diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8d1ec6abe..3782605e3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -792,6 +792,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "fj-viewer",
  "fj-window",
  "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1537,6 +1539,15 @@ version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7c2efbd1385acc8dad8a2e56558e58d949d777741fe110f2ddf3472671dbe3e6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8263075bb86c5a1b1427b5ae862e8889656f126e9f77c484496e8b47cf5c5558"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata 0.1.10",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matrixmultiply"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -1749,6 +1760,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "minimal-lexical",
 ]
 
+[[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-bigint"
 version = "0.4.4"
@@ -2029,6 +2050,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "owned_ttf_parser"
 version = "0.19.0"
@@ -2288,8 +2315,17 @@ checksum = "697061221ea1b4a94a624f67d0ae2bfe4e22b8a17b6a192afb11046542cc8c47"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-automata 0.3.8",
+ "regex-syntax 0.7.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax 0.6.29",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2300,9 +2336,15 @@ checksum = "c2f401f4955220693b56f8ec66ee9c78abffd8d1c4f23dc41a23839eb88f0795"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-syntax 0.7.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
 version = "0.7.5"
@@ -2628,6 +2670,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "900fba806f70c630b0a382d0d825e17a0f19fcd059a2ade1ff237bcddf446b31"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -2887,6 +2938,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.31",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fdd6f064ccff2d6567adcb3873ca630700f00b5ad3f060c25b5dcfd9a4ce152"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "threemf"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -3157,6 +3218,36 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0955b8137a1df6f1a2e9a37d8a6656291ff0297c1a97c24e0d8425fe2312f79a"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78ddad33d2d10b1ed7eb9d1f518a5674713876e97e5bb9b7345a7984fbb4f922"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30a651bc37f915e81f087d86e62a18eec5f79550c7faff886f7090b4ea757c77"
+dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3243,6 +3334,12 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
diff --git a/crates/fj/Cargo.toml b/crates/fj/Cargo.toml
index b64eb5bee..e8893d29a 100644
--- a/crates/fj/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/fj/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ fj-math.workspace = true
 fj-viewer.workspace = true
 fj-window.workspace = true
 thiserror = "1.0.48"
+tracing = "0.1.37"
 
 [dependencies.clap]
 version = "4.4.2"
 features = ["derive"]
+
+[dependencies.tracing-subscriber]
+version = "0.3.17"
+features = ["env-filter"]
diff --git a/crates/fj/src/handle_model.rs b/crates/fj/src/handle_model.rs
index ff8eb482a..8eff14fdf 100644
--- a/crates/fj/src/handle_model.rs
+++ b/crates/fj/src/handle_model.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use fj_core::{
 };
 use fj_interop::model::Model;
 use fj_math::{Aabb, Point, Scalar};
+use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
 
 use crate::Args;
 
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ where
     for<'r> (&'r M, Tolerance): Triangulate,
     M: BoundingVolume<3>,
 {
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::from_default_env())
+        .init();
+
     let args = Args::parse();
 
     if args.ignore_validation {
@@ -82,6 +88,10 @@ pub type Result = std::result::Result<(), Error>;
 /// Error returned by [`handle_model`]
 #[derive(thiserror::Error)]
 pub enum Error {
+    /// Failed to set up logger
+    #[error("Failed to set up logger")]
+    Tracing(#[from] tracing::subscriber::SetGlobalDefaultError),
+
     /// Error displaying model
     #[error("Error displaying model")]
     Display(#[from] crate::window::Error),