diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0f1f746..93609a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     # Checks-out our repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so our job can access it
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        submodules: recursive
 
     # Sets up useful environment variables
     - name: Setup environment variables
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd94e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "submodules/spdlog"]
+	path = submodules/spdlog
+	url = https://github.com/gabime/spdlog.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43bb2c1..fd1d97c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ endif()
 set(PROFILE_GPERFTOOLS "${PROFILE_GPERFTOOLS}"
   CACHE BOOL "Build with the GPerfTools profiler library" FORCE)
 
+if(NOT BUILD_BENCHMARK_LOG)
+  set(BUILD_BENCHMARK_LOG OFF)
+endif()
+set(BUILD_BENCHMARK_LOG "${BUILD_BENCHMARK_LOG}"
+  CACHE BOOL "Build binary that benchmarks spdlog speed" FORCE)
 
 # Define a default build type when using a single-mode tool like make/ninja
 # We make this default to Release, unless profiling is enabled, in which
@@ -92,6 +97,11 @@ install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE
 #--- project specific subdirectories -------------------------------------------
 add_subdirectory(package)
 
+#--- include directories -------------------------------------------
+target_include_directories(prmon PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/package/include)
+if (BUILD_BENCHMARK_LOG)
+  target_include_directories(benchmark-log PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/package/include)
+endif(BUILD_BENCHMARK_LOG)
 #--- create uninstall target ---------------------------------------------------
 include(cmake/prmonUninstall.cmake)
 
diff --git a/package/CMakeLists.txt b/package/CMakeLists.txt
index 886e01f..58b6ad8 100644
--- a/package/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/package/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ add_executable(prmon src/prmon.cpp
            src/wallmon.cpp
            src/memmon.cpp
            src/nvidiamon.cpp
+           src/MessageBase.cpp
            )
-
+if (BUILD_BENCHMARK_LOG)
+  add_executable(benchmark-log src/benchmark.cpp)
+endif(BUILD_BENCHMARK_LOG)
 # Some older versions of the nlohmann_json package don't define
 # this target (< 3.0.0 ?). The build on these platforms seems to
 # go ok even without this "link library" definition.
diff --git a/package/include/spdlog b/package/include/spdlog
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..61f316f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/include/spdlog
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../submodules/spdlog/include/spdlog
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/src/MessageBase.cpp b/package/src/MessageBase.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d96ded0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/src/MessageBase.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include "MessageBase.h"
+
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+
+void MessageBase::log_init(const std::string& classname,
+                           const spdlog::level::level_enum& level) {
+  // Initialise sink list
+  spdlog::sinks_init_list s_list = {c_sink, f_sink};
+
+  // Use the sink list to create multi sink logger
+  logger =
+      std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>(classname, s_list.begin(), s_list.end());
+  log_level = level;
+  set_log_level(level);
+  logger->flush_on(level);
+  spdlog::register_logger(logger);
+  info(classname + " logger initialised!");
+}
+
+void MessageBase::set_log_level(const spdlog::level::level_enum& level) {
+  log_level = level;
+  logger->set_level(level);
+  logger->flush_on(level);
+}
+void MessageBase::debug(const std::string& message) { logger->debug(message); }
+void MessageBase::info(const std::string& message) { logger->info(message); }
+void MessageBase::warning(const std::string& message) { logger->warn(message); }
+void MessageBase::error(const std::string& message) { logger->error(message); }
diff --git a/package/src/MessageBase.h b/package/src/MessageBase.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74f6ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/src/MessageBase.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#ifndef PRMON_MESSAGEBASE_H
+#define PRMON_MESSAGEBASE_H 1
+
+#include "spdlog/sinks/basic_file_sink.h"
+#include "spdlog/sinks/stdout_color_sinks.h"
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+
+// Global sinks
+
+static const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::sinks::stdout_color_sink_st> c_sink{
+    std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::stdout_color_sink_st>()};
+static const std::shared_ptr<spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_st> f_sink{
+    std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_st>("prmon.log", true)};
+
+class MessageBase {
+  std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> logger;
+
+ protected:
+  spdlog::level::level_enum log_level;
+  void log_init(const std::string& classname,
+                const spdlog::level::level_enum& level = spdlog::level::warn);
+
+ public:
+  void set_log_level(const spdlog::level::level_enum& level);
+  void debug(const std::string& message);
+  void info(const std::string& message);
+  void warning(const std::string& message);
+  void error(const std::string& message);
+};
+
+#endif  // PRMON_MESSAGEBASE_H
diff --git a/package/src/benchmark.cpp b/package/src/benchmark.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efffb8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/src/benchmark.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#include "spdlog/sinks/basic_file_sink.h"
+#include "spdlog/sinks/stdout_color_sinks.h"
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+
+int main() {
+  auto sink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::stdout_color_sink_st>();
+  auto fsink =
+      std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_mt>("sample.log", true);
+  spdlog::sinks_init_list sink_list = {sink, fsink};
+  auto logger = std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("benchmark", sink_list.begin(),
+                                                 sink_list.end());
+  logger->set_level(spdlog::level::warn);
+  const int maxN = 1e6;
+  for (int i = 0; i < maxN; ++i) {
+    logger->warn("Hello, benchmarking currently");
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/package/src/countmon.cpp b/package/src/countmon.cpp
index 7902eaf..25c7c6f 100644
--- a/package/src/countmon.cpp
+++ b/package/src/countmon.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 #include "utils.h"
 
