diff --git a/nym-wallet/Cargo.lock b/nym-wallet/Cargo.lock
index 8090788f49..967422946e 100644
--- a/nym-wallet/Cargo.lock
+++ b/nym-wallet/Cargo.lock
@@ -138,6 +138,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-deps 6.0.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atty"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "0.1.8"
@@ -1295,6 +1306,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44533bbbb3bb3c1fa17d9f2e4e38bbbaf8396ba82193c4cb1b6445d711445d36"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "humantime 1.3.0",
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "eyre"
 version = "0.6.7"
@@ -1960,7 +1984,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "pest",
  "pest_derive",
- "quick-error",
+ "quick-error 2.0.1",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
 ]
@@ -2106,6 +2130,15 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c4a1e36c821dbe04574f602848a19f742f4fb3c98d40449f11bcad18d6b17421"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df004cfca50ef23c36850aaaa59ad52cc70d0e90243c3c7737a4dd32dc7a3c4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "quick-error 1.2.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "humantime"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -2118,7 +2151,7 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac34a56cfd4acddb469cc7fff187ed5ac36f498ba085caf8bbc725e3ff474058"
 dependencies = [
- "humantime",
+ "humantime 2.1.0",
  "serde",
 ]
 
@@ -2818,7 +2851,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs",
  "eyre",
  "futures",
+ "log",
  "mixnet-contract-common",
+ "pretty_env_logger",
  "rand 0.6.5",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
@@ -3341,6 +3376,16 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "925383efa346730478fb4838dbe9137d2a47675ad789c546d150a6e1dd4ab31c"
 
+[[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 = "0.1.5"
@@ -3432,6 +3477,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quick-error"
+version = "1.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1d01941d82fa2ab50be1e79e6714289dd7cde78eba4c074bc5a4374f650dfe0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-error"
 version = "2.0.1"
diff --git a/nym-wallet/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/nym-wallet/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index b123a1844d..a4d76edaf0 100644
--- a/nym-wallet/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-wallet/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ bip39 = "1.0"
 dirs = "4.0"
 eyre = "0.6.5"
 futures = "0.3.15"
+log = "0.4"
+pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 rand = "0.6.5"
 reqwest = "0.11.9"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/nym-wallet/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/nym-wallet/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index ca063a6c0d..42fd4dcbff 100644
--- a/nym-wallet/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/nym-wallet/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ use crate::operations::vesting;
 use crate::state::State;
 
 fn main() {
+  setup_logging();
+
   tauri::Builder::default()
     .manage(Arc::new(RwLock::new(State::default())))
     .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![
@@ -87,3 +89,26 @@ fn main() {
     .run(tauri::generate_context!())
     .expect("error while running tauri application");
 }
+
+fn setup_logging() {
+  let mut log_builder = pretty_env_logger::formatted_timed_builder();
+  if let Ok(s) = ::std::env::var("RUST_LOG") {
+    log_builder.parse_filters(&s);
+  } else {
+    // default to 'Info'
+    log_builder.filter(None, log::LevelFilter::Info);
+  }
+
+  log_builder
+    .filter_module("hyper", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+    .filter_module("tokio_reactor", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+    .filter_module("reqwest", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+    .filter_module("mio", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+    .filter_module("want", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+    .filter_module("sled", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+    .filter_module("tungstenite", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+    .filter_module("tokio_tungstenite", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+    .filter_module("rustls", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+    .filter_module("tokio_util", log::LevelFilter::Warn)
+    .init();
+}