diff --git a/.cocorc b/.cocorc
index 64a35cc..c6e2d9b 100644
--- a/.cocorc
+++ b/.cocorc
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ useEmoji: true
 scopes:
   - ""
   - "cli"
+  - "logger"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3419622..18bcd03 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,12 +2,41 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf4b9d6a944f767f8e5e0db018570623c85f3d925ac718db4e06d0187adb21c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "deranged"
+version = "0.3.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b42b6fa04a440b495c8b04d0e71b707c585f83cb9cb28cf8cd0d976c315e31b4"
+dependencies = [
+ "powerfmt",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dtt"
+version = "0.0.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6b2dd9ee2d76888dc4c17d6da74629fa11b3cb1e8094fdc159b7f8ff259fc88"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "time",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "eyre"
 version = "0.6.12"
@@ -24,16 +53,145 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ce23b50ad8242c51a442f3ff322d56b02f08852c77e4c0b4d3fd684abc89c683"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "log"
+version = "0.4.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "90ed8c1e510134f979dbc4f070f87d4313098b704861a105fe34231c70a3901c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lool"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
+ "dtt",
  "eyre",
+ "log",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memchr"
+version = "2.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c8640c5d730cb13ebd907d8d04b52f55ac9a2eec55b440c8892f40d56c76c1d"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-conv"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "powerfmt"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro2"
+version = "1.0.79"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e835ff2298f5721608eb1a980ecaee1aef2c132bf95ecc026a11b7bf3c01c02e"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "1.0.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "291ec9ab5efd934aaf503a6466c5d5251535d108ee747472c3977cc5acc868ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c117dbdfde9c8308975b6a18d71f3f385c89461f7b3fb054288ecf2a2058ba4c"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "86b83b8b9847f9bf95ef68afb0b8e6cdb80f498442f5179a29fad448fcc1eaea"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "adad44e29e4c806119491a7f06f03de4d1af22c3a680dd47f1e6e179439d1f56"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.197"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fb1c873e1b9b056a4dc4c0c198b24c3ffa059243875552b2bd0933b1aee4ce2"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.197"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7eb0b34b42edc17f6b7cac84a52a1c5f0e1bb2227e997ca9011ea3dd34e8610b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.57"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "11a6ae1e52eb25aab8f3fb9fca13be982a373b8f1157ca14b897a825ba4a2d35"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.3.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c8248b6521bb14bc45b4067159b9b6ad792e2d6d754d6c41fb50e29fefe38749"
+dependencies = [
+ "deranged",
+ "num-conv",
+ "powerfmt",
+ "serde",
+ "time-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-core"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef927ca75afb808a4d64dd374f00a2adf8d0fcff8e7b184af886c3c87ec4a3f3"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-ident"
+version = "1.0.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cc8173f..7c5a3be 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ cli-stylize = ["dep:bitflags"]
 
 [dependencies]
 bitflags = { version = "2.5.0", optional = true}
+dtt = "0.0.5"
 eyre = { version = "0.6.12", default-features = false }
+log = "0.4.21"
diff --git a/examples/logger.rs b/examples/logger.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4bf79d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/logger.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use log::Level;
+use lool::logger::ConsoleLogger;
+
+
+fn main() {
+    ConsoleLogger::default_setup(Level::Trace, "test").unwrap();
+    log::info!("log line");
+    log::warn!("log line");
+    log::error!("log line");
+    log::debug!("log line");
+    log::trace!("log line");
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/stylizer.rs b/examples/stylizer.rs
index ca068ec..0339c2f 100644
--- a/examples/stylizer.rs
+++ b/examples/stylizer.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let red_on_blue = stylize("[white on blue]", "white on blue");
     let rgb = stylize("[#3a95ef]", "#3a95ef");
     let rgb_on_rgb = stylize("[#3a95ef on #c174dd]", "#3a95ef on #c174dd");
+    let rgb_dim = stylize("[#3a95ef+dimmed]", "#3a95ef+dimmed");
 
     println!("pre {} post", red_bold);
     println!("pre {} post", alt_red_bold);
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     println!("pre {} post", red_on_blue);
     println!("pre {} post", rgb);
     println!("pre {} post", rgb_on_rgb);
+    println!("pre {} post", rgb_dim);
 
     println!("pre {} post", "[green]".stl("green").stl("+bold"));
     println!("pre {} post", "[green+bold]".stl("green+bold"));
@@ -34,5 +36,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     println!("pre {} post", "[.blue().bold()]".blue().bold());
     println!("pre {} post", "[.blue().on_red().bold()]".blue().on_red().bold());
 