+#define MONITOR_NAME "countmon"
+
 // Constructor; uses RAII pattern to be valid
 // after construction
 countmon::countmon()
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ countmon::countmon()
       count_average_stats{},
       count_total_stats{},
       iterations{0L} {
+  log_init(MONITOR_NAME);
+#undef MONITOR_NAME
   count_params.reserve(params.size());
   for (const auto& param : params) {
     count_params.push_back(param.get_name());
diff --git a/package/src/countmon.h b/package/src/countmon.h
index 6176217..5d96fcd 100644
--- a/package/src/countmon.h
+++ b/package/src/countmon.h
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "Imonitor.h"
+#include "MessageBase.h"
 #include "parameter.h"
 #include "registry.h"
 
-class countmon final : public Imonitor {
+class countmon final : public Imonitor, public MessageBase {
  private:
   // Setup the parameters to monitor here
   const prmon::parameter_list params = {{"nprocs", "1", "1"},
diff --git a/package/src/cpumon.cpp b/package/src/cpumon.cpp
index f3e0c6e..d4975b2 100644
--- a/package/src/cpumon.cpp
+++ b/package/src/cpumon.cpp
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@
 
 #include "utils.h"
 
+#define MONITOR_NAME "cpumon"
+
 // Constructor; uses RAII pattern to be valid
 // after construction
 cpumon::cpumon() : cpu_params{}, cpu_stats{} {
+  log_init(MONITOR_NAME);
+#undef MONITOR_NAME
   cpu_params.reserve(params.size());
   for (const auto& param : params) {
     cpu_params.push_back(param.get_name());
@@ -74,8 +78,8 @@ void const cpumon::get_hardware_info(nlohmann::json& hw_json) {
 
   // If the command failed print an error and move on
   if (cmd_result.first) {
-    std::cerr << "Failed to execute 'lscpu' to get CPU information (code "
-              << cmd_result.first << ")" << std::endl;
+    error("Failed to execute 'lscpu' to get CPU information (code " +
+          std::to_string(cmd_result.first) + ")");
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/package/src/cpumon.h b/package/src/cpumon.h
index 08a6272..8d6e279 100644
--- a/package/src/cpumon.h
+++ b/package/src/cpumon.h
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "Imonitor.h"
+#include "MessageBase.h"
 #include "parameter.h"
 #include "registry.h"
-
-class cpumon final : public Imonitor {
+class cpumon final : public Imonitor, public MessageBase {
  private:
   // Setup the parameters to monitor here
   const prmon::parameter_list params = {{"utime", "s", ""}, {"stime", "s", ""}};
diff --git a/package/src/iomon.cpp b/package/src/iomon.cpp
index a55f723..3de42a0 100644
--- a/package/src/iomon.cpp
+++ b/package/src/iomon.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 #include "utils.h"
 
