diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index e23e12c..a9c317a 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DirectorySlash Off
 
 SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1
 RewriteEngine On
-RewriteRule ^api(/.*)?$ /index.php?api=$1 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^(api(/.*)?)$ /index.php?api=$1 [L,QSA]
 
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteOptions AllowNoSlash
diff --git a/core/Api/LogsAPI.class.php b/core/Api/LogsAPI.class.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f20d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/Api/LogsAPI.class.php
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Api {
+
+  use Objects\User;
+
+  abstract class LogsAPI extends Request {
+    public function __construct(User $user, bool $externalCall = false, array $params = array()) {
+      parent::__construct($user, $externalCall, $params);
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
+namespace Api\Logs {
+
+  use Api\LogsAPI;
+  use Api\Parameter\Parameter;
+  use Api\Parameter\StringType;
+  use Driver\Logger\Logger;
+  use Driver\SQL\Column\Column;
+  use Driver\SQL\Condition\Compare;
+  use Driver\SQL\Condition\CondIn;
+  use Objects\User;
+
+  class Get extends LogsAPI {
+
+    public function __construct(User $user, bool $externalCall = false) {
+      parent::__construct($user, $externalCall, [
+        "since" => new Parameter("since", Parameter::TYPE_DATE_TIME, true),
+        "severity" => new StringType("severity", 32, true, "debug")
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    protected function _execute(): bool {
+      $since = $this->getParam("since");
+      $sql = $this->user->getSQL();
+      $severity = strtolower(trim($this->getParam("severity")));
+      $shownLogLevels = Logger::LOG_LEVELS;
+
+      $logLevel = array_search($severity, Logger::LOG_LEVELS, true);
+      if ($logLevel === false) {
+        return $this->createError("Invalid severity. Allowed values: " . implode(",", Logger::LOG_LEVELS));
+      } else if ($logLevel > 0) {
+        $shownLogLevels = array_slice(Logger::LOG_LEVELS, $logLevel);
+      }
+
+      $query = $sql->select("id", "module", "message", "severity", "timestamp")
+        ->from("SystemLog")
+        ->orderBy("timestamp")
+        ->descending();
+
+      if ($since !== null) {
+        $query->where(new Compare("timestamp", $since, ">="));
+      }
+
+      if ($logLevel > 0) {
+        $query->where(new CondIn(new Column("severity"), $shownLogLevels));
+      }
+
+      $res = $query->execute();
+      $this->success = $res !== false;
+      $this->lastError = $sql->getLastError();
+
+      if ($this->success) {
+        $this->result["logs"] = $res;
+      } else {
+        // we couldn't fetch logs from database, return a message and proceed to log files
+        $this->result["logs"] = [
+          [
+            "id" => "fetch-fail",
+            "module" => "LogsAPI",
+            "message" => "Failed retrieving logs from database: " . $this->lastError,
+            "severity" => "error",
+            "timestamp" => (new \DateTime())->format(Parameter::DATE_TIME_FORMAT)
+          ]
+        ];
+      }
+
+      // get all log entries from filesystem (if database failed)
+      $logPath = realpath(implode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, [WEBROOT, "core", "Logs"]));
+      if ($logPath) {
+        $index = 1;
+        foreach (scandir($logPath) as $fileName) {
+          $logFile = $logPath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $fileName;
+          // {module}_{severity}_{date}_{time}_{ms}.log
+          if (preg_match("/^(\w+)_(\w+)_((\d+-\d+-\d+_){2}\d+)\.log$/", $fileName, $matches) && is_file($logFile)) {
+            $content = @file_get_contents($logFile);
+            $date = \DateTime::createFromFormat(Logger::LOG_FILE_DATE_FORMAT, $matches[3]);
+            if ($content && $date) {
+
+              // filter log date
+              if ($since !== null && datetimeDiff($date, $since) < 0) {
+                continue;
+              }
+
+              // filter log level
+              if (!in_array(trim(strtolower($matches[2])), $shownLogLevels)) {
+                continue;
+              }
+
+              $this->result["logs"][] = [
+                "id" => "file-" . ($index++),
+                "module" => $matches[1],
+                "severity" => $matches[2],
+                "message" => $content,
+                "timestamp" => $date->format(Parameter::DATE_TIME_FORMAT)
+              ];
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/Objects/Router/Router.class.php b/core/Objects/Router/Router.class.php
index da6ba6a..6320942 100644
--- a/core/Objects/Router/Router.class.php
+++ b/core/Objects/Router/Router.class.php
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class Router {
   public function run(string $url): string {
 
     // TODO: do we want a global try cache and return status page 500 on any error?
-    // or do we want to have a global status page function here?
 
     $url = strtok($url, "?");
     foreach ($this->routes as $route) {
@@ -69,6 +68,11 @@ class Router {
 
     $routes = "";
     foreach ($this->routes as $route) {
+      // do not generate cache for static api route
+      if ($route instanceof ApiRoute) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       $constructor = $route->generateCache();
       $routes .= "\n    \$this->addRoute($constructor);";
     }
diff --git a/docker/nginx/site.conf b/docker/nginx/site.conf
index 7a74ac4..d3b5344 100644
--- a/docker/nginx/site.conf
+++ b/docker/nginx/site.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ server {
     error_page   500          /index.php?error=500;
 
 	# rewrite api
-	rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ /index.php?api=$1;
+	rewrite ^/(api(/.*)?)$ /index.php?api=$1;
 
 	# deny access to .gitignore / .htaccess
 	location ~ /\.(?!well-known).* {