diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 42b3623..0c72fc1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+*.log
 /Cargo.lock
 /config.json
 /db/
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6d24a73..95d1226 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
 [package]
 name = "git-webhook-client"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 authors = ["Mo Bitar <mo8it@proton.me>"]
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.adoc"
-license-file = "LICENSE"
+repository = "https://codeberg.org/Mo8it/git-webhook-client"
+license-file = "LICENSE.txt"
 
 [dependencies]
-chrono = "0.4.22"
-diesel = { version = "2.0.2", features = [
+anyhow = "1.0"
+chrono = "0.4"
+diesel = { version = "2.0", features = [
   "r2d2",
   "sqlite",
   "returning_clauses_for_sqlite_3_35",
   "without-deprecated",
 ] }
-hex = "0.4.3"
-hmac = "0.12.1"
+hex = "0.4"
+hmac = "0.12"
+log = "0.4"
 rocket = "0.5.0-rc.2"
 rocket_dyn_templates = { version = "0.1.0-rc.2", features = ["tera"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0.87"
-sha2 = "0.10.6"
+serde_json = "1.0"
+sha2 = "0.10"
+simplelog = "0.12"
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index a827473..21fe914 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Currently, only Gitea is supported. If you want support for Gitlab or Github, th
 
 === Configuration
 
-The program looks for the configuration file `config.json` that contains the following:
+The program looks for the configuration file configured with the environment variable `GWC_CONFIG_FILE` that contains the following:
 
 . `secret`: The secret of the webhook.
 . `base_url`: The base_url of the webhook client.
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 2de60eb..8088f71 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::env;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::BufReader;
-use std::path::Path;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct Hook {
@@ -15,19 +15,18 @@ pub struct Hook {
 pub struct Config {
     pub secret: String,
     pub base_url: String,
+    pub log_file: String,
     pub hooks: Vec<Hook>,
 }
 
 impl Config {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
-        let config_path = Path::new("config.json");
-        let config_file = File::open(config_path).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
-            panic!(
-                "Can not open the config file at the path {}!",
-                config_path
-                    .to_str()
-                    .expect("Can not convert the config file path into a string")
-            )
+        let config_file_var = "GWC_CONFIG_FILE";
+        let config_path = env::var(config_file_var)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Environment variable {config_file_var} missing!"));
+
+        let config_file = File::open(&config_path).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+            panic!("Can not open the config file at the path {config_path}: {e}")
         });
         let config_reader = BufReader::new(config_file);
         let config: Self =
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 8ef5f1c..99c6bd5 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use chrono::Local;
 use diesel::prelude::*;
 use diesel::r2d2::{ConnectionManager, Pool, PooledConnection};
+use log::error;
 use std::env;
 
 use crate::config::Hook;
@@ -10,8 +12,10 @@ use crate::schema::hooklog;
 pub type DBPool = Pool<ConnectionManager<SqliteConnection>>;
 
 pub fn establish_connection_pool() -> DBPool {
-    let database_url =
-        env::var("DATABASE_URL").expect("Environment variable DATABASE_URL missing!");
+    let database_url_var = "DATABASE_URL";
+    let database_url = env::var(database_url_var)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Environment variable {database_url_var} missing!"));
+
     let manager = ConnectionManager::<SqliteConnection>::new(&database_url);
 
     Pool::builder()
@@ -19,14 +23,11 @@ pub fn establish_connection_pool() -> DBPool {
         .expect("Could not build database connection pool!")
 }
 
-fn get_conn(
-    pool: &DBPool,
-) -> Result<PooledConnection<ConnectionManager<SqliteConnection>>, String> {
-    pool.get()
-        .map_err(|_| "Could not get database pool!".to_string())
+fn get_conn(pool: &DBPool) -> Result<PooledConnection<ConnectionManager<SqliteConnection>>> {
+    pool.get().context("Could not get database pool!")
 }
 
-pub fn add_hook_log(pool: &DBPool, hook: &Hook) -> Result<HookLog, String> {
+pub fn add_hook_log(pool: &DBPool, hook: &Hook) -> Result<HookLog> {
     let conn = &mut get_conn(pool)?;
 
     let command_with_args = hook.command.to_owned() + " " + &hook.args.join(" ");
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ pub fn add_hook_log(pool: &DBPool, hook: &Hook) -> Result<HookLog, String> {
     diesel::insert_into(hooklog::table)
         .values(&new_hook_log)
         .get_result::<HookLog>(conn)
-        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+        .context("Could not insert hook log!")
 }
 
 pub fn fill_hook_log(
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ pub fn fill_hook_log(
     let conn = &mut match get_conn(pool) {
         Ok(pool) => pool,
         Err(e) => {
-            println!("Error while trying to fill hook log: {e}");
+            error!("Could not get a database pool connection to fill hook log with id {hook_log_id}: {e}");
             return;
         }
     };
@@ -73,12 +74,12 @@ pub fn fill_hook_log(
     {
         Ok(_) => (),
         Err(e) => {
-            println!("Could not update hook log: {e}");
+            error!("Could not update hook log with id {hook_log_id}: {e}");
         }
     };
 }
 
-pub fn get_hook_log(pool: &DBPool, id: i32) -> Result<HookLog, String> {
+pub fn get_hook_log(pool: &DBPool, id: i32) -> Result<HookLog> {
     // id=0 not allowed!
 
     let conn = &mut get_conn(pool)?;
@@ -92,5 +93,5 @@ pub fn get_hook_log(pool: &DBPool, id: i32) -> Result<HookLog, String> {
             .first(conn)
     };
 
-    hl.map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+    hl.context("Could not get hook log!")
 }
diff --git a/src/logging.rs b/src/logging.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a57a177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/logging.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use simplelog::{ColorChoice, LevelFilter, TermLogger, TerminalMode, WriteLogger};
+use std::fs::OpenOptions;
+
+use crate::config;
+
+pub fn init_logger(config: &config::Config) {
+    let logger = if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
+        TermLogger::init(
+            LevelFilter::Debug,
+            simplelog::Config::default(),
+            TerminalMode::Mixed,
+            ColorChoice::Auto,
+        )
+    } else {
+        WriteLogger::init(
+            LevelFilter::Info,
+            simplelog::Config::default(),
+            OpenOptions::new()
+                .create(true)
+                .append(true)
+                .open(&config.log_file)
+                .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                    panic!("Could not open the log file {}: {e}", &config.log_file)
+                }),
+        )
+    };
+
+    logger.expect("Could not initialize the logger!");
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7f34d46..6d4bf77 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 mod config;
 mod db;
 mod guards;
+mod logging;
 mod models;
 mod routes;
 mod schema;
 mod states;
 
+use log::info;
 use rocket_dyn_templates::Template;
 
 #[rocket::launch]
 fn rocket() -> _ {
+    let config = config::Config::new();
+
+    logging::init_logger(&config);
+
+    info!("Starting client");
+
     rocket::build()
         .mount("/", rocket::routes![routes::index])
         .mount("/api", rocket::routes![routes::trigger])
         .manage(states::DB::new())
-        .manage(states::Config::new())
+        .manage(states::Config::new(config))
         .attach(Template::fairing())
 }
diff --git a/src/states.rs b/src/states.rs
index 3762135..cc827fb 100644
--- a/src/states.rs
+++ b/src/states.rs
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ pub struct Config {
 }
 
 impl Config {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        let config = config::Config::new();
-
+    pub fn new(config: config::Config) -> Self {
         Self {
             secret: config.secret.as_bytes().to_owned(),
             base_url: config.base_url,