diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 92a3a00..1b58d40 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ scraper = "0.19.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.117"
 url = "2.5.2"
 yew = "0.21.0"
+log = "0.4.21"
+env_logger = "0.11.3"
+chrono = "0.4.38"
diff --git a/backend/src/fetching/github.rs b/backend/src/fetching/github.rs
index 0cc1b23..3e4146d 100644
--- a/backend/src/fetching/github.rs
+++ b/backend/src/fetching/github.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pub async fn fetch_newest(
     username: &str,
     n: u32,
 ) -> Result<std::vec::Vec<Commit>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    println!("Fetching data from github api...");
+    log::info!("Fetching data from github api...");
     let url = format!("https://api.github.com/users/{username}/events");
 
     let client = reqwest::Client::new();
diff --git a/backend/src/fetching/goodreads.rs b/backend/src/fetching/goodreads.rs
index 83d8d79..cb00feb 100644
--- a/backend/src/fetching/goodreads.rs
+++ b/backend/src/fetching/goodreads.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub async fn fetch_newest(
     shelf: &str,
     n: u32,
 ) -> Result<std::vec::Vec<Book>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    println!("Parsing goodreads shelf html...");
+    log::info!("Parsing goodreads shelf html...");
     let html = Html::parse_document(
         &reqwest::get(shelf)
             .await
diff --git a/backend/src/fetching/lastfm.rs b/backend/src/fetching/lastfm.rs
index 0a8d363..1d46238 100644
--- a/backend/src/fetching/lastfm.rs
+++ b/backend/src/fetching/lastfm.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pub async fn fetch_newest(
     key: &str,
     n: u32,
 ) -> Result<std::vec::Vec<Song>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    println!("Fetching data from lastfm api...");
+    log::info!("Fetching data from lastfm api...");
     let url = format!("https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.getrecenttracks&user={username}&api_key={key}&format=json");
 
     let response = reqwest::get(&url)
diff --git a/backend/src/fetching/letterboxd.rs b/backend/src/fetching/letterboxd.rs
index a37444c..0a2e2e3 100644
--- a/backend/src/fetching/letterboxd.rs
+++ b/backend/src/fetching/letterboxd.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub async fn fetch_newest(
     username: &str,
     n: u32,
 ) -> Result<std::vec::Vec<Movie>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    println!("Parsing letterboxd profile html...");
+    log::info!("Parsing letterboxd profile html...");
     let url = format!("https://letterboxd.com/{username}/films/by/rated-date/");
     let html = Html::parse_document(
         &reqwest::get(&url)
diff --git a/backend/src/main.rs b/backend/src/main.rs
index 642b5fc..ab5a4c4 100644
--- a/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer, Responder};
+use chrono::Local;
 use config::{ENDPOINT, ENV};
+use env_logger::Builder;
+use log::LevelFilter;
+use std::io::Write;
 
 mod fetching;
 
@@ -37,7 +41,21 @@ async fn letterboxd() -> impl Responder {
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    println!("Server opened on {}", ENDPOINT.base);
+    Builder::new()
+        .format(|buf, record| {
+            writeln!(
+                buf,
+                "{} [{}] - {}",
+                Local::now().format("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"),
+                record.level(),
+                record.args()
+            )
+        })
+        .filter(None, LevelFilter::Info)
+        .init();
+
+    log::info!("Server opened on {}", ENDPOINT.base);
+
     HttpServer::new(|| {
         App::new()
             .route(ENDPOINT.github, web::get().to(github))