diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
index 6e12601..a98dc8a 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.lock
@@ -446,9 +446,9 @@ checksum = "e78d4f1cc4ae33bbfc157ed5d5a5ef3bc29227303d595861deb238fcec4e9457"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b2cf0344971ee6c64c31be0d530793fba457d322dfec2810c453d0ef228f9c3"
+checksum = "44533bbbb3bb3c1fa17d9f2e4e38bbbaf8396ba82193c4cb1b6445d711445d36"
 dependencies = [
  "atty",
  "humantime",
@@ -668,9 +668,12 @@ checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "humantime"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
+checksum = "df004cfca50ef23c36850aaaa59ad52cc70d0e90243c3c7737a4dd32dc7a3c4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "quick-error",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
@@ -811,12 +814,12 @@ checksum = "a3e378b66a060d48947b590737b30a1be76706c8dd7b8ba0f2fe3989c68a853f"
 name = "mediarepo"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "env_logger",
  "glob",
  "log",
  "mediarepo-core",
  "mediarepo-model",
  "mediarepo-socket",
+ "pretty_env_logger",
  "structopt",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
@@ -1209,6 +1212,16 @@ version = "0.2.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac74c624d6b2d21f425f752262f42188365d7b8ff1aff74c82e45136510a4857"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pretty_env_logger"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "926d36b9553851b8b0005f1275891b392ee4d2d833852c417ed025477350fb9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "env_logger",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-crate"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1290,6 +1303,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quick-error"
+version = "1.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1d01941d82fa2ab50be1e79e6714289dd7cde78eba4c074bc5a4374f650dfe0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.10"
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.toml
index 5c69d62..e1b915c 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ crate-type = ["lib"]
 [dependencies]
 toml = {version = "0.5.8", optional=true}
 structopt = {version="0.3.23", optional=true}
-env_logger = {version="0.9.0", optional=true}
+pretty_env_logger = {version="0.4.0", optional=true}
 glob = {version="0.3.0", optional=true}
 log = "0.4.14"
 
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "io-std", "io-util"]
 
 [features]
 default = ["runtime"]
-runtime = ["toml", "structopt", "mediarepo-model", "mediarepo-socket", "env_logger", "glob"]
+runtime = ["toml", "structopt", "mediarepo-model", "mediarepo-socket", "pretty_env_logger", "glob"]
 library = ["mediarepo-socket"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/lib.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/lib.rs
index b0fae21..5bfcbea 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pub mod file_hash_store;
 pub mod image_processing;
 pub mod settings;
 pub mod type_keys;
+pub mod utils;
 
