diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 42b7563..cebabc4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -88,11 +88,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "assay",
  "clipboard",
  "dirs",
- "log",
  "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "toml",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -184,6 +185,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.119"
@@ -208,6 +215,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8263075bb86c5a1b1427b5ae862e8889656f126e9f77c484496e8b47cf5c5558"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.4.1"
@@ -253,6 +269,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell"
+version = "1.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "87f3e037eac156d1775da914196f0f37741a274155e34a0b7e427c35d2a2ecb9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "output_vt100"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -334,6 +356,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex-syntax",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
 version = "0.6.25"
@@ -378,6 +409,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "900fba806f70c630b0a382d0d825e17a0f19fcd059a2ade1ff237bcddf446b31"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "smallvec"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2dd574626839106c320a323308629dcb1acfc96e32a8cba364ddc61ac23ee83"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.86"
@@ -403,6 +449,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "tokio"
 version = "1.17.0"
@@ -422,12 +477,80 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6c650a8ef0cd2dd93736f033d21cbd1224c5a967aa0c258d00fcf7dafef9b9f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-attributes",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-attributes"
+version = "0.1.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8276d9a4a3a558d7b7ad5303ad50b53d58264641b82914b7ada36bd762e7a716"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-core"
+version = "0.1.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03cfcb51380632a72d3111cb8d3447a8d908e577d31beeac006f836383d29a23"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a6923477a48e41c1951f1999ef8bb5a3023eb723ceadafe78ffb65dc366761e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e0ab7bdc962035a87fba73f3acca9b8a8d0034c2e6f60b84aeaaddddc155dce"
+dependencies = [
+ "ansi_term",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "matchers",
+ "regex",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ccb82d61f80a663efe1f787a51b16b5a51e3314d6ac365b08639f52387b33f3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wait-timeout"
 version = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 894d3c0..5af0b7d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ include = ["src/**/*", "LICENSE-*", "README.md"]
 anyhow = "1.0.55"
 clipboard = "0.5.0"
 dirs = "4.0.0"
-log = { version = "0.4.14", features = ["release_max_level_trace"] }
 regex = "1.5.4"
 serde = "1.0.136"
 serde_derive = "1.0.136"
 toml = "0.5.8"
+tracing = "0.1.31"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.9", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assay = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7512b5c..d56a796 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use clipboard::{ClipboardContext, ClipboardProvider};
 use dirs::config_dir;
-use log::{debug, error};
+use tracing::{debug, error, Level};
+use tracing_subscriber::FmtSubscriber;
 
 use crate::config::{Act, Match, Replacements};
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     if check_for_version_arg() {
         return Ok(());
     }
+    configure_tracing();
     let config_path = get_config_path()?;
     let config_str = std::fs::read_to_string(config_path.as_path()).unwrap_or_default();
     let config: Replacements<'_> = toml::from_str(&config_str)?;
@@ -44,6 +46,14 @@ fn print_version() {
     );
 }
 
+fn configure_tracing() {
+    let subscriber = FmtSubscriber::builder()
+        .with_max_level(Level::TRACE)
+        .finish();
+
+    tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber).expect("setting default subscriber failed");
+}
+
 fn get_config_path() -> Result<PathBuf> {
     let mut config_path = config_dir().ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Failed to get config dir"))?;
     config_path.push("substitutor");