diff --git a/packages/ns-dpi/Makefile b/packages/ns-dpi/Makefile
index 8ef988b45..e9a68c8f1 100644
--- a/packages/ns-dpi/Makefile
+++ b/packages/ns-dpi/Makefile
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=ns-dpi
-PKG_VERSION:=0.2.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=0.3.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/ns-dpi-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
diff --git a/packages/ns-dpi/README.md b/packages/ns-dpi/README.md
index 8f993f28a..ff267ad6b 100644
--- a/packages/ns-dpi/README.md
+++ b/packages/ns-dpi/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ To enable traffic processing:
 Global options:
 
 - `enabled`: can be `0` or `1`, if set to `1` enable the service
-- `log_blocked`: can be `0` or `1`, if set to `1` blocked connections will be logged
+- `log_blocked`: can be `0` or `1`, if set to `1` blocked connections will be logged inside `/var/log/messages`
 - `firewall_exemption`: can be `0` or `1`, if set to `1` all firewall IP addresses will be
   added to global exemption list and will not match DPI rules
 - `popular_filters`: list of filters that will be returned to from `api-cli ns.dpi list-popular` call.
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Rule options:
 - `device`: optional device name, if set the rule will be applied only to the given device, example `br-lan`
 - `application`: list of applications to match, the list can contain application names like `netify.amazon-prime`
 - `enabled`: can be `0` or `1`, if set to `1` the rule will be enabled
+- `log`: can be set to `1` to log matching connections, gives an improved visibility on matched connections; 
+  logs are stored in `/var/run/netifyd/dpi-actions-*.json`
 
 Global exemptions options:
 
diff --git a/packages/ns-dpi/files/dpi-config b/packages/ns-dpi/files/dpi-config
index 32520b698..59738222c 100755
--- a/packages/ns-dpi/files/dpi-config
+++ b/packages/ns-dpi/files/dpi-config
@@ -47,7 +47,14 @@ config = {
                 "other_port",
                 "other_addr"
             ]
-        }
+        },
+        "log": {
+            "target_type": "log",
+            "target_enabled": True,
+            "interval": 60,
+            "path": "/var/run/netifyd/",
+            "prefix": "dpi-actions",
+        },
     },
     "actions": {},
     "exemptions": []
@@ -127,11 +134,14 @@ for section in u.get_all('dpi'):
         criteria = f'vlan_id == {vlan_id} && {criteria}'
         device = base_if
 
+    targets = [rule['action']]
+    if 'log' in rule and rule['log'] == '1':
+        targets.append('log')
     config["actions"][f"rule{rcount}"] = {
         "enabled": rule['enabled'] == '1',
         "interface": device,
         "criteria": criteria,
-        "targets": [rule['action']],
+        "targets": targets,
         "exemptions": rule.get('exemption', [])
     }
     rcount = rcount + 1