diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 1ae85c3..604b419 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2025-12-15 - 1.1.0 - feat(smartexit)
+Add silent logging option, structured shutdown logs, and killAll return stats
+
+- Introduce ISmartExitOptions with a silent flag to disable console logging
+- Add internal log() helper and use a [smartexit] prefix for shutdown/error messages
+- killAll() now returns Promise<{ processesKilled, cleanupFunctionsRan }> and tallies processes and cleanup functions run
+- Constructor accepts options (backwards compatible) to configure behavior
+- Documentation (readme.hints.md) updated with usage and example output
+
 ## 2025-12-15 - 1.0.24 - fix(deps)
 bump dependencies, update tests and docs, adjust tsconfig and npm release config
 
diff --git a/readme.hints.md b/readme.hints.md
index 0519ecb..c807947 100644
--- a/readme.hints.md
+++ b/readme.hints.md
@@ -1 +1,29 @@
- 
\ No newline at end of file
+# SmartExit - Development Hints
+
+## Logging System
+
+The module uses consolidated logging with a `[smartexit]` prefix:
+
+- **Default behavior**: Logs a single summary line on shutdown
+- **Silent mode**: Pass `{ silent: true }` to constructor to disable all logging
+
+### Example output
+```
+[smartexit] Shutdown complete: killed 3 child processes, ran 2 cleanup functions
+```
+
+### Usage
+```typescript
+// Default - logs summary
+const smartExit = new SmartExit();
+
+// Silent - no logging
+const smartExit = new SmartExit({ silent: true });
+```
+
+## killAll() Return Value
+
+The `killAll()` method returns stats about the cleanup:
+```typescript
+const { processesKilled, cleanupFunctionsRan } = await smartExit.killAll();
+```
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 5d4db92..8f26ac8 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartexit',
-  version: '1.0.24',
+  version: '1.1.0',
   description: 'A library for managing graceful shutdowns of Node.js processes by handling cleanup operations, including terminating child processes.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 0289d00..49a33d2 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import * as plugins from './smartexit.plugins.js';
 
+export interface ISmartExitOptions {
+  silent?: boolean;  // Completely disable logging
+}
+
 export type TProcessSignal =
   | 'SIGHUP'    // Hangup detected on controlling terminal or death of controlling process
   | 'SIGINT'    // Interrupt from keyboard
@@ -53,6 +57,22 @@ export class SmartExit {
   // Instance
   public processesToEnd = new plugins.lik.ObjectMap<plugins.childProcess.ChildProcess>();
   public cleanupFunctions = new plugins.lik.ObjectMap<() => Promise<any>>();
+  private options: ISmartExitOptions;
+
+  /**
+   * Internal logging helper that respects silent option
+   */
+  private log(message: string, isError = false): void {
+    if (this.options.silent) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const prefix = '[smartexit]';
+    if (isError) {
+      console.error(`${prefix} ${message}`);
+    } else {
+      console.log(`${prefix} ${message}`);
+    }
+  }
 
   /**
    * adds a process to be exited
@@ -73,59 +93,66 @@ export class SmartExit {
     this.processesToEnd.remove(childProcessArg);
   }
 
-  public async killAll() {
-    console.log('Checking for remaining child processes before exit...');
-    if (this.processesToEnd.getArray().length > 0) {
-      console.log('found remaining child processes');
-      let counter = 1;
-      this.processesToEnd.forEach(async (childProcessArg) => {
-        const pid = childProcessArg.pid;
-        console.log(`killing process #${counter} with pid ${pid}`);
-        plugins.smartdelay.delayFor(10000).then(() => {
-          if (childProcessArg.killed) {
-            return;
-          }
-          process.kill(pid, 'SIGKILL');
-        });
-        process.kill(pid, 'SIGINT');
+  public async killAll(): Promise<{ processesKilled: number; cleanupFunctionsRan: number }> {
+    const processes = this.processesToEnd.getArray();
+    const cleanupFuncs = this.cleanupFunctions.getArray();
+    let processesKilled = 0;
+    let cleanupFunctionsRan = 0;
 
-        counter++;
-      });
-    } else {
-      console.log(`ChildProcesses look clean.`);
+    // Kill child processes
+    if (processes.length > 0) {
+      for (const childProcessArg of processes) {
+        const pid = childProcessArg.pid;
+        if (pid) {
+          plugins.smartdelay.delayFor(10000).then(() => {
+            if (childProcessArg.killed) {
+              return;
+            }
+            process.kill(pid, 'SIGKILL');
+          });
+          process.kill(pid, 'SIGINT');
+          processesKilled++;
+        }
+      }
     }
-    if (this.cleanupFunctions.getArray.length > 0) {
-      this.cleanupFunctions.forEach(async (cleanupFunction) => {
+
+    // Run cleanup functions
+    if (cleanupFuncs.length > 0) {
+      for (const cleanupFunction of cleanupFuncs) {
         await cleanupFunction();
-      });
+        cleanupFunctionsRan++;
+      }
     }
-    console.log(`Ready to exit!`);
+
+    return { processesKilled, cleanupFunctionsRan };
   }
 
-  constructor() {
+  constructor(optionsArg: ISmartExitOptions = {}) {
+    this.options = optionsArg;
+
     // do app specific cleaning before exiting
     process.on('exit', async (code) => {
       if (code === 0) {
-        console.log('Process wants to exit');
-        await this.killAll();
-        console.log('Exited ok!');
+        const { processesKilled, cleanupFunctionsRan } = await this.killAll();
+        this.log(`Shutdown complete: killed ${processesKilled} child processes, ran ${cleanupFunctionsRan} cleanup functions`);
       } else {
-        console.error('Exited NOT OK!');
+        const { processesKilled, cleanupFunctionsRan } = await this.killAll();
+        this.log(`Shutdown complete: killed ${processesKilled} child processes, ran ${cleanupFunctionsRan} cleanup functions (exit code: ${code})`, true);
       }
     });
 
     // catch ctrl+c event and exit normally
     process.on('SIGINT', async () => {
-      console.log('Ctrl-C... or SIGINT signal received!');
-      await this.killAll();
+      const { processesKilled, cleanupFunctionsRan } = await this.killAll();
+      this.log(`Shutdown complete: killed ${processesKilled} child processes, ran ${cleanupFunctionsRan} cleanup functions`);
       process.exit(0);
     });
 
-    //catch uncaught exceptions, trace, then exit normally
+    // catch uncaught exceptions, trace, then exit normally
     process.on('uncaughtException', async (err) => {
-      console.log('SMARTEXIT: uncaught exception...');
-      console.log(err);
-      await this.killAll();
+      this.log(`Uncaught exception: ${err.message}`, true);
+      const { processesKilled, cleanupFunctionsRan } = await this.killAll();
+      this.log(`Shutdown complete: killed ${processesKilled} child processes, ran ${cleanupFunctionsRan} cleanup functions (exit code: 1)`, true);
       process.exit(1);
     });
   }