diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 90c35c5..e94825f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1396,6 +1396,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "env_logger",
  "futures",
  "influxdb",
+ "log",
  "mockall",
  "paho-mqtt",
  "postgres",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3adc234..41ea9dd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ serde_yml = { version = "0.0.12", features = [] }
 anyhow = "^1.0"
 regex = "^1.11"
 async-trait = "0.1.83"
+log = "0.4.22"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 mockall = "0.13.0"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a34cfa4..501ff22 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ RUN chmod a+x mqtt-gateway
 
 VOLUME /config
 
+ENV RUST_LOG=info
 CMD ["./mqtt-gateway"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index df566ba..4da6e2d 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use anyhow::Result;
+    use log::debug;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_deserialize_influxdb() -> Result<()> {
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ mod tests {
         "#;
 
         let result: Target = serde_yml::from_str(&yaml).unwrap();
-        println!("{:?}", result);
+        debug!("{:?}", result);
 
         if let Target::Postgresql {
             host,
diff --git a/src/data/klimalogger/mod.rs b/src/data/klimalogger/mod.rs
index 1ee54a5..e049a00 100644
--- a/src/data/klimalogger/mod.rs
+++ b/src/data/klimalogger/mod.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use paho_mqtt::Message;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::thread::JoinHandle;
+use log::{debug, warn};
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
 pub struct Data {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ impl CheckMessage for SensorLogger {
             let difference = now - date_time;
 
             let has_high_time_offset = difference.num_seconds() > 10;
-            println!(
+            debug!(
                 "Sensor {} \"{}\": {:?} {:.2}s{}",
                 location,
                 measurement,
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ impl CheckMessage for SensorLogger {
                 tx.send(sensor_reading.clone()).expect("failed to send");
             }
         } else {
-            println!("FAILED: {:?}, {:?}, {:?}", location, measurement, &result);
+            warn!("FAILED: {:?}, {:?}, {:?}", location, measurement, &result);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/data/opendtu/mod.rs b/src/data/opendtu/mod.rs
index 2b2c7fe..84e9931 100644
--- a/src/data/opendtu/mod.rs
+++ b/src/data/opendtu/mod.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use influxdb::WriteQuery;
 use paho_mqtt::Message;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::thread::JoinHandle;
+use log::{debug, trace};
 
 struct Data {
     timestamp: i64,
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ impl OpenDTUParser {
                 match element {
                     "0" => {
                         if let Some(timestamp) = self.timestamp {
-                            println!(
+                            debug!(
                                 "OpenDTU {} inverter: {:}: {:?}",
                                 section,
                                 field,
@@ -101,22 +102,22 @@ impl OpenDTUParser {
                         }
                     }
                     "device" => {
-                        // ignore device global data
-                        // println!("  device: {:}: {:?}", field, msg.payload_str())
+                        // ignore device global data 
+                        trace!("  device: {:}: {:?}", field, msg.payload_str())
                     }
                     "status" => {
                         if field == "last_update" {
                             self.timestamp = Some(msg.payload_str().parse::<i64>()?);
                         } else {
                             // ignore other status data
-                            // println!("  status: {:}: {:?}", field, msg.payload_str());
+                            trace!("  status: {:}: {:?}", field, msg.payload_str());
                         }
                     }
                     _ => {
                         let payload = msg.payload_str();
                         if payload.len() > 0 {
                             if let Some(timestamp) = self.timestamp {
-                                println!(
+                                debug!(
                                     "OpenDTU {} string {:}: {:}: {:?}",
                                     section, element, field, payload
                                 );
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ impl OpenDTUParser {
                 }
             } else {
                 // global options -> ignore for now
-                // println!(" global {:}.{:}: {:?}", section, element, msg.payload_str())
+                trace!(" global {:}.{:}: {:?}", section, element, msg.payload_str())
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/data/shelly/mod.rs b/src/data/shelly/mod.rs
index 76543e7..a1902ce 100644
--- a/src/data/shelly/mod.rs
+++ b/src/data/shelly/mod.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use paho_mqtt::Message;
 use regex::Regex;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::thread::JoinHandle;
+use log::{debug, warn};
 
