diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 93a7676..f3ff69f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ansi_term"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d52a9bb7ec0cf484c551830a7ce27bd20d67eac647e1befb56b0be4ee39a55d2"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.60"
@@ -96,7 +105,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "serde",
  "serde_yaml",
- "simplelog",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
@@ -227,6 +237,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.127"
@@ -280,7 +296,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "abb12e687cfb44aa40f41fc3978ef76448f9b6038cad6aef4259d3c095a2382e"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "serde",
  "value-bag",
 ]
 
@@ -291,13 +306,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a3e378b66a060d48947b590737b30a1be76706c8dd7b8ba0f2fe3989c68a853f"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "num_threads"
-version = "0.1.6"
+name = "once_cell"
+version = "1.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2819ce041d2ee131036f4fc9d6ae7ae125a3a40e97ba64d04fe799ad9dabbb44"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
+checksum = "18a6dbe30758c9f83eb00cbea4ac95966305f5a7772f3f42ebfc7fc7eddbd8e1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
@@ -330,6 +342,12 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d4fd5641d01c8f18a23da7b6fe29298ff4b55afcccdf78973b24cf3175fee32e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-lite"
+version = "0.2.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0a7ae3ac2f1173085d398531c705756c94a4c56843785df85a60c1a0afac116"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
 version = "0.3.25"
@@ -409,6 +427,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_json"
+version = "1.0.83"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38dd04e3c8279e75b31ef29dbdceebfe5ad89f4d0937213c53f7d49d01b3d5a7"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_yaml"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -423,16 +452,20 @@ 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",
+ "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "smallvec"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2fd0db749597d91ff862fd1d55ea87f7855a744a8425a64695b6fca237d1dad1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -486,23 +519,14 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "time"
-version = "0.3.13"
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "db76ff9fa4b1458b3c7f077f3ff9887394058460d21e634355b273aaf11eea45"
+checksum = "5516c27b78311c50bf42c071425c560ac799b11c30b31f87e3081965fe5e0180"
 dependencies = [
- "itoa",
- "libc",
- "num_threads",
- "time-macros",
+ "once_cell",
 ]
 
-[[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"
@@ -518,6 +542,77 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cda74da7e1a664f795bb1f8a87ec406fb89a02522cf6e50620d016add6dbbf5c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.36"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2fce9567bd60a67d08a16488756721ba392f24f29006402881e43b19aac64307"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-attributes",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-attributes"
+version = "0.1.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "11c75893af559bc8e10716548bdef5cb2b983f8e637db9d0e15126b61b484ee2"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-core"
+version = "0.1.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5aeea4303076558a00714b823f9ad67d58a3bbda1df83d8827d21193156e22f7"
+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-serde"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bc6b213177105856957181934e4920de57730fc69bf42c37ee5bb664d406d9e1"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "60db860322da191b40952ad9affe65ea23e7dd6a5c442c2c42865810c6ab8e6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "ansi_term",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
+ "tracing-serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -557,6 +652,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "value-bag"
 version = "1.0.0-alpha.9"
diff --git a/cuddle_cli/Cargo.toml b/cuddle_cli/Cargo.toml
index 377a047..f6395e1 100644
--- a/cuddle_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cuddle_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ walkdir = "2.3.2"
 git2 = { version = "0.15.0", features = ["ssh"] }
 clap = "3.2.16"
 envconfig = "0.10.0"
-log = { version = "0.4.17", features = ["kv_unstable", "serde", "std"] }
-simplelog = "0.12.0"
 dirs = "4.0.0"
+tracing = "0.1.36"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.15", features = ["json"] }
+log = { version = "0.4.17", features = ["std", "kv_unstable"] }
diff --git a/cuddle_cli/src/main.rs b/cuddle_cli/src/main.rs
index 98c83a8..4ab9257 100644
--- a/cuddle_cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cuddle_cli/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-use std::fs::File;
-
 use config::CuddleConfig;
-use simplelog::{ColorChoice, CombinedLogger, Config, TermLogger, TerminalMode, WriteLogger};
 
 mod actions;
 mod cli;
@@ -21,22 +18,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 }
 
 fn init_logging() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let mut log_file = dirs::state_dir().ok_or(anyhow::anyhow!("could not find state_dir"))?;
-    log_file.push("cuddle_cli.log");
-
-    CombinedLogger::init(vec![
-        TermLogger::new(
-            log::LevelFilter::Info,
-            Config::default(),
-            TerminalMode::Mixed,
-            ColorChoice::Auto,
-        ),
-        WriteLogger::new(
-            log::LevelFilter::Debug,
-            Config::default(),
-            File::create(log_file).unwrap(),
-        ),
-    ])?;
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt().pretty().json().init();
 
     Ok(())
 }