diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8cc730b..c3e1527 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.21
+          go-version: 1.22
 
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 256a8bb..800228a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ bin/
 data/
 dist/
 *.idea/
+.cache/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b82be80..9bbaa8c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ build: ## Build binary.
 
 .PHONY: run
 run: ## Run binary.
-	./${APP-BIN}
+	./${APP-BIN} --config ./config.toml
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: ## Remove temporary files and the `bin` folder.
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ lint:
 .PHONY: dev-docker
 dev-docker: clean build ## Build and spawns docker containers for the entire suite (Alertmanager/Prometheus/calert).
 	cd dev; \
-	docker-compose build ; \
-	CURRENT_UID=$(id -u):$(id -g) docker-compose up
+	echo "Current UID: $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g)"; \
+	CURRENT_UID=$(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) docker compose up
 
 .PHONY: rm-dev-docker
 rm-dev-docker: clean build ## Delete the docker containers including volumes.
 	cd dev; \
-	docker-compose down -v ; \
+	docker compose down -v ; \
diff --git a/cmd/handlers.go b/cmd/handlers.go
index f598740..3ddd9f9 100644
--- a/cmd/handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/handlers.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func handleDispatchNotif(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	// Unmarshall POST Body.
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&payload); err != nil {
-		app.lo.WithError(err).Error("error decoding request body")
+		app.lo.Error("error decoding request body", "error", err)
 		app.metrics.Increment(`http_request_errors_total{handler="dispatch"}`)
 		sendErrorResponse(w, "Error decoding payload.", http.StatusBadRequest, nil)
 		return
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@ func handleDispatchNotif(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		roomName = payload.Receiver
 	}
 
-	app.lo.WithField("receiver", roomName).Info("dispatching new alert")
+	app.lo.Info("dispatching new alert", "room", roomName, "count", len(payload.Alerts))
 
 	// Dispatch a list of alerts via Notifier.
 	// If there are a lot of alerts (>=10) to push, G-Chat API can be extremely slow to add messages
 	// to an existing thread. So it's better to enqueue it in background.
 	go func() {
 		if err := app.notifier.Dispatch(payload.Alerts, roomName); err != nil {
-			app.lo.WithError(err).Error("error dispatching alerts")
+			app.lo.Error("error dispatching alerts", "error", err)
 			app.metrics.Increment(`http_request_errors_total{handler="dispatch"}`)
 		}
 		app.metrics.Duration(`http_request_duration_seconds{handler="dispatch"}`, now)
diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index 457acd9..ce6d6a5 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -13,24 +15,24 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mr-karan/calert/internal/notifier"
 	prvs "github.com/mr-karan/calert/internal/providers"
 	"github.com/mr-karan/calert/internal/providers/google_chat"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
 // initLogger initializes logger instance.
-func initLogger() *logrus.Logger {
-	logger := logrus.New()
-
-	logger.SetFormatter(&logrus.TextFormatter{
-		FullTimestamp:          true,
-		DisableLevelTruncation: true,
-	})
+func initLogger(verbose bool) *slog.Logger {
+	lvl := slog.LevelInfo
+	if verbose {
+		lvl = slog.LevelDebug
+	}
 
-	return logger
+	return slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, &slog.HandlerOptions{
+		Level:     lvl,
+		AddSource: true,
+	}))
 }
 
 // initConfig loads config to `ko` object.
-func initConfig(lo *logrus.Logger, cfgDefault string, envPrefix string) (*koanf.Koanf, error) {
+func initConfig(cfgDefault string, envPrefix string) (*koanf.Koanf, error) {
 	var (
 		ko = koanf.New(".")
 		f  = flag.NewFlagSet("front", flag.ContinueOnError)
@@ -52,19 +54,19 @@ func initConfig(lo *logrus.Logger, cfgDefault string, envPrefix string) (*koanf.
 	}
 
