diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bce77c0..7fd583a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.22.0
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.1
 	github.com/jackc/pgx v3.6.2+incompatible
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 43e9afb..aafa458 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ github.com/cloudwego/iasm v0.2.0 h1:1KNIy1I1H9hNNFEEH3DVnI4UujN+1zjpuk6gwHLTssg=
 github.com/cloudwego/iasm v0.2.0/go.mod h1:8rXZaNYT2n95jn+zTI1sDr+IgcD2GVs0nlbbQPiEFhY=
 github.com/cockroachdb/apd v1.1.0 h1:3LFP3629v+1aKXU5Q37mxmRxX/pIu1nijXydLShEq5I=
 github.com/cockroachdb/apd v1.1.0/go.mod h1:8Sl8LxpKi29FqWXR16WEFZRNSz3SoPzUzeMeY4+DwBQ=
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.22.0 h1:k6HsTZ0sTnROkhS//R0O+55JgM8C4
 github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.22.0/go.mod h1:dbuPbCMFw/DrkbEynArYaCwl3amGuJotoKCe95atGMM=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3 h1:KZ5WoDbxAIgm2HNbYckL0se1fHD6rz5j4ywS6ebzDqA=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3/go.mod h1:oq7eo15ShAhp70Anwd5lgX2pLfOS3QCiwU/PULtXL6M=
+github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.4.0+incompatible h1:3qXRTX8/NbyulANqlc0lchS1gqAVxRgsuW1YrTJupqA=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.4.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.1 h1:OuVbFODueb089Lh128TAcimifWaLhJwVflnrgM17wHk=
@@ -59,6 +61,10 @@ github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0 h1:WT9HwE9SGECu3lg4d/dIA+jxlljEa1/ffXKmRjqdmIQ=
 github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0/go.mod h1:bvxc+MVxLKB4z00jd1z+Dvzr47oO32F/QSNjSBOlFxI=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
@@ -74,6 +80,9 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1 h1:/FiVV8dS/e+YqF2JvO3yXRFbBLTIuSDkuC7aBOAvL+k=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.6.1/go.mod h1:xXDCJY+GAPziupqXw64V24skbSoqbTEfhy4qGm1nDQc=
+github.com/rs/xid v1.5.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0 h1:1cU2KZkvPxNyfgEmhHAz/1A9Bz+llsdYzklWFzgp0r8=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0/go.mod h1:/7mN4D5sKwJLZQ2b/znpjC3/GQWY/xaDXUM0kKWRHss=
 github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0 h1:bxl37RwXBklmTi0C79JfXCEBD1cqqHt0bbgBAGFp81k=
 github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gawqmDU56v4yIKSwfBSFip1HdCCXN8/+DMd9qYNcwME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
@@ -99,8 +108,10 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0 h1:ypSNr+bnYL2YhwoMt2zPxHFmbAN1KZs/njMG3hxUp30=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.25.0/go.mod h1:T+wALwcMOSE0kXgUAnPAHqTLW+XHgcELELW8VaDgm/M=
 golang.org/x/net v0.27.0 h1:5K3Njcw06/l2y9vpGCSdcxWOYHOUk3dVNGDXN+FvAys=
 golang.org/x/net v0.27.0/go.mod h1:dDi0PyhWNoiUOrAS8uXv/vnScO4wnHQO4mj9fn/RytE=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 h1:RI27ohtqKCnwULzJLqkv897zojh5/DwS/ENaMzUOaWI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 h1:a94ExnEXNtEwYLGJSIUxnWoxoRz/ZcCsV63ROupILh4=
diff --git a/logger/event.go b/logger/event.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0422b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logger/event.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package logger
+
+import "github.com/rs/zerolog"
+
+type Event interface {
+	Err(err error) Event
+	Msg(msg string)
+	Msgf(format string, v ...interface{})
+}
+
+type event struct {
+	zerologEvent *zerolog.Event
+}
+
+func (e event) Err(err error) Event {
+	e.zerologEvent = e.zerologEvent.Err(err)
+	return e
+}
+
+// Never call it twice: event gets disposed after first call
+func (e event) Msg(msg string) {
+	e.zerologEvent.Msg(msg)
+}
+
+// Never call it twice: event gets disposed after first call
+func (e event) Msgf(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	e.zerologEvent.Msgf(format, v...)
+}
diff --git a/logger/logger.go b/logger/logger.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..633f6e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logger/logger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package logger
+
+import "github.com/rs/zerolog"
+
+type Logger interface {
+	Log() Event
+	Warning() Event
+	Error() Event
+	Fatal() Event
+}
+
+type logger struct {
+	zeroLogger *zerolog.Logger
+}
+
+func (l logger) Log() Event {
+	return event{l.zeroLogger.Log()}
+}
+
+func (l *logger) Warning() Event {
+	return event{l.zeroLogger.Warn()}
+}
+
+func (l *logger) Error() Event {
+	return event{l.zeroLogger.Error()}
+}
+
+func (l *logger) Fatal() Event {
+	return event{l.zeroLogger.Fatal()}
+}
diff --git a/logger/new.go b/logger/new.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cda8d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logger/new.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package logger
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+)
+
+// type OutputStream int
+
+// const (
+// 	OutputStreamNone OutputStream = iota
+// 	OutputStreamStderr
+// 	OutputStreamStdout
+// )
+
+type NewLoggerOpts struct {
+	Debug      bool
+	OutputFile string
+	// OutputStream OutputStream
+}
+
+func New(opts NewLoggerOpts) (Logger, error) {
+	writers := []io.Writer{}
+	writers = append(writers, os.Stderr)
+
+	if opts.OutputFile != "" {
+		file, err := os.OpenFile(opts.OutputFile, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0777)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		writers = append(writers, file)
+	}
+
+	level := zerolog.TraceLevel
+	if opts.Debug {
+		level = zerolog.DebugLevel
+	}
+
+	writer := io.MultiWriter(writers...)
+
+	l := zerolog.New(writer).Level(level)
+	return &logger{
+		zeroLogger: &l,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f87ff5f..02765b0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"backend/args_parser"
 	"backend/config"
+	"backend/logger"
 	"backend/src/handlers"
 	"backend/src/middleware"
 	"backend/src/models"
@@ -22,27 +23,37 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
+	debugMode := true
+
 	args, err := args_parser.Parse(os.Args)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	logger, err := logger.New(logger.NewLoggerOpts{
+		Debug:      debugMode,
+		OutputFile: "./log.txt",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
 	conf, err := config.NewFromFile(args.GetConfigPath())
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		logger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed parsing config file")
 	}
 
 	var key *rsa.PrivateKey
 	{
 		keyRawBytes, err := os.ReadFile(conf.GetJwtSigningKey())
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			logger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed reading signing key file")
 		}
 
 		keyPem, _ := pem.Decode(keyRawBytes)
 		key, err = x509.ParsePKCS1PrivateKey(keyPem.Bytes)
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			logger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed parsing signing key")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -51,12 +62,12 @@ func main() {
 		pgConnStr := conf.GetPostgresUrl()
 		connConf, err := pgx.ParseConnectionString(pgConnStr)
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			logger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed parsing postgres connection string")
 		}
 
 		sqlDb := stdlib.OpenDB(connConf)
 		if err := sqlDb.Ping(); err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			logger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed pinging postgres db")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -74,6 +85,10 @@ func main() {
 		},
 	)
 
+	if !debugMode {
+		gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
+	}
+
 	r := gin.New()
 	r.Use(gin.Logger())
 	r.Use(gin.Recovery())