diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4a23cd0..620e36d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -49,12 +49,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "confy",
  "lemmy_api_common",
  "lemmy_db_schema",
+ "log",
  "once_cell",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
  "strum_macros",
+ "systemd-journal-logger",
  "tokio",
  "toml 0.8.8",
  "url",
@@ -715,6 +717,9 @@ name = "log"
 version = "0.4.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5e6163cb8c49088c2c36f57875e58ccd8c87c7427f7fbd50ea6710b2f3f2e8f"
+dependencies = [
+ "value-bag",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
@@ -1209,6 +1214,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "systemd-journal-logger"
+version = "2.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b5f3848dd723f2a54ac1d96da793b32923b52de8dfcced8722516dac312a5b2a"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "rustix",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.8.1"
@@ -1487,6 +1502,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "value-bag"
+version = "1.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4a72e1902dde2bd6441347de2b70b7f5d59bf157c6c62f0c44572607a1d55bbe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 49d915d..32ecc63 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,5 +27,7 @@ serde_json = "^1.0.97"
 strum_macros = "^0.25.0"
 tokio = { version = "^1.32.0", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
 url = "^2.4.0"
-confy = "0.5.1"
-toml = "0.8.8"
+confy = "^0.5.1"
+toml = "^0.8.8"
+systemd-journal-logger = "^2.1.1"
+log = "^0.4.20"
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