diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fd7ce7e..3c00530 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ name = "acmed"
 version = "0.25.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -51,6 +53,12 @@ version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "07e28edb80900c19c28f1072f2e8aeca7fa06b23cd4169cefe1af5aa3260783f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.169"
@@ -72,6 +80,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "adler2",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "object"
 version = "0.36.6"
@@ -81,6 +99,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell"
+version = "1.20.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1261fe7e33c73b354eab43b1273a57c8f967d0391e80353e51f764ac02cf6775"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -93,6 +123,25 @@ version = "0.1.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "719b953e2095829ee67db738b3bfa9fa368c94900df327b3f07fe6e794d2fe1f"
 
+[[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 = "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 = "tokio"
 version = "1.42.0"
@@ -103,6 +152,59 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.41"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "784e0ac535deb450455cbfa28a6f0df145ea1bb7ae51b821cf5e7927fdcfbdd0"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-core"
+version = "0.1.33"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e672c95779cf947c5311f83787af4fa8fffd12fb27e4993211a84bdfd9610f9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e8189decb5ac0fa7bc8b96b7cb9b2701d60d48805aca84a238004d665fcc4008"
+dependencies = [
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.52.6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 05d1942..589fb0b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ ed448 = []
 
 [dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.42.0", default-features = false, features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+tracing = { version = "0.1.41", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", default-features = false, features = ["ansi", "fmt", "std"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1b23e84..3f83b26 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
+use tracing::Level;
+use tracing_subscriber::FmtSubscriber;
+
 pub const APP_THREAD_NAME: &str = "acmed-runtime";
 
 fn main() {
+	let subscriber = FmtSubscriber::builder()
+		.with_max_level(Level::TRACE)
+		.finish();
+	tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber).expect("setting default subscriber failed");
 	tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
 		.enable_all()
 		.thread_name(APP_THREAD_NAME)
@@ -10,4 +17,5 @@ fn main() {
 }
 
 async fn start() {
+	tracing::info!("Starting ACMEd.");
 }