diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a157c2d..14aa618 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerocopy",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aliasable"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -1117,6 +1126,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "sunrise",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-journald",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
  "udev",
  "upower_dbus",
  "walkdir",
@@ -3274,6 +3286,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8263075bb86c5a1b1427b5ae862e8889656f126e9f77c484496e8b47cf5c5558"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata 0.1.10",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.5"
@@ -3516,6 +3537,16 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5e0826a989adedc2a244799e823aece04662b66609d96af8dff7ac6df9a8925d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-ansi-term"
+version = "0.46.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
+dependencies = [
+ "overload",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-conv"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -3953,6 +3984,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.103",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "owned_ttf_parser"
 version = "0.25.0"
@@ -4404,6 +4441,50 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.103",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.9",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax 0.6.29",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "renderdoc-sys"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -4830,6 +4911,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f40ca3c46823713e0d4209592e8d6e826aa57e928f09752619fc696c499637f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -5220,6 +5310,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.103",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f60246a4944f24f6e018aa17cdeffb7818b76356965d03b07d6a9886e8962185"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.41"
@@ -5481,6 +5580,34 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b9d12581f227e93f094d3af2ae690a574abb8a2b9b7a96e7cfe9647b2b617678"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-journald"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc0b4143302cf1022dac868d521e36e8b27691f72c84b3311750d5188ebba657"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e8189decb5ac0fa7bc8b96b7cb9b2701d60d48805aca84a238004d665fcc4008"
+dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5665,6 +5792,12 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba73ea9cf16a25df0c8caa16c51acb937d5712a8429db78a3ee29d5dcacd3a65"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 422f398..605d15c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cosmic-config = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/libcosmic" }
 
 [dependencies]
 cosmic-settings-subscriptions = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-settings-subscriptions", features = [
-    "pulse",
+  "pulse",
 ] }
 anyhow = "1.0.97"
 clap = "4.5.32"
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ zbus = { version = "5.7.1", default-features = false, features = ["tokio"] }
 tokio-stream = "0.1.17"
 sunrise = "2.1.0"
 cosmic-theme = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/libcosmic", features = [
-    "export",
+  "export",
 ] }
 cosmic-config.workspace = true
 cosmic-comp-config = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-comp" }
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ futures = "0.3.31"
 ctrlc = { version = "3.4.5", features = ["termination"] }
 xkb-data = "0.2.1"
 geonames = { path = "geonames" }
+tracing = "0.1.41"
+tracing-journald = "0.3.1"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", default-features = false, features = [
+  "std",
+  "env-filter",
+  "registry",
+  "fmt",
+  "env-filter",
+  "ansi",
+] }
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 smithay-client-toolkit = { git = "https://github.com/smithay/client-toolkit" }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index db37883..7d243f5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use tokio::{
     task,
 };
 use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
+use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, prelude::*, EnvFilter};
 use zbus::{
     names::{MemberName, UniqueName, WellKnownName},
     object_server::SignalEmitter,
@@ -355,6 +356,7 @@ pub enum Change {
 
 #[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
 async fn main() -> zbus::Result<()> {
+    init_logger();
     let (theme_cleanup_done_tx, mut theme_cleanup_done_rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(1);
     let (sigterm_tx, sigterm_rx) = tokio::sync::broadcast::channel(1);
 
@@ -750,3 +752,21 @@ async fn watch_config_message_stream(
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+fn init_logger() {
+    let fmt_layer = fmt::layer().with_target(false);
+    let filter_layer = EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
+        .or_else(|_| EnvFilter::try_new("warn"))
+        .unwrap();
+    if let Ok(journal_layer) = tracing_journald::layer() {
+        tracing_subscriber::registry()
+            .with(journal_layer)
+            .with(filter_layer)
+            .init();
+    } else {
+        tracing_subscriber::registry()
+            .with(fmt_layer)
+            .with(filter_layer)
+            .init();
+    }
+}