diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 096de1a8..d28d8f52 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -504,11 +504,11 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "lazy_static",
- "log",
  "rmp-serde",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
  "typemap_rev",
 ]
 
@@ -678,6 +678,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing"
+version = "0.1.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "375a639232caf30edfc78e8d89b2d4c375515393e7af7e16f01cd96917fb2105"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-attributes",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-attributes"
+version = "0.1.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f4f480b8f81512e825f337ad51e94c1eb5d3bbdf2b363dcd01e2b19a9ffe3f8e"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-core"
+version = "0.1.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1f4ed65637b8390770814083d20756f87bfa2c21bf2f110babdc5438351746e4"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typemap_rev"
 version = "0.1.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b78f0d42..5fb39b67 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ harness = false
 [dependencies]
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
 rmp-serde = "0.15.4"
-log = "0.4.14"
+tracing = "0.1.29"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 typemap_rev = "0.1.5"
 
diff --git a/src/events/event.rs b/src/events/event.rs
index 40f3327b..768a55c8 100644
--- a/src/events/event.rs
+++ b/src/events/event.rs
@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@ use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::events::generate_event_id;
 use crate::events::payload::EventReceivePayload;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fmt::Debug;
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt};
 
 /// A container representing an event and underlying binary data.
 /// The data can be decoded into an object representation or read
 /// as raw binary data.
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Event {
     header: EventHeader,
     data: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct EventHeader {
     id: u64,
     ref_id: Option<u64>,
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ struct EventHeader {
 
 impl Event {
     /// Creates a new event with a namespace
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace")]
     pub fn with_namespace(
         namespace: String,
         name: String,
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ impl Event {
     }
 
     /// Creates a new event
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace")]
     pub fn new(name: String, data: Vec<u8>, ref_id: Option<u64>) -> Self {
         let header = EventHeader {
             id: generate_event_id(),
@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@ impl Event {
     }
 
     /// Decodes the data to the given type
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip(self))]
     pub fn data<T: EventReceivePayload>(&self) -> Result<T> {
         let data = T::from_payload_bytes(&self.data[..])?;
 
@@ -82,16 +87,12 @@ impl Event {
     }
 
     /// Reads an event message
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip(reader))]
     pub async fn from_async_read<R: AsyncRead + Unpin>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Self> {
         let total_length = reader.read_u64().await?;
         let header_length = reader.read_u16().await?;
         let data_length = total_length - header_length as u64;
-        log::trace!(
-            "Parsing event of length {} ({} header, {} data)",
-            total_length,
-            header_length,
-            data_length
-        );
+        tracing::trace!(total_length, header_length, data_length);
 
         let header: EventHeader = {
             let mut header_bytes = vec![0u8; header_length as usize];
@@ -106,11 +107,13 @@ impl Event {
     }
 
     /// Encodes the event into bytes
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace")]
     pub fn into_bytes(mut self) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         let mut header_bytes = rmp_serde::to_vec(&self.header)?;
         let header_length = header_bytes.len() as u16;
         let data_length = self.data.len();
         let total_length = header_length as u64 + data_length as u64;
+        tracing::trace!(total_length, header_length, data_length);
 
         let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(total_length as usize);
         buf.append(&mut total_length.to_be_bytes().to_vec());
diff --git a/src/events/event_handler.rs b/src/events/event_handler.rs
index 78ce5692..7df84bad 100644
--- a/src/events/event_handler.rs
+++ b/src/events/event_handler.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::events::event::Event;
 use crate::ipc::context::Context;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::fmt::{Debug, Formatter};
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -18,6 +19,18 @@ pub struct EventHandler {
     callbacks: HashMap<String, EventCallback>,
 }
 
+impl Debug for EventHandler {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        let callback_names: String = self
+            .callbacks
+            .keys()
+            .cloned()
+            .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+            .join(", ");
+        format!("EventHandler {{callbacks: [{}]}}", callback_names).fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
 impl EventHandler {
     /// Creates a new event handler
     pub fn new() -> Self {
@@ -27,6 +40,7 @@ impl EventHandler {
     }
 
     /// Adds a new event callback
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self, callback))]
     pub fn on<F: 'static>(&mut self, name: &str, callback: F)
     where
         F: for<'a> Fn(
@@ -40,6 +54,7 @@ impl EventHandler {
     }
 
     /// Handles a received event
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(self, ctx))]
     pub async fn handle_event(&self, ctx: &Context, event: Event) -> Result<()> {
         if let Some(cb) = self.callbacks.get(event.name()) {
             cb.as_ref()(ctx, event).await?;
diff --git a/src/ipc/builder.rs b/src/ipc/builder.rs
index 516349b9..cff2d4b3 100644
--- a/src/ipc/builder.rs
+++ b/src/ipc/builder.rs
@@ -57,11 +57,8 @@ impl IPCBuilder {
         handler.on(ERROR_EVENT_NAME, |_, event| {
             Box::pin(async move {
                 let error_data = event.data::<ErrorEventData>()?;
-                log::warn!(
-                    "Received Error Response from Server: {} - {}",
-                    error_data.code,
-                    error_data.message
-                );
+                tracing::warn!(error_data.code);
+                tracing::warn!("error_data.message = '{}'", error_data.message);
 
