diff --git a/backend/src/app/routes.ts b/backend/src/app/routes.ts
index 2a130cb..9a85a87 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/routes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app/routes.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { usersRouter } from "../modules/users/users.routes.js";
 import { rolesRouter } from "../modules/roles/roles.routes.js";
 import { permissionsRouter } from "../modules/permissions/permissions.routes.js";
 import { connectionsRouter } from "../modules/connections/connections.routes.js";
-import { logsRouter } from "../modules/logs/logs.routes.js";
+import { logViewerRouter } from "../modules/log-viewer/log-viewer.routes.js";
 import { requireAuth } from "../middleware/auth.js";
 
 export const apiRouter = Router();
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ apiRouter.use("/users", usersRouter);
 apiRouter.use("/roles", rolesRouter);
 apiRouter.use("/permissions", permissionsRouter);
 apiRouter.use("/connections", connectionsRouter);
-apiRouter.use("/logs", logsRouter);
+apiRouter.use("/logs", logViewerRouter);
diff --git a/backend/src/modules/log-viewer/log-viewer.routes.ts b/backend/src/modules/log-viewer/log-viewer.routes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bfa7d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/modules/log-viewer/log-viewer.routes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { Router } from "express";
+import { ok } from "../../lib/api-response.js";
+import { requirePermission } from "../../middleware/permission.js";
+import { validateQuery } from "../../middleware/validate.js";
+import { logViewerQuerySchema } from "./log-viewer.schemas.js";
+import { listLogEntries } from "./log-viewer.service.js";
+
+export const logViewerRouter = Router();
+
+logViewerRouter.get(
+  "/",
+  requirePermission("logs", "view_logs"),
+  validateQuery(logViewerQuerySchema),
+  async (req, res, next) => {
+    try {
+      const query = req.query as unknown as { q: string; severity: string; page: number; limit: number };
+      const result = await listLogEntries(query);
+      res.json(
+        ok(result.data, {
+          total: result.total,
+          page: result.page,
+          limit: result.limit
+        })
+      );
+    } catch (error) {
+      next(error);
+    }
+  }
+);
diff --git a/backend/src/modules/log-viewer/log-viewer.schemas.ts b/backend/src/modules/log-viewer/log-viewer.schemas.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92243ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/modules/log-viewer/log-viewer.schemas.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+export const logViewerQuerySchema = z.object({
+  q: z.string().optional().default(""),
+  severity: z.string().optional().default(""),
+  page: z.coerce.number().default(1),
+  limit: z.coerce.number().default(100)
+});
diff --git a/backend/src/modules/log-viewer/log-viewer.service.ts b/backend/src/modules/log-viewer/log-viewer.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dd18a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/modules/log-viewer/log-viewer.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { env } from "../../config/env.js";
+import { getPagination } from "../../lib/pagination.js";
+
+export async function listLogEntries(query: { q: string; severity: string; page: number; limit: number }) {
+  const raw = await readFile(env.LOG_SOURCE_PATH, "utf8").catch(() => "");
+  const lines = raw.split(/\r?\n/).filter(Boolean);
+  const filtered = lines.filter((line) => {
+    const matchesText = !query.q || line.toLowerCase().includes(query.q.toLowerCase());
+    const matchesSeverity = !query.severity || line.toLowerCase().includes(query.severity.toLowerCase());
+    return matchesText && matchesSeverity;
+  });
+  const pagination = getPagination(query.page, query.limit);
+
+  return {
+    data: filtered.slice(pagination.offset, pagination.offset + pagination.limit),
+    total: filtered.length,
+    page: pagination.page,
+    limit: pagination.limit
+  };
+}