diff --git a/dune-project b/dune-project
index 163a239d..5bd4e1f1 100644
--- a/dune-project
+++ b/dune-project
@@ -41,5 +41,6 @@
    jsont
    cohttp
    ptime
+   logs
   (ocamlformat :with-dev-setup)
    ))
diff --git a/mte.opam b/mte.opam
index 1c4d5904..8bdbc121 100644
--- a/mte.opam
+++ b/mte.opam
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ depends: [
   "jsont"
   "cohttp"
   "ptime"
+  "logs"
   "ocamlformat" {with-dev-setup}
   "odoc" {with-doc}
 ]
diff --git a/src/dune b/src/dune
index fb09a728..2a1a266a 100644
--- a/src/dune
+++ b/src/dune
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
   fmt
   jsont
   cohttp
-  ptime))
+  ptime
+  logs
+  logs.fmt
+  logs.threaded
+  fmt.tty))
 
 (library ; crockford base32
  (name b32)
diff --git a/src/mte.ml b/src/mte.ml
index b7b46b8a..7870e038 100644
--- a/src/mte.ml
+++ b/src/mte.ml
@@ -116,10 +116,11 @@ let routes =
   ]
 
 let () =
+  Util.Log_reporter.setup ();
   let cfg =
     let port = Config.Exchange.port in
     let sockaddr = Unix.(ADDR_INET (inet_addr_loopback, port)) in
-    Vif.config sockaddr
+    Vif.config ~reporter:Logs.nop_reporter sockaddr
   in
   Miou_unix.run @@ fun () ->
   Caqti_miou.Switch.run @@ fun caqti_switch ->
@@ -131,4 +132,6 @@ let () =
       [ Devices.db_connection; Devices.secmod_signkey; Devices.secmod_denom ]
   in
   let middlewares = Vif.Middlewares.[] in
+  Logs.info (fun m ->
+      m ~tags:(Util.Log_reporter.detail "~~!") "Starting MTE server");
   Vif.run ~cfg ~devices ~middlewares routes env
diff --git a/src/util.ml b/src/util.ml
index 8d5d1f8b..785958c9 100644
--- a/src/util.ml
+++ b/src/util.ml
@@ -114,3 +114,59 @@ module Bin_rsa = struct
     | Error (`Msg e) -> Fmt.failwith "rsa priv_of_octets failure: %s@." e
     | Ok v -> v
 end
+
+module Log_reporter = struct
+  let detail_tag : string Logs.Tag.def =
+    Logs.Tag.def "Detail tag" ~doc:"" Fmt.string
+
+  let detail s = Logs.Tag.(empty |> add detail_tag s)
+  let time_anchor = Ptime_clock.now () |> Ptime.to_span
+
+  let log_level_color = function
+    | Logs.App -> `White
+    | Error -> `Red
+    | Warning -> `Yellow
+    | Info -> `Blue
+    | Debug -> `Magenta
+
+  let reporter : Logs.reporter =
+    let open Fmt in
+    let pp_timestamp = styled `Faint (styled (`Fg `White) (fmt "%04.02f")) in
+    let pp_header ppf v =
+      let color = fst v |> log_level_color in
+      let pp = styled (`Fg color) Logs.pp_header in
+      pf ppf "%a" pp v
+    in
+    let pp_src_name =
+      let pp = using Logs.Src.name (styled `Cyan (fmt "%s: ")) in
+      fun ppf v -> if not @@ Logs.Src.equal Logs.default v then pp ppf v
+    in
+    let pp_detail = option (styled `Green (fmt " (%s)")) in
+    let report src lvl ~over k msgf =
+      let ppf = stderr in
+      let k _ppf = over (); k () in
+      let with_detail h tags k user_fmt =
+        let detail = Option.bind tags (Logs.Tag.find detail_tag) in
+        let timestamp =
+          Ptime.sub_span (Ptime_clock.now ()) time_anchor
+          |> Option.map Ptime.to_float_s
+          |> Option.value ~default:0.
+        in
+        let k ppf = kpf k ppf "%a@." pp_detail detail in
+        let k ppf = kpf k ppf user_fmt in
+        kpf k ppf "%a %a %a" pp_timestamp timestamp pp_header (lvl, h)
+          pp_src_name src
+      in
+      msgf @@ fun ?header ?tags fmt -> with_detail header tags k fmt
+    in
+    { report }
+
+  let setup () =
+    Fmt_tty.setup_std_outputs ~style_renderer:`Ansi_tty ~utf_8:true ();
+    Logs.set_reporter reporter;
+    Logs.set_level ~all:false (Some Logs.Debug);
+    Logs.Src.set_level Logs.default (Some Logs.Debug);
+    Logs_threaded.enable ();
+    Printexc.record_backtrace true;
+    ()
+end