                 Ok(())
             })
@@ -117,6 +114,7 @@ impl IPCBuilder {
     }
 
     /// Builds an ipc server
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
     pub async fn build_server(self) -> Result<()> {
         self.validate()?;
         let server = IPCServer {
@@ -130,6 +128,7 @@ impl IPCBuilder {
     }
 
     /// Builds an ipc client
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
     pub async fn build_client(self) -> Result<Context> {
         self.validate()?;
         let client = IPCClient {
@@ -144,6 +143,7 @@ impl IPCBuilder {
     }
 
     /// Validates that all required fields have been provided
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
     fn validate(&self) -> Result<()> {
         if self.address.is_none() {
             Err(Error::BuildError("Missing Address".to_string()))
diff --git a/src/ipc/client.rs b/src/ipc/client.rs
index adaae1f2..ba929738 100644
--- a/src/ipc/client.rs
+++ b/src/ipc/client.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub struct IPCClient {
 impl IPCClient {
     /// Connects to a given address and returns an emitter for events to that address.
     /// Invoked by [IPCBuilder::build_client](crate::builder::IPCBuilder::build_client)
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
     pub async fn connect(self, address: &str) -> Result<Context> {
         let stream = TcpStream::connect(address).await?;
         let (read_half, write_half) = stream.into_split();
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ impl IPCClient {
         );
         let handler = Arc::new(self.handler);
         let namespaces = Arc::new(self.namespaces);
-        log::debug!("IPC client connected to {}", address);
 
         let handle = tokio::spawn({
             let ctx = Context::clone(&ctx);
diff --git a/src/ipc/context.rs b/src/ipc/context.rs
index e625c25d..81914c83 100644
--- a/src/ipc/context.rs
+++ b/src/ipc/context.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ impl Context {
     }
 
     /// Waits for a reply to the given message ID
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(self))]
     pub async fn await_reply(&self, message_id: u64) -> Result<Event> {
         let (rx, tx) = oneshot::channel();
         {
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ impl Context {
     }
 
     /// Stops the listener and closes the connection
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(self))]
     pub async fn stop(self) -> Result<()> {
         let mut sender = self.stop_sender.lock().await;
         if let Some(sender) = mem::take(&mut *sender) {
diff --git a/src/ipc/mod.rs b/src/ipc/mod.rs
index 3a84923c..e6e196af 100644
--- a/src/ipc/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ipc/mod.rs
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ async fn handle_connection(
     ctx: Context,
 ) {
     while let Ok(event) = Event::from_async_read(&mut read_half).await {
-        log::debug!("Received {:?}:{} event", event.namespace(), event.name());
+        tracing::trace!("event = {:?}", event);
         // check if the event is a reply
         if let Some(ref_id) = event.reference_id() {
+            tracing::trace!("Event has reference id. Passing to reply listener");
             // get the listener for replies
-            log::trace!("Event is response to {}", ref_id);
             if let Some(sender) = ctx.get_reply_sender(ref_id).await {
                 // try sending the event to the listener for replies
                 if let Err(event) = sender.send(event) {
@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ async fn handle_connection(
                 }
                 continue;
             }
-            log::trace!("No response listener found for event. Passing to regular listener.");
+            tracing::trace!("No response listener found for event. Passing to regular listener.");
         }
         if let Some(namespace) = event.namespace().clone().and_then(|n| namespaces.get(&n)) {
-            log::trace!("Passing event to namespace listener");
+            tracing::trace!("Passing event to namespace listener");
             let handler = Arc::clone(&namespace.handler);
             handle_event(Context::clone(&ctx), handler, event);
         } else {
-            log::trace!("Passing event to global listener");
+            tracing::trace!("Passing event to global listener");
             handle_event(Context::clone(&ctx), Arc::clone(&handler), event);
         }
     }
-    log::debug!("Connection closed.");
+    tracing::debug!("Connection closed.");
 }
 
 /// Handles a single event in a different tokio context
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ fn handle_event(ctx: Context, handler: Arc<EventHandler>, event: Event) {
                 )
                 .await
             {
-                log::error!("Error occurred when sending error response: {:?}", e);
+                tracing::error!("Error occurred when sending error response: {:?}", e);
             }
-            log::error!("Failed to handle event: {:?}", e);
+            tracing::error!("Failed to handle event: {:?}", e);
         }
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/ipc/server.rs b/src/ipc/server.rs
index 6926eb60..d1ed1113 100644
--- a/src/ipc/server.rs
+++ b/src/ipc/server.rs
@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@ pub struct IPCServer {
 impl IPCServer {
     /// Starts the IPC Server.
     /// Invoked by [IPCBuilder::build_server](crate::builder::IPCBuilder::build_server)
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
     pub async fn start(self, address: &str) -> Result<()> {
         let listener = TcpListener::bind(address).await?;
         let handler = Arc::new(self.handler);
         let namespaces = Arc::new(self.namespaces);
         let data = Arc::new(RwLock::new(self.data));
-        log::debug!("IPC server listening on {}", address);
+        tracing::info!(address);
 
