diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 645cbb0..0a89db2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.58"
+name = "ansi_term"
+version = "0.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bb07d2053ccdbe10e2af2995a2f116c1330396493dc1269f6a91d0ae82e19704"
+checksum = "d52a9bb7ec0cf484c551830a7ce27bd20d67eac647e1befb56b0be4ee39a55d2"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
@@ -729,18 +732,17 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "revanced-discord-bot"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
  "chrono",
  "dirs",
  "dotenv",
- "log",
  "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_regex",
  "serenity",
- "simplelog",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -897,14 +899,12 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "simplelog"
-version = "0.12.0"
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "48dfff04aade74dd495b007c831cd6f4e0cee19c344dd9dc0884c0289b70a786"
+checksum = "900fba806f70c630b0a382d0d825e17a0f19fcd059a2ade1ff237bcddf446b31"
 dependencies = [
- "log",
- "termcolor",
- "time 0.3.11",
+ "lazy_static",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -913,6 +913,12 @@ version = "0.4.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "eb703cfe953bccee95685111adeedb76fabe4e97549a58d16f03ea7b9367bb32"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "smallvec"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2fd0db749597d91ff862fd1d55ea87f7855a744a8425a64695b6fca237d1dad1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
 version = "0.4.4"
@@ -940,15 +946,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "termcolor"
-version = "1.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bab24d30b911b2376f3a13cc2cd443142f0c81dda04c118693e35b3835757755"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.31"
@@ -969,6 +966,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5516c27b78311c50bf42c071425c560ac799b11c30b31f87e3081965fe5e0180"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.1.44"
@@ -990,15 +996,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "num_threads",
  "serde",
- "time-macros",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "time-macros"
-version = "0.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "42657b1a6f4d817cda8e7a0ace261fe0cc946cf3a80314390b22cc61ae080792"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -1105,6 +1104,32 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7b7358be39f2f274f322d2aaed611acc57f382e8eb1e5b48cb9ae30933495ce7"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78ddad33d2d10b1ed7eb9d1f518a5674713876e97e5bb9b7345a7984fbb4f922"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a713421342a5a666b7577783721d3117f1b69a393df803ee17bb73b1e122a59"
+dependencies = [
+ "ansi_term",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1201,6 +1226,12 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
 
+[[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"
@@ -1340,15 +1371,6 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winapi-util"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 285c338..d3fdb96 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 dotenv = "0.15"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
-log = { version = "0.4", features = ["max_level_debug", "release_max_level_info"] }
 regex = "1.0"
 serde_regex = "1.1"
 chrono = "0.4"
-serenity = { git = "https://github.com/serenity-rs/serenity.git", default_features = false,  features = ["client", "gateway", "rustls_backend", "model"] }
-simplelog = "0.12.0"
-anyhow = "1.0.58"
+serenity = { git = "https://github.com/serenity-rs/serenity.git", default_features = false, features = ["client", "gateway", "rustls_backend", "model"] }
 dirs = "4.0.0"
+tracing = { version = "0.1", features = ["max_level_debug", "release_max_level_info"] }
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/logger.rs b/src/logger.rs
index b41f455..774deee 100644
--- a/src/logger.rs
+++ b/src/logger.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,6 @@
-use std::fs::File;
+use tracing_subscriber;
 
-use log::LevelFilter;
-use simplelog::{ColorChoice, CombinedLogger, Config, TermLogger, TerminalMode, WriteLogger};
-
-pub fn init() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-	CombinedLogger::init(vec![
-		TermLogger::new(
-			LevelFilter::Debug,
-			Config::default(),
-			TerminalMode::Mixed,
-			ColorChoice::Auto,
-		),
-		WriteLogger::new(
-			LevelFilter::Info,
-			Config::default(),
-			File::create("logs.log")?
-		),
-	])?;
-
-	Ok(())
+pub fn init() {
+	// TODO: log to file
+	tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 41fe2f5..f0ce11d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::{env, process};
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Duration, NaiveDateTime, Utc};
-use log::{error, info, debug};
+use tracing::{error, info, debug};
 use model::application::Configuration;
 use regex::Regex;
 use serenity::client::{Context, EventHandler};
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ impl EventHandler for Handler {
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
 	// Initialize the logging framework.
-	logger::init().expect("failed to init logger");
+	logger::init();
 
 	// Set up the configuration.
 	let configuration = load_configuration();