diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9bfd4fb..d358f0e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -353,19 +353,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "85cdab6a89accf66733ad5a1693a4dcced6aeff64602b634530dd73c1f3ee9f0"
-dependencies = [
- "humantime",
- "is-terminal",
- "log",
- "regex",
- "termcolor",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -633,12 +620,6 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c4a1e36c821dbe04574f602848a19f742f4fb3c98d40449f11bcad18d6b17421"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "humantime"
-version = "2.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "0.14.27"
@@ -855,6 +836,15 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ffbee8634e0d45d258acb448e7eaab3fce7a0a467395d4d9f228e3c1f01fb2e4"
 
+[[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 = "matches"
 version = "0.1.10"
@@ -1010,7 +1000,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
- "env_logger",
  "exitcode",
  "fallible-iterator",
  "futures",
@@ -1218,8 +1207,17 @@ checksum = "b2eae68fc220f7cf2532e4494aded17545fce192d59cd996e0fe7887f4ceb575"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-automata 0.3.3",
+ "regex-syntax 0.7.4",
+]
+
+[[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]]
@@ -1230,9 +1228,15 @@ checksum = "39354c10dd07468c2e73926b23bb9c2caca74c5501e38a35da70406f1d923310"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-syntax 0.7.4",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "0.7.4"
@@ -1544,15 +1548,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "termcolor"
-version = "1.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "be55cf8942feac5c765c2c993422806843c9a9a45d4d5c407ad6dd2ea95eb9b6"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.43"
@@ -1788,12 +1783,16 @@ version = "0.3.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "30a651bc37f915e81f087d86e62a18eec5f79550c7faff886f7090b4ea757c77"
 dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
  "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sharded-slab",
  "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-log",
  "tracing-serde",
@@ -2028,15 +2027,6 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winapi-util"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5f4af31..c3db48a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pgcat"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 edition = "2021"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ once_cell = "1"
 sqlparser = {version = "0.34", features = ["visitor"] }
 log = "0.4"
 arc-swap = "1"
-env_logger = "0.10"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 hmac = "0.12"
 sha2 = "0.10"
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ serde_json = "1"
 itertools = "0.10"
 clap = { version = "4.3.1", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["json"]}
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["json", "env-filter", "std"]}
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))'.dependencies]
 jemallocator = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/src/logger.rs b/src/logger.rs
index c3536a0..f9016eb 100644
--- a/src/logger.rs
+++ b/src/logger.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 use crate::cmd_args::{Args, LogFormat};
 use tracing_subscriber;
+use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
 
 pub fn init(args: &Args) {
+    // Iniitalize a default filter, and then override the builtin default "warning" with our
+    // commandline, (default: "info")
+    let filter = EnvFilter::from_default_env().add_directive(args.log_level.into());
+
     let trace_sub = tracing_subscriber::fmt()
-        .with_max_level(args.log_level)
+        .with_env_filter(filter)
         .with_ansi(!args.no_color);
 
     match args.log_format {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 916d1a8..6c8c165 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ extern crate arc_swap;
 extern crate async_trait;
 extern crate bb8;
 extern crate bytes;
-extern crate env_logger;
 extern crate exitcode;
 extern crate log;
 extern crate md5;
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 55444fb..62cbb3a 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ impl Server {
         // server connection thrashing if clients repeatedly do this.
         // Instead, we ROLLBACK that transaction before putting the connection back in the pool
         if self.in_transaction() {
-            warn!("Server returned while still in transaction, rolling back transaction");
+            warn!(target: "pgcat::server::cleanup", "Server returned while still in transaction, rolling back transaction");
             self.query("ROLLBACK").await?;
         }
 
@@ -1146,14 +1146,14 @@ impl Server {
         // send `DISCARD ALL` if we think the session is altered instead of just sending
         // it before each checkin.
         if self.cleanup_state.needs_cleanup() && self.cleanup_connections {
-            warn!("Server returned with session state altered, discarding state ({}) for application {}", self.cleanup_state, self.application_name);
+            info!(target: "pgcat::server::cleanup", "Server returned with session state altered, discarding state ({}) for application {}", self.cleanup_state, self.application_name);
             self.query("DISCARD ALL").await?;
             self.query("RESET ROLE").await?;
             self.cleanup_state.reset();
         }
 
         if self.in_copy_mode() {
-            warn!("Server returned while still in copy-mode");
+            warn!(target: "pgcat::server::cleanup", "Server returned while still in copy-mode");
         }
 
         Ok(())