diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a0ce30814..1dfcd3afe 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "dhat",
  "dirs",
+ "env_logger",
  "epoll",
  "event_monitor",
  "hypervisor",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5f21b99a0..a913cb600 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.94"
 api_client = { path = "api_client" }
 clap = { version = "4.5.13", features = ["string"] }
 dhat = { version = "0.3.3", optional = true }
+env_logger = { workspace = true }
 epoll = "4.3.3"
 event_monitor = { path = "event_monitor" }
 hypervisor = { path = "hypervisor" }
diff --git a/src/bin/ch-remote.rs b/src/bin/ch-remote.rs
index 9d8c4f68b..4278af617 100644
--- a/src/bin/ch-remote.rs
+++ b/src/bin/ch-remote.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use api_client::{
     Error as ApiClientError,
 };
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command};
+use log::error;
 use option_parser::{ByteSized, ByteSizedParseError};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use vmm::config::RestoreConfig;
@@ -1071,6 +1072,7 @@ fn get_cli_commands_sorted() -> Box<[Command]> {
 }
 
 fn main() {
+    env_logger::init();
     let app = Command::new("ch-remote")
         .author(env!("CARGO_PKG_AUTHORS"))
         .version(env!("BUILD_VERSION"))
@@ -1092,7 +1094,7 @@ fn main() {
         #[cfg(not(feature = "dbus_api"))]
         (Some(api_sock),) => TargetApi::HttpApi(
             UnixStream::connect(api_sock).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-                eprintln!("Error opening HTTP socket: {e}");
+                error!("Error opening HTTP socket: {e}");
                 process::exit(1)
             }),
             PhantomData,
@@ -1100,7 +1102,7 @@ fn main() {
         #[cfg(feature = "dbus_api")]
         (Some(api_sock), None, None) => TargetApi::HttpApi(
             UnixStream::connect(api_sock).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-                eprintln!("Error opening HTTP socket: {e}");
+                error!("Error opening HTTP socket: {e}");
                 process::exit(1)
             }),
             PhantomData,
@@ -1114,19 +1116,19 @@ fn main() {
             )
             .map_err(Error::DBusApiClient)
             .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-                eprintln!("Error creating D-Bus proxy: {e}");
+                error!("Error creating D-Bus proxy: {e}");
                 process::exit(1)
             }),
         ),
         #[cfg(feature = "dbus_api")]
         (Some(_), Some(_) | None, Some(_) | None) => {
-            println!(
+            error!(
                 "`api-socket` and (dbus-service-name or dbus-object-path) are mutually exclusive"
             );
             process::exit(1);
         }
         _ => {
-            println!("Please either provide the api-socket option or dbus-service-name and dbus-object-path options");
+            error!("Please either provide the api-socket option or dbus-service-name and dbus-object-path options");
             process::exit(1);
         }
     };