diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bf064a5..74bdf22 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 /target
 config.json
-matrix-meshtastic-bridge.db
+matrix-meshtastic-bridge.db*
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0b2c00e..5f096c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -515,33 +515,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "colog"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c426b7af8d5e0ad79de6713996632ce31f0d68ba84068fb0d654b396e519df0"
-dependencies = [
- "colored",
- "env_logger",
- "log",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d3fd119d74b830634cea2a0f58bbd0d54540518a14397557951e79340abc28c0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "colored"
-version = "2.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cbf2150cce219b664a8a70df7a1f933836724b503f8a413af9365b4dcc4d90b8"
-dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "combine"
 version = "4.6.7"
@@ -1767,7 +1746,7 @@ name = "matrix-meshtastic-bridge"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "colog",
+ "env_logger",
  "log",
  "matrix-sdk",
  "meshtastic",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 009f999..5651713 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.89"
-colog = "1.3.0"
+env_logger = "0.11.5"
 log = "0.4.22"
 matrix-sdk = { version = "0.7.1", features = ["anyhow"] }
 meshtastic = "0.1.6"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e8c3f85..f824310 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mod meshtastic;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    colog::init();
+    env_logger::init();
 
     let config = config::read_config().await;