+#define MONITOR_NAME "iomon"
+
 // Define this to be 1 to activate the artificial
 // supression of i/o values so that the recovery
 // of stats from the max values is checked
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@
 // Constructor; uses RAII pattern to be valid
 // after construction
 iomon::iomon() : io_params{}, io_stats{} {
+  log_init(MONITOR_NAME);
+#undef MONITOR_NAME
   io_params.reserve(params.size());
   for (const auto& param : params) {
     io_params.push_back(param.get_name());
@@ -49,20 +53,28 @@ void iomon::update_stats(const std::vector<pid_t>& pids) {
 #endif
 
   for (auto& stat : io_stats) {
-#if IOMON_TEST == 1
     // This code block randomly suppresses io stat values
     // to test recovery from the peak measured values
-    auto t = time(NULL);
-    auto m = (t + stat_counter) % 4;
-    std::cout << stat_counter << " " << t << " " << m << std::endl;
-    if (m == 0) stat.second = 0;
-    ++stat_counter;
+#if IOMON_TEST == 1
+    if (log_level <= spdlog::level::debug) {
+      auto t = time(NULL);
+      auto m = (t + stat_counter) % 4;
+      std::stringstream strm;
+      strm << stat_counter << " " << t << " " << m << std::endl;
+      debug(strm.str());
+      if (m == 0) stat.second = 0;
+      ++stat_counter;
+    }
 #endif
     if (stat.second < io_max_stats[stat.first]) {
       // Uh oh - somehow the i/o stats dropped so some i/o was lost
-      std::clog << "prmon: Warning, detected drop in i/o values for "
-                << stat.first << " (" << io_max_stats[stat.first] << " became "
-                << stat.second << ")" << std::endl;
+      if (log_level <= spdlog::level::warn) {
+        std::stringstream strm;
+        strm << "prmon: Warning, detected drop in i/o values for " << stat.first
+             << " (" << io_max_stats[stat.first] << " became " << stat.second
+             << ")" << std::endl;
+        warning(strm.str());
+      }
       stat.second = io_max_stats[stat.first];
     } else {
       io_max_stats[stat.first] = stat.second;
diff --git a/package/src/iomon.h b/package/src/iomon.h
index f3e555e..046cc8e 100644
--- a/package/src/iomon.h
+++ b/package/src/iomon.h
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "Imonitor.h"
+#include "MessageBase.h"
 #include "parameter.h"
 #include "registry.h"
-
-class iomon final : public Imonitor {
+class iomon final : public Imonitor, public MessageBase {
  private:
   // Setup the parameters to monitor here
   const prmon::parameter_list params = {{"rchar", "B", "B/s"},
diff --git a/package/src/memmon.cpp b/package/src/memmon.cpp
index 4c59823..5ceac4f 100644
--- a/package/src/memmon.cpp
+++ b/package/src/memmon.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 #include "utils.h"
 
+#define MONITOR_NAME "memmon"
+
 // Constructor; uses RAII pattern to be valid
 // after construction
 memmon::memmon()
@@ -23,6 +25,8 @@ memmon::memmon()
       mem_average_stats{},
       mem_total_stats{},
       iterations{0} {
+  log_init(MONITOR_NAME);
+#undef MONITOR_NAME
   mem_params.reserve(params.size());
   for (const auto& param : params) {
     mem_params.push_back(param.get_name());
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ void const memmon::get_hardware_info(nlohmann::json& hw_json) {
   // Read some information from /proc/meminfo
   std::ifstream memInfoFile{"/proc/meminfo"};
   if (!memInfoFile.is_open()) {
-    std::cerr << "Failed to open /proc/meminfo" << std::endl;
+    error("Failed to open /proc/meminfo");
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/package/src/memmon.h b/package/src/memmon.h
index c637156..90d638a 100644
--- a/package/src/memmon.h
+++ b/package/src/memmon.h
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "Imonitor.h"
+#include "MessageBase.h"
 #include "parameter.h"
 #include "registry.h"
 
