diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8be8b9a..1b90a4a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ icu = { version = "2.1.1", features = ["compiled_data"] }
 cctk = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-protocols", package = "cosmic-client-toolkit", rev = "160b086", optional = true }
 cosmic-mime-apps = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-mime-apps.git", optional = true }
 dirs = "6.0.0"
-env_logger = "0.11"
 gio = { version = "0.21", optional = true }
 glib = { version = "0.21", optional = true }
 glob = "0.3"
@@ -62,6 +61,8 @@ png = "0.18"
 jxl-oxide = { version = "0.12.5", features = ["image"] }
 num_cpus = "1.17.0"
 filetime = "0.2"
+tracing = "0.1.44"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.22", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 # Completion-based IO runtime to enable io_uring / IOCP file IO support.
 [dependencies.compio]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index cc0bcc1..b4c85c7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 use cosmic::{app::Settings, iced::Limits};
 use std::{env, fs, path::PathBuf, process};
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 
 use app::{App, Flags};
 pub mod app;
@@ -73,7 +74,22 @@ pub fn is_wayland() -> bool {
 /// Runs application in desktop mode
 #[rustfmt::skip]
 pub fn desktop() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    env_logger::Builder::from_env(env_logger::Env::default().default_filter_or("warn")).init();
+    let log_format = tracing_subscriber::fmt::format()
+        .pretty()
+        .without_time()
+        .with_line_number(true)
+        .with_file(true)
+        .with_target(false)
+        .with_thread_names(true);
+
+    let log_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer::default()
+        .with_writer(std::io::stderr)
+        .event_format(log_format);
+
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::from_env("RUST_LOG"))
+        .with(log_layer)
+        .init();
 
     localize::localize();
 
@@ -108,7 +124,21 @@ pub fn desktop() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 /// Runs application with these settings
 #[rustfmt::skip]
 pub fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    env_logger::Builder::from_env(env_logger::Env::default().default_filter_or("warn")).init();
+    let log_format = tracing_subscriber::fmt::format()
+        .pretty()
+        .with_line_number(true)
+        .with_file(true)
+        .with_target(false)
+        .with_thread_names(true);
+
+    let log_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer::default()
+        .with_writer(std::io::stderr)
+        .event_format(log_format);
+
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::from_env("RUST_LOG"))
+        .with(log_layer)
+        .init();
 
     localize::localize();