diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b74d3d1..b165ddd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-util",
  "toml",
  "tracing",
+ "tracing-journald",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "users",
  "uucore",
@@ -1219,6 +1220,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "valuable",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-journald"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2d3a81ed245bfb62592b1e2bc153e77656d94ee6a0497683a65a12ccaf2438d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-log"
 version = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4f732c1..617ca82 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ itertools = "0.14.0"
 tokio-util = "0.7.18"
 caps = "0.5.6"
 users = { version = "0.11.0", default-features = false }
+tracing-journald = "0.3.2"
 
 [features]
 default = ["systemd"]
diff --git a/nix/module.nix b/nix/module.nix
index 79975de..0b829ca 100644
--- a/nix/module.nix
+++ b/nix/module.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ in {
       type = lib.types.submodule {
         freeformType = format.type;
         options = {
+          log_level = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.enum [ "info" "debug" "trace" ];
+            default = "info";
+            description = "Log level for the roowho2 daemon.";
+          };
+
           rwhod = {
             enable = lib.mkEnableOption "the rwhod service" // {
               default = true;
@@ -30,12 +36,6 @@ in {
       default = { };
       description = "Configuration settings for Roowho2.";
     };
-
-    logLevel = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.enum [ "quiet" "info" "debug" "trace" ];
-      default = "info";
-      description = "Log level for the roowho2 daemon.";
-    };
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ in {
     };
 
     systemd.services.roowho2 = {
-      environment.RUST_LOG = cfg.logLevel;
       serviceConfig = {
         Type = "notify";
         ExecStart = "${lib.getExe' cfg.package "roowhod"} --config ${format.generate "roowho2-config.toml" cfg.settings}";
diff --git a/nix/vm.nix b/nix/vm.nix
index c3cb7e0..aecf309 100644
--- a/nix/vm.nix
+++ b/nix/vm.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
 
       services.roowho2 = {
         enable = true;
-        logLevel = "trace";
+        settings.log_level = "trace";
       };
 
       programs.vim = {
diff --git a/src/bin/roowhod.rs b/src/bin/roowhod.rs
index d9ad977..dbec2e3 100644
--- a/src/bin/roowhod.rs
+++ b/src/bin/roowhod.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ use anyhow::Context;
 use clap::Parser;
 use tokio::{net::UdpSocket, sync::RwLock};
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
-use tracing_subscriber::{EnvFilter, fmt, layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
+use tracing::level_filters::LevelFilter;
+use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
 
 use roowho2_lib::server::{
-    config::DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH,
+    config::{DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH, LogLevel},
     rwhod::{RwhodStatusStore, rwhod_packet_receiver_task, rwhod_packet_sender_task},
     varlink_api::varlink_client_server_task,
 };
@@ -38,11 +39,6 @@ struct Args {
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let args = Args::parse();
 
-    tracing_subscriber::registry()
-        .with(fmt::layer())
-        .with(EnvFilter::from_default_env())
-        .init();
-
     let config = toml::from_str::<roowho2_lib::server::config::Config>(
         &std::fs::read_to_string(&args.config_path).context(format!(
             "Failed to read configuration file {:?}",
@@ -50,6 +46,19 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         ))?,
     )?;
 
+    let log_filter = match config.log_level.unwrap_or(LogLevel::Info) {
+        LogLevel::Info => LevelFilter::INFO,
+        LogLevel::Debug => LevelFilter::DEBUG,
+        LogLevel::Trace => LevelFilter::TRACE,
+    };
+
+    let subscriber = tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(log_filter)
+        .with(tracing_journald::layer()?);
+
+    tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber)
+        .context("Failed to set global default tracing subscriber")?;
+
     let fd_map: HashMap<String, OwnedFd> =
         HashMap::from_iter(sd_notify::listen_fds_with_names()?.map(|(fd_num, name)| {
             (
diff --git a/src/server/config.rs b/src/server/config.rs
index 1201305..3953702 100644
--- a/src/server/config.rs
+++ b/src/server/config.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ pub const DEFAULT_CLIENT_SOCKET_PATH: &str = "/run/roowho2/server_client.sock";
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Config {
+    /// Logging level for the daemon.
+    pub log_level: Option<LogLevel>,
+
     /// Configuration for the rwhod server.
     pub rwhod: RwhodConfig,
 
@@ -17,6 +20,14 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub client_socket_path: Option<String>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum LogLevel {
+    Info,
+    Debug,
+    Trace,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct RwhodConfig {
     /// Enable or disable the rwhod server functionality.