-class memmon final : public Imonitor {
+class memmon final : public Imonitor, public MessageBase {
  private:
   // Default paramater list
   // const static std::vector<std::string> default_memory_params{"vmem", "pss",
diff --git a/package/src/netmon.cpp b/package/src/netmon.cpp
index d482920..258f84b 100644
--- a/package/src/netmon.cpp
+++ b/package/src/netmon.cpp
@@ -8,14 +8,19 @@
 
 #include <cstring>
 #include <memory>
+#include <sstream>
 
 #include "utils.h"
 
+#define MONITOR_NAME "netmon"
+
 // Constructor; uses RAII pattern to open all monitored
 // network device streams and to take initial values
 // to the monitor relative differences
 netmon::netmon(std::vector<std::string> netdevs)
     : interface_params{}, network_if_streams{} {
+  log_init(MONITOR_NAME);
+#undef MONITOR_NAME
   interface_params.reserve(params.size());
   for (const auto& param : params) interface_params.push_back(param.get_name());
 
@@ -51,9 +56,9 @@ std::vector<std::string> const netmon::get_all_network_devs() {
     }
     closedir(d);
   } else {
-    std::cerr << "Failed to open " << netdir
-              << " to get list of network devices. "
-              << "No network data will be available" << std::endl;
+    error("Failed to open " + std::string(netdir) +
+          " to get list of network devices. " +
+          "No network data will be available");
   }
   return devices;
 }
@@ -94,10 +99,11 @@ void netmon::update_stats(const std::vector<pid_t>& pids) {
     if (i.second >= network_stats_last[i.first]) {
       network_net_counters[i.first] += i.second - network_stats_last[i.first];
     } else {
-      std::clog
-          << "prmon: network statistics error, counter values dropped for "
-          << i.first << " (" << i.second << " < " << network_stats_last[i.first]
-          << ")" << std::endl;
+      std::stringstream strm;
+      strm << "prmon: network statistics error, counter values dropped for "
+           << i.first << " (" << i.second << " < "
+           << network_stats_last[i.first] << ")" << std::endl;
+      warning(strm.str());
     }
     network_stats_last[i.first] = i.second;
   }
diff --git a/package/src/netmon.h b/package/src/netmon.h
index fe62f48..907c671 100644
--- a/package/src/netmon.h
+++ b/package/src/netmon.h
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "Imonitor.h"
+#include "MessageBase.h"
 #include "parameter.h"
 #include "registry.h"
 
-class netmon final : public Imonitor {
+class netmon final : public Imonitor, public MessageBase {
  private:
   // Setup the parameters to monitor here
   const prmon::parameter_list params = {{"rx_bytes", "B", "B/s"},
diff --git a/package/src/nvidiamon.cpp b/package/src/nvidiamon.cpp
index b282df9..eac6e4b 100644
--- a/package/src/nvidiamon.cpp
+++ b/package/src/nvidiamon.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "utils.h"
 
-// This is not very nice, but we don't want to add more special runtime
-// flags, pending a proper decision on logging (#106)
-#define NVIDIA_DEBUG 0
+#define MONITOR_NAME "nvidiamon"
 
 // Constructor; uses RAII pattern to be valid after construction
 nvidiamon::nvidiamon()
@@ -23,6 +21,9 @@ nvidiamon::nvidiamon()
       nvidia_average_stats{},
       nvidia_total_stats{},
       iterations{0L} {
+  log_init(MONITOR_NAME);
+#undef MONITOR_NAME
+
   nvidia_params.reserve(params.size());
   for (const auto& param : params) {
     nvidia_params.push_back(param.get_name());
@@ -46,19 +47,20 @@ void nvidiamon::update_stats(const std::vector<pid_t>& pids) {
   auto cmd_result = prmon::cmd_pipe_output(cmd);
   if (cmd_result.first) {
     // Failed
-    std::cerr << "Failed to execute 'nvidia-smi' to get GPU status (code "
-              << cmd_result.first << ")" << std::endl;
+    error("Failed to execute 'nvidia-smi' to get GPU status (code " +
+          std::to_string(cmd_result.first) + ")");
     return;
   }
-
-  if (NVIDIA_DEBUG) {
-    std::cout << "nvidiamon::update_stats got the following output ("
-              << cmd_result.second.size() << "): " << std::endl;
+  if (log_level <= spdlog::level::debug) {
+    std::stringstream strm;
+    strm << "nvidiamon::update_stats got the following output ("
+         << cmd_result.second.size() << "): " << std::endl;
     int i = 0;
     for (const auto& s : cmd_result.second) {
-      std::cout << i << " -> " << s << std::endl;
+      strm << i << " -> " << s << std::endl;
       ++i;
     }
+    debug(strm.str());
   }
 
