diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e09f1cc..80bae7b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -165,6 +165,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.5.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "33480d6946193aa8033910124896ca395333cae7e2d1113d1fef6c3272217df2"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.8.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22ec99545bb0ed0ea7bb9b8e1e9122ea386ff8a48c0922e43f36d45ab09e0e80"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossterm"
 version = "0.28.1"
@@ -225,6 +240,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "deranged"
+version = "0.3.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b42b6fa04a440b495c8b04d0e71b707c585f83cb9cb28cf8cd0d976c315e31b4"
+dependencies = [
+ "powerfmt",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "diff"
 version = "0.1.13"
@@ -335,6 +359,12 @@ version = "1.0.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "540654e97a3f4470a492cd30ff187bc95d89557a903a2bbf112e2fae98104ef2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.164"
@@ -385,6 +415,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-ansi-term"
+version = "0.46.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
+dependencies = [
+ "overload",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-conv"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell"
+version = "1.20.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1261fe7e33c73b354eab43b1273a57c8f967d0391e80353e51f764ac02cf6775"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -414,6 +472,18 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "57c0d7b74b563b49d38dae00a0c37d4d6de9b432382b2892f0574ddcae73fd0a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-lite"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "915a1e146535de9163f3987b8944ed8cf49a18bb0056bcebcdcece385cece4ff"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "powerfmt"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pretty_assertions"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -443,6 +513,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossterm",
  "ratatui",
  "serde",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-appender",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
  "tui-input",
 ]
 
@@ -536,6 +609,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f40ca3c46823713e0d4209592e8d6e826aa57e928f09752619fc696c499637f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -617,6 +699,136 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.69"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b6aaf5339b578ea85b50e080feb250a3e8ae8cfcdff9a461c9ec2904bc923f52"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.69"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4fee6c4efc90059e10f81e6d42c60a18f76588c3d74cb83a0b242a2b6c7504c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b9ef9bad013ada3808854ceac7b46812a6465ba368859a37e2100283d2d719c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.3.36"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5dfd88e563464686c916c7e46e623e520ddc6d79fa6641390f2e3fa86e83e885"
+dependencies = [
+ "deranged",
+ "itoa",
+ "num-conv",
+ "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 = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.41"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "784e0ac535deb450455cbfa28a6f0df145ea1bb7ae51b821cf5e7927fdcfbdd0"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-attributes",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-appender"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3566e8ce28cc0a3fe42519fc80e6b4c943cc4c8cef275620eb8dac2d3d4e06cf"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "thiserror",
+ "time",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-attributes"
+version = "0.1.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "395ae124c09f9e6918a2310af6038fba074bcf474ac352496d5910dd59a2226d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-core"
+version = "0.1.33"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e672c95779cf947c5311f83787af4fa8fffd12fb27e4993211a84bdfd9610f9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee855f1f400bd0e5c02d150ae5de3840039a3f54b025156404e34c23c03f47c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad0f048c97dbd9faa9b7df56362b8ebcaa52adb06b498c050d2f4e32f90a7a8b"
+dependencies = [
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tui-input"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -668,6 +880,12 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fdd7d35..c7713d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ bincode = "1.3"
 ratatui = "0.29"
 crossterm = "0.28"
 tui-input = "0.11"
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
+tracing-appender = "0.2"
 
 [dependencies.serde]
 version = "1.0"
diff --git a/src/dirs.rs b/src/dirs.rs
index e49c4af..8bfb76f 100644
--- a/src/dirs.rs
+++ b/src/dirs.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const APP_ORG: &str = "valeth";
 static CONFIG: OnceLock<PathBuf> = OnceLock::new();
 static DATA: OnceLock<PathBuf> = OnceLock::new();
 static CACHE: OnceLock<PathBuf> = OnceLock::new();
+static STATE: OnceLock<PathBuf> = OnceLock::new();
 static SELECTED_PROJECT_FILE: OnceLock<PathBuf> = OnceLock::new();
 
 
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ pub fn cache_path() -> &'static PathBuf {
     CACHE.get_or_init(|| init("XDG_CACHE_HOME", ".cache").unwrap())
 }
 
+pub fn state_path() -> &'static PathBuf {
+    STATE.get_or_init(|| init("XDG_STATE_HOME", ".local/state").unwrap())
+}
+
 pub fn selected_project_file() -> &'static PathBuf {
     SELECTED_PROJECT_FILE.get_or_init(|| cache_path().join("selected-project"))
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9bd7e99..aba01c0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ struct Projects {
 
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    init_tracing()?;
+
     let args = Args::parse();
 
     let projects = read_projects_file()?;
@@ -37,3 +39,43 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+
+fn init_tracing() -> Result<()> {
+    use std::fs;
+
+    use tracing::Level;
+    use tracing_appender::rolling;
+    use tracing_subscriber::filter::Targets;
+    use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
+    use tracing_subscriber::util::SubscriberInitExt;
+
+    let level = if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
+        Level::TRACE
+    } else {
+        Level::INFO
+    };
+
+    let log_path = dirs::state_path().join("logs");
+
+    if !fs::exists(&log_path)? {
+        fs::create_dir_all(&log_path)?;
+    }
+
+    let filter_layer = Targets::new()
+        .with_target(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), level)
+        .with_default(Level::ERROR);
+
+    let appender = rolling::daily(&log_path, "app");
+
+    let fmt_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
+        .with_writer(appender)
+        .with_ansi(false);
+
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(fmt_layer)
+        .with(filter_layer)
+        .try_init()?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}