diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aba79f2..a21623e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43f6cb1bf222025340178f382c426f13757b2960e89779dfcb319c32542a5a41"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.71"
@@ -461,6 +470,15 @@ version = "0.4.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b06a4cde4c0f271a446782e3eff8de789548ce57dbc8eca9292c27f4a42004b4"
 
+[[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 = "0.7.0"
@@ -644,6 +662,50 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b2eae68fc220f7cf2532e4494aded17545fce192d59cd996e0fe7887f4ceb575"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata 0.3.3",
+ "regex-syntax 0.7.4",
+]
+
+[[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]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39354c10dd07468c2e73926b23bb9c2caca74c5501e38a35da70406f1d923310"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax 0.7.4",
+]
+
+[[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 = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5ea92a5b6195c6ef2a0295ea818b312502c6fc94dde986c5553242e18fd4ce2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rieterd"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -951,10 +1013,14 @@ version = "0.3.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "30a651bc37f915e81f087d86e62a18eec5f79550c7faff886f7090b4ea757c77"
 dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
  "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
  "sharded-slab",
  "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-log",
 ]
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 739f70f..053bd93 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ tokio = { version = "1.29.1", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7.8", features = ["io"] }
 tower = { version = "0.4.13", features = ["make"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["fs", "trace"] }
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3.17"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.4.0", features = ["v4"] }
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 7e7b833..3f15f16 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use repo::RepoGroupManager;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Config {
@@ -31,6 +32,13 @@ impl FromRef<Global> for Arc<RwLock<RepoGroupManager>> {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::new(
+            std::env::var("RUST_LOG").unwrap_or_else(|_| "tower_http=debug".into()),
+        ))
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
+        .init();
+
     let config = Config {
         data_dir: "./data".into(),
         repo_dir: "./data/repos".into(),
@@ -43,8 +51,6 @@ async fn main() {
         repo_manager: Arc::new(RwLock::new(repo_manager)),
     };
 
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
-
     // build our application with a single route
     let app = Router::new()
         .merge(repo::router(&global))