diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 83115c9..a4e1ceb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ librqbit = {version = "9.0.0-beta.1", features = ["disable-upload"]}
 log = "0.4"
 regex = "1.11"
 tokio = { version = "1.45", features = ["full"] }
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 url = "2.5"
 urlencoding = "2.1"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8b6f2bc..daf9f6f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     use tokio::time;
     // debug
     if std::env::var("RUST_LOG").is_ok() {
-        use tracing_subscriber::fmt::*;
+        use tracing_subscriber::{EnvFilter, fmt::*};
         struct T;
         impl time::FormatTime for T {
             fn format_time(&self, w: &mut format::Writer<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
                 write!(w, "{}", Local::now())
             }
         }
-        fmt().with_timer(T).init()
+        fmt().with_timer(T).with_env_filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env()).init()
     }
     // init components
     let time_init = Local::now();