diff --git a/setup-scripts/stats-logger.sh b/setup-scripts/stats-logger.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..60e7ba9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup-scripts/stats-logger.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+LOGFILE=$1
+SIA_PORT=${SIA_PORT:-9980}
+
+# This is a logger service that pulls some current skynet stats and appends them to json log file.
+# You should probably run it using crontab, most likely as a root due to access_log read restrictions.
+#
+# basic usage:
+# setup-scripts/stats-logger.sh public/logs.json
+#
+# usage with custom sia port:
+# SIA_PORT=9970 setup-scripts/stats-logger.sh public/logs.json
+#
+# configuring hourly logging with crontab (run crontab -e)
+# 0 * * * * /home/user/skynet-webportal/setup-scripts/stats-logger.sh /home/user/skynet-webportal/public/stats.json >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v jq)" ]; then
+	echo 'Error: jq is not installed. Please install with `sudo apt-get install jq`.' >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v sponge)" ]; then
+	echo 'Error: sponge is not installed. Please install with `sudo apt-get install moreutils`.' >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$LOGFILE" ]; then
+	echo 'Error: You need to specify json log file name.' >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# create logfile if it doesn't exist and initialize it with empty array
+if [ ! -f "$LOGFILE" ]; then
+	mkdir -p "`dirname \"$LOGFILE\"`" 2>/dev/null
+	echo [] > $LOGFILE
+fi
+
+# get downloads count from nginx logs
+awk -vDate=`date -d'now-1 hours' +[%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S` ' { if ($4 > Date) print $0}' /var/log/nginx/access.log > /var/log/nginx/access_last_hour.log
+DOWNLOADS_COUNT_LAST_HOUR=$(awk '{print $7}' /var/log/nginx/access_last_hour.log | grep -E '/[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{46}(/.*)?' | wc -l)
+
+# get siac output
+SKYNET_LS=$(/home/user/go/bin/siac skynet ls --addr localhost:${SIA_PORT} | grep -i listing)
+SKYNET_LS_REGEX="Listing (.*) files\/dirs:\s+(.*)"
+if [[ "${SKYNET_LS}" =~ $SKYNET_LS_REGEX ]]; then
+	SKYFILES_COUNT="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+	SKYFILES_SIZE_BYTES=$(echo ${BASH_REMATCH[2]} | sed -r 's/[ B]//g' | numfmt --from=iec)
+fi
+
+DATE=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+LOG_ENTRY=$(echo {\"date\":\"${DATE}\", \"skyfiles_count\":${SKYFILES_COUNT}, \"skyfiles_size_bytes\":${SKYFILES_SIZE_BYTES}, \"downloads_count_last_hour\":${DOWNLOADS_COUNT_LAST_HOUR}})
+jq -c ". += [${LOG_ENTRY}]" $LOGFILE | sponge $LOGFILE
\ No newline at end of file