   // Loop over output
@@ -74,10 +76,12 @@ void nvidiamon::update_stats(const std::vector<pid_t>& pids) {
         cmd_name;
     auto read_ok = !(instr.fail() || instr.bad());  // eof() is ok
     if (read_ok) {
-      if (NVIDIA_DEBUG) {
-        std::cout << "Good read: " << gpu_idx << " " << pid << " " << cg_type
-                  << " " << sm << " " << mem << " " << enc << " " << dec << " "
-                  << fb_mem << " " << cmd_name << std::endl;
+      if (log_level <= spdlog::level::debug) {
+        std::stringstream strm;
+        strm << "Good read: " << gpu_idx << " " << pid << " " << cg_type << " "
+             << sm << " " << mem << " " << enc << " " << dec << " " << fb_mem
+             << " " << cmd_name << std::endl;
+        debug(strm.str());
       }
 
       // Filter on PID value, so we only add stats for our processes
@@ -92,22 +96,27 @@ void nvidiamon::update_stats(const std::vector<pid_t>& pids) {
           }
         }
       }
-    } else if (NVIDIA_DEBUG) {
-      std::clog << "Bad read of line: " << s << std::endl;
-      std::cout << "Parsed to: " << gpu_idx << " " << pid << " " << cg_type
-                << " " << sm << " " << mem << " " << enc << " " << dec << " "
-                << fb_mem << " " << cmd_name << std::endl;
-      std::cout << "StringStream status: good()=" << instr.good();
-      std::cout << " eof()=" << instr.eof();
-      std::cout << " fail()=" << instr.fail();
-      std::cout << " bad()=" << instr.bad() << std::endl;
+    } else if (log_level <= spdlog::level::debug) {
+      std::stringstream strm;
+      strm << "Bad read of line: " << s << std::endl;
+      strm << "Parsed to: " << gpu_idx << " " << pid << " " << cg_type << " "
+           << sm << " " << mem << " " << enc << " " << dec << " " << fb_mem
+           << " " << cmd_name << std::endl;
+
+      strm << "StringStream status: good()=" << instr.good();
+      strm << " eof()=" << instr.eof();
+      strm << " fail()=" << instr.fail();
+      strm << " bad()=" << instr.bad() << std::endl;
+      debug(strm.str());
     }
   }
 
-  if (NVIDIA_DEBUG) {
-    std::cout << "Parsed: " << nvidia_stats["ngpus"] << " "
-              << nvidia_stats["gpusmpct"] << " " << nvidia_stats["gpumempct"]
-              << " " << nvidia_stats["gpufbmem"] << std::endl;
+  if (log_level <= spdlog::level::debug) {
+    std::stringstream strm;
+    strm << "Parsed: " << nvidia_stats["ngpus"] << " "
+         << nvidia_stats["gpusmpct"] << " " << nvidia_stats["gpumempct"] << " "
+         << nvidia_stats["gpufbmem"] << std::endl;
+    debug(strm.str());
   }
 
