diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ae27f8cf..3cabed5c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -414,15 +414,6 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7a81dae078cea95a014a339291cec439d2f232ebe854a9d672b796c6afafa9b7"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "deranged"
-version = "0.3.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b42b6fa04a440b495c8b04d0e71b707c585f83cb9cb28cf8cd0d976c315e31b4"
-dependencies = [
- "powerfmt",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "difflib"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -852,12 +843,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "num-conv"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "num-derive"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -900,15 +885,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libm",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "num_threads"
-version = "0.1.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5c7398b9c8b70908f6371f47ed36737907c87c52af34c268fed0bf0ceb92ead9"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.19.0"
@@ -974,12 +950,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "powerfmt"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -1313,17 +1283,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "simplelog"
-version = "0.12.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "16257adbfaef1ee58b1363bdc0664c9b8e1e30aed86049635fb5f147d065a9c0"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "termcolor",
- "time",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.13.2"
@@ -1378,7 +1337,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
  "rustix",
  "sd-notify",
- "simplelog",
  "spin_sleep",
  "utils",
  "wayland-client",
@@ -1416,15 +1374,6 @@ version = "0.12.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e1fc403891a21bcfb7c37834ba66a547a8f402146eba7265b5a6d88059c9ff2f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "termcolor"
-version = "1.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06794f8f6c5c898b3275aebefa6b8a1cb24cd2c6c79397ab15774837a0bc5755"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "terminal_size"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -1472,39 +1421,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "weezl",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "time"
-version = "0.3.36"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5dfd88e563464686c916c7e46e623e520ddc6d79fa6641390f2e3fa86e83e885"
-dependencies = [
- "deranged",
- "itoa",
- "libc",
- "num-conv",
- "num_threads",
- "powerfmt",
- "serde",
- "time-core",
- "time-macros",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "time-core"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ef927ca75afb808a4d64dd374f00a2adf8d0fcff8e7b184af886c3c87ec4a3f3"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "time-macros"
-version = "0.2.18"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3f252a68540fde3a3877aeea552b832b40ab9a69e318efd078774a01ddee1ccf"
-dependencies = [
- "num-conv",
- "time-core",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tinytemplate"
 version = "1.2.1"
diff --git a/daemon/Cargo.toml b/daemon/Cargo.toml
index 52d4099c..5037c9b4 100644
--- a/daemon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/daemon/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-log = { version = "0.4", features = ["max_level_debug", "release_max_level_info"] }
-simplelog = "0.12"
+log = { version = "0.4", default_features = false, features = ["max_level_debug", "release_max_level_info", "std"] }
 
 wayland-client = { version = "0.31", default-features = false, features = [ "log" ]}
 wayland-protocols = { version = "0.31", default-features = false, features = [ "client", "staging" ]}
diff --git a/daemon/src/main.rs b/daemon/src/main.rs
index d4a52122..b82b9c5b 100644
--- a/daemon/src/main.rs
+++ b/daemon/src/main.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use rustix::{
     event::{poll, PollFd, PollFlags},
     fd::OwnedFd,
 };
-use simplelog::{ColorChoice, TermLogger, TerminalMode, ThreadLogMode};
 use wallpaper::Wallpaper;
 use wayland_protocols::wp::{
     fractional_scale::v1::client::{
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ use wayland_protocols::wp::{
 
 use std::{
     fs,
+    io::{IsTerminal, Write},
     num::NonZeroI32,
     path::PathBuf,
     sync::{
@@ -810,23 +810,66 @@ impl Dispatch<LayerSurface, ()> for Daemon {
     }
 }
 
+struct Logger {
+    level_filter: LevelFilter,
+    start: std::time::Instant,
+    is_term: bool,
+}
+
+impl log::Log for Logger {
+    fn enabled(&self, metadata: &log::Metadata) -> bool {
+        metadata.level() <= self.level_filter
+    }
+
+    fn log(&self, record: &log::Record) {
+        if self.enabled(record.metadata()) {
+            let time = self.start.elapsed().as_millis();
+
+            let level = if self.is_term {
+                match record.level() {
+                    log::Level::Error => "\x1b[31m[ERROR]\x1b[0m",
+                    log::Level::Warn => "\x1b[33m[WARN]\x1b[0m ",
+                    log::Level::Info => "\x1b[32m[INFO]\x1b[0m ",
+                    log::Level::Debug | log::Level::Trace => "\x1b[36m[DEBUG]\x1b[0m",
+                }
+            } else {
+                match record.level() {
+                    log::Level::Error => "[ERROR]",
+                    log::Level::Warn => "[WARN] ",
+                    log::Level::Info => "[INFO] ",
+                    log::Level::Debug | log::Level::Trace => "[DEBUG]",
+                }
+            };
+
+            let thread = std::thread::current();
+            let thread_name = thread.name().unwrap_or("???");
+            let msg = record.args();
+
+            let _ = std::io::stderr()
+                .lock()
+                .write_fmt(format_args!("{time:>8}ms {level} ({thread_name}) {msg}\n"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&self) {
+        //no op (we do not buffer anything)
+    }
+}
+
 fn make_logger(quiet: bool) {
-    let config = simplelog::ConfigBuilder::new()
-        .set_thread_level(LevelFilter::Error) // let me see where the processing is happening
-        .set_thread_mode(ThreadLogMode::Both)
-        .build();
-
-    TermLogger::init(
-        if quiet {
-            LevelFilter::Error
-        } else {
-            LevelFilter::Debug
-        },
-        config,
-        TerminalMode::Stderr,
-        ColorChoice::AlwaysAnsi,
-    )
-    .expect("Failed to initialize logger. Cancelling...");
+    let level_filter = if quiet {
+        LevelFilter::Error
+    } else {
+        LevelFilter::Debug
+    };
+
+    log::set_boxed_logger(Box::new(Logger {
+        level_filter,
+        start: std::time::Instant::now(),
+        is_term: std::io::stderr().is_terminal(),
+    }))
+    .map(|()| log::set_max_level(level_filter))
+    .unwrap();
 }
 
 pub fn is_daemon_running(addr: &PathBuf) -> Result<bool, String> {