diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 90aa480ef..683cf2124 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
  "num",
  "regex",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.13.0",
  "log",
  "paste",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1829,29 +1829,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[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"
@@ -2720,6 +2697,15 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3e2e65a1a2e43cfcb47a895c4c8b10d1f4a61097f9f254f183aee60cad9c651d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8263075bb86c5a1b1427b5ae862e8889656f126e9f77c484496e8b47cf5c5558"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata 0.1.10",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -2832,6 +2818,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "num"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -3012,6 +3008,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -3118,7 +3120,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossterm",
  "datafusion",
  "derive_more",
- "env_logger",
  "fs_extra",
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
@@ -3168,6 +3169,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tonic",
  "tonic-web",
  "tower-http 0.6.1",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
  "ulid",
  "uptime_lib",
  "ureq",
@@ -3632,8 +3634,17 @@ checksum = "38200e5ee88914975b69f657f0801b6f6dccafd44fd9326302a4aaeecfacb1d8"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.8",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax 0.6.29",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3644,7 +3655,7 @@ checksum = "368758f23274712b504848e9d5a6f010445cc8b87a7cdb4d7cbee666c1288da3"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3653,6 +3664,12 @@ version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "53a49587ad06b26609c52e423de037e7f57f20d53535d66e08c695f347df952a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -4124,6 +4141,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -4419,6 +4445,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "thrift"
 version = "0.17.0"
@@ -4754,6 +4790,36 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c06d3da6113f116aaee68e4d601191614c9053067f9ab7f6edbcb161237daa54"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee855f1f400bd0e5c02d150ae5de3840039a3f54b025156404e34c23c03f47c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad0f048c97dbd9faa9b7df56362b8ebcaa52adb06b498c050d2f4e32f90a7a8b"
+dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4923,6 +4989,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.79",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vergen"
 version = "8.3.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 684c560fd..e87e708f8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ clap = { version = "4.1", default-features = false, features = [
 clokwerk = "0.4"
 crossterm = "0.28.1"
 derive_more = "0.99.18"
-env_logger = "0.11.3"
 fs_extra = "1.3"
 futures = "0.3"
 futures-util = "0.3.28"
@@ -89,6 +88,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.28", default-features = false, features = [
     "fs",
 ] }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["fs"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter"] }
 ulid = { version = "1.0", features = ["serde"] }
 uptime_lib = "0.3.0"
 xxhash-rust = { version = "0.8", features = ["xxh3"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9399c52e2..f9f2e5993 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ use parseable::{
     option::{Mode, CONFIG},
     rbac, storage, IngestServer, ParseableServer, QueryServer, Server,
 };
+use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    env_logger::init();
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+        .compact()
+        .init();
 
     // these are empty ptrs so mem footprint should be minimal
     let server: Box<dyn ParseableServer> = match CONFIG.parseable.mode {