diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2e8793c..e750b6c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ notify-rust = "3.4.2"
 colored = "1.6.1"
 percent-encoding = "1.0.1"
 hyper = "0.12.10"
+log = "0.4.6"
+beautylog = "0.1.0"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "mars-server"
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index d054093..1ef9146 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-extern crate colored;
-extern crate percent_encoding;
-extern crate hyper;
-extern crate mars;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate log;
 
 use std::env;
 use std::process::exit;
 
-use colored::*;
-
 use percent_encoding::{percent_decode, percent_encode, DEFAULT_ENCODE_SET};
 
 use hyper::Client;
@@ -17,9 +13,11 @@ use mars::{GeneralBuilder, builder_arguments_from_string};
 
 fn main() {
 
+    beautylog::init(log::LevelFilter::Info).ok();
+
     let current_dir = match env::current_dir() {
         Err(e) => {
-            eprintln!("Couldn't find current directory: {:?}", e);
+            error!("couldn't find current directory: {}", e);
             exit(1);
         },
         Ok(path) => {
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ fn fetch_url(uri: hyper::Uri) -> impl Future<Item=(), Error=()> {
         .map(|_| ())
         // If there was an error, build in client
         .map_err(move |_| {
-            eprintln!("{}", "Server not listening, building in client...".bold().yellow());
+            warn!("{}", "server not listening, building in client...");
             let builder = GeneralBuilder::new();
             let uri = percent_decode(uri.path().as_bytes()).decode_utf8().unwrap();
             let (path, args) = builder_arguments_from_string(&*uri);
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 72270b3..32c7be1 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-extern crate colored;
-extern crate percent_encoding;
-extern crate hyper;
-extern crate mars;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate log;
 
 use std::thread;
 use std::sync::{Mutex, Arc, mpsc};
@@ -18,6 +16,8 @@ use mars::{GeneralBuilder, builder_arguments_from_string};
 
 fn main() {
 
+    beautylog::init(log::LevelFilter::Info).ok();
+
     let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
 
     let tasks = Arc::new(Mutex::new(vec![]));
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ fn main() {
                 });
                 r
             })
-            .map_err(|e| eprintln!("server error: {}", e));
+            .map_err(|e| error!("server error: {}", e));
 
-        println!("{}", format!("Mars server listening on {}...", addr).bold().green());
+        info!("mars server listening on {}...", addr);
         hyper::rt::run(server);
 
     });