diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1fc9e9..e60e326 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 target/
 userdata/
+trinitrix.log
 
 # IDE stuff
 .idea
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 93c16c6..cf1259c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -85,12 +85,6 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d301b3b94cb4b2f23d7917810addbbaff90738e0ca2be692bd027e70d7e0330c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "arc-swap"
-version = "1.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bddcadddf5e9015d310179a59bb28c4d4b9920ad0f11e8e14dbadf654890c9a6"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayref"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -379,6 +373,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "inout",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cli-log"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3d2ab00dc4c82ec28af25ac085aecc11ffeabf353755715a3113a7aa044ca5cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "file-size",
+ "log",
+ "proc-status",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cloudabi"
 version = "0.0.3"
@@ -571,17 +577,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "const-oid",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "derivative"
-version = "2.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fcc3dd5e9e9c0b295d6e1e4d811fb6f157d5ffd784b8d202fc62eac8035a770b"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.63",
- "quote 1.0.29",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_builder"
 version = "0.11.2"
@@ -613,12 +608,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "destructure_traitobject"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c877555693c14d2f84191cfd3ad8582790fc52b5e2274b40b59cf5f5cea25c7"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -738,6 +727,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "instant",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "file-size"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9544f10105d33957765016b8a9baea7e689bf1f0f2f32c2fa2f568770c38d2b3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -1057,12 +1052,6 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c4a1e36c821dbe04574f602848a19f742f4fb3c98d40449f11bcad18d6b17421"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "humantime"
-version = "2.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "0.14.27"
@@ -1267,12 +1256,6 @@ version = "0.2.147"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b4668fb0ea861c1df094127ac5f1da3409a82116a4ba74fca2e58ef927159bb3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "linked-hash-map"
-version = "0.5.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0717cef1bc8b636c6e1c1bbdefc09e6322da8a9321966e8928ef80d20f7f770f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -1294,41 +1277,6 @@ name = "log"
 version = "0.4.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b06a4cde4c0f271a446782e3eff8de789548ce57dbc8eca9292c27f4a42004b4"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "log-mdc"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a94d21414c1f4a51209ad204c1776a3d0765002c76c6abcb602a6f09f1e881c7"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "log4rs"
-version = "1.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d36ca1786d9e79b8193a68d480a0907b612f109537115c6ff655a3a1967533fd"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "arc-swap",
- "chrono",
- "derivative",
- "fnv",
- "humantime",
- "libc",
- "log",
- "log-mdc",
- "parking_lot 0.12.1",
- "serde",
- "serde-value",
- "serde_json",
- "serde_yaml",
- "thiserror",
- "thread-id",
- "typemap-ors",
- "winapi",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lru"
@@ -1584,16 +1532,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nu-ansi-term"
-version = "0.46.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
-dependencies = [
- "overload",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -1678,21 +1616,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ordered-float"
-version = "2.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7940cf2ca942593318d07fcf2596cdca60a85c9e7fab408a5e21a4f9dcd40d87"
-dependencies = [
- "num-traits",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "overload"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.11.2"
@@ -1863,6 +1786,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-status"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0e0c0ac915e7b76b47850ba4ffc377abde6c6ff9eeace61d0a89623db449712"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "prost"
 version = "0.11.9"
@@ -2334,16 +2266,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde-value"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f3a1a3341211875ef120e117ea7fd5228530ae7e7036a779fdc9117be6b3282c"
-dependencies = [
- "ordered-float",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_bytes"
 version = "0.11.9"
@@ -2387,18 +2309,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_yaml"
-version = "0.8.26"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "578a7433b776b56a35785ed5ce9a7e777ac0598aac5a6dd1b4b18a307c7fc71b"
-dependencies = [
- "indexmap 1.9.3",
- "ryu",
- "serde",
- "yaml-rust",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.9.9"
@@ -2423,15 +2333,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest 0.10.7",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sharded-slab"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "900fba806f70c630b0a382d0d825e17a0f19fcd059a2ade1ff237bcddf446b31"
-dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook"
 version = "0.3.15"
@@ -2597,27 +2498,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.22",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "thread-id"
-version = "4.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3ee93aa2b8331c0fec9091548843f2c90019571814057da3b783f9de09349d73"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "redox_syscall 0.2.16",
- "winapi",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "thread_local"
-version = "1.1.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3fdd6f064ccff2d6567adcb3873ca630700f00b5ad3f060c25b5dcfd9a4ce152"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "once_cell",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.1.45"
@@ -2759,32 +2639,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0955b8137a1df6f1a2e9a37d8a6656291ff0297c1a97c24e0d8425fe2312f79a"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
- "valuable",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-log"
-version = "0.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78ddad33d2d10b1ed7eb9d1f518a5674713876e97e5bb9b7345a7984fbb4f922"
-dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
- "log",
- "tracing-core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tracing-subscriber"
-version = "0.3.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30a651bc37f915e81f087d86e62a18eec5f79550c7faff886f7090b4ea757c77"
-dependencies = [
- "nu-ansi-term",
- "sharded-slab",
- "smallvec",
- "thread_local",
- "tracing-core",
- "tracing-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2792,13 +2646,11 @@ name = "trinitrix"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "cli-log",
  "crossterm",
- "log",
- "log4rs",
  "matrix-sdk",
  "serde",
  "tokio",
- "tracing-subscriber",
  "tui",
  "tui-textarea",
 ]
@@ -2832,15 +2684,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tui",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "typemap-ors"
-version = "1.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a68c24b707f02dd18f1e4ccceb9d49f2058c2fb86384ef9972592904d7a28867"
-dependencies = [
- "unsafe-any-ors",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.16.0"
@@ -2896,15 +2739,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unsafe-any-ors"
-version = "1.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e0a303d30665362d9680d7d91d78b23f5f899504d4f08b3c4cf08d055d87c0ad"
-dependencies = [
- "destructure_traitobject",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.4.0"
@@ -2944,12 +2778,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "valuable"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -3297,15 +3125,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "yaml-rust"
-version = "0.4.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56c1936c4cc7a1c9ab21a1ebb602eb942ba868cbd44a99cb7cdc5892335e1c85"
-dependencies = [
- "linked-hash-map",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.3.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 66c18a6..143c4b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,5 @@ crossterm = "*"
 matrix-sdk = "0.6"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 serde = "1.0"
-log = "0.4"
-log4rs = "1.2"
\ No newline at end of file
+cli-log = "2.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/accounts.rs b/src/accounts/mod.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/accounts.rs
rename to src/accounts/mod.rs
index 2ab3072..7f0a82a 100644
--- a/src/accounts.rs
+++ b/src/accounts/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use matrix_sdk::{Client,
                  Session};
 use anyhow::{Error, Result};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use log::{error, warn, info};
+use cli_log::{error, warn, info};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Account {
diff --git a/src/app/mod.rs b/src/app/mod.rs
index 3ed81ac..f7acb06 100644
--- a/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use matrix_sdk::{Client};
 use accounts::Account;
 use accounts::AccountsManager;
-use log::{error, warn, info};
+use cli_log::{error, warn, info};
 
