diff --git a/apps/magpie/Cargo.toml b/apps/magpie/Cargo.toml
index 37e72e8..e8f45be 100644
--- a/apps/magpie/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/magpie/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ required-features = ["service"]
 anyhow = { version = "1", optional = true }
 byteorder = "1.4"
 canary = { path = "../..", optional = true }
+env_logger = { version = "0.10", optional = true }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", optional = true, features = ["io"] }
 glium = { version = "0.32", optional = true}
+log = "0.4"
 mio = { version = "0.8", features = ["net", "os-poll"], optional = true }
 mio-signals = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 parking_lot = { version = "0.12", optional = true}
@@ -24,4 +26,4 @@ slab = { version = "0.4", optional = true}
 
 [features]
 async = ["dep:futures-util"]
-service = ["dep:anyhow", "dep:canary", "dep:glium", "dep:mio", "dep:mio-signals", "dep:parking_lot", "dep:slab"]
+service = ["dep:anyhow", "dep:canary", "dep:env_logger", "dep:glium", "dep:mio", "dep:mio-signals", "dep:parking_lot", "dep:slab"]
diff --git a/apps/magpie/src/main.rs b/apps/magpie/src/main.rs
index 372dd9c..cfbd810 100644
--- a/apps/magpie/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/magpie/src/main.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use ipc::Ipc;
 use window::{WindowMessage, WindowStore};
 
 fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    env_logger::init();
     let event_loop = EventLoopBuilder::<WindowMessage>::with_user_event().build();
     let window_sender = event_loop.create_proxy();
     let (ipc, ipc_sender) = Ipc::new(window_sender)?;