 pub use futures;
 pub use image;
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/utils.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..830ddbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-core/src/utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/// Parses a normalized tag into its two components of namespace and tag
+pub fn parse_namespace_and_tag(norm_tag: String) -> (Option<String>, String) {
+    norm_tag
+        .split_once(':')
+        .map(|(n, t)| (Some(n.trim().to_string()), t.trim().to_string()))
+        .unwrap_or((None, norm_tag.trim().to_string()))
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/lib.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/lib.rs
index 05d3c70..fba5e43 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 pub mod file;
 pub mod file_type;
 pub mod hash;
+pub mod namespace;
 pub mod repo;
 pub mod storage;
+pub mod tag;
 pub mod thumbnail;
 pub mod type_keys;
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/namespace.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/namespace.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..041e4be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/namespace.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+use mediarepo_core::error::RepoResult;
+use mediarepo_database::entities::namespace;
+use sea_orm::prelude::*;
+use sea_orm::{DatabaseConnection, Set};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Namespace {
+    db: DatabaseConnection,
+    model: namespace::Model,
+}
+
+impl Namespace {
+    pub(crate) fn new(db: DatabaseConnection, model: namespace::Model) -> Self {
+        Self { db, model }
+    }
+
+    /// Retrieves the namespace by id
+    pub async fn by_id(db: DatabaseConnection, id: i64) -> RepoResult<Option<Self>> {
+        let namespace = namespace::Entity::find_by_id(id)
+            .one(&db)
+            .await?
+            .map(|model| Self::new(db, model));
+
+        Ok(namespace)
+    }
+
+    /// Retrieves a namespace by its name
+    pub async fn by_name<S: AsRef<str>>(
+        db: DatabaseConnection,
+        name: S,
+    ) -> RepoResult<Option<Self>> {
+        let namespace = namespace::Entity::find()
+            .filter(namespace::Column::Name.eq(name.as_ref()))
+            .one(&db)
+            .await?
+            .map(|model| Self::new(db, model));
+
+        Ok(namespace)
+    }
+
+    /// Adds a namespace to the database
+    pub async fn add<S: ToString>(db: DatabaseConnection, name: S) -> RepoResult<Self> {
+        let active_model = namespace::ActiveModel {
+            name: Set(name.to_string()),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let active_model = active_model.insert(&db).await?;
+        let namespace = Self::by_id(db, active_model.id.unwrap()).await?.unwrap();
+
+        Ok(namespace)
+    }
+
+    /// The ID of the namespace
+    pub fn id(&self) -> i64 {
+        self.model.id
+    }
+
+    /// The name of the namespace
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &String {
+        &self.model.name
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/repo.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/repo.rs
index df1d06f..6e3862c 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/repo.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/repo.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 use crate::file::File;
 use crate::file_type::FileType;
+use crate::namespace::Namespace;
 use crate::storage::Storage;
+use crate::tag::Tag;
 use crate::thumbnail::Thumbnail;
 use mediarepo_core::error::{RepoError, RepoResult};
 use mediarepo_core::image_processing::ThumbnailSize;
+use mediarepo_core::utils::parse_namespace_and_tag;
 use mediarepo_database::get_database;
 use sea_orm::DatabaseConnection;
 use std::io::Cursor;
@@ -133,6 +136,55 @@ impl Repo {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Returns all tags stored in the database
+    pub async fn tags(&self) -> RepoResult<Vec<Tag>> {
+        Tag::all(self.db.clone()).await
+    }
+
+    /// Adds or finds a tag
+    pub async fn add_or_find_tag<S: ToString>(&self, tag: S) -> RepoResult<Tag> {
+        let (namespace, name) = parse_namespace_and_tag(tag.to_string());
+        if let Some(namespace) = namespace {
+            self.add_or_find_namespaced_tag(name, namespace).await
+        } else {
+            self.add_or_find_unnamespaced_tag(name).await
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Adds or finds an unnamespaced tag
+    async fn add_or_find_unnamespaced_tag(&self, name: String) -> RepoResult<Tag> {
+        if let Some(tag) = Tag::by_name(self.db.clone(), &name).await? {
+            Ok(tag)
+        } else {
+            self.add_unnamespaced_tag(name).await
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Adds an unnamespaced tag
+    async fn add_unnamespaced_tag(&self, name: String) -> RepoResult<Tag> {
+        Tag::add(self.db.clone(), name, None).await
+    }
+
+    /// Adds or finds a namespaced tag
+    async fn add_or_find_namespaced_tag(&self, name: String, namespace: String) -> RepoResult<Tag> {
