diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1aa969a..c52af78 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.8.2",
  "histogram",
  "indexmap",
+ "log",
  "mimalloc",
  "mio",
  "parking_lot",
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/Cargo.toml b/aquatic_udp/Cargo.toml
index 08baa1b..200f9bd 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aquatic_udp/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ crossbeam-channel = "0.4"
 hashbrown = "0.8"
 histogram = "0.6"
 indexmap = "1"
+log = "0.4"
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 mio = { version = "0.7", features = ["udp", "os-poll", "os-util"] }
 parking_lot = "0.11"
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/config.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/config.rs
index ba451be..ee05387 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/config.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/config.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 
+use aquatic_cli_helpers::LogLevel;
+
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(default)]
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// Request workers receive a number of requests from socket workers,
     /// generate responses and send them back to the socket workers.
     pub request_workers: usize,
+    pub log_level: LogLevel,
     pub network: NetworkConfig,
     pub protocol: ProtocolConfig,
     pub handlers: HandlerConfig,
@@ -22,7 +25,11 @@ pub struct Config {
 }
 
 
-impl aquatic_cli_helpers::Config for Config {}
+impl aquatic_cli_helpers::Config for Config {
+    fn get_log_level(&self) -> Option<LogLevel> {
+        Some(self.log_level)
+    }
+}
 
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -108,6 +115,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
         Self {
             socket_workers: 1,
             request_workers: 1,
+            log_level: LogLevel::Error,
             network: NetworkConfig::default(),
             protocol: ProtocolConfig::default(),
             handlers: HandlerConfig::default(),
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/handlers.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/handlers.rs
index 6566d73..3821929 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/handlers.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/handlers.rs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ pub fn run_request_worker(
 
         for r in responses.drain(..){
             if let Err(err) = response_sender.send(r){
-                eprintln!("error sending response to channel: {}", err);
+                ::log::error!("error sending response to channel: {}", err);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/network.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/network.rs
index d5c0983..2c2dfda 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/network.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/network.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ pub fn run_socket_worker(
 
                 for r in requests.drain(..){
                     if let Err(err) = request_sender.send(r){
-                        eprintln!("error sending to request_sender: {}", err);
+                        ::log::error!("error sending to request_sender: {}", err);
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ fn create_socket(config: &Config) -> ::std::net::UdpSocket {
     
     if recv_buffer_size != 0 {
         if let Err(err) = socket.set_recv_buffer_size(recv_buffer_size){
-            eprintln!(
+            ::log::error!(
                 "socket: failed setting recv buffer to {}: {:?}",
                 recv_buffer_size,
                 err
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ fn read_requests(
                         requests.push((request, src));
                     },
                     Err(err) => {
-                        eprintln!("request_from_bytes error: {:?}", err);
+                        ::log::debug!("request_from_bytes error: {:?}", err);
 
                         if let Some(transaction_id) = err.transaction_id {
                             let opt_message = if err.error.is_some() {
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ fn read_requests(
                     break;
                 }
 
-                eprintln!("recv_from error: {}", err);
+                ::log::info!("recv_from error: {}", err);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ fn send_responses(
                     break;
                 }
 
-                eprintln!("send_to error: {}", err);
+                ::log::info!("send_to error: {}", err);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/tasks.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/tasks.rs
index 09472fe..f0b16e0 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/tasks.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/tasks.rs
@@ -108,14 +108,14 @@ pub fn gather_and_print_statistics(
             let num_peers = (torrent.num_seeders + torrent.num_leechers) as u64;
 
             if let Err(err) = peers_per_torrent.increment(num_peers){
-                eprintln!("error incrementing peers_per_torrent histogram: {}", err)
+                ::log::error!("error incrementing peers_per_torrent histogram: {}", err)
             }
         }
         for torrent in torrents.ipv6.values(){
             let num_peers = (torrent.num_seeders + torrent.num_leechers) as u64;
 
             if let Err(err) = peers_per_torrent.increment(num_peers){
-                eprintln!("error incrementing peers_per_torrent histogram: {}", err)
+                ::log::error!("error incrementing peers_per_torrent histogram: {}", err)
             }
         }
     }