 	// Load the config files from the path provided.
-	lo.WithField("path", *cfgPath).Info("attempting to load config from file")
+	log.Printf("attempting to load config from file: %s\n", *cfgPath)
 
 	err = ko.Load(file.Provider(*cfgPath), toml.Parser())
 	if err != nil {
 		// If the default config is not present, print a warning and continue reading the values from env.
 		if *cfgPath == cfgDefault {
-			lo.WithError(err).Warn("unable to open sample config file")
+			log.Printf("unable to open config file: %w falling back to env vars\n", err.Error())
 		} else {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
 
-	lo.Info("attempting to read config from env vars")
+	log.Println("attempting to read config from env vars")
 	// Load environment variables if the key is given
 	// and merge into the loaded config.
 	if envPrefix != "" {
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ func initConfig(lo *logrus.Logger, cfgDefault string, envPrefix string) (*koanf.
 }
 
 // initProviders loads all the providers specified in the config.
-func initProviders(ko *koanf.Koanf, lo *logrus.Logger, metrics *metrics.Manager) []prvs.Provider {
+func initProviders(ko *koanf.Koanf, lo *slog.Logger, metrics *metrics.Manager) ([]prvs.Provider, error) {
 	provs := make([]prvs.Provider, 0)
 
 	// Loop over all providers listed in config.
@@ -106,32 +108,32 @@ func initProviders(ko *koanf.Koanf, lo *logrus.Logger, metrics *metrics.Manager)
 				},
 			)
 			if err != nil {
-				lo.WithError(err).Fatal("error initialising google chat provider")
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error initialising google chat provider: %s", err)
 			}
 
-			lo.WithField("room", gchat.Room()).Info("initialised provider")
+			lo.Info("initialised provider", "room", gchat.Room())
 			provs = append(provs, gchat)
 		}
 	}
 
 	if len(provs) == 0 {
-		lo.Fatal("no providers listed in config")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no providers listed in config")
 	}
 
-	return provs
+	return provs, nil
 }
 
 // initNotifier initializes a Notifier instance.
-func initNotifier(ko *koanf.Koanf, lo *logrus.Logger, provs []prvs.Provider) notifier.Notifier {
+func initNotifier(ko *koanf.Koanf, lo *slog.Logger, provs []prvs.Provider) (notifier.Notifier, error) {
 	n, err := notifier.Init(notifier.Opts{
 		Providers: provs,
 		Log:       lo,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		lo.WithError(err).Fatal("error initialising notifier")
+		return notifier.Notifier{}, fmt.Errorf("error initialising notifier: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	return n
+	return n, err
 }
 
 // initMetrics initializes a Metrics manager.
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 9f83433..76c40ff 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 
-	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
-	"github.com/go-chi/chi/middleware"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
 	"github.com/mr-karan/calert/internal/metrics"
 	"github.com/mr-karan/calert/internal/notifier"
 
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"log/slog"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -19,31 +20,41 @@ var (
 // App is the global contains
 // instances of various objects used in the lifecyle of program.
 type App struct {
-	lo       *logrus.Logger
+	lo       *slog.Logger
 	metrics  *metrics.Manager
 	notifier notifier.Notifier
 }
 
 func main() {
-	// Initialise logger.
-	lo := initLogger()
-
 	// Initialise and load the config.
-	ko, err := initConfig(lo, "config.sample.toml", "CALERT_")
+	ko, err := initConfig("config.sample.toml", "CALERT_")
 	if err != nil {
-		// Need to `panic` since logger can only be initialised once config is initialised.
 		panic(err.Error())
 	}
 
 	var (
-		metrics  = initMetrics()
-		provs    = initProviders(ko, lo, metrics)
-		notifier = initNotifier(ko, lo, provs)
+		metrics = initMetrics()
 	)
 
