diff --git a/content.py b/content.py
index e0d8dcd46..5dfc5c03b 100644
--- a/content.py
+++ b/content.py
@@ -1683,7 +1683,8 @@ def create_edits_html(edits_json: {}, post_json_object: {},
         edits_str + '</details>'
 
 
-def remove_script(content: str) -> str:
+def remove_script(content: str, log_filename: str,
+                  actor: str, url: str) -> str:
     """Removes <script> from some content
     """
     separators = [['<', '>'], ['&lt;', '&gt;']]
@@ -1704,5 +1705,16 @@ def remove_script(content: str) -> str:
                     text = prefix + text.split(ending)[0] + ending
                 else:
                     text = prefix + text.split('/' + sep[1])[0] + '/' + sep[1]
+                    if log_filename and actor:
+                        # write the detected script to a log file
+                        log_str = actor + ' ' + url + ' ' + text + '\n'
+                        writeType = 'a+'
+                        if os.path.isfile(log_filename):
+                            writeType = 'w+'
+                        try:
+                            with open(log_filename, writeType) as fp_log:
+                                fp_log.write(log_str)
+                        except OSError:
+                            print('EX: cannot append to svg script log')
                 content = content.replace(text, '')
     return content
diff --git a/inbox.py b/inbox.py
index 1841f8f88..d49a57260 100644
--- a/inbox.py
+++ b/inbox.py
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ def _cache_svg_images(session, base_dir: str, http_prefix: str,
         return False
     cached = False
     post_id = remove_id_ending(obj['id']).replace('/', '--')
+    actor = 'unknown'
+    if obj.get('attributedTo'):
+        actor = obj['attributedTo']
+    log_filename = base_dir + '/accounts/svg_scripts_log.txt'
     for index in range(len(obj['attachment'])):
         attach = obj['attachment'][index]
         if not attach.get('mediaType'):
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ def _cache_svg_images(session, base_dir: str, http_prefix: str,
                 continue
             if '://' + i2p_domain in url:
                 continue
-            if '/' in filename:
+            if '/' in url:
                 filename = url.split('/')[-1]
             else:
                 filename = url
@@ -186,8 +190,10 @@ def _cache_svg_images(session, base_dir: str, http_prefix: str,
                 print('EX: unable to read svg file data')
             if image_data:
                 image_data = image_data.decode()
-                cleaned_up = remove_script(image_data)
+                cleaned_up = \
+                    remove_script(image_data, log_filename, actor, url)
                 if cleaned_up != image_data:
+                    # write the cleaned up svg image
                     svg_written = False
                     cleaned_up = cleaned_up.encode('utf-8')
                     try:
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 585a7bdbd..e5657fc1a 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -3979,7 +3979,7 @@ def _test_danger_svg(base_dir: str) -> None:
         '  <circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4" />' + \
         '</svg>'
     assert not dangerous_svg(svg_content, False)
-    cleaned_up = remove_script(svg_content)
+    cleaned_up = remove_script(svg_content, None, None, None)
     assert cleaned_up == svg_content
     svg_content = \
         '  <svg viewBox="0 0 10 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">' + \
@@ -4007,7 +4007,7 @@ def _test_danger_svg(base_dir: str) -> None:
         '    <circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4" />' + \
         '</svg>'
 
-    cleaned_up = remove_script(svg_content)
+    cleaned_up = remove_script(svg_content, None, None, None)
     assert '<script' not in cleaned_up
     assert '/script>' not in cleaned_up
     if cleaned_up != svg_clean: