diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c423b49f..3a8d5b2a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -585,9 +585,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-queue",
  "limine",
  "linked_list_allocator",
+ "log",
  "slab",
  "spin 0.9.4",
- "tracing",
  "uart_16550",
  "versioning",
  "x86_64",
diff --git a/kernel/Cargo.toml b/kernel/Cargo.toml
index 33baa993..2a111c8d 100644
--- a/kernel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kernel/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ linked_list_allocator = "0.9"
 slab = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 spin = "0.9"
 versioning = { git = "https://git.ablecorp.us/able/aos_userland" }
-tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["attributes"] }
+log = "0.4"
 
 [dependencies.crossbeam-queue]
 version = "0.3"
diff --git a/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs b/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs
index 222af1d8..60b567fc 100644
--- a/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/arch/x86_64/mod.rs
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn _kernel_start() -> ! {
     static HDHM_REQ: LimineHhdmRequest = LimineHhdmRequest::new(0);
     static MMAP_REQ: LimineMmapRequest = LimineMmapRequest::new(0);
 
-    let _ = serial_fmt(format_args!(
-        "Initialising AbleOS Kernel {}\r\n",
-        crate::VERSION
-    ));
+    SERIAL_CONSOLE.lock().init();
+    crate::logger::init().expect("failed to set logger");
+    log::info!("Initialising AKern {}", crate::VERSION);
 
     memory::init_pt(VirtAddr::new(
         HDHM_REQ
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn _kernel_start() -> ! {
     );
 
     allocator::init_alloc().expect("tried to initialise allocator");
-    SERIAL_CONSOLE.lock().init();
 
     crate::kmain::kmain()
 }
diff --git a/kernel/src/debug.rs b/kernel/src/debug.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 981558fe..00000000
--- a/kernel/src/debug.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-// TODO: Tracing Subscriber serial print implementation
diff --git a/kernel/src/lib.rs b/kernel/src/lib.rs
index a96c0cce..6b174318 100644
--- a/kernel/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ extern crate alloc;
 
 pub mod allocator;
 pub mod arch;
-pub mod debug;
+pub mod logger;
 pub mod kmain;
 pub mod task;
 
diff --git a/kernel/src/logger.rs b/kernel/src/logger.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc894eb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/src/logger.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+use log::{Level, SetLoggerError};
+
+pub fn init() -> Result<(), SetLoggerError> {
+    log::set_logger(&crate::logger::Logger)?;
+    log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Trace);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+struct Logger;
+impl log::Log for Logger {
+    fn enabled(&self, metadata: &log::Metadata) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn log(&self, record: &log::Record) {
+        let lvl = record.level();
+        crate::arch::serial_fmt(format_args!(
+            "\x1b[38;5;{}m{lvl}\x1b[0m [{}]: {}\r\n",
+            match lvl {
+                Level::Error => "160",
+                Level::Warn => "172",
+                Level::Info => "47",
+                Level::Debug => "25",
+                Level::Trace => "103",
+            },
+            record.module_path().unwrap_or_default(),
+            record.args(),
+        ))
+        .expect("write to serial console");
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&self) {}
+}