-	// Enable debug mode if specified.
+	// Initialise logger.
+	verbose := false
 	if ko.String("app.log") == "debug" {
-		lo.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
+		verbose = true
+	}
+	lo := initLogger(verbose)
+
+	// Initialise providers.
+	provs, err := initProviders(ko, lo, metrics)
+	if err != nil {
+		lo.Error("error initialising providers", "error", err)
+		exit()
+	}
+
+	// Initialise notifier.
+	notifier, err := initNotifier(ko, lo, provs)
+	if err != nil {
+		lo.Error("error initialising notifier", "error", err)
+		exit()
 	}
 
 	app := &App{
@@ -52,7 +63,7 @@ func main() {
 		metrics:  metrics,
 	}
 
-	app.lo.WithField("version", buildString).Info("booting calert")
+	app.lo.Info("starting calert", "version", buildString, "verbose", verbose)
 
 	// Initialise HTTP Router.
 	r := chi.NewRouter()
@@ -70,7 +81,7 @@ func main() {
 	r.Post("/dispatch", wrap(app, handleDispatchNotif))
 
 	// Start HTTP Server.
-	app.lo.WithField("addr", ko.MustString("app.address")).Info("starting http server")
+	app.lo.Info("starting http server", "address", ko.MustString("app.address"))
 	srv := &http.Server{
 		Addr:         ko.MustString("app.address"),
 		ReadTimeout:  ko.MustDuration("app.server_timeout"),
@@ -78,6 +89,11 @@ func main() {
 		Handler:      r,
 	}
 	if err := srv.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
-		app.lo.WithError(err).Fatal("couldn't start server")
+		app.lo.Error("couldn't start server", "error", err)
+		exit()
 	}
 }
+
+func exit() {
+	os.Exit(1)
+}
diff --git a/dev/Dockerfile.dev b/dev/Dockerfile.dev
index 52b5022..4a08ad8 100644
--- a/dev/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/dev/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
-FROM golang:1.18 as builder
-# Disable CGO
+FROM golang:1.22 as builder
+
 ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
 WORKDIR /app
+
+# Prepare cache directories and ensure correct permissions
+RUN mkdir -p /app/.cache/go-build /app/.cache/go-mod && \
+    chown -R 1000:1000 /app/.cache
+
+# Switch to non-root user
+USER 1000:1000
+
+# Set environment variables for caches
+ENV GOCACHE=/app/.cache/go-build
+ENV GOMODCACHE=/app/.cache/go-mod
diff --git a/dev/docker-compose.yml b/dev/docker-compose.yml
index dd6468f..f3036e3 100644
--- a/dev/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/dev/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ networks:
     driver: bridge
 
 volumes:
-    prometheus_data: {}
+  prometheus_data: {}
 
 services:
 
@@ -11,18 +11,20 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ../
       dockerfile: dev/Dockerfile.dev
-    command: ["make", "fresh"]
+    command: [ "make", "fresh" ]
     ports:
       - "6000:6000"
     volumes:
       - ../:/app
-      - $GOPATH/pkg/mod/cache:/go/pkg/mod/cache
     networks:
       - monitor-net
     user: ${CURRENT_UID}
+    environment:
+      - GOCACHE=/app/.cache/go-build
+      - GOMODCACHE=/app/.cache/go-mod
 
   alertmanager:
-    image: prom/alertmanager:v0.23.0
+    image: prom/alertmanager:v0.26.0
     container_name: alertmanager
     volumes:
       - ./alertmanager:/etc/alertmanager
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ services:
       - calert
 
   prometheus:
-    image: prom/prometheus:v2.32.1
+    image: prom/prometheus:v2.50.0
     container_name: prometheus
     volumes:
       - ./prometheus:/etc/prometheus
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d081709..4e7daab 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 module github.com/mr-karan/calert
 