   // Update the statistics with the new snapshot values
@@ -157,12 +166,11 @@ bool nvidiamon::test_nvidia_smi() {
   }
   nvidiamon::ngpus = gpus;
   if (gpus == 0) {
-    std::clog << "Executed 'nvidia-smi -L', but no GPUs found" << std::endl;
+    warning("Executed 'nvidia-smi -L', but no GPUs found");
     return false;
   } else if (gpus > 4) {
-    std::clog << "More than 4 GPUs found, so GPU process monitoring will be "
-                 "unreliable"
-              << std::endl;
+    warning(
+        "More than 4 GPUs found, so GPU process monitoring will be unreliable");
   }
   return true;
 }
@@ -180,7 +188,7 @@ void const nvidiamon::get_hardware_info(nlohmann::json& hw_json) {
       "--format=csv,noheader,nounits"};
   auto cmd_result = prmon::cmd_pipe_output(cmd);
   if (cmd_result.first) {
-    std::cerr << "Failed to get hardware details for GPUs" << std::endl;
+    error("Failed to get hardware details for GPUs");
     return;
   }
   unsigned int sm_freq, total_mem;
@@ -201,8 +209,7 @@ void const nvidiamon::get_hardware_info(nlohmann::json& hw_json) {
       hw_json["HW"]["gpu"][gpu_number]["sm_freq"] = sm_freq;
       hw_json["HW"]["gpu"][gpu_number]["total_mem"] = total_mem * MB_to_KB;
     } else {
-      std::clog << "Unexpected line from GPU hardware query: " << s
-                << std::endl;
+      warning("Unexpected line from GPU hardware query: " + s);
     }
     ++count;
   }
diff --git a/package/src/nvidiamon.h b/package/src/nvidiamon.h
index 302599d..0308d0b 100644
--- a/package/src/nvidiamon.h
+++ b/package/src/nvidiamon.h
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "Imonitor.h"
+#include "MessageBase.h"
 #include "parameter.h"
 #include "registry.h"
 
-class nvidiamon final : public Imonitor {
+class nvidiamon final : public Imonitor, public MessageBase {
  private:
   // const static std::vector<std::string> default_nvidia_params{
   //   "ngpus", "gpusmpct", "gpumempct", "gpufbmem"};
diff --git a/package/src/prmon.cpp b/package/src/prmon.cpp
index 6fd014a..b43a453 100644
--- a/package/src/prmon.cpp
+++ b/package/src/prmon.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 #include "prmonVersion.h"
 #include "prmonutils.h"
 #include "registry.h"
+#include "spdlog/sinks/basic_file_sink.h"
+#include "spdlog/sinks/stdout_color_sinks.h"
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 #include "wallmon.h"
 
 bool prmon::sigusr1 = false;
@@ -54,17 +58,16 @@ int ProcessMonitor(const pid_t mpid, const std::string filename,
           monitors[class_name] = std::move(new_monitor_p);
         }
       } else {
-        std::cerr << "Registration of monitor " << class_name << " FAILED"
-                  << std::endl;
+        spdlog::error("Registration of monitor " + class_name + " FAILED");
       }
     }
   }
+
   // The wallclock monitor is always needed as it is used for average stat
   // generation - wallmon cannot be disabled, but this is prechecked in
   // prmon::valid_monitor_disable before we get here
   if (monitors.count("wallmon") != 1) {
-    std::cerr << "Failed to initialise mandatory wallclock monitoring class"
-              << std::endl;
+    spdlog::error("Failed to initialise mandatory wallclock monitoring class");
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 
@@ -180,16 +183,15 @@ int ProcessMonitor(const pid_t mpid, const std::string filename,
           if (rename(tmp_json_file.str().c_str(),
                      json_snapshot_file.str().c_str()) != 0) {
             perror("rename fails");
-            std::cerr << tmp_json_file.str() << " " << json_snapshot_file.str()
-                      << "\n";
+            spdlog::error(tmp_json_file.str() + " " + json_snapshot_file.str());
           }
         }
       } catch (const std::ifstream::failure& e) {
         // Serious problem reading one of the status files, usually
         // caused by a child exiting during the poll - just try again
         // next time
-        std::clog << "prmon ifstream exception: " << e.what() << " (ignored)"
-                  << std::endl;
+        spdlog::warn("prmon ifstream exception: " + std::string(e.what()) +
+                     " (ignored)");
       }
     }
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(200));
@@ -210,9 +212,9 @@ int ProcessMonitor(const pid_t mpid, const std::string filename,
   if (wallclock_monitor_p->get_wallclock_clock_t() /
           (interval * sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)) <
       1) {
-    std::clog << "Wallclock time of monitored process was less than the "
-                 "monitoring interval, so average statistics will be unreliable"
-              << std::endl;
+    spdlog::warn(
+        "Wallclock time of monitored process was less than the monitoring "
+        "interval, so average statistics will be unreliable");
   }
 
   return return_code;
@@ -226,6 +228,15 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   const bool default_store_hw_info = true;
   const bool default_store_unit_info = false;
 
