                c, params
-            )));
+            log::warn!("Unhandled csi: {}->{:?}", c, params);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/zellij-server/src/panes/terminal_character.rs b/zellij-server/src/panes/terminal_character.rs
index 543d23e1..ce5d8906 100644
--- a/zellij-server/src/panes/terminal_character.rs
+++ b/zellij-server/src/panes/terminal_character.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Display, Formatter};
 use std::ops::{Index, IndexMut};
 
-use zellij_utils::logging::debug_log_to_file;
 use zellij_utils::vte::ParamsIter;
 
 use crate::panes::alacritty_functions::parse_sgr_color;
@@ -464,7 +463,7 @@ impl CharacterStyles {
                     *self = self.background(Some(AnsiCode::NamedColor(NamedColor::BrightWhite)))
                 }
                 _ => {
-                    let _ = debug_log_to_file(format!("unhandled csi m code {:?}", param));
+                    log::warn!("unhandled csi m code {:?}", param);
                     return;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/zellij-utils/src/consts.rs b/zellij-utils/src/consts.rs
index 4e6ad9d0..bcb4ea4a 100644
--- a/zellij-utils/src/consts.rs
+++ b/zellij-utils/src/consts.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ lazy_static! {
     pub static ref ZELLIJ_TMP_DIR: PathBuf =
         PathBuf::from("/tmp/zellij-".to_string() + &format!("{}", *UID));
     pub static ref ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_DIR: PathBuf = ZELLIJ_TMP_DIR.join("zellij-log");
-    pub static ref ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_FILE: PathBuf = ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_DIR.join("log.txt");
+    pub static ref ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_FILE: PathBuf = ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_DIR.join("zellij.log");
 }
 
 pub const FEATURES: &[&str] = &[
diff --git a/zellij-utils/src/logging.rs b/zellij-utils/src/logging.rs
index 6d2fe8c6..74ec5397 100644
--- a/zellij-utils/src/logging.rs
+++ b/zellij-utils/src/logging.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use crate::shared::set_permissions;
 pub fn configure_logger() {
     atomic_create_dir(&*ZELLIJ_TMP_DIR).unwrap();
     atomic_create_dir(&*ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_DIR).unwrap();
-    atomic_create_file(&*ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_DIR.join("zellij.log")).unwrap();
+    atomic_create_file(&*ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_FILE).unwrap();
 
     // {n} means platform dependent newline
     // module is padded to exactly 25 bytes and thread is padded to be between 10 and 15 bytes.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub fn configure_logger() {
     let log_file = FileAppender::builder()
         .encoder(Box::new(PatternEncoder::new(file_pattern)))
         .append(true)
-        .build(ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_DIR.join("zellij.log"))
+        .build(&*ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_FILE)
         .unwrap();
 
     // plugin appender. To be used in loggin_pipe to forward stderr output from plugins. We do some formatting
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub fn configure_logger() {
             "{highlight({level:<6})} {message} {n}",
         )))
         .append(true)
-        .build(ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_DIR.join("zellij.log"))
+        .build(&*ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_FILE)
         .unwrap();
 
     // Set the default logging level to "info" and log it to zellij.log file
@@ -89,43 +89,6 @@ pub fn atomic_create_dir(dir_name: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
     result
 }
 
-pub fn debug_log_to_file(mut message: String) -> io::Result<()> {
-    message.push('\n');
-    debug_log_to_file_without_newline(message)
-}
-
-pub fn debug_log_to_file_without_newline(message: String) -> io::Result<()> {
-    atomic_create_file(&*ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_FILE)?;
-    let mut file = fs::OpenOptions::new()
-        .append(true)
-        .open(&*ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_FILE)?;
-    file.write_all(message.as_bytes())
-}
-
-pub fn _debug_log_to_file_pid_3(message: String, pid: RawFd) -> io::Result<()> {
-    if pid == 3 {
-        debug_log_to_file(message)
-    } else {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn _delete_log_file() -> io::Result<()> {
-    if fs::metadata(&*ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_FILE).is_ok() {
-        fs::remove_file(&*ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_FILE)
-    } else {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn _delete_log_dir() -> io::Result<()> {
-    if fs::metadata(&*ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_DIR).is_ok() {
-        fs::remove_dir_all(&*ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_DIR)
-    } else {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
 pub fn debug_to_file(message: &[u8], pid: RawFd) -> io::Result<()> {
     let mut path = PathBuf::new();
     path.push(&*ZELLIJ_TMP_LOG_DIR);