diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3434a6a..212a4bc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "event-listener",
  "futures",
  "gettext-rs",
+ "glib",
  "glib-build-tools",
  "gtk4",
  "http-cache",
@@ -1085,6 +1086,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "glib-sys",
  "gobject-sys",
  "libc",
+ "log",
  "memchr",
  "smallvec",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4491829..09fd8b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ color-thief = "0.2.2"
 event-listener = "5.3.1"
 futures = "0.3.31"
 gettext-rs = { version = "0.7.2", features = ["gettext-system"] }
+glib = { version = "0.20.6", features = ["log", "v2_82"] }
 gtk = { version = "0.9.2", package = "gtk4", features = ["v4_16"] }
 http-cache = { version = "0.20.0", default-features = false, features = [
   "cacache",
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 188624c..2431a46 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ fn main() -> glib::ExitCode {
         std::process::exit(1);
     }));
 
+    // route glib log messages to the log crate
+    glib::log_set_default_handler(glib::rust_log_handler);
+
     gio::resources_register_include!("audrey.gresource").expect("could not register resources");
 
     init_tracing();