 require (
-	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.24.0
-	github.com/go-chi/chi v1.5.5
+	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.32.0
+	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.12
 	github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.4.0+incompatible
 	github.com/knadh/koanf v1.5.0
 	github.com/prometheus/alertmanager v0.26.0
-	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -16,24 +16,22 @@ require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.17.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.45.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.47.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/shurcooL/httpfs v0.0.0-20230704072500-f1e31cf0ba5c // indirect
 	github.com/shurcooL/vfsgen v0.0.0-20230704071429-0000e147ea92 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/fastrand v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/histogram v1.2.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c1466b5..a228cf5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.34.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
-github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.24.0 h1:ILavebReOjYctAGY5QU2F9X0MYvkcrG3aEn2RKa1Zkw=
-github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.24.0/go.mod h1:eFT25kvsTidQFHb6U0oa0rTrDRdz4xTYjpL8+UPohys=
+github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.32.0 h1:r9JK2zndYv0TIxFXLEHwhQqRdnu8/O3cwJiCBX4vJCM=
+github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.32.0/go.mod h1:r7hveu6xMdUACXvB8TYdAj8WEsKzWB0EkpJN+RDtOf8=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9/go.mod h1:znqG4EE+3YCdAaPaxE2ZRY/06pZUdp0tY4
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
-github.com/go-chi/chi v1.5.5 h1:vOB/HbEMt9QqBqErz07QehcOKHaWFtuj87tTDVz2qXE=
-github.com/go-chi/chi v1.5.5/go.mod h1:C9JqLr3tIYjDOZpzn+BCuxY8z8vmca43EeMgyZt7irw=
+github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.12 h1:9euLV5sTrTNTRUU9POmDUvfxyj6LAABLUcEWO+JJb4s=
+github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.12/go.mod h1:DslCQbL2OYiznFReuXYUmQ2hGd1aDpCnlMNITLSKoi8=
 github.com/go-kit/kit v0.8.0/go.mod h1:xBxKIO96dXMWWy0MnWVtmwkA9/13aqxPnvrjFYMA2as=
 github.com/go-kit/kit v0.9.0/go.mod h1:xBxKIO96dXMWWy0MnWVtmwkA9/13aqxPnvrjFYMA2as=
 github.com/go-kit/log v0.1.0/go.mod h1:zbhenjAZHb184qTLMA9ZjW7ThYL0H2mk7Q6pNt4vbaY=
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.4/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7/go.mod h1:n+brtR0CgQNWTVd5ZUFpTBC8YFBDLK/h/bpaJ8/DtOE=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:8NvIoxWQoOIhqOTXgfV/d3M/q6VIi02HzZEHgUlZvzk=
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.10/go.mod h1:qgIWMr58cqv1PHHyhnkY9lrL7etaEgOFcME
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.11/go.mod h1:PhnuNfih5lzO57/f3n+odYbM4JtupLOxQOAqxQCu2WE=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
-github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/v2 v2.0.0 h1:jWpvCLoY8Z/e3VKvlsiIGKtc+UG6U5vzxaoagmhXfyg=
-github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:QUyp042oQthUoa9bqDv0ER0wrtXnBruoNd7aNjkbP+k=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.26/go.mod h1:bPDLeHnStXmXAq1m/Ch/hvfNHr14JKNPMBo3VZKjuso=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.41/go.mod h1:p6aan82bvRIyn+zDIv9xYNUpwa73JcSh9BKwknJysuI=
 github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.0.0/go.mod h1:hNIlj7HEI86fIcpObd7a0FcrxTWetlwJDGcceTlRvqc=
@@ -219,19 +217,19 @@ github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXP
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.1/go.mod h1:Z6t4BnS23TR94PD6BsDNk8yVqroYurpAkEiz0P2BEV0=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.17.0 h1:rl2sfwZMtSthVU752MqfjQozy7blglC+1SOtjMAMh+Q=
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@@ -352,9 +348,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210330210617-4fbd30eecc44/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
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@@ -409,8 +404,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.1-0.20200526195155-81db48ad09cc/go.mod h1:EGpAD
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diff --git a/internal/notifier/notifier.go b/internal/notifier/notifier.go
index 20ab05b..49a0a79 100644
--- a/internal/notifier/notifier.go
+++ b/internal/notifier/notifier.go
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@ package notifier
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 
 	"github.com/mr-karan/calert/internal/providers"
 	alertmgrtmpl "github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/template"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // Notifier represents an instance that pushes out notifications to
 // upstream providers.
 type Notifier struct {
 	providers map[string]providers.Provider
-	lo        *logrus.Logger
+	lo        *slog.Logger
 }
 
 type Opts struct {
 	Providers []providers.Provider
-	Log       *logrus.Logger
+	Log       *slog.Logger
 }
 
