diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fd3f73d..c108d72 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -223,6 +223,16 @@ 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 = "const_fn"
 version = "0.4.10"
@@ -336,19 +346,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.11.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e13fa619b91fb2381732789fc5de83b45675e882f66623b7d8cb4f643017018d"
-dependencies = [
- "anstream",
- "anstyle",
- "env_filter",
- "humantime",
- "log",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1119,9 +1116,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "build-data",
  "clap",
  "const_format",
- "env_logger",
+ "gix-discover",
  "hawkeye-fmt",
  "log",
+ "logforth",
  "shadow-rs",
 ]
 
@@ -1155,12 +1153,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "humantime"
-version = "2.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 version = "0.1.60"
@@ -1248,6 +1240,31 @@ version = "1.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49f1f14873335454500d59611f1cf4a4b0f786f9ac11f4312a78e4cf2566695b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jiff"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "db2b7379a75544c94b3da32821b0bf41f9062e9970e23b78cc577d0d89676d16"
+dependencies = [
+ "jiff-tzdb-platform",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jiff-tzdb"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05fac328b3df1c0f18a3c2ab6cb7e06e4e549f366017d796e3e66b6d6889abe6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jiff-tzdb-platform"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f8da387d5feaf355954c2c122c194d6df9c57d865125a67984bb453db5336940"
+dependencies = [
+ "jiff-tzdb",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jobserver"
 version = "0.1.32"
@@ -1275,6 +1292,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.156"
@@ -1342,6 +1365,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "value-bag",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "logforth"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2ae0f041ea293a0a85384793af77b1bab071cfd6eda1fddeccd45dd7049646f"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "colored",
+ "env_filter",
+ "jiff",
+ "log",
+ "paste",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.4"
@@ -1416,9 +1453,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall",
  "smallvec",
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "paste"
+version = "1.0.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57c0d7b74b563b49d38dae00a0c37d4d6de9b432382b2892f0574ddcae73fd0a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.3.1"
@@ -2090,7 +2133,16 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "33ab640c8d7e35bf8ba19b884ba838ceb4fba93a4e8c65a9059d08afcfc683d9"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.48.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2099,7 +2151,7 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2108,7 +2160,22 @@ version = "0.59.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a2fa6e2155d7247be68c096456083145c183cbbbc2764150dda45a87197940c"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2117,28 +2184,46 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b724f72796e036ab90c1021d4780d4d3d648aca59e491e6b98e725b84e99973"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc",
- "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.6",
  "windows_i686_gnullvm",
- "windows_i686_msvc",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b38e32f0abccf9987a4e3079dfb67dcd799fb61361e53e2882c3cbaf0d905d8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32a4622180e7a0ec044bb555404c800bc9fd9ec262ec147edd5989ccd0c02cd3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc35310971f3b2dbbf3f0690a219f40e2d9afcf64f9ab7cc1be722937c26b4bc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09ec2a7bb152e2252b53fa7803150007879548bc709c039df7627cabbd05d469"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -2151,24 +2236,48 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0eee52d38c090b3caa76c563b86c3a4bd71ef1a819287c19d586d7334ae8ed66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "240948bc05c5e7c6dabba28bf89d89ffce3e303022809e73deaefe4f6ec56c66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "147a5c80aabfbf0c7d901cb5895d1de30ef2907eb21fbbab29ca94c5b08b1a78"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "24d5b23dc417412679681396f2b49f3de8c1473deb516bd34410872eff51ed0d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.48.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.52.6"
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index f17345d..dad0ffd 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ clap = { workspace = true }
 const_format = { workspace = true }
 hawkeye-fmt = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
-env_logger = "0.11"
+logforth = { version = "0.11", features = ["env-filter"] }
 shadow-rs = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 build-data = { workspace = true }
 shadow-rs = { workspace = true }
+gix-discover = "0.33"
diff --git a/cli/build.rs b/cli/build.rs
index 3dae8ff..a272ae4 100644
--- a/cli/build.rs
+++ b/cli/build.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 use std::env;
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use build_data::format_timestamp;
 use build_data::get_source_time;
@@ -24,9 +25,13 @@ use shadow_rs::CARGO_METADATA;
 use shadow_rs::CARGO_TREE;
 
 fn main() -> shadow_rs::SdResult<()> {
-    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=.git/refs/heads");
+    if let Ok((dir, _)) = gix_discover::upwards(Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))) {
+        let git_refs_heads = dir.as_ref().join(".git/refs/heads");
+        println!("cargo::rerun-if-changed={}", git_refs_heads.display());
+    }
+
     println!(
-        "cargo:rustc-env=SOURCE_TIMESTAMP={}",
+        "cargo::rustc-env=SOURCE_TIMESTAMP={}",
         if let Ok(t) = get_source_time() {
             format_timestamp(t)
         } else {
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 4d33f24..91b9491 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@
 
 use clap::FromArgMatches;
 use clap::Subcommand;
-use env_logger::Env;
+use logforth::append;
+use logforth::filter::EnvFilter;
+use logforth::layout::TextLayout;
+use logforth::Dispatch;
+use logforth::Logger;
 
 use crate::subcommand::SubCommand;
 
@@ -25,7 +29,15 @@ pub mod subcommand;
 pub mod version;
 
 fn main() {
-    env_logger::init_from_env(Env::new().default_filter_or("info"));
+    Logger::new()
+        .dispatch(
+            Dispatch::new()
+                .filter(EnvFilter::from_default_env_or("info"))
+                .layout(TextLayout::default())
+                .append(append::Stderr),
+        )
+        .apply()
+        .unwrap();
 
     let build_info = version::build_info();
     let command = clap::Command::new("hawkeye")