+        if let Some(tag) = Tag::by_name_and_namespace(self.db.clone(), &name, &namespace).await? {
+            Ok(tag)
+        } else {
+            self.add_namespaced_tag(name, namespace).await
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Adds a namespaced tag
+    async fn add_namespaced_tag(&self, name: String, namespace: String) -> RepoResult<Tag> {
+        let namespace =
+            if let Some(namespace) = Namespace::by_name(self.db.clone(), &namespace).await? {
+                namespace
+            } else {
+                Namespace::add(self.db.clone(), namespace).await?
+            };
+        Tag::add(self.db.clone(), name, Some(namespace.id())).await
+    }
+
     fn get_main_storage(&self) -> RepoResult<&Storage> {
         if let Some(storage) = &self.main_storage {
             Ok(storage)
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/tag.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/tag.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73a9481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/tag.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+use crate::namespace::Namespace;
+use mediarepo_core::error::RepoResult;
+use mediarepo_database::entities::namespace;
+use mediarepo_database::entities::tag;
+use sea_orm::prelude::*;
+use sea_orm::QuerySelect;
+use sea_orm::{DatabaseConnection, JoinType, Set};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Tag {
+    db: DatabaseConnection,
+    model: tag::Model,
+    namespace: Option<namespace::Model>,
+}
+
+impl Tag {
+    pub(crate) fn new(
+        db: DatabaseConnection,
+        model: tag::Model,
+        namespace: Option<namespace::Model>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            db,
+            model,
+            namespace,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns all tags stored in the database
+    pub async fn all(db: DatabaseConnection) -> RepoResult<Vec<Self>> {
+        let tags: Vec<Self> = tag::Entity::find()
+            .find_also_related(namespace::Entity)
+            .all(&db)
+            .await?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|(tag, namespace)| Self::new(db.clone(), tag, namespace))
+            .collect();
+
+        Ok(tags)
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the tag by id
+    pub async fn by_id(db: DatabaseConnection, id: i64) -> RepoResult<Option<Self>> {
+        let tag = tag::Entity::find_by_id(id)
+            .find_also_related(namespace::Entity)
+            .one(&db)
+            .await?
+            .map(|(model, namespace)| Self::new(db, model, namespace));
+
+        Ok(tag)
+    }
+
+    /// Retrieves the unnamespaced tag by name
+    pub async fn by_name<S: AsRef<str>>(
+        db: DatabaseConnection,
+        name: S,
+    ) -> RepoResult<Option<Self>> {
+        let tag = tag::Entity::find()
+            .filter(tag::Column::Name.eq(name.as_ref()))
+            .filter(tag::Column::NamespaceId.eq(Option::<i64>::None))
+            .one(&db)
+            .await?
+            .map(|t| Tag::new(db, t, None));
+
+        Ok(tag)
+    }
+
+    /// Retrieves the namespaced tag by name and namespace
+    pub async fn by_name_and_namespace<S1: AsRef<str>, S2: AsRef<str>>(
+        db: DatabaseConnection,
+        name: S1,
+        namespace: S2,
+    ) -> RepoResult<Option<Self>> {
+        let tag = tag::Entity::find()
+            .find_also_related(namespace::Entity)
+            .join(JoinType::InnerJoin, namespace::Relation::Tag.def())
+            .filter(namespace::Column::Name.eq(namespace.as_ref()))
+            .filter(tag::Column::Name.eq(name.as_ref()))
+            .one(&db)
+            .await?
+            .map(|(t, n)| Self::new(db.clone(), t, n));
+
+        Ok(tag)
+    }
+
+    /// Adds a new tag to the database
+    pub async fn add<S: ToString>(
+        db: DatabaseConnection,
+        name: S,
+        namespace_id: Option<i64>,
+    ) -> RepoResult<Self> {
+        let active_model = tag::ActiveModel {
+            name: Set(name.to_string()),
+            namespace_id: Set(namespace_id),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let active_model = active_model.insert(&db).await?;
+        let tag = Self::by_id(db, active_model.id.unwrap()).await?.unwrap();
+
+        Ok(tag)
+    }
+
+    /// The ID of the tag
+    pub fn id(&self) -> i64 {
+        self.model.id
+    }
+
+    /// The name of the tag
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &String {
+        &self.model.name
+    }
+
+    /// The namespace of the tag
+    pub fn namespace(&self) -> Option<Namespace> {
+        self.namespace
+            .clone()
+            .map(|n| Namespace::new(self.db.clone(), n))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/mod.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/mod.rs
index bb68efe..bdd4c2d 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/mod.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 use mediarepo_core::rmp_ipc::{namespace, namespace::Namespace, IPCBuilder};
 
