diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1e3034e..b0b1af1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -554,6 +554,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_filter"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "32e90c2accc4b07a8456ea0debdc2e7587bdd890680d71173a15d4ae604f6eef"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.11.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0621c04f2196ac3f488dd583365b9c09be011a4ab8b9f37248ffcc8f6198b56a"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "env_filter",
+ "jiff",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -1180,6 +1203,30 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jiff"
+version = "0.2.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f00b5dbd620d61dfdcb6007c9c1f6054ebd75319f163d886a9055cec1155073d"
+dependencies = [
+ "jiff-static",
+ "log",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "portable-atomic-util",
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jiff-static"
+version = "0.2.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e000de030ff8022ea1da3f466fbb0f3a809f5e51ed31f6dd931c35181ad8e6d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.77"
@@ -1341,9 +1388,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.27"
+version = "0.4.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "13dc2df351e3202783a1fe0d44375f7295ffb4049267b0f3018346dc122a1d94"
+checksum = "5e5032e24019045c762d3c0f28f5b6b8bbf38563a65908389bf7978758920897"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
@@ -1590,6 +1637,15 @@ version = "1.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f84267b20a16ea918e43c6a88433c2d54fa145c92a811b5b047ccbe153674483"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic-util"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2a106d1259c23fac8e543272398ae0e3c0b8d33c88ed73d0cc71b0f1d902618"
+dependencies = [
+ "portable-atomic",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "postcard"
 version = "1.1.1"
@@ -1773,9 +1829,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.11.1"
+version = "1.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
+checksum = "e10754a14b9137dd7b1e3e5b0493cc9171fdd105e0ab477f51b72e7f3ac0e276"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -1785,9 +1841,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.9"
+version = "0.4.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+checksum = "6e1dd4122fc1595e8162618945476892eefca7b88c52820e74af6262213cae8f"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -2338,6 +2394,8 @@ name = "typssg"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "env_logger",
+ "log",
  "typst",
  "typst-as-lib",
  "typst-html",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fd7f150..cabf63d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.6.1", features = ["derive"] }
+env_logger = "0.11.10"
+log = "0.4.29"
 typst = "0.14.2"
 typst-as-lib = { version = "0.15.4", features = ["typst-html", "typst-kit-fonts", "typst-kit-embed-fonts"] }
 typst-html = "0.14.2"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index efb7942..258b55c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use typst::ecow::EcoString;
 use typst_as_lib::{typst_kit_options::TypstKitFontOptions, TypstEngine};
 use typst_html::{HtmlAttr, HtmlDocument, HtmlElement, HtmlNode};
+use log::info;
 
 
 pub fn compile_article(
     article_dir: &PathBuf,
     prepend: &Option<PathBuf>,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    info!("compiling {} ...", article_dir.display());
 
     let template_file = article_dir.join("index.typ");
     let output = article_dir.join("index.html");
@@ -183,7 +185,6 @@ pub fn compile_all(
             compile_all(&path, prepend)?;
         } else if path.file_name().is_some_and(|n| n == "index.typ") {
             let dir = path.parent().unwrap().to_path_buf();
-            println!("compiling {}", dir.display());
             compile_article(&dir, prepend)?;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4e5ce4f..6529a6c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use clap::Parser;
 use typssg::{compile_article, compile_all};
+use log::{info, error};
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 struct Args {
@@ -17,9 +18,11 @@ struct Args {
 }
 
 fn main() {
+    env_logger::init();
+
     match env::current_dir() {
-        Ok(path) => println!("Current working directory: {}", path.display()),
-        Err(e) => eprintln!("Error getting current directory: {}", e),
+        Ok(path) => info!("Starting in working directory: {}", path.display()),
+        Err(e) => error!("Error getting current directory: {}", e),
     }
 
     let args = Args::parse();
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ fn main() {
     };
 
     if let Err(e) = result {
-        eprintln!("{e}");
+        error!("{e}");
         std::process::exit(1);
     }
 }