diff --git a/StackMonkey.ps1 b/StackMonkey.ps1
index 0f02553..98eb137 100644
--- a/StackMonkey.ps1
+++ b/StackMonkey.ps1
@@ -183,41 +183,47 @@ if (-not $Global:LogCache -or -not ($Global:LogCache -is [System.Collections.Arr
 }
 
 # Core Write-Log function (advanced with event-log support)
-function Write-LogHelper {
-    [CmdletBinding()]
-    param(
-        [Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$Message,
-        [ValidateSet("Info","Warning","Error","Success","General")]
-        [string]$Level = "Info",
-        [string]$TaskCategory = "GeneralTask",
-        [switch]$LogToEvent,
-        [string]$EventSource    = "SVSMSP_Module",
-        [string]$EventLog       = "Application",
-        [int]$CustomEventID
-    )
-    $EventID = @{ Info=1000; Warning=2000; Error=3000; Success=4000; General=1000 }[$Level]
-    #$Icon = @{Info=[System.Char]::ConvertFromUtf32(0x1F4CB);Warning=[char]0x26A0;Error=[char]0x274C;Success=[char]0x2705;General=[char]0x1F4E6}[$Level]
-    $logEntry = [PSCustomObject]@{
-        Timestamp = (Get-Date).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
-        Level     = $Level
-        Message   = "$Icon [$Level] [$TaskCategory] $Message (EventID:$EventID)"
-    }
-    [void]$Global:LogCache.Add($logEntry)
+  function Write-LogHelper {
+      [CmdletBinding()]
+      param(
+          [Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$Message,
+          [ValidateSet("Info","Warning","Error","Success","General")][string]$Level = "Info",
+          [string]$TaskCategory = "GeneralTask",
+          [switch]$LogToEvent, [string]$EventSource="SVSMSP_Module", [string]$EventLog="Application",
+          [int]$CustomEventID, [string]$LogFile, [switch]$PassThru
+      )
+      # IDs & colors
+      $idMap = @{ Info=1000; Warning=2000; Error=3000; Success=4000; General=1000 }
+      $colMap= @{ Info="Cyan"; Warning="Yellow"; Error="Red"; Success="Green"; General="White" }
+      $EventID = if ($PSBoundParameters.CustomEventID) { $CustomEventID } else { $idMap[$Level] }
+      $color   = $colMap[$Level]
+      $fmt     = "[$Level] [$TaskCategory] $Message (Event ID: $EventID)"
+      Write-Host $fmt -ForegroundColor $color
 
-    if ($LogToEvent) {
-        try {
-            if (-not (Get-EventLog -LogName $EventLog -Source $EventSource -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
-                New-EventLog -LogName $EventLog -Source $EventSource -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-            }
-            Write-EventLog -LogName $EventLog -Source $EventSource `
-                -EntryType $Level -EventId $EventID `
-                -Message $Message
-        } catch {
-            Write-Host "$([System.Char]::ConvertFromUtf32(0x26A0))$([System.Char]::ConvertFromUtf32(0xFE0F)) [Warning] [EventLog] Failed to write to Event Log: $($_.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+      # cache
+      if (-not $Global:LogCache) { $Global:LogCache = @() }
+      $entry = [pscustomobject]@{ Timestamp=(Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"); Level=$Level; Message=$fmt }
+      $Global:LogCache += $entry
 
+      # file
+      if ($PSBoundParameters.LogFile) {
+          try { "$($entry.Timestamp) $fmt" | Out-File $LogFile -Append -Encoding UTF8 }
+          catch { Write-Host "[Warning] File log failed: $_" -ForegroundColor Yellow }
+      }
 
-        }
-    }
+      # event log
+      if ($LogToEvent) {
+          $etype = if ($Level -in 'Warning','Error') { $Level } else { 'Information' }
+          try {
+              if (-not (Get-EventLog -LogName $EventLog -Source $EventSource -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+                  New-EventLog -LogName $EventLog -Source $EventSource
+              }
+              $msg = "TaskCategory:$TaskCategory | Message:$Message"
+              Write-EventLog -LogName $EventLog -Source $EventSource -EntryType $etype -EventID $EventID -Message $msg
+          } catch { Write-Host "[Warning] EventLog failed: $_" -ForegroundColor Yellow }
+      }
+
+      if ($PassThru) { return $entry }
 }
 
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