diff --git a/gdriver-common/src/lib.rs b/gdriver-common/src/lib.rs
index d6b340e..b116f20 100644
--- a/gdriver-common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gdriver-common/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ pub mod prelude;
 pub mod config;
 pub mod drive_structure;
 pub mod ipc;
+pub mod tracing_setup;
diff --git a/gdriver-common/src/prelude.rs b/gdriver-common/src/prelude.rs
index a24c75a..7ccf696 100644
--- a/gdriver-common/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/gdriver-common/src/prelude.rs
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ pub mod result {
     pub use std::result::Result as StdResult;
 }
 pub(crate) use result::*;
+pub use tracing::{debug, error, info, instrument, trace, warn};
diff --git a/gdriver-common/src/tracing_setup.rs b/gdriver-common/src/tracing_setup.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e35dbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdriver-common/src/tracing_setup.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use crate::prelude::*;
+pub fn init_tracing(){
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt().init();
+    info!("tracing initialized");
+}