diff --git a/dzgui/managers/log.py b/dzgui/managers/log.py
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+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+from dzgui.util.strings import delimiter
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class LogManager:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.CRITICAL = "CRITICAL"
+        self.WARNING = "WARNING"
+
+    # TODO: more of a static method
+    def get_alerts(self, log_path: Path) -> tuple[int]:
+        try:
+            with open(log_path, "r") as f:
+                lines = f.read().splitlines()
+            errors = [
+                line for line in lines if line.split(delimiter)[1] == self.CRITICAL
+            ]
+            warnings = [
+                line for line in lines if line.split(delimiter)[1] == self.WARNING
+            ]
+            return len(warnings), len(errors)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.critical(e)
+            return 0, 0