diff --git a/src/context.cr b/src/context.cr
index a6dfec4..edafd6e 100644
--- a/src/context.cr
+++ b/src/context.cr
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ class Context
 	property config : Config
 	property library : Library
 	property storage : Storage
-	property logger : MLogger
+	property logger : Logger
 	property queue : MangaDex::Queue
 
 	def initialize(@config, @logger, @library, @storage, @queue)
 	end
 
-	{% for lvl in LEVELS %}
+	{% for lvl in Logger::LEVELS %}
 		def {{lvl.id}}(msg)
 			@logger.{{lvl.id}} msg
 		end
diff --git a/src/library.cr b/src/library.cr
index 6b3e068..59d2c2f 100644
--- a/src/library.cr
+++ b/src/library.cr
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class Title
 		encoded_title : String, mtime : Time
 
 	def initialize(@dir : String, @parent_id, storage,
-				   @logger : MLogger, @library : Library)
+				   @logger : Logger, @library : Library)
 		@id = storage.get_id @dir, true
 		@title = File.basename dir
 		@encoded_title = URI.encode @title
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ end
 
 class Library
 	property dir : String, title_ids : Array(String), scan_interval : Int32,
-		logger : MLogger, storage : Storage, title_hash : Hash(String, Title)
+		logger : Logger, storage : Storage, title_hash : Hash(String, Title)
 
 	def initialize(@dir, @scan_interval, @logger, @storage)
 		# explicitly initialize @titles to bypass the compiler check. it will
diff --git a/src/log_handler.cr b/src/log_handler.cr
index 4990c7f..fb0bcca 100644
--- a/src/log_handler.cr
+++ b/src/log_handler.cr
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require "kemal"
 require "./logger"
 
 class LogHandler < Kemal::BaseLogHandler
-	def initialize(@logger : MLogger)
+	def initialize(@logger : Logger)
 	end
 
 	def call(env)
diff --git a/src/logger.cr b/src/logger.cr
index 1e6d446..f00c73b 100644
--- a/src/logger.cr
+++ b/src/logger.cr
@@ -1,59 +1,58 @@
-require "./config"
-require "logger"
+require "log"
 require "colorize"
 
-LEVELS = ["debug", "error", "fatal", "info", "warn"]
-COLORS = [:light_cyan, :light_red, :red, :light_yellow, :light_magenta]
+class Logger
+	LEVELS = ["debug", "error", "fatal", "info", "warn"]
+	SEVERITY_IDS = [0, 4, 5, 2, 3]
+	COLORS = [:light_cyan, :light_red, :red, :light_yellow, :light_magenta]
 
-class MLogger
-	def initialize(config : Config)
-		@logger = Logger.new STDOUT
-
-		@log_off = false
-		log_level = config.log_level
-		if log_level == "off"
-			@log_off = true
-			return
-		end
+	@@severity : Log::Severity = :info
 
+	def initialize(level : String)
 		{% begin %}
-			case log_level
-				{% for lvl in LEVELS %}
+			case level.downcase
+			when "off"
+				@@severity = :none
+				{% for lvl, i in LEVELS %}
 				when {{lvl}}
-					@logger.level = Logger::{{lvl.upcase.id}}
+					@@severity = Log::Severity.new SEVERITY_IDS[{{i}}]
 				{% end %}
 			else
-				raise "Unknown log level #{log_level}"
+				raise "Unknown log level #{level}"
 			end
 		{% end %}
 
-		@logger.formatter = Logger::Formatter.new do \
-			|severity, datetime, progname, message, io|
+		@log = Log.for("")
 
+		@backend = Log::IOBackend.new
+		@backend.formatter = ->(entry : Log::Entry, io : IO) do
 			color = :default
 			{% begin %}
-				case severity.to_s().downcase
+				case entry.severity.label.to_s().downcase
 					{% for lvl, i in LEVELS %}
-					when {{lvl}}
+					when {{lvl}}, "#{{{lvl}}}ing"
 						color = COLORS[{{i}}]
 					{% end %}
+				else
 				end
 			{% end %}
 
-			io << "[#{severity}]".ljust(8).colorize(color)
-			io << datetime.to_s("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S") << " | "
-			io << message
+			io << "[#{entry.severity.label}]".ljust(10).colorize(color)
+			io << entry.timestamp.to_s("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S") << " | "
+			io << entry.message
 		end
+
+		Log.builder.bind "*", @@severity, @backend
+	end
+
+	# Ignores @@severity and always log msg
+	def log(msg)
+		@backend.write Log::Entry.new "", Log::Severity::None, msg, nil
 	end
 
 	{% for lvl in LEVELS %}
 		def {{lvl.id}}(msg)
-			return if @log_off
-			@logger.{{lvl.id}} msg
+			@log.{{lvl.id}} { msg }
 		end
 	{% end %}
-
-	def to_json(json : JSON::Builder)
-		json.string self
-	end
 end
diff --git a/src/mangadex/downloader.cr b/src/mangadex/downloader.cr
index 30043c1..266396d2 100644
--- a/src/mangadex/downloader.cr
+++ b/src/mangadex/downloader.cr
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module MangaDex
 	class Queue
 		property downloader : Downloader?
 
-		def initialize(@path : String, @logger : MLogger)
+		def initialize(@path : String, @logger : Logger)
 			dir = File.dirname path
 			unless Dir.exists? dir
 				@logger.info "The queue DB directory #{dir} does not exist. " \
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ module MangaDex
 
 		def initialize(@queue : Queue, @api : API, @library_path : String,
 					   @wait_seconds : Int32, @retries : Int32,
-					   @logger : MLogger)
+					   @logger : Logger)
 			@queue.downloader = self
 
 			spawn do
diff --git a/src/mango.cr b/src/mango.cr
index b443099..29da3d0 100644
--- a/src/mango.cr
+++ b/src/mango.cr
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ parser = OptionParser.parse do |parser|
 end
 
 config = Config.load config_path
-logger = MLogger.new config
+logger = Logger.new config.log_level
 storage = Storage.new config.db_path, logger
 library = Library.new config.library_path, config.scan_interval, logger, storage
 queue = MangaDex::Queue.new config.mangadex["download_queue_db_path"].to_s,
diff --git a/src/storage.cr b/src/storage.cr
index 8d20e15..8dc7cd3 100644
--- a/src/storage.cr
+++ b/src/storage.cr
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def random_str
 end
 
 class Storage
-	def initialize(@path : String, @logger : MLogger)
+	def initialize(@path : String, @logger : Logger)
 		dir = File.dirname path
 		unless Dir.exists? dir
 			@logger.info "The DB directory #{dir} does not exist. " \
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class Storage
 				hash = hash_password random_pw
 				db.exec "insert into users values (?, ?, ?, ?)",
 					"admin", hash, nil, 1
-				puts "Initial user created. You can log in with " \
+				@logger.log "Initial user created. You can log in with " \
 					"#{{"username" => "admin", "password" => random_pw}}"
 			end
 		end