diff --git a/scripts/rclone-sync.sh b/scripts/rclone-sync.sh
index 9ecad35..677a33e 100755
--- a/scripts/rclone-sync.sh
+++ b/scripts/rclone-sync.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Set timezone to US Eastern (handles both EST and EDT correctly)
+export TZ="America/New_York"
+
 # Define source and destination
 SOURCE="$HOME/files/media"
 DEST="goji-hetzner:"
 
-# Log file path
-LOGFILE="$HOME/rclone-sync.log"
+# Create timestamped log file
+TIMESTAMP=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")
+LOGFILE="$HOME/logs/rclone-sync-$TIMESTAMP.log"
 
-# Run rclone sync and log output to both stdout and file
-/usr/bin/rclone sync "$SOURCE" "$DEST" --log-level=INFO 2>&1 | tee -a "$LOGFILE"
+# Run rclone and log output to both screen and file using tee (no --log-file!)
+{
+  echo "=== rclone sync started at $(date) ==="
+  /usr/bin/rclone sync "$SOURCE" "$DEST" --log-level=INFO
+  echo "=== rclone sync finished at $(date) ==="
+} 2>&1 | tee "$LOGFILE"