-        while let Ok((stream, _)) = listener.accept().await {
+        while let Ok((stream, remote_address)) = listener.accept().await {
+            let remote_address = remote_address.to_string();
+            tracing::debug!("remote_address = {}", remote_address);
             let handler = Arc::clone(&handler);
             let namespaces = Arc::clone(&namespaces);
             let data = Arc::clone(&data);
diff --git a/src/ipc/stream_emitter.rs b/src/ipc/stream_emitter.rs
index b0c7a787..37cbef91 100644
--- a/src/ipc/stream_emitter.rs
+++ b/src/ipc/stream_emitter.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::events::event::Event;
 use crate::events::payload::EventSendPayload;
 use crate::ipc::context::Context;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 use tokio::net::tcp::OwnedWriteHalf;
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
-use tokio::time::Instant;
 
 /// An abstraction over the raw tokio tcp stream
 /// to emit events and share a connection across multiple
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ impl StreamEmitter {
         }
     }
 
-    pub async fn _emit<T: EventSendPayload>(
+    #[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip(self))]
+    pub async fn _emit<T: EventSendPayload + Debug>(
         &self,
         namespace: Option<&str>,
         event: &str,
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ impl StreamEmitter {
         res_id: Option<u64>,
     ) -> Result<EmitMetadata> {
         let data_bytes = data.to_payload_bytes()?;
-        log::debug!("Emitting event {:?}:{}", namespace, event);
 
         let event = if let Some(namespace) = namespace {
             Event::with_namespace(namespace.to_string(), event.to_string(), data_bytes, res_id)
@@ -43,17 +43,16 @@ impl StreamEmitter {
 
         let event_bytes = event.into_bytes()?;
         {
-            let start = Instant::now();
             let mut stream = self.stream.lock().await;
             (*stream).write_all(&event_bytes[..]).await?;
-            log::trace!("Wrote {} bytes in {:?}", event_bytes.len(), start.elapsed());
+            tracing::trace!(bytes_len = event_bytes.len());
         }
 
         Ok(EmitMetadata::new(event_id))
     }
 
     /// Emits an event
-    pub async fn emit<S: AsRef<str>, T: EventSendPayload>(
+    pub async fn emit<S: AsRef<str>, T: EventSendPayload + Debug>(
         &self,
         event: S,
         data: T,
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ impl StreamEmitter {
     }
 
     /// Emits an event to a specific namespace
-    pub async fn emit_to<S1: AsRef<str>, S2: AsRef<str>, T: EventSendPayload>(
+    pub async fn emit_to<S1: AsRef<str>, S2: AsRef<str>, T: EventSendPayload + Debug>(
         &self,
         namespace: S1,
         event: S2,
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ impl StreamEmitter {
     }
 
     /// Emits a response to an event
-    pub async fn emit_response<S: AsRef<str>, T: EventSendPayload>(
+    pub async fn emit_response<S: AsRef<str>, T: EventSendPayload + Debug>(
         &self,
         event_id: u64,
         event: S,
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ impl StreamEmitter {
     }
 
     /// Emits a response to an event to a namespace
-    pub async fn emit_response_to<S1: AsRef<str>, S2: AsRef<str>, T: EventSendPayload>(
+    pub async fn emit_response_to<S1: AsRef<str>, S2: AsRef<str>, T: EventSendPayload + Debug>(
         &self,
         event_id: u64,
         namespace: S1,
diff --git a/src/namespaces/builder.rs b/src/namespaces/builder.rs
index 9f9dd214..45862c7b 100644
--- a/src/namespaces/builder.rs
+++ b/src/namespaces/builder.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ impl NamespaceBuilder {
     }
 
     /// Builds the namespace
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
     pub fn build(self) -> IPCBuilder {
         let namespace = Namespace::new(self.name, self.handler);
         self.ipc_builder.add_namespace(namespace)
diff --git a/src/namespaces/namespace.rs b/src/namespaces/namespace.rs
index 4659eeb8..72dc77c8 100644
--- a/src/namespaces/namespace.rs
+++ b/src/namespaces/namespace.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::events::event_handler::EventHandler;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Namespace {
     name: String,
     pub(crate) handler: Arc<EventHandler>,
diff --git a/src/tests/mod.rs b/src/tests/mod.rs
index 8f29a871..9c52e641 100644
--- a/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
+mod event_tests;
 mod ipc_tests;
 mod utils;
-mod event_tests;
diff --git a/src/tests/utils.rs b/src/tests/utils.rs
index 0804847d..f3c4507e 100644
--- a/src/tests/utils.rs
+++ b/src/tests/utils.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::time::SystemTime;
 use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct PingEventData {
     pub time: SystemTime,
     pub ttl: u8,