diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1140ab9..517e4cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1082,7 +1082,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cosmic-comp-config",
  "cosmic-config",
  "delegate",
- "env_logger",
  "freedesktop-desktop-entry",
  "freedesktop-icons",
  "futures-channel",
@@ -1097,6 +1096,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "rust-embed",
  "rustix 0.38.34",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-journald",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
  "wayland-protocols 0.32.1",
  "zbus 4.2.2",
 ]
@@ -1515,29 +1517,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "env_filter"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a009aa4810eb158359dda09d0c87378e4bbb89b5a801f016885a4707ba24f7ea"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "regex",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.11.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "38b35839ba51819680ba087cd351788c9a3c476841207e0b8cee0b04722343b9"
-dependencies = [
- "anstream",
- "anstyle",
- "env_filter",
- "humantime",
- "log",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -2282,12 +2261,6 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dfa686283ad6dd069f105e5ab091b04c62850d3e4cf5d67debad1933f55023df"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "humantime"
-version = "2.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "i18n-config"
 version = "0.4.6"
@@ -3174,6 +3147,15 @@ 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 = "2.7.2"
@@ -3331,6 +3313,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[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"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -3519,6 +3511,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "palette"
 version = "0.7.6"
@@ -3964,8 +3962,17 @@ checksum = "b91213439dad192326a0d7c6ee3955910425f441d7038e0d6933b0aec5c4517f"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.7",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.4",
+]
+
+[[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]]
@@ -3976,9 +3983,15 @@ checksum = "38caf58cc5ef2fed281f89292ef23f6365465ed9a41b7a7754eb4e26496c92df"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.4",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "0.8.4"
@@ -4274,6 +4287,15 @@ 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 = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.2"
@@ -4604,6 +4626,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b9ef9bad013ada3808854ceac7b46812a6465ba368859a37e2100283d2d719c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tiff"
 version = "0.9.1"
@@ -4800,6 +4832,48 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c06d3da6113f116aaee68e4d601191614c9053067f9ab7f6edbcb161237daa54"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-journald"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba316a74e8fc3c3896a850dba2375928a9fa171b085ecddfc7c054d39970f3fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee855f1f400bd0e5c02d150ae5de3840039a3f54b025156404e34c23c03f47c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad0f048c97dbd9faa9b7df56362b8ebcaa52adb06b498c050d2f4e32f90a7a8b"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "matchers",
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5028,6 +5102,12 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 15a5745..667529d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ calloop = { version = "0.13.0", features = ["executor"] }
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 cosmic-bg-config = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-bg" }
 cosmic-comp-config = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-comp" }
-env_logger = "0.11.0"
 futures-channel = "0.3.25"
 gbm = "0.15.0"
 libcosmic = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/libcosmic", default-features = false, features = ["tokio", "wayland", "single-instance"] }
@@ -29,6 +28,9 @@ i18n-embed-fl = "0.8.0"
 rust-embed = "8.1.0"
 rustix = { version = "0.38.30", features  = ["fs"] }
 calloop-wayland-source = "0.3.0"
+tracing = "0.1.40"
+tracing-journald = "0.3.0"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", default-features = false, features = ["std", "fmt", "env-filter", "chrono"] }
 
 [dependencies.i18n-embed]
 version = "0.14.1"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 87bc263..f051c3c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -710,8 +710,29 @@ fn init_localizer() {
     }
 }
 
+fn init_loging() {
+    use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt, EnvFilter};
+
+    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();
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn main() -> iced::Result {
-    env_logger::init();
+    init_loging();
     init_localizer();
 
     cosmic::app::run_single_instance::<App>(