diff --git a/source/src/clients2c.cpp b/source/src/clients2c.cpp
index b373fa1f..18841388 100644
--- a/source/src/clients2c.cpp
+++ b/source/src/clients2c.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ packetqueue pkglogger(8);
 void neterr(const char *s)
 {
     conoutf("\f3illegal network message (%s)", s);
+
+    // might indicate a client/server communication bug, create error report
     pkglogger.flushtolog("packetlog.txt");
-    conoutf("\f3wrote network error report to packetlog.txt, please post this file to the bugtracker now!");
+    conoutf("\f3wrote a network error report to packetlog.txt, please post this file to the bugtracker now!");
+
     disconnect();
 }
 
diff --git a/source/src/packetqueue.cpp b/source/src/packetqueue.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9091205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/src/packetqueue.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// supports buffering Enet packets for logging purposes
+
+#include "pch.h"
+#include "cube.h"
+
+packetqueue::packetqueue(size_t size)
+{
+    queuesize = size;
+}
+
+packetqueue::~packetqueue()
+{
+    clear();
+}
+
+// adds packet to log buffer
+void packetqueue::queue(ENetPacket &p)
+{
+    // add to back
+    pqueue.push(p);
+    // drop oldest packet to fit size
+    if(pqueue.size() > queuesize) pqueue.pop();
+}
+
+// writes all currently queued packets to disk and clears the queue
+bool packetqueue::flushtolog(char *logfile )
+{
+    if(pqueue.empty()) return false;
+
+    FILE *f = NULL;
+    if(logfile && logfile[0]) f = openfile(logfile, "w");
+    if(!f) return false;
+    
+    // header
+    fprintf(f, "AC PACKET LOG %11d\n\n", now_utc);
+    // serialize each packet
+    while(!pqueue.empty())
+    {
+        ENetPacket packet = pqueue.front();
+        
+        fputs("ENET PACKET\n", f);
+        fprintf(f, "flags == %d\n", packet.flags);
+        fprintf(f, "referenceCount == %d\n", packet.referenceCount);
+        fprintf(f, "dataLength == %d\n", packet.dataLength);
+        fputs("data == \n", f);
+        // print whole buffer char-wise
+        loopi(packet.dataLength)
+        {
+            fprintf(f, "%16d\n", packet.data[i]);
+        }
+
+        pqueue.pop();
+    }
+
+    fclose(f);
+    clear();
+    return true;
+}
+
+// clear queue
+void packetqueue::clear()
+{
+    while(!pqueue.empty()) pqueue.pop();
+}
+