diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 593f827..de79cc7 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ geantyref = "2.0.0"
 
 [libraries]
 junit-jupiter = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter", version.ref = "junit-jupiter" }
-log4j = { module = "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core", version.ref = "log4j"}
+log4j = { module = "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api", version.ref = "log4j"}
 javacord = { module = "org.javacord:javacord", version.ref = "javacord"}
 geantyref = { module = "io.leangen.geantyref:geantyref", version.ref = "geantyref"}
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/Marinara.java b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/Marinara.java
index 0896858..c1be562 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/Marinara.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/Marinara.java
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 package net.tomatentum.marinara;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.registry.InteractionCheckRegistry;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.registry.InteractionRegistry;
+import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.LoggerUtil;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.wrapper.LibraryWrapper;
 
 public class Marinara {
+
+    private Logger logger = LoggerUtil.getLogger(getClass());
     
     public static <T extends LibraryWrapper> Marinara load(LibraryWrapper wrapper) {
         return new Marinara(wrapper);
@@ -18,6 +23,7 @@ public class Marinara {
         this.wrapper = wrapper;
         this.registry = new InteractionRegistry(this);
         this.checkRegistry = new InteractionCheckRegistry();
+        logger.info("Marinara loaded successfully!");
     }
 
     public InteractionRegistry getRegistry() {
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/checks/AppliedCheck.java b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/checks/AppliedCheck.java
index 0383ac6..6b4c487 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/checks/AppliedCheck.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/checks/AppliedCheck.java
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.LoggerUtil;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.ReflectionUtil;
 
 public record AppliedCheck(InteractionCheck<?> check, Annotation annotation) {
+
+    private static Logger logger = LoggerUtil.getLogger(AppliedCheck.class);
     
     public boolean pre(Object context