 // Init initialises a new instance of the Notifier.
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ func Init(opts Opts) (Notifier, error) {
 
 // Dispatch pushes out a notification to an upstream provider.
 func (n *Notifier) Dispatch(alerts []alertmgrtmpl.Alert, room string) error {
-	n.lo.WithField("count", len(alerts)).Info("dispatching alerts")
+	n.lo.Info("dispatching alerts", "count", len(alerts))
 
 	// Lookup for the provider by the room name.
 	if _, ok := n.providers[room]; !ok {
-		n.lo.WithField("room", room).Warn("no provider available for room")
+		n.lo.Error("no provider available for room", "room", room)
 		return fmt.Errorf("no provider configured for room: %s", room)
 	}
 	// Push the batch of alerts.
diff --git a/internal/providers/google_chat/alerts.go b/internal/providers/google_chat/alerts.go
index 757a4d3..814022f 100644
--- a/internal/providers/google_chat/alerts.go
+++ b/internal/providers/google_chat/alerts.go
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 package google_chat
 
 import (
+	"log/slog"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gofrs/uuid"
 	"github.com/mr-karan/calert/internal/metrics"
 	alertmgrtmpl "github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/template"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // ActiveAlerts represents a map of alerts unique fingerprint hash
 // with their details.
 type ActiveAlerts struct {
-	lo      *logrus.Logger
+	lo      *slog.Logger
 	metrics *metrics.Manager
 	sync.RWMutex
 	alerts map[string]AlertDetails
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (d *ActiveAlerts) Prune(ttl time.Duration) {
 	for k, a := range d.alerts {
 		// If the alert creation field is past our specified TTL, remove it from the map.
 		if a.StartsAt.Before(expired) {
-			d.lo.WithField("fingerprint", k).WithField("created", a.StartsAt).WithField("expired", expired).Debug("removing alert from active alerts")
+			d.lo.Debug("removing alert from active alerts", "fingerprint", k, "created", a.StartsAt, "expired", expired)
 			delete(d.alerts, k)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/providers/google_chat/google_chat.go b/internal/providers/google_chat/google_chat.go
index b9d723b..11faa31 100644
--- a/internal/providers/google_chat/google_chat.go
+++ b/internal/providers/google_chat/google_chat.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package google_chat
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -11,11 +12,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/mr-karan/calert/internal/metrics"
 	alertmgrtmpl "github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/template"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"golang.org/x/text/cases"
+	"golang.org/x/text/language"
 )
 
 type GoogleChatManager struct {
-	lo           *logrus.Logger
+	lo           *slog.Logger
 	metrics      *metrics.Manager
 	activeAlerts *ActiveAlerts
 	endpoint     string
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ type GoogleChatManager struct {
 }
 
 type GoogleChatOpts struct {
-	Log         *logrus.Logger
+	Log         *slog.Logger
 	Metrics     *metrics.Manager
 	DryRun      bool
 	MaxIdleConn int
@@ -64,7 +66,11 @@ func NewGoogleChat(opts GoogleChatOpts) (*GoogleChatManager, error) {
 
 	// Initialise message template functions.
 	templateFuncMap := template.FuncMap{
-		"Title":    strings.Title,
+		"Title": func(s string) string {
+			// Create a Title cased string respecting Unicode rules.
+			titleCaser := cases.Title(language.English)
+			return titleCaser.String(s)
+		},
 		"toUpper":  strings.ToUpper,
 		"Contains": strings.Contains,
 	}
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@ func NewGoogleChat(opts GoogleChatOpts) (*GoogleChatManager, error) {
 
 // Push accepts the list of alerts and dispatches them to Webhook API endpoint.
 func (m *GoogleChatManager) Push(alerts []alertmgrtmpl.Alert) error {
-	m.lo.WithField("count", len(alerts)).Info("dispatching alerts to google chat")
+	m.lo.Info("dispatching alerts to google chat", "count", len(alerts))
 
