diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2bb087c..9e29f7d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1180,6 +1180,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "azalea",
  "clap",
  "futures",
+ "log",
  "mlua",
  "parking_lot",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5b731f3..7c1c862 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ anyhow = "1"
 azalea = { git = "https://github.com/azalea-rs/azalea.git" }
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 futures = "0"
+log = { version = "0" }
 mlua = { version = "0", features = ["async", "luau", "send"] }
 parking_lot = { version = "0" }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros"] }
diff --git a/src/events.rs b/src/events.rs
index 5a43029..e720349 100644
--- a/src/events.rs
+++ b/src/events.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{State, commands::CommandSource, scripting};
 use azalea::prelude::*;
+use log::info;
 use mlua::Function;
 
 pub async fn handle_event(client: Client, event: Event, state: State) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ pub async fn handle_event(client: Client, event: Event, state: State) -> anyhow:
 
     match event {
         Event::Chat(message) => {
-            println!("{}", message.message().to_ansi());
+            info!("{}", message.message().to_ansi());
 
             let owners = globals.get::<Vec<String>>("OWNERS")?;
             if message.is_whisper()
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fcf5314..774efa7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -50,13 +50,8 @@ async fn main() -> ExitCode {
         eprintln!("failed to set config_path in lua globals: {error:?}");
         return ExitCode::FAILURE;
     };
-
-    let Ok(server) = globals.get::<String>("Server") else {
-        eprintln!("no server defined in lua globals!");
-        return ExitCode::FAILURE;
-    };
-    let Ok(username) = globals.get::<String>("Username") else {
-        eprintln!("no username defined in lua globals!");
+    if let Err(error) = scripting::logging::init(&lua, &globals) {
+        eprintln!("failed to set up logging wrappers: {error:?}");
         return ExitCode::FAILURE;
     };
 
diff --git a/src/scripting/logging.rs b/src/scripting/logging.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb9bf7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripting/logging.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn};
+use mlua::{Lua, Result, Table};
+
+pub fn init(lua: &Lua, globals: &Table) -> Result<()> {
+    globals.set(
+        "error",
+        lua.create_function(|_, message: String| {
+            error!("{message}");
+            Ok(())
+        })?,
+    )?;
+    globals.set(
+        "warn",
+        lua.create_function(|_, message: String| {
+            warn!("{message}");
+            Ok(())
+        })?,
+    )?;
+    globals.set(
+        "info",
+        lua.create_function(|_, message: String| {
+            info!("{message}");
+            Ok(())
+        })?,
+    )?;
+    globals.set(
+        "debug",
+        lua.create_function(|_, message: String| {
+            debug!("{message}");
+            Ok(())
+        })?,
+    )?;
+    globals.set(
+        "trace",
+        lua.create_function(|_, message: String| {
+            trace!("{message}");
+            Ok(())
+        })?,
+    )?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/scripting/mod.rs b/src/scripting/mod.rs
index a24d5d2..70cc1ba 100644
--- a/src/scripting/mod.rs
+++ b/src/scripting/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pub mod client;
+pub mod logging;
 pub mod position;