diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 36c6d45..5602192 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ checksum = "248e3bacc7dc6baa3b21e405ee045c3047101a49145e7e9eca583ab4c2ca5345"
 [[package]]
 name = "ctl"
 version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "setup",
+ "tracing",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
@@ -257,12 +261,24 @@ version = "1.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b1a46d1a171d865aa5f83f92695765caa047a9b4cbae2cbf37dbd613a793fd4c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.153"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c198f91728a82281a64e1f4f9eeb25d82cb32a5de251c6bd1b5154d63a8e7bd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "log"
+version = "0.4.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "90ed8c1e510134f979dbc4f070f87d4313098b704861a105fe34231c70a3901c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.1"
@@ -287,6 +303,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[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-traits"
 version = "0.2.18"
@@ -321,6 +347,12 @@ version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "paste"
 version = "1.0.14"
@@ -425,6 +457,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "setup"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f40ca3c46823713e0d4209592e8d6e826aa57e928f09752619fc696c499637f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "smallvec"
+version = "1.13.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c5e1a9a646d36c3599cd173a41282daf47c44583ad367b8e6837255952e5c67"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -457,6 +511,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b9ef9bad013ada3808854ceac7b46812a6465ba368859a37e2100283d2d719c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.36.0"
@@ -480,6 +544,63 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c3523ab5a71916ccf420eebdf5521fcef02141234bbc0b8a49f2fdc4544364ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-attributes",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-attributes"
+version = "0.1.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-core"
+version = "0.1.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c06d3da6113f116aaee68e4d601191614c9053067f9ab7f6edbcb161237daa54"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee855f1f400bd0e5c02d150ae5de3840039a3f54b025156404e34c23c03f47c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad0f048c97dbd9faa9b7df56362b8ebcaa52adb06b498c050d2f4e32f90a7a8b"
+dependencies = [
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -502,6 +623,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -622,6 +749,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "eyre",
  "proto",
+ "setup",
  "sysinfo",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7afd6dc..2a0307d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace]
-members = ["ctl", "proto", "worker"]
+members = ["crates/*", "ctl", "proto", "worker"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # Internal deps
 ctl.path = "ctl"
 proto.path = "proto"
+setup.path = "crates/setup"
 worker.path = "worker"
 # External deps (keep alphabetically sorted)
 axum = "0.7"
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ tokio = { version = "1.36", features = [
     "time",
     "sync",
 ] }
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 
 [workspace.lints.clippy]
diff --git a/crates/setup/Cargo.toml b/crates/setup/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d3ae7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/setup/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "setup"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/setup/src/lib.rs b/crates/setup/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..591c1bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/setup/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/// Sets up tracing.
+pub fn tracing() {
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+}
diff --git a/ctl/Cargo.toml b/ctl/Cargo.toml
index 1011561..88f5248 100644
--- a/ctl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ctl/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ edition.workspace = true
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
+setup.workspace = true
+
+tracing.workspace = true
diff --git a/ctl/src/main.rs b/ctl/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..94d60d4 100644
--- a/ctl/src/main.rs
+++ b/ctl/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+use tracing::info;
+
 fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+    setup::tracing();
+
+    info!("started controller");
 }
diff --git a/worker/Cargo.toml b/worker/Cargo.toml
index 2753414..a68b581 100644
--- a/worker/Cargo.toml
+++ b/worker/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ edition.workspace = true
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
+setup.workspace = true
+proto.workspace = true
+
 clap.workspace = true
 eyre.workspace = true
-proto.workspace = true
 sysinfo.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
diff --git a/worker/src/args.rs b/worker/src/args.rs
index 2c01b07..038e3b6 100644
--- a/worker/src/args.rs
+++ b/worker/src/args.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::{net::SocketAddr, time::Duration};
 
 use clap::{value_parser, Parser};
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct WorkerArgs {
     /// Controller's address.
     pub controller_addr: SocketAddr,
diff --git a/worker/src/main.rs b/worker/src/main.rs
index e7369cd..2d67b29 100644
--- a/worker/src/main.rs
+++ b/worker/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use eyre::Result;
 use tokio::time::sleep;
+use tracing::info;
 
 use crate::{args::WorkerArgs, monitor::collector::MetricsCollector};
 
@@ -8,7 +9,10 @@ mod monitor;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    setup::tracing();
+
     let args = WorkerArgs::parse();
+    info!(?args, "started worker");
 
     let mut metrics_report: MetricsCollector = MetricsCollector::new();