diff --git a/ajax/system/sys_read_logfile.php b/ajax/system/sys_read_logfile.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7715fab2
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+++ b/ajax/system/sys_read_logfile.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+$logFile = '/tmp/raspap_install.log';
+$searchStrings = [
+    'Configure update' => 1,
+    'Updating sources' => 2,
+    'Installing required packages' => 3,
+    'Cloning latest files' => 4,
+    'Installing application' => 5,
+    'Installation completed' => 6,
+    'error' => 7
+];
+sleep(1);
+
+if (file_exists($logFile)) {
+    $handle = fopen($logFile, 'r');
+
+    if ($handle) {
+        while (($line = fgets($handle)) !== false) {
+            foreach ($searchStrings as $searchString => $value) {
+                if (strpos($line, $searchString) !== false) {
+                    echo $value .PHP_EOL;
+                    flush();
+                    ob_flush();
+                    if ($value === 6) {
+                        fclose($handle);
+                        exit();
+                    } elseif ($value === 7) {
+                        echo $line .PHP_EOL;
+                        fclose($handle);
+                        exit();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        fclose($handle);
+    } else {
+        echo json_encode("Unable to open file: $logFile");
+    }
+} else {
+    echo json_encode("File does not exist: $logFile");
+}
+
+