+    println!("pre {} post", "[.dim()]".dim());
+    println!("pre {} post", "[.blue().dim()]".blue().dim());
+
     Ok(())
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/cli/stylize/stylizer.rs b/lib/cli/stylize/stylizer.rs
index 1652aff..0747fb3 100644
--- a/lib/cli/stylize/stylizer.rs
+++ b/lib/cli/stylize/stylizer.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ pub trait Stylize {
     fn on_bright_white(&self) -> String { self.stl("on bright-white") }
     fn on_rgb(&self, r: u8, g: u8, b: u8) -> String { self.stl(&format!("on #{:02X}{:02X}{:02X}", r, g, b)) }
     fn bold(&self) -> String { self.stl("+bold") }
-    fn dim(&self) -> String { self.stl("+dim") }
+    fn dim(&self) -> String { self.stl("+dimmed") }
     fn italic(&self) -> String { self.stl("+italic") }
     fn underline(&self) -> String { self.stl("+underline") }
     fn blink(&self) -> String { self.stl("+blink") }
diff --git a/lib/lib.rs b/lib/lib.rs
index 5d863fb..5c673f6 100644
--- a/lib/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/lib.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-pub mod cli;
\ No newline at end of file
+pub mod cli;
+pub mod logger;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/logger/datetime.rs b/lib/logger/datetime.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0d2346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logger/datetime.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+
+pub fn noop_datetime() -> String {
+    "".to_string()
+}
+
+/// Get the current time in the format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
+pub fn utc_current_time() -> String {
+    // Get the current system time
+    let now = SystemTime::now();
+
+    // Convert the adjusted time to a formatted string
+    match now.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH) {
+        Ok(duration) => {
+            let secs = duration.as_secs();
+            let days = secs / (24 * 3600);
+            let mut years = 1970;
+            let mut days_left = days;
+
+            // Adjusting for leap years
+            loop {
+                let days_in_year = if is_leap_year(years) { 366 } else { 365 };
+                if days_left < days_in_year {
+                    break;
+                }
+                days_left -= days_in_year;
+                years += 1;
+            }
+
+            let (month, day) = days_to_date(days_left, is_leap_year(years));
+
+            let hours = (secs / 3600) % 24;
+            let minutes = (secs / 60) % 60;
+            let seconds = secs % 60;
+
+            format!("{:04}-{:02}-{:02} {:02}:{:02}:{:02}", years, month + 1, day, hours, minutes, seconds)
+        }
+        Err(_) => "0".to_string(),
+    }
+}
+
+// Check if a year is a leap year
+fn is_leap_year(year: u64) -> bool {
+    (year % 4 == 0 && year % 100 != 0) || (year % 400 == 0)
+}
+
+// Calculate the month and day from the number of days since UNIX epoch
+fn days_to_date(days: u64, leap: bool) -> (u64, u64) {
+    let days_in_month = [31, if leap { 29 } else { 28 }, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31];
+    let mut days_left = days;
+    let mut month = 0;
+
+    while days_left >= days_in_month[month as usize] {
+        days_left -= days_in_month[month as usize];
+        month += 1;
+    }
+
+    (month, days_left + 1) // Adding 1 to day to make it 1-based
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/logger/mod.rs b/lib/logger/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d470dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/logger/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+pub mod datetime;
+
+use eyre::{eyre, Result};
+use log::{Level, Metadata, Record};
+
+const RESET: &str = "\x1b[0m";
+
+struct StyledRecord {
+    time: String,
+    level: String,
+    message: String,
+    file: String,
+    line: String,
+}
+
+impl StyledRecord {
+    fn from(record: &Record, get_time: fn() -> String) -> Self {
+        let ansi_style_level = match record.level() {
+            Level::Error => "\x1b[31m", // red
+            Level::Warn => "\x1b[33m", // yellow
+            Level::Info => "\x1b[32m", // green
+            Level::Debug => "\x1b[95m", // magenta
+            Level::Trace => "\x1b[34m", // blue
+        };
+
+        let file_ansi_color = "\x1b[34m"; // blue
+        let line_ansi_color = "\x1b[34;1m"; // bold blue
+        let mut time = get_time();
+
+        if !time.is_empty() {
+            time = format!("\x1b[2m{}\x1b[0m", time); // dim
+        }
+
+        Self {
+            level: format!("{}{:<5}{}", ansi_style_level, record.level(), RESET),
+            message: format!("{}", record.args()),
+            file: format!("{}{}{}", file_ansi_color, record.file().unwrap_or("unknown"), RESET),
+            line: format!("{}{}{}", line_ansi_color, record.line().unwrap_or(0), RESET),
+            time,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct ConsoleLogger<'a>{
+    context: &'a str,
+    time_fn: fn() -> String,
+}
+
+impl<'a> ConsoleLogger<'a> {
+    pub fn default_setup(max_level: Level, context: &'static str) -> Result<()> {
+        let logger = Box::new(ConsoleLogger { context, time_fn: datetime::utc_current_time});
+        log::set_logger(Box::leak(logger) as &'static ConsoleLogger)
+            .map(|()| log::set_max_level(max_level.to_level_filter()))
+            .map_err(|err| eyre!("failed to set logger: {}", err))
+    }
+
+    pub fn setup(max_level: Level, context: &'static str, time_fn: fn() -> String) -> Result<()> {
+        let logger = Box::new(ConsoleLogger { context, time_fn});
+        log::set_logger(Box::leak(logger) as &'static ConsoleLogger)
+            .map(|()| log::set_max_level(max_level.to_level_filter()))
+            .map_err(|err| eyre!("failed to set logger: {}", err))
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_context(&mut self, context: &'a str) {
+        self.context = context;
+    }
+}
+
+/// simple implementation of a themed logger
+impl<'a> log::Log for ConsoleLogger<'a> {
+    fn enabled(&self, metadata: &Metadata) -> bool {
+        metadata.level() <= Level::Info
+    }
+
+    fn log(&self, record: &Record) {
+        let styled_record = StyledRecord::from(record, self.time_fn);
+
+        let time = if styled_record.time.is_empty() {
+            " ".to_string()
+        } else {
+            format!(" {} ", styled_record.time)
+        };
+
+        // print to stdout
+        println!(
+            "[{}]{}| {} | {}:{} - {}",
+            self.context,
+            time,
+            styled_record.level,
+            styled_record.file,
+            styled_record.line,
+            styled_record.message
+        );
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&self) {}
+}