diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index e43303a..bf30627 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -2274,6 +2274,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.110",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d1525a2a28c7f4fa0fc98bb91ae755d1e2d1505079e05539e35bc876b5d65ae9"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matches"
 version = "0.1.10"
@@ -4977,10 +4986,14 @@ version = "0.3.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2054a14f5307d601f88daf0553e1cbf472acc4f2c51afab632431cdcd72124d5"
 dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
  "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex-automata",
  "sharded-slab",
  "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-log",
 ]
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index a18f26c..2b6dea6 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ sha2 = "0.10.9"
 base64 = "0.22.1"
 thiserror = "1"
 tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["registry", "fmt", "env-filter"] }
 once_cell = "1"
 flate2 = "1.0.28"
 rust_socketio = "0.6.0"
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index a9e79c9..430b02e 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use tauri::async_runtime;
 use tauri::Manager;
-use tracing_subscriber;
+use tracing_subscriber::{self, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 
 static APP_HANDLE: std::sync::OnceLock<tauri::AppHandle<tauri::Wry>> = std::sync::OnceLock::new();
 
@@ -48,12 +48,31 @@ fn setup_fdoll() -> Result<(), tauri::Error> {
     let file_appender = tracing_appender::rolling::daily(&app_log_dir, "friendolls.log");
     let (non_blocking, _guard) = tracing_appender::non_blocking(file_appender);
 
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+    // Create a filter - adjust the level as needed (trace, debug, info, warn, error)
+    let filter = tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::new("info"));
+
+    // Create a layer that writes to the file
+    let file_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
         .with_target(false)
         .with_thread_ids(false)
         .with_file(true)
         .with_line_number(true)
-        .with_writer(non_blocking) // Log to file
+        .with_writer(non_blocking);
+
+    // Create a layer that writes to stdout (console)
+    let console_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
+        .with_target(false)
+        .with_thread_ids(false)
+        .with_file(true)
+        .with_line_number(true);
+
+    // Combine both layers with filter
+    use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(filter)
+        .with(file_layer)
+        .with(console_layer)
         .init();
 
     state::init_fdoll_state(Some(_guard));