diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 43d23c0..753370e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls",
  "rustls-pemfile",
  "serde",
- "simple_logger",
+ "simplelog",
  "tokio",
  "toml 0.5.11",
 ]
@@ -716,16 +716,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "colored"
-version = "2.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cbf2150cce219b664a8a70df7a1f933836724b503f8a413af9365b4dcc4d90b8"
-dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "compact_str"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -2559,15 +2549,14 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f27f6278552951f1f2b8cf9da965d10969b2efdea95a6ec47987ab46edfe263a"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "simple_logger"
-version = "4.3.3"
+name = "simplelog"
+version = "0.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e7e46c8c90251d47d08b28b8a419ffb4aede0f87c2eea95e17d1d5bacbf3ef1"
+checksum = "acee08041c5de3d5048c8b3f6f13fafb3026b24ba43c6a695a0c76179b844369"
 dependencies = [
- "colored",
  "log",
+ "termcolor",
  "time",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2721,6 +2710,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termcolor"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bab24d30b911b2376f3a13cc2cd443142f0c81dda04c118693e35b3835757755"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "textwrap"
 version = "0.16.0"
diff --git a/crates/common/Cargo.toml b/crates/common/Cargo.toml
index 6e09b9a..2bd41a0 100644
--- a/crates/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 privdrop = "0.5"
 rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["small_rng"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
-simple_logger = { version = "4", features = ["stderr"] }
+simplelog = { version = "0.12" }
 toml = "0.5"
 
 # rustls feature
diff --git a/crates/common/src/cli.rs b/crates/common/src/cli.rs
index d935285..16521d3 100644
--- a/crates/common/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/common/src/cli.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use aquatic_toml_config::TomlConfig;
 use git_testament::{git_testament, CommitKind};
 use log::LevelFilter;
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize, Serialize};
-use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
+use simplelog::{ColorChoice, TermLogger, TerminalMode, ThreadLogMode};
 
 /// Log level. Available values are off, error, warn, info, debug and trace.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, TomlConfig, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -203,6 +203,19 @@ where
 }
 
 fn start_logger(log_level: LogLevel) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let mut builder = simplelog::ConfigBuilder::new();
+
+    builder
+        .set_thread_mode(ThreadLogMode::Both)
+        .set_thread_level(LevelFilter::Error)
+        .set_target_level(LevelFilter::Error)
+        .set_location_level(LevelFilter::Off);
+
+    let config = match builder.set_time_offset_to_local() {
+        Ok(builder) => builder.build(),
+        Err(builder) => builder.build(),
+    };
+
     let level_filter = match log_level {
         LogLevel::Off => LevelFilter::Off,
         LogLevel::Error => LevelFilter::Error,
@@ -212,11 +225,13 @@ fn start_logger(log_level: LogLevel) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
         LogLevel::Trace => LevelFilter::Trace,
     };
 
-    SimpleLogger::new()
-        .with_level(level_filter)
-        .with_utc_timestamps()
-        .init()
-        .context("Couldn't initialize logger")?;
+    TermLogger::init(
+        level_filter,
+        config,
+        TerminalMode::Stderr,
+        ColorChoice::Auto,
+    )
+    .context("Couldn't initialize logger")?;
 
     Ok(())
 }