diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4c1aea4..27c7d33 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -236,6 +236,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_filter"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a1c3cc8e57274ec99de65301228b537f1e4eedc1b8e0f9411c6caac8ae7308f"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.11.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b2daee4ea451f429a58296525ddf28b45a3b64f1acf6587e2067437bb11e218d"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "env_filter",
+ "jiff",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -277,7 +300,9 @@ name = "fomod-manager"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "env_logger",
  "libloot",
+ "log",
  "quick-xml",
  "serde",
  "toml",
@@ -351,6 +376,30 @@ version = "1.70.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a6cb138bb79a146c1bd460005623e142ef0181e3d0219cb493e02f7d08a35695"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jiff"
+version = "0.2.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "819b44bc7c87d9117eb522f14d46e918add69ff12713c475946b0a29363ed1c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "jiff-static",
+ "log",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "portable-atomic-util",
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jiff-static"
+version = "0.2.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "470252db18ecc35fd766c0891b1e3ec6cbbcd62507e85276c01bf75d8e94d4a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "keyvalues-parser"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -514,6 +563,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic"
+version = "1.13.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c33a9471896f1c69cecef8d20cbe2f7accd12527ce60845ff44c153bb2a21b49"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic-util"
+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a9db96d7fa8782dd8c15ce32ffe8680bbd1e978a43bf51a34d39483540495f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "portable-atomic",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.106"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3302111..6592a43 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.60", features = ["derive"] }
+env_logger = "0.11.9"
 libloot = "0.29.0"
+log = "0.4.29"
 quick-xml = { version = "0.39.2", features = ["serde-types", "serialize"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
 toml = "1.0.3"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f800781..247da84 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use std::{error::Error, path::Path};
 
 use clap::Parser;
+use env_logger::Env;
+use log::{debug, info};
 
 use crate::{
     basic_types::{ModConfig, ModFile, ModdedInstance, RootConfig},
@@ -109,9 +111,18 @@ pub fn order_plugins(root_config: &RootConfig, instance_id: &str) -> Result<(),
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn setup_logger() {
+    env_logger::builder()
+        .filter_level(log::LevelFilter::max())
+        .format_timestamp(None)
+        .init();
+}
+
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    setup_logger();
     let args = Args::parse();
 
+    debug!("Loading config from {:?}", args.config);
     let root_config = RootConfig::load_from_file(args.config)?;
 
     match args.command {