diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0b4d58325..a755b1845 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bincode 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "chrono 0.4.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "crossbeam-channel 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "env_logger 0.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "envconfig 0.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "envconfig_derive 0.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "heed 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/meilidb-http/Cargo.toml b/meilidb-http/Cargo.toml
index 6c1a89e08..b514e7ca1 100644
--- a/meilidb-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/meilidb-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 bincode = "1.2.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.9", features = ["serde"] }
 crossbeam-channel = "0.4.0"
+env_logger = "0.7.1"
 envconfig = "0.5.1"
 envconfig_derive = "0.5.1"
 heed = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/meilidb-http/src/main.rs b/meilidb-http/src/main.rs
index cbb262e6a..269445f65 100644
--- a/meilidb-http/src/main.rs
+++ b/meilidb-http/src/main.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ use meilidb_http::routes;
 static ALLOC: jemallocator::Jemalloc = jemallocator::Jemalloc;
 
 pub fn main() -> Result<(), MainError> {
+    env_logger::init();
+
     let opt = Opt::new();
 
     let data = Data::new(opt.clone());