diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 59a9e85a..85be0eae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ CHANGELOG for FlatCAM beta
 
 =================================================
 
+22.08.2021
+
+- added a new menu entry in the View menu to show the application log file where even the fatal crashes are logged
+- fixed an issue due of porting to Qt6
+
 19.08.2021
 
 - some cleaning up in the Preferences
diff --git a/appEditors/AppTextEditor.py b/appEditors/AppTextEditor.py
index f847d677..76a23501 100644
--- a/appEditors/AppTextEditor.py
+++ b/appEditors/AppTextEditor.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class AppTextEditor(QtWidgets.QWidget):
 
         if path:
             file = QtCore.QFile(path)
-            if file.open(QtCore.QIODevice.ReadOnly):
+            if file.open(QtCore.QIODevice.OpenModeFlag.ReadOnly):
                 stream = QtCore.QTextStream(file)
                 self.code_edited = stream.readAll()
                 self.code_editor.setPlainText(self.code_edited)
diff --git a/appGUI/MainGUI.py b/appGUI/MainGUI.py
index 3fecf248..055dc5e8 100644
--- a/appGUI/MainGUI.py
+++ b/appGUI/MainGUI.py
@@ -573,6 +573,11 @@ class MainGUI(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
             QtGui.QIcon(self.app.resource_location + '/hud_32.png'),
             '%s\t%s' % (_("Toggle HUD"), _('Shift+H')))
 
+        self.menuview.addSeparator()
+        self.menuview_show_log = self.menuview.addAction(
+            QtGui.QIcon(self.app.resource_location + '/log32.png'),
+            '%s\t%s' % (_("Log"), ''))
+
         # ########################################################################
         # ########################## Objects # ###################################
         # ########################################################################
diff --git a/app_Main.py b/app_Main.py
index 221c318a..2f503c76 100644
--- a/app_Main.py
+++ b/app_Main.py
@@ -1825,6 +1825,9 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
     def preprocessors_path(self):
         return os.path.join(self.data_path, 'preprocessors')
 
+    def log_path(self):
+        return os.path.join(self.data_path, 'log.txt')
+
     def on_app_restart(self):
 
         # make sure that the Sys Tray icon is hidden before restart otherwise it will
@@ -2167,6 +2170,7 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         self.ui.menuview_toggle_grid_lines.triggered.connect(self.plotcanvas.on_toggle_grid_lines)
         self.ui.menuview_toggle_axis.triggered.connect(self.plotcanvas.on_toggle_axis)
         self.ui.menuview_toggle_hud.triggered.connect(self.plotcanvas.on_toggle_hud)
+        self.ui.menuview_show_log.triggered.connect(self.on_show_log)
 
     def connect_menuhelp_signals(self):
         self.ui.menuhelp_about.triggered.connect(self.on_about)
@@ -4917,6 +4921,15 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         self.ui.general_pref_form.general_app_set_group.workspace_cb.stateChanged.connect(self.on_workspace)
         self.on_workspace()
 
+    def on_show_log(self):
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            subprocess.Popen('explorer %s' % self.log_path())
+        elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
+            os.system('open "%s"' % self.log_path())
+        else:
+            subprocess.Popen(['xdg-open', self.log_path()])
+        self.inform.emit('[success] %s' % _("FlatCAM log opened."))
+
     def on_cursor_type(self, val):
         """
 
diff --git a/assets/resources/dark_resources/log32.png b/assets/resources/dark_resources/log32.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b694e5e8
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diff --git a/assets/resources/log32.png b/assets/resources/log32.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d56f206c
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8451a941..e63696d7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ gdal
 pyserial>=3.4
 pikepdf>=2.0
 pywin32>2.0
-pyqt6>=6.0.0
-vispy
+pyqt6>=6.1.0
+vispy>=0.8.0
 rasterio
 foronoi>=1.0.3
 networkx
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