diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e53ed5f..7d0ff2c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ build-linux:
     - apt-get update -y
     - apt-get install yarnpkg libsoup-3.0-0 libsoup-3.0-dev libatk-adaptor libgtk-3-dev libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev -y
     - yarnpkg
+    - export
+    - export RUST_LOG=warn
     - yarnpkg tauri build
     - cp src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/*.deb .
     - cp src-tauri/target/release/bundle/rpm/*.rpm .
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa3ac2d..d941967 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,5 +8,9 @@ Install dependencies with `yarn`
 
 Run the app in development with `yarn tauri dev`. NVIDIA users on Linux, use the environment variable in `.env`
 
+To manually specify the logging level, add the environment variable `RUST_LOG=[debug, info, warn, error]` to `yarn tauri dev`:
+
+e.g. `RUST_LOG=debug yarn taudi dev`
+
 ## Contributing
 Check the original Drop repo for contributing guidelines. 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index d3eef5e..f9489fe 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -56,6 +56,55 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.6.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64e15c1ab1f89faffbf04a634d5e1962e9074f2741eef6d97f3c4e322426d526"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1bec1de6f59aedf83baf9ff929c98f2ad654b97c9510f4e70cf6f661d49fd5b1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eb47de1e80c2b463c735db5b217a0ddc39d612e7ac9e2e96a5aed1f57616c1cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6d36fc52c7f6c869915e99412912f22093507da8d9e942ceaf66fe4b7c14422a"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5bf74e1b6e971609db8ca7a9ce79fd5768ab6ae46441c572e46cf596f59e57f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.89"
@@ -588,6 +637,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3fd119d74b830634cea2a0f58bbd0d54540518a14397557951e79340abc28c0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "combine"
 version = "4.6.7"
@@ -965,6 +1020,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ciborium",
  "directories",
+ "env_logger",
  "hex",
  "log",
  "openssl",
@@ -1074,6 +1130,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.79",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_filter"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f2c92ceda6ceec50f43169f9ee8424fe2db276791afde7b2cd8bc084cb376ab"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.11.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e13fa619b91fb2381732789fc5de83b45675e882f66623b7d8cb4f643017018d"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "env_filter",
+ "humantime",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1752,6 +1831,12 @@ version = "1.9.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7d71d3574edd2771538b901e6549113b4006ece66150fb69c0fb6d9a2adae946"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -1938,6 +2023,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "0.4.8"
@@ -4702,6 +4793,12 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "1.10.0"
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 5f9e37a..b814540 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ log = "0.4.22"
 structured-logger = "1.0.3"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 tauri-plugin-dialog = "2"
+env_logger = "0.11.5"
 
 [dependencies.uuid]
 version = "1.10.0"
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 6e253da..3cc7616 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ use std::{
     sync::{LazyLock, Mutex},
     task, thread,
 };
-
+use env_logger;
+use env_logger::Env;
 use auth::{auth_initiate, recieve_handshake};
 use db::{DatabaseInterface, DATA_ROOT_DIR};
 use log::info;
@@ -48,9 +49,7 @@ fn fetch_state<'a>(state: tauri::State<'_, Mutex<AppState>>) -> Result<AppState,
 }
 
 fn setup<'a>() -> AppState {
-    Builder::with_level("info")
-        .with_target_writer("*", new_writer(io::stdout()))
-        .init();
+    env_logger::Builder::from_env(Env::default().default_filter_or("info")).init();
 
     let is_set_up = db::is_set_up();
     if !is_set_up {