 pub trait Timestamped {
     fn timestamp(&self) -> Option<i64>;
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ fn handle_message<'a, T: Deserialize<'a> + Clone + Debug + Timestamped + Typenam
     let channel = msg.topic().split(":").last().unwrap();
     let result: Option<T> = shelly::parse(msg).unwrap();
     if let Some(data) = result {
-        println!("Shelly {}:{}: {:?}", location, channel, data);
+        debug!("Shelly {}:{}: {:?}", location, channel, data);
 
         if let Some(minute_ts) = data.timestamp() {
             let timestamp = Timestamp::Seconds(minute_ts as u128);
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ fn handle_message<'a, T: Deserialize<'a> + Clone + Debug + Timestamped + Typenam
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            println!("{} no timestamp {:?}", msg.topic(), msg.payload_str());
+            warn!("{} no timestamp {:?}", msg.topic(), msg.payload_str());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 34cbde3..0f23da5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use data::{klimalogger, opendtu, shelly};
 use futures::{executor::block_on, stream::StreamExt};
 use paho_mqtt as mqtt;
 use paho_mqtt::QOS_1;
+use log::{debug, error, info, warn};
+
 mod config;
 mod data;
 mod target;
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ fn main() {
     let config: config::Config =
         serde_yml::from_str(&config_string).expect("failed to parse config file");
 
-    println!("config: {:?}", config);
+    debug!("config: {:?}", config);
 
     let mut handler_map: HashMap<String, Arc<Mutex<dyn CheckMessage>>> = HashMap::new();
     let mut handles: Vec<JoinHandle<()>> = Vec::new();
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     if let Err(err) = block_on(async {
         // Get message stream before connecting.
-        let mut strm = mqtt_client.get_stream(25);
+        let mut strm = mqtt_client.get_stream(200);
 
         let conn_opts = mqtt::ConnectOptionsBuilder::new_v5()
             .keep_alive_interval(Duration::from_secs(30))
@@ -75,10 +77,10 @@ fn main() {
 
         mqtt_client.connect(conn_opts).await?;
 
-        println!("Subscribing to topics: {:?}", &topics);
+        info!("Subscribing to topics: {:?}", &topics);
         mqtt_client.subscribe_many(&topics, &qoss).await?;
 
-        println!("Waiting for messages...");
+        info!("Waiting for messages...");
 
         while let Some(msg_opt) = strm.next().await {
             if let Some(msg) = msg_opt {
@@ -88,16 +90,16 @@ fn main() {
                 if let Some(handler) = handler {
                     handler.lock().unwrap().check_message(&msg);
                 } else {
-                    println!("unhandled prefix {} from topic {}", prefix, msg.topic());
+                    warn!("unhandled prefix {} from topic {}", prefix, msg.topic());
                 }
             } else {
                 // A "None" means we were disconnected. Try to reconnect...
-                println!(
+                warn!(
                     "Lost connection. Attempting reconnect. {:?}",
                     mqtt_client.is_connected()
                 );
                 while let Err(err) = mqtt_client.reconnect().await {
-                    println!("Error reconnecting: {}", err);
+                    warn!("Error reconnecting: {}", err);
                     // For tokio use: tokio::time::delay_for()
                     async_std::task::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1000)).await;
                 }
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ fn main() {
         // Explicit return type for the async block
         Ok::<(), mqtt::Error>(())
     }) {
-        eprintln!("{}", err);
+        error!("{}", err);
     }
 }
 
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ fn determine_config_file_path() -> String {
     }
 
     if config_file_path.is_none() {
-        println!("ERROR: no configuration file found");
+        error!("ERROR: no configuration file found");
         exit(10);
     }
     
diff --git a/src/source/mqtt/mod.rs b/src/source/mqtt/mod.rs
index a7238c1..d0bc344 100644
--- a/src/source/mqtt/mod.rs
+++ b/src/source/mqtt/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use paho_mqtt as mqtt;
 use std::process;
+use log::{error, info};
 
 pub fn create_mqtt_client(mqtt_url: String, mqtt_client_id: String) -> mqtt::AsyncClient {
-    println!("Connecting to the MQTT server at '{}'...", mqtt_url);
+    info!("Connecting to the MQTT server at '{}'...", mqtt_url);
 
