diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1720178..2fa729d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "launch-pad",
  "libc",
+ "log-panics",
  "nix 0.25.0",
  "scopeguard",
  "sendfd",
@@ -484,6 +485,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "log-panics"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68f9dd8546191c1850ecf67d22f5ff00a935b890d0e84713159a55495cc2ac5f"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matchers"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2ab6b6d..a96910a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ color-eyre = "0.6"
 futures-util = "0.3"
 launch-pad = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/launch-pad" }
 libc = "0.2"
+log-panics = { version = "2", features = ["with-backtrace"] }
 nix = { version = "0.25", features = ["fs"], default-features = false }
 scopeguard = "1"
 sendfd = { version = "0.4", features = ["tokio"] }
diff --git a/src/comp.rs b/src/comp.rs
index 89c778f..ccdbe53 100644
--- a/src/comp.rs
+++ b/src/comp.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use tokio::{
 	task::JoinHandle,
 };
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
-use tracing::Instrument;
 
 use crate::process::mark_as_not_cloexec;
 
@@ -191,65 +190,43 @@ pub fn run_compositor(
 		OwnedFd::from(std_stream)
 	};
 	mark_as_not_cloexec(&comp).expect("Failed to mark fd as not cloexec");
-	// Create a new span, marking the upcoming task as `cosmic-comp` with tracing.
-	let span = info_span!(parent: None, "cosmic-comp");
-	let _span = span.clone();
-	Ok(tokio::spawn(
-		async move {
-			// Create a new process handler for cosmic-comp, with our compositor socket's
-			// file descriptor as the `COSMIC_SESSION_SOCK` environment variable.
-			let stdout_span = span.clone();
-			let stderr_span = span.clone();
-			process_manager
-				.start_process(
-					Process::new()
-						.with_executable("cosmic-comp")
-						.with_env([("COSMIC_SESSION_SOCK", comp.as_raw_fd().to_string())])
-						.with_on_stdout(move |_, _, line| {
-							let stdout_span = stdout_span.clone();
-							async move {
-								info!("{}", line);
-							}
-							.instrument(stdout_span)
-						})
-						.with_on_stderr(move |_, _, line| {
-							let stderr_span = stderr_span.clone();
-							async move {
-								warn!("{}", line);
-							}
-							.instrument(stderr_span)
-						}),
-				)
-				.await
-				.expect("failed to launch compositor");
-			// Create a new state object for IPC purposes.
-			let mut ipc_state = IpcState {
-				env_tx: Some(env_tx),
-				..IpcState::default()
-			};
-			loop {
-				tokio::select! {
-					/*
-					exit = receive_event(&mut rx) => if exit.is_none() {
-						break;
-					},
-					*/
-					// Receive IPC messages from the process,
-					// exiting the loop if IPC errors.
-					result = receive_ipc(&mut ipc_state, &mut session_rx) => if let Err(err) = result {
-						error!("failed to receive IPC: {:?}", err);
-						break;
-					},
-					// Send any file descriptors we need to the compositor.
-					Some(socket) = socket_rx.recv() => {
-						send_fd(&mut session_tx, socket)
-							.await
-							.wrap_err("failed to send file descriptor to compositor")?;
-					}
+	Ok(tokio::spawn(async move {
+		// Create a new process handler for cosmic-comp, with our compositor socket's
+		// file descriptor as the `COSMIC_SESSION_SOCK` environment variable.
+		process_manager
+			.start_process(
+				Process::new()
+					.with_executable("cosmic-comp")
+					.with_env([("COSMIC_SESSION_SOCK", comp.as_raw_fd().to_string())]),
+			)
+			.await
+			.expect("failed to launch compositor");
+		// Create a new state object for IPC purposes.
+		let mut ipc_state = IpcState {
+			env_tx: Some(env_tx),
+			..IpcState::default()
+		};
+		loop {
+			tokio::select! {
+				/*
+				exit = receive_event(&mut rx) => if exit.is_none() {
+					break;
+				},
+				*/
+				// Receive IPC messages from the process,
+				// exiting the loop if IPC errors.
+				result = receive_ipc(&mut ipc_state, &mut session_rx) => if let Err(err) = result {
+					error!("failed to receive IPC: {:?}", err);
+					break;
+				},
+				// Send any file descriptors we need to the compositor.
+				Some(socket) = socket_rx.recv() => {
+					send_fd(&mut session_tx, socket)
+						.await
+						.wrap_err("failed to send file descriptor to compositor")?;
 				}
 			}
-			Result::<()>::Ok(())
 		}
-		.instrument(_span),
-	))
+		Result::<()>::Ok(())
+	}))
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0dfe54f..3920cf4 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 		)
 		.try_init()
 		.wrap_err("failed to initialize logger")?;
+	log_panics::init();
 
 	info!("Starting cosmic-session");
 
@@ -61,28 +62,11 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 		.collect::<Vec<_>>();
 	info!("got environmental variables: {:?}", env_vars);
 
-	let span = info_span!(parent: None, "cosmic-panel");
-	let stdout_span = span.clone();
-	let stderr_span = span.clone();
 	process_manager
 		.start(
 			Process::new()
 				.with_executable("cosmic-panel")
-				.with_env(env_vars.clone())
-				.with_on_stdout(move |_, _, line| {
-					let stdout_span = stdout_span.clone();
-					async move {
-						info!("{}", line);
-					}
-					.instrument(stdout_span)
-				})
-				.with_on_stderr(move |_, _, line| {
-					let stderr_span = stderr_span.clone();
-					async move {
-						warn!("{}", line);
-					}
-					.instrument(stderr_span)
-				}),
+				.with_env(env_vars.clone()),
 		)
 		.await
 		.expect("failed to start panel");
@@ -173,9 +157,12 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 	let (exit_tx, exit_rx) = oneshot::channel();
 	let _ = ConnectionBuilder::session()?
 		.name("com.system76.CosmicSession")?
-		.serve_at("/com/system76/CosmicSession", service::SessionService {
-			exit_tx: Some(exit_tx),
-		})?
+		.serve_at(
+			"/com/system76/CosmicSession",
+			service::SessionService {
+				exit_tx: Some(exit_tx),
+			},
+		)?
 		.build()
 		.await?;