diff --git a/plib/lifeLog.py b/plib/lifeLog.py
index 98023b8..7b046b2 100755
--- a/plib/lifeLog.py
+++ b/plib/lifeLog.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
-loghandler = logging.FileHandler('/home/pi/"+HOME+"/logs/life.log')
+loghandler = logging.FileHandler('/home/pi/'+HOME+'/logs/life.log')
 
 logformatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s|[%(filename)s.%(funcName)s]%(message)s',"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
 loghandler.setFormatter(logformatter)
diff --git a/utils/logMaintenance.py b/utils/logMaintenance.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a4045ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/logMaintenance.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# logMaintenance.py
+
+"""
+Documentation:
+  logMaintenance.py enters the arguments into the life.log with format:
+  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS|[logMaintenance.main]|<string>
+"""
+
+# from __future__ import print_function # use python 3 syntax but make it compatible with python 2
+# from __future__ import division       #                           ''
+
+import sys
+
+sys.path.append('/home/pi/GoPi5Go/plib')
+import lifeLog
+
+from time import sleep
+
+
+def main():
+    args = sys.argv
+    if (len(args) == 1):
+          print('USAGE: ./logMaintenance.py "log this message to life.log"')
+    else:
+          strToLog = "** " + args[1] + " **"
+          lifeLog.logger.info(strToLog)
+          print("'{}' added to life.log".format(strToLog))
+    sleep(1)
+
+
+if (__name__ == '__main__'):  main()