+  // Set up global default logger
+  spdlog::sinks_init_list s_list = {c_sink, f_sink};
+  auto logger =
+      std::make_shared<spdlog::logger>("prmon", s_list.begin(), s_list.end());
+  logger->set_level(spdlog::level::warn);
+  logger->flush_on(spdlog::level::warn);
+  spdlog::set_default_logger(logger);
+  spdlog::info("global logger initialised!");
+
   pid_t pid = -1;
   bool got_pid = false;
   std::string filename{default_filename};
@@ -284,7 +295,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         do_help = 1;
         break;
       default:
-        std::cerr << "Use '--help' for usage " << std::endl;
+        spdlog::error("Use '--help' for usage ");
         return 1;
     }
   }
@@ -349,26 +360,28 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   }
 
   if ((!got_pid && child_args == -1) || (got_pid && child_args > 0)) {
-    std::cerr << "One and only one PID or child program is required - ";
+    std::stringstream strm;
+    strm << "One and only one PID or child program is required - ";
     if (got_pid)
-      std::cerr << "found both";
+      strm << "found both";
     else
-      std::cerr << "found none";
-    std::cerr << std::endl;
+      strm << "found none";
+    spdlog::error(strm.str());
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
   if (got_pid) {
     if (pid < 2) {
-      std::cerr << "Bad PID to monitor.\n";
+      spdlog::error("Bad PID to monitor.");
       return 1;
     }
     ProcessMonitor(pid, filename, jsonSummary, interval, store_hw_info,
                    store_unit_info, netdevs, disabled_monitors);
   } else {
     if (child_args == argc) {
-      std::cerr << "Found marker for child program to execute, but with no "
-                   "program argument.\n";
+      spdlog::error(
+          "Found marker for child program to execute, but with no "
+          "program argument.");
       return 1;
     }
     pid_t child = fork();
diff --git a/package/src/prmonutils.cpp b/package/src/prmonutils.cpp
index 74bea02..93eb567 100644
--- a/package/src/prmonutils.cpp
+++ b/package/src/prmonutils.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include "Imonitor.h"
 #include "registry.h"
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
 
 namespace prmon {
 
@@ -105,16 +106,24 @@ int reap_children() {
     if (status && pid > 0) {
       if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
         return_code = WEXITSTATUS(status);
-        std::clog << "Child process " << pid
-                  << " had non-zero return value: " << return_code << std::endl;
+        std::stringstream strm;
+        strm << "Child process " << pid
+             << " had non-zero return value: " << return_code << std::endl;
+        spdlog::warn(strm.str());
       } else if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
-        std::clog << "Child process " << pid << " exited from signal "
-                  << WTERMSIG(status) << std::endl;
+        std::stringstream strm;
+        strm << "Child process " << pid << " exited from signal "
+             << WTERMSIG(status) << std::endl;
+        spdlog::warn(strm.str());
       } else if (WIFSTOPPED(status)) {
-        std::clog << "Child process " << pid << " was stopped by signal"
-                  << WSTOPSIG(status) << std::endl;
+        std::stringstream strm;
+        strm << "Child process " << pid << " was stopped by signal"
+             << WSTOPSIG(status) << std::endl;
+        spdlog::warn(strm.str());
       } else if (WIFCONTINUED(status)) {
-        std::clog << "Child process " << pid << " was continued" << std::endl;
+        std::stringstream strm;
+        strm << "Child process " << pid << " was continued" << std::endl;
+        spdlog::warn(strm.str());
       }
     }
   }
@@ -125,8 +134,7 @@ int reap_children() {
 bool valid_monitor_disable(const std::string disable_name) {
   // First check this is not an attempt to disable the wallmon
   if (disable_name == "wallmon") {
-    std::cerr << "prmon: wallmon monitor cannot be disabled (ignored)"
-              << std::endl;
+    spdlog::error("wallmon monitor cannot be disabled (ignored)");
     return false;
   }
   auto monitors = registry::Registry<Imonitor>::list_registered();
@@ -135,8 +143,7 @@ bool valid_monitor_disable(const std::string disable_name) {
       return true;
     }
   }
-  std::cerr << "prmon: " << disable_name
-            << " is an invalid monitor name (ignored)" << std::endl;
+  spdlog::error(disable_name + " is an invalid monitor name (ignored)");
   return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/package/src/registry.h b/package/src/registry.h
index 1e6b403..9e2a54f 100644
--- a/package/src/registry.h
+++ b/package/src/registry.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+
 namespace registry {
 
