diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7d6d220..edf5c84 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -485,6 +485,15 @@ version = "2.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "19d374276b40fb8bbdee95aef7c7fa6b5316ec764510eb64b8dd0e2ed0d7e7f5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.5.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab3db02a9c5b5121e1e42fbdb1aeb65f5e02624cc58c43f2884c6ccac0b82f95"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-queue"
 version = "0.3.11"
@@ -2204,9 +2213,9 @@ checksum = "d626bb9dae77e28219937af045c257c28bfd3f69333c512553507f5f9798cb76"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.33"
+version = "0.38.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e3cc72858054fcff6d7dea32df2aeaee6a7c24227366d7ea429aada2f26b16ad"
+checksum = "70dc5ec042f7a43c4a73241207cecc9873a06d45debb38b329f8541d85c2730f"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.5.0",
  "errno",
@@ -2260,9 +2269,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-pki-types"
-version = "1.4.1"
+version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ecd36cc4259e3e4514335c4a138c6b43171a8d61d8f5c9348f9fc7529416f247"
+checksum = "beb461507cee2c2ff151784c52762cf4d9ff6a61f3e80968600ed24fa837fa54"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-webpki"
@@ -3264,6 +3273,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-appender"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3566e8ce28cc0a3fe42519fc80e6b4c943cc4c8cef275620eb8dac2d3d4e06cf"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "thiserror",
+ "time",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-attributes"
 version = "0.1.27"
@@ -3322,11 +3343,25 @@ checksum = "e421abadd41a4225275504ea4d6566923418b7f05506fbc9c0fe86ba7396114b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "twba-backup-config"
-version = "0.1.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/OMGeeky/backup_config.git#88645945830d3076478827503fef43541a2f047e"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "git+https://github.com/OMGeeky/backup_config.git#60092672b4b45667ef21073b3c43c062715ce486"
 dependencies = [
  "confique",
  "serde",
+ "shellexpand",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "twba-common"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/OMGeeky/twba.common.git#a3499ea8bf573db344ec8269782ecd576f3291b5"
+dependencies = [
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-appender",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+ "twba-backup-config",
+ "twba-local-db",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3376,6 +3411,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "twba-backup-config",
+ "twba-common",
  "twba-local-db",
  "twba-reqwest-backoff",
  "yup-oauth2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 19b9a2d..5c4652b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 twba-backup-config = { version = "0.1.2", git = "https://github.com/OMGeeky/backup_config.git" }
 twba-local-db = { version = "0.2", git = "https://github.com/OMGeeky/twitch_backup.local_db.git" }
 twba-reqwest-backoff = { version = "0.1", git = "https://github.com/OMGeeky/twba_reqwest_backoff.git" }
+twba-common = { version = "0.1", git = "https://github.com/OMGeeky/twba.common.git" }
 
 
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 299a54e..fc5aace 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(unused)]
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use twba_backup_config::prelude::*;
+use twba_common::{get_config, init_tracing};
 
 use prelude::*;
 
@@ -9,32 +10,11 @@ pub mod errors;
 pub mod prelude;
 
 lazy_static! {
-    pub(crate) static ref CONF: Conf = Conf::builder()
-        .env()
-        .file(
-            std::env::var("TWBA_CONFIG")
-                .map(|v| {
-                    info!("using '{}' as primary config source after env", v);
-                    v
-                })
-                .unwrap_or_else(|x| {
-                    warn!("could not get config location from env");
-                    "./settings.toml".to_string()
-                })
-        )
-        .file("./settings.toml")
-        .file(shellexpand::tilde("~/twba/config.toml").into_owned())
-        .file(std::env::var("TWBA_CONFIG").unwrap_or_else(|_| "~/twba/config.toml".to_string()))
-        .load()
-        .map_err(|e| UploaderError::LoadConfig(e.into()))
-        .expect("Failed to load config");
+    pub(crate) static ref CONF: Conf = get_config();
 }
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
-        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::INFO)
-        .with_env_filter("warn,twba_uploader=trace")
-        .init();
+    init_tracing("twba_uploader");
     let args = std::env::args().collect::<Vec<_>>();
     let presentation_mode = args.len() > 1;
     info!("Hello, world!");