diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5d172a2..a07380d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "aquatic_toml_config",
+ "log",
  "serde",
- "simplelog",
+ "simple_logger",
  "toml",
 ]
 
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "signal-hook",
  "slab",
  "socket2 0.4.4",
- "time 0.3.7",
+ "time",
  "tinytemplate",
 ]
 
@@ -499,19 +500,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "chrono"
-version = "0.4.19"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "670ad68c9088c2a963aaa298cb369688cf3f9465ce5e2d4ca10e6e0098a1ce73"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "num-integer",
- "num-traits",
- "time 0.1.43",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "2.34.0"
@@ -523,6 +511,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colored"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b3616f750b84d8f0de8a58bda93e08e2a81ad3f523089b05f1dffecab48c6cbd"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concurrent-queue"
 version = "1.2.2"
@@ -1893,14 +1892,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c970da16e7c682fa90a261cf0724dee241c9f7831635ecc4e988ae8f3b505559"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "simplelog"
-version = "0.11.2"
+name = "simple_logger"
+version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c1348164456f72ca0116e4538bdaabb0ddb622c7d9f16387c725af3e96d6001c"
+checksum = "c75a9723083573ace81ad0cdfc50b858aa3c366c48636edb4109d73122a0c0ea"
 dependencies = [
- "chrono",
+ "atty",
+ "colored",
  "log",
- "termcolor",
+ "time",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1995,15 +1996,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "termcolor"
-version = "1.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bab24d30b911b2376f3a13cc2cd443142f0c81dda04c118693e35b3835757755"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "terminal_size"
 version = "0.1.17"
@@ -2043,16 +2035,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "time"
-version = "0.1.43"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ca8a50ef2360fbd1eeb0ecd46795a87a19024eb4b53c5dc916ca1fd95fe62438"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -2062,8 +2044,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa 1.0.1",
  "libc",
  "num_threads",
+ "time-macros",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time-macros"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "25eb0ca3468fc0acc11828786797f6ef9aa1555e4a211a60d64cc8e4d1be47d6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinytemplate"
 version = "1.2.1"
diff --git a/aquatic_cli_helpers/Cargo.toml b/aquatic_cli_helpers/Cargo.toml
index 853b635..8094be5 100644
--- a/aquatic_cli_helpers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aquatic_cli_helpers/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/greatest-ape/aquatic"
 aquatic_toml_config = "0.1.0"
 
 anyhow = "1"
+log = "0.4"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
-simplelog = "0.11"
+simple_logger = { version = "2", features = ["stderr"] }
 toml = "0.5"
diff --git a/aquatic_cli_helpers/src/lib.rs b/aquatic_cli_helpers/src/lib.rs
index a6598c1..39b7585 100644
--- a/aquatic_cli_helpers/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aquatic_cli_helpers/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ use std::io::Read;
 
 use anyhow::Context;
 use aquatic_toml_config::TomlConfig;
+use log::LevelFilter;
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize, Serialize};
-use simplelog::{ColorChoice, ConfigBuilder, LevelFilter, TermLogger, TerminalMode};
+use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
 
 /// Log level. Available values are off, error, warn, info, debug and trace.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, TomlConfig, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -186,19 +187,11 @@ fn start_logger(log_level: LogLevel) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
         LogLevel::Trace => LevelFilter::Trace,
     };
 
-    // Note: logger doesn't seem to pick up thread names. Not a huge loss.
-    let simplelog_config = ConfigBuilder::new()
-        .set_time_to_local(true)
-        .set_location_level(LevelFilter::Off)
-        .build();
-
-    TermLogger::init(
-        level_filter,
-        simplelog_config,
-        TerminalMode::Stderr,
-        ColorChoice::Auto,
-    )
-    .context("Couldn't initialize logger")?;
+    SimpleLogger::new()
+        .with_level(level_filter)
+        .with_utc_timestamps()
+        .init()
+        .context("Couldn't initialize logger")?;
 
     Ok(())
 }