diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e99c7b09..d552949c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ checksum = "0f8cb7306107e4b10e64994de6d3274bd08996a7c1322a27b86482392f96be0a"
 [[package]]
 name = "dyld"
 version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "libboard_zynq",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libasync"
@@ -185,6 +182,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libboard_zynq",
  "libcortex_a9",
  "libsupport_zynq",
+ "log",
  "num-derive",
  "num-traits",
 ]
diff --git a/runtime/Cargo.toml b/runtime/Cargo.toml
index 04f5e514..1b062660 100644
--- a/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ default = ["target_zc706"]
 num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
 num-derive = "0.3"
 cslice = "0.3"
+log = "0.4"
 libboard_zynq = { git = "https://git.m-labs.hk/M-Labs/zc706.git" }
 libsupport_zynq = { git = "https://git.m-labs.hk/M-Labs/zc706.git" }
 libcortex_a9 = { git = "https://git.m-labs.hk/M-Labs/zc706.git" }
diff --git a/runtime/src/main.rs b/runtime/src/main.rs
index 773b3612..835c326a 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #![no_main]
 
 extern crate alloc;
+extern crate log;
 
 use core::{cmp, str};
 
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ use libboard_zynq::{
     println,
     self as zynq, clocks::Clocks, clocks::source::{ClockSource, ArmPll, IoPll},
 };
-use libsupport_zynq::ram;
+use libsupport_zynq::{logger, ram};
 
 mod comms;
 mod pl;
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ fn identifier_read(buf: &mut [u8]) -> &str {
 #[no_mangle]
 pub fn main_core0() {
     println!("ARTIQ runtime starting...");
+    let _ = logger::init();
+    log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Debug);
 
     const CPU_FREQ: u32 = 800_000_000;