diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8784698..c6553bd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,5 +12,9 @@ chrono = "0.4.38"
 clap = { version = "4.5.7", features = ["derive"] }
 dlopen = "0.1.8"
 dlopen_derive = "0.1.4"
+env_logger = "0.11.3"
 libc = "0.2.155"
+log = "0.4.21"
+serde = { version = "1.0.203", features = ["derive"] }
+toml = "0.8.14"
 x11 = { version = "2.21.0", features = ["xlib"] }
diff --git a/src/display.rs b/src/display.rs
index 4ac7073..7783053 100644
--- a/src/display.rs
+++ b/src/display.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ impl Display {
             let display = xlib::XOpenDisplay(std::ptr::null());
             
             if display.is_null() {
-                eprintln!("ERROR: Could not open x11 display");
+                log::error!("Could not open x11 display");
                 return Err(());
             }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3501cb2..f2f7643 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,22 @@ struct CliArgs {
 
 fn main() -> ExitCode {
     // let ca = CliArgs::parse();
+    if ca.debug {
+        env_logger::builder()
+            .filter(None, log::LevelFilter::Debug)
+            .init();
+    } else {
+        env_logger::builder()
+            .filter(None, log::LevelFilter::Info)
+            .init();
+    let config;
+    match config::Config::new(ca.config_dir.as_std_path()) {
+        Ok(v) => config = v,
+        Err(e) => {
+            log::error!("Failed to parse config: {e:?}");
+            return ExitCode::from(2);
+        }
+    };
     let Ok(mut disp) = display::Display::new() else {
         return ExitCode::from(1);
     }; 
@@ -23,7 +39,7 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
     if let Err(e) = pm.load(PathBuf::from("./plugins")
         //ca.plugin_dir.as_std_path().to_path_buf()
         ){
-        eprintln!("ERROR: Failed to load plugins: {e:?}"); 
+        return ExitCode::from(3);
     }
 
     pm.init_plugins();
@@ -35,6 +51,7 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
         
             
         let _ = disp.write_display_name(&vals.join(" | "));
+            log::warn!("Failed to write too bar: {e}");
         std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(250));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugman/mod.rs b/src/plugman/mod.rs
index 9f14b3b..fbdc0c4 100644
--- a/src/plugman/mod.rs
+++ b/src/plugman/mod.rs
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ impl PlugMan {
     }
 
     pub fn load(&mut self, dir: PathBuf) -> Result<(), PluginError>{
+        log::debug!("Loading plugins from {:?}", dir);
+
         let files = std::fs::read_dir(dir)?;
 
         for file in files {
             let entry = file?;
             if entry.file_type()?.is_file() {
                 let plugin = Plugin::load(entry.path().to_path_buf())?;
-                println!("INFO: Loaded plugin {} {} licensed with {}", 
+                log::info!("Loaded plugin '{}' ({}) licensed with {}", 
                     plugin.name().clone(),
                     plugin.version().clone().unwrap_or("None".to_string()),
                     plugin.license().clone().unwrap_or("None".to_string())
@@ -37,7 +39,8 @@ impl PlugMan {
                 self.load(entry.path().to_path_buf())?;
             }
         }
-        println!("INFO: Loaded {} plugins", self.plugins.len());
+            log::error!("No plugins found");
+        log::info!("Loaded {} plugins", self.plugins.len());
 
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ impl PlugMan {
     pub fn reload_plugins(&mut self) {
         for plugin in &mut self.plugins {
             if let Err(e) = plugin.reload() {
-                eprintln!("ERROR: Failed to reload plugin {:?}: {e}", plugin.name()); 
+                log::error!("Failed to reload plugin {:?}: {e}", plugin.name()); 
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/plugman/plugin.rs b/src/plugman/plugin.rs
index 208c792..ec70d59 100644
--- a/src/plugman/plugin.rs
+++ b/src/plugman/plugin.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{alloc::Layout, ffi::{c_char, c_uint, CStr, CString}, path::PathBuf};
+use std::{alloc::Layout, ffi::{c_char, CStr}, path::PathBuf};
 
 use dlopen::raw::Library;
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl Plugin {
     }
 
     fn reload_symbols(&mut self) -> Result<(), dlopen::Error> {
-        println!("INFO: Loading {:?}", self.path);
+        log::debug!("Loading {:?}", self.path);
         let lib = Library::open(&self.path)?;
         let symbols = PluginSyms { 
             init: unsafe { lib.symbol("plug_init")? },
@@ -51,14 +51,13 @@ impl Plugin {
         };
         unsafe {
             if (symbols.get_info)().is_null() {
-                eprintln!("ERROR: Info fields for plugin {:?} are null", self.path);
+                log::error!("Info fields for plugin {:?} are null", self.path);
                 self.disable();
             }
         }
 
         self.syms = Some(symbols);
         self.lib = Some(lib);
-        println!("INFO: Loading OK");
         Ok(())
     }
     pub fn syms(&self) -> PluginSyms {
@@ -97,7 +96,9 @@ impl Plugin {
             String::from_raw_parts(buf, len, cap)
         };
 
-        println!("Polled: {}", s);
+        if !s.is_empty() {
+            log::debug!("Polled: {}", s);
+        }
         Ok(s)
     }