 // Utility macros
@@ -42,8 +44,7 @@ class Registry {
       return std::unique_ptr<T>(
           ctors()[class_name](std::forward<Args>(pack)...));
     }
-    std::cerr << "Registry: class " << class_name << " is not registered."
-              << std::endl;
+    spdlog::error("Registry: class " + class_name + " is not registered.");
     return std::unique_ptr<T>(nullptr);
   }
 
diff --git a/package/src/wallmon.cpp b/package/src/wallmon.cpp
index 7e4ee63..4246490 100644
--- a/package/src/wallmon.cpp
+++ b/package/src/wallmon.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 #include "utils.h"
 
+#define MONITOR_NAME "wallmon"
+
 // Constructor; uses RAII pattern to be valid
 // after construction
 wallmon::wallmon()
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ wallmon::wallmon()
       start_time_clock_t{0},
       current_clock_t{0},
       got_mother_starttime{false} {
+  log_init(MONITOR_NAME);
+#undef MONITOR_NAME
   walltime_param.reserve(params.size());
   for (const auto& param : params) {
     walltime_param.push_back(param.get_name());
@@ -42,10 +46,12 @@ int wallmon::get_mother_starttime(pid_t mother_pid) {
     start_time_clock_t = std::stol(stat_entries[prmon::uptime_pos]);
   } else {
     // Some error happened!
-    std::clog << "Read only " << stat_entries.size()
-              << " from mother PID stat file" << std::endl;
-    std::clog << "Stream status of " << stat_fname.str() << " is "
-              << (proc_stat ? "good" : "bad") << std::endl;
+    std::stringstream strm;
+    strm << "Read only " << stat_entries.size() << " from mother PID stat file"
+         << std::endl;
+    strm << "Stream status of " << stat_fname.str() << " is "
+         << (proc_stat ? "good" : "bad") << std::endl;
+    warning(strm.str());
     return 1;
   }
 
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ int wallmon::get_mother_starttime(pid_t mother_pid) {
 void wallmon::update_stats(const std::vector<pid_t>& pids) {
   if (!got_mother_starttime && pids.size() > 0) {
     if (get_mother_starttime(pids[0])) {
-      std::clog << "Error while reading mother starttime" << std::endl;
+      warning("Error while reading mother starttime");
       return;
     } else {
       got_mother_starttime = true;
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ void wallmon::update_stats(const std::vector<pid_t>& pids) {
   float uptime_sec{};
   proc_uptime >> uptime_sec;
   if (!proc_uptime) {
-    std::clog << "Error while reading /proc/uptime" << std::endl;
+    warning("Error while reading /proc/uptime");
     return;
   }
   current_clock_t = uptime_sec * sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK) - start_time_clock_t;
diff --git a/package/src/wallmon.h b/package/src/wallmon.h
index 9112b94..26e894a 100644
--- a/package/src/wallmon.h
+++ b/package/src/wallmon.h
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "Imonitor.h"
+#include "MessageBase.h"
 #include "parameter.h"
 #include "registry.h"
 
-class wallmon final : public Imonitor {
+class wallmon final : public Imonitor, public MessageBase {
  private:
   const prmon::parameter_list params = {{"wtime", "s", ""}};
 
diff --git a/submodules/spdlog b/submodules/spdlog
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..12df172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/spdlog
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 12df172575bf43ed6b879dabff4ba59c72e738e3