diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 351c493..03f2dbe 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"git.sr.ht/~cco/go-scopes/config"
 	"git.sr.ht/~cco/go-scopes/lib"
 	"git.sr.ht/~cco/go-scopes/lib/message"
+	"git.sr.ht/~cco/go-scopes/logging/log"
 )
 
 type Cfg struct {
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ func start(ctx lib.Context) {
 		cctx := ctx.ChildContext(cfg)
 		cfg.Starter()(cctx)
 		fmt.Println(cfg.Name(), " started")
+		log.Info().Str("service", cfg.Name()).Msg("started")
 	}
 	fmt.Println("running ", ctx.WaitGroup())
 	sig := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a97bfd8..6ee24f7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 module git.sr.ht/~cco/go-scopes
 
 go 1.20
+
+require (
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11b371d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
+github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.12/go.mod h1:u5H1YNBxpqRaxsYJYSkiCWKzEfiAb1Gb520KVy5xxl4=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14/go.mod h1:7GGIvUiUoEMVVmxf/4nioHXj79iQHKdU27kJ6hsGG94=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 h1:JITubQf0MOLdlGRuRq+jtsDlekdYPia9ZFsB8h/APPA=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
+github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/rs/xid v1.4.0/go.mod h1:trrq9SKmegXys3aeAKXMUTdJsYXVwGY3RLcfgqegfbg=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.1 h1:cO+d60CHkknCbvzEWxP0S9K6KqyTjrCNUy1LdQLCGPc=
+github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.1/go.mod h1:Le6ESbR7hc+DP6Lt1THiV8CQSdkkNrd3R0XbEgp3ZBU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210927094055-39ccf1dd6fa6/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 h1:EBmGv8NaZBZTWvrbjNoL6HVt+IVy3QDQpJs7VRIw3tU=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/logging/log/log.go b/logging/log/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1acfd49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logging/log/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package log
+
+import "github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+
+var Info = log.Info
diff --git a/logging/logging.go b/logging/logging.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b43acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logging/logging.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package logging
diff --git a/tests/scopes_test.go b/tests/scopes_test.go
index ca0be64..bb03bd9 100644
--- a/tests/scopes_test.go
+++ b/tests/scopes_test.go
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ func SendTest(t *testing.T) {
 	rcvr := message.SimpleAddress("testing")
 	msg := message.StrMessage("demo")
 	lib.Send(ctx, rcvr, msg)
-	//rcvr = message.SimpleAddress("test-receiver")
-	//lib.Send(ctx, rcvr, msg)
 }
 
 // action handlers