 pub struct Message {
     pub author: String,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d0d7887..dbea59f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,33 +2,16 @@ mod ui;
 mod accounts;
 mod app;
 
-use crate::ui::UI;
-use matrix_sdk::ruma::exports::serde_json;
-use tokio::time::{sleep, Duration};
-use std::{io, thread};
-use log::{error, warn, info, LevelFilter};
-use log4rs::append::file::FileAppender;
-use log4rs::encode::pattern::PatternEncoder;
-use log4rs::config::{Appender, Config, Root};
+use cli_log::{error, warn, info};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let logfile = FileAppender::builder()
-        .encoder(Box::new(PatternEncoder::new("{l} - {m}\n")))
-        .build("userdata/output.log")?;
-
-    let config = Config::builder()
-        .appender(Appender::builder().build("logfile", Box::new(logfile)))
-        .build(Root::builder()
-            .appender("logfile")
-            .build(LevelFilter::Info))?;
-
-    log4rs::init_config(config)?;
+    cli_log::init_cli_log!();
 
     let mut app = app::App::new();
     app.fill_test_data();
 
-    let mut ui = UI::new();
+    let mut ui = ui::UI::new();
     if app.accounts_manager.num_accounts() == 0 {
         info!("No saved sessions found -> jumping into setup");
         ui.setup(&mut app).await?;
diff --git a/src/ui/mod.rs b/src/ui/mod.rs
index e00d752..975d625 100644
--- a/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use tui::text::{Spans, Span, Text};
 use tui::widgets::{Paragraph, Wrap};
 use tui_textarea::{Input, Key, TextArea};
 use tui_textarea::Key::Char;
-use log::{error, warn, info};
+use cli_log::{error, warn, info};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 enum SetupInputPosition {