 	// For each alert, lookup the UUID and send the alert.
 	for _, a := range alerts {
@@ -109,7 +115,7 @@ func (m *GoogleChatManager) Push(alerts []alertmgrtmpl.Alert) error {
 		// Prepare a list of messages to send.
 		msgs, err := m.prepareMessage(a)
 		if err != nil {
-			m.lo.WithError(err).Error("error preparing message")
+			m.lo.Error("error preparing message", "error", err)
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -124,11 +130,11 @@ func (m *GoogleChatManager) Push(alerts []alertmgrtmpl.Alert) error {
 
 			// Send message to API.
 			if m.dryRun {
-				m.lo.WithField("room", m.Room()).Info("dry_run is enabled for this room. skipping pushing notification")
+				m.lo.Info("dry_run is enabled for this room. skipping pushing notification", "room", m.Room())
 			} else {
 				if err := m.sendMessage(msg, threadKey); err != nil {
 					m.metrics.Increment(fmt.Sprintf(`alerts_dispatched_errors_total{provider="%s", room="%s"}`, m.ID(), m.Room()))
-					m.lo.WithError(err).Error("error sending message")
+					m.lo.Error("error sending message", "error", err)
 					continue
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/internal/providers/google_chat/google_chat_test.go b/internal/providers/google_chat/google_chat_test.go
index 8a7f2bd..c934597 100644
--- a/internal/providers/google_chat/google_chat_test.go
+++ b/internal/providers/google_chat/google_chat_test.go
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 package google_chat
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
+	"log/slog"
+
 	alertmgrtmpl "github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/template"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 func TestGoogleChatTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 
 	opts := &GoogleChatOpts{
-		Log:      logrus.New(),
+		Log:      slog.New(slog.NewJSONHandler(os.Stdout, nil)),
 		Endpoint: "http://",
 		Room:     "qa",
 		Template: "../../../static/message.tmpl",
diff --git a/internal/providers/google_chat/message.go b/internal/providers/google_chat/message.go
index c9e784f..20511ac 100644
--- a/internal/providers/google_chat/message.go
+++ b/internal/providers/google_chat/message.go
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ package google_chat
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ func (m *GoogleChatManager) prepareMessage(alert alertmgrtmpl.Alert) ([]ChatMess
 	// Render a template with alert data.
 	err := m.msgTmpl.Execute(&to, alert)
 	if err != nil {
-		m.lo.WithError(err).Error("Error parsing values in template")
+		m.lo.Error("Error parsing values in template", "error", err)
 		return messages, err
 	}
 
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ func (m *GoogleChatManager) sendMessage(msg ChatMessage, threadKey string) error
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 
 	// Send the request.
-	m.lo.WithField("url", endpoint).WithField("msg", msg.Text).Debug("sending alert")
+	m.lo.Debug("sending alert", "url", endpoint, "msg", msg.Text)
 	resp, err := m.client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -87,8 +88,27 @@ func (m *GoogleChatManager) sendMessage(msg ChatMessage, threadKey string) error
 
 	// If response is non 200, log and throw the error.
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		m.lo.WithField("status", resp.StatusCode).Error("Non OK HTTP Response received from Google Chat Webhook endpoint")
-		return errors.New("non ok response from gchat")
+		// Read the response body
+		bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Log the error if unable to read the response body
+			m.lo.Error("Failed to read response body", "error", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read response body")
+		}
+		// Ensure the original response body is closed
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+		// Convert the body bytes to a string for logging
+		responseBody := string(bodyBytes)
+
+		// Log the status code and response body at the debug level
+		m.lo.Debug("Non OK HTTP Response received from Google Chat Webhook endpoint", "status", resp.StatusCode, "responseBody", responseBody)
+
+		// Since the body has been read, if you need to use it later,
+		// you may need to reassign resp.Body with a new reader
+		resp.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewBuffer(bodyBytes))
+
+		return fmt.Errorf("non ok response from gchat")
 	}
 
 	return nil