     let create_opts = mqtt::CreateOptionsBuilder::new_v3()
         .server_uri(mqtt_url)
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ pub fn create_mqtt_client(mqtt_url: String, mqtt_client_id: String) -> mqtt::Asy
         .finalize();
 
     mqtt::AsyncClient::new(create_opts).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-        println!("Error creating the client: {:?}", e);
+        error!("Error creating the client: {:?}", e);
         process::exit(1);
     })
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/target/influx/mod.rs b/src/target/influx/mod.rs
index 8381879..7f63f1e 100644
--- a/src/target/influx/mod.rs
+++ b/src/target/influx/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use mockall::automock;
 use std::sync::mpsc::{sync_channel, Receiver, SyncSender};
 use std::thread;
 use std::thread::JoinHandle;
+use log::{info, warn};
 
 pub struct InfluxConfig {
     url: String,
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ fn influxdb_writer<T>(
     query_mapper: fn(T) -> WriteQuery,
 ) {
     block_on(async move {
-        println!(
+        info!(
             "starting influx writer async {} {}",
             &influx_config.url, &influx_config.database
         );
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ fn influxdb_writer<T>(
             let data = match result {
                 Ok(query) => query,
                 Err(error) => {
-                    println!("error receiving query: {:?}", error);
+                    warn!("error receiving query: {:?}", error);
                     break;
                 }
             };
@@ -101,10 +102,10 @@ fn influxdb_writer<T>(
                 }
             }
         }
-        println!("exiting influx writer async");
+        info!("exiting influx writer async");
     });
 
-    println!("exiting influx writer");
+    info!("exiting influx writer");
 }
 
 pub fn spawn_influxdb_writer<T: Send + 'static>(
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ fn spawn_influxdb_writer_internal<T: Send + 'static>(
     (
         tx,
         thread::spawn(move || {
-            println!(
+            info!(
                 "starting influx writer {} {}",
                 &influx_config.url, &influx_config.database
             );
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     // A mock `WriteQuery` for testing purposes
     fn mock_write_query(data: String) -> WriteQuery {
-        println!("mock write query {}", data);
+        info!("mock write query {}", data);
 
         assert_eq!(data, "test_data");
 
diff --git a/src/target/postgres/mod.rs b/src/target/postgres/mod.rs
index 1ec2c36..43376a6 100644
--- a/src/target/postgres/mod.rs
+++ b/src/target/postgres/mod.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use postgres::{Error, NoTls};
 use std::sync::mpsc::{sync_channel, Receiver, SyncSender};
 use std::thread;
 use std::thread::JoinHandle;
+use log::{error, info, warn};
 
 pub struct PostgresConfig {
     host: String,
@@ -64,14 +65,14 @@ impl PostgresClient for DefaultPostgresClient {
 
 fn start_postgres_writer(rx: Receiver<SensorReading>, mut client: Box<dyn PostgresClient>) {
     block_on(async move {
-        println!("starting postgres writer async");
+        info!("starting postgres writer async");
 
         loop {
             let result = rx.recv();
             let query = match result {
                 Ok(query) => query,
                 Err(error) => {
-                    println!("error receiving query: {:?}", error);
+                    warn!("error receiving query: {:?}", error);
                     break;
                 }
             };
@@ -88,17 +89,17 @@ fn start_postgres_writer(rx: Receiver<SensorReading>, mut client: Box<dyn Postgr
             match x {
                 Ok(_) => {}
                 Err(error) => {
-                    eprintln!(
+                    error!(
                         "#### Error writing to postgres: {} {:?}",
                         query.measurement, error
                     );
                 }
             }
         }
-        println!("exiting influx writer async");
+        info!("exiting influx writer async");
     });
 
-    println!("exiting influx writer");
+    info!("exiting influx writer");
 }
 
 pub fn spawn_postgres_writer(
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ pub fn spawn_postgres_writer_internal(
     (
         tx,
         thread::spawn(move || {
-            println!("starting postgres writer");
+            info!("starting postgres writer");
             start_postgres_writer(rx, client);
         }),
     )