 pub mod files;
+pub mod tags;
 
 pub fn build_namespaces(builder: IPCBuilder) -> IPCBuilder {
-    builder.add_namespace(namespace!(files::FilesNamespace))
+    builder
+        .add_namespace(namespace!(files::FilesNamespace))
+        .add_namespace(namespace!(tags::TagsNamespace))
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/tags.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/tags.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdd69ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/tags.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use crate::types::responses::TagResponse;
+use crate::utils::get_repo_from_context;
+use mediarepo_core::rmp_ipc::prelude::*;
+
+pub struct TagsNamespace;
+
+impl NamespaceProvider for TagsNamespace {
+    fn name() -> &'static str {
+        "tags"
+    }
+
+    fn register(handler: &mut EventHandler) {
+        events!(handler,
+            "all_tags" => Self::all_tags
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+impl TagsNamespace {
+    async fn all_tags(ctx: &Context, event: Event) -> IPCResult<()> {
+        let repo = get_repo_from_context(ctx).await;
+        let tags: Vec<TagResponse> = repo
+            .tags()
+            .await?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(TagResponse::from)
+            .collect();
+        ctx.emitter
+            .emit_response_to(event.id(), Self::name(), "all_tags", tags)
+            .await?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/types/responses.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/types/responses.rs
index cef433c..d8a4183 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/types/responses.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/types/responses.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
 use mediarepo_model::file::File;
 use mediarepo_model::file_type::FileType;
+use mediarepo_model::tag::Tag;
 use mediarepo_model::thumbnail::Thumbnail;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -55,3 +56,20 @@ pub struct InfoResponse {
     pub name: String,
     pub version: String,
 }
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct TagResponse {
+    pub id: i64,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub namespace: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl From<Tag> for TagResponse {
+    fn from(tag: Tag) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            id: tag.id(),
+            name: tag.name().to_owned(),
+            namespace: tag.namespace().map(|n| n.name().to_owned()),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/src/main.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/src/main.rs
index e80165a..e2966ef 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/src/main.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ mod utils;
 
 use crate::constants::{DEFAULT_STORAGE_NAME, SETTINGS_PATH, THUMBNAIL_STORAGE_NAME};
 use crate::utils::{create_paths_for_repo, get_repo, load_settings};
+use log::LevelFilter;
 use mediarepo_core::error::RepoResult;
 use mediarepo_core::futures::future;
 use mediarepo_core::settings::Settings;
@@ -10,7 +11,10 @@ use mediarepo_core::type_keys::SettingsKey;
 use mediarepo_model::repo::Repo;
 use mediarepo_model::type_keys::RepoKey;
 use mediarepo_socket::get_builder;
+use pretty_env_logger::env_logger::WriteStyle;
+use std::env;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 use tokio::fs;
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ fn main() -> RepoResult<()> {
 }
 
 fn get_single_thread_runtime() -> Runtime {
+    log::info!("Using current thread runtime");
     runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
         .enable_all()
         .max_blocking_threads(1)
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ fn get_single_thread_runtime() -> Runtime {
 }
 
 fn get_multi_thread_runtime() -> Runtime {
+    log::info!("Using multi thread runtime");
     runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
         .enable_all()
         .build()
@@ -81,7 +87,15 @@ fn get_multi_thread_runtime() -> Runtime {
 }
 
 fn build_logger() {
-    env_logger::builder()
+    pretty_env_logger::formatted_timed_builder()
+        .filter(
+            None,
+            env::var("RUST_LOG")
+                .ok()
+                .and_then(|level| LevelFilter::from_str(&level).ok())
+                .unwrap_or(LevelFilter::Info),
+        )
+        .write_style(WriteStyle::Always)
         .filter_module("sqlx", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
         .filter_module("tokio", log::LevelFilter::Info)
         .filter_module("tracing", log::LevelFilter::Warn)