diff --git a/src/services/guildService.ts b/src/services/guildService.ts
index 3d53a211..56c46938 100644
--- a/src/services/guildService.ts
+++ b/src/services/guildService.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { Request } from "express";
 import { getAccountIdForRequest } from "@/src/services/loginService";
 import { addRecipes, getInventory } from "@/src/services/inventoryService";
-import { Guild, GuildMember, TGuildDatabaseDocument } from "@/src/models/guildModel";
+import {
+    Guild,
+    GuildLog,
+    GuildMember,
+    TGuildDatabaseDocument,
+    TGuildLogDatabaseDocument
+} from "@/src/models/guildModel";
 import { TInventoryDatabaseDocument } from "@/src/models/inventoryModels/inventoryModel";
 import {
     IDojoClient,
@@ -329,3 +335,37 @@ export const createUniqueClanName = async (name: string): Promise<string> => {
     } while (discriminator != initialDiscriminator);
     throw new Error(`clan name is so unoriginal it's already been done 1000 times: ${name}`);
 };
+
+export const getGuildLogForRequest = async (req: Request): Promise<TGuildLogDatabaseDocument> => {
+    const accountId = await getAccountIdForRequest(req);
+    const inventory = await getInventory(accountId);
+    const guildId = inventory.GuildId!.toString();
+    const guildLog = await GuildLog.findOne({ _id: guildId });
+    if (!guildLog) {
+        throw new Error("Account thinks it is in a guild that doesn't exist");
+    }
+    return guildLog;
+};
+
+export const getGuildLog = async (accountId: string, guild: TGuildDatabaseDocument) => {
+    const guildLog = await GuildLog.findOne({ guildId: guild._id });
+    if (!guildLog) {
+        return await GuildLog.insertOne({
+            _id: new Types.ObjectId(),
+            accountId: accountId,
+            guildId: guild._id,
+            RoomChanges: [],
+            TechChanges: [],
+            RosterActivity: [],
+            StandingsUpdates: [],
+            ClassChanges: []
+        });
+    }
+    return {
+        RoomChanges: guildLog!.RoomChanges,
+        TechChanges: guildLog!.TechChanges,
+        RosterActivity: guildLog!.RosterActivity,
+        StandingsUpdates: guildLog!.StandingsUpdates,
+        ClassChanges: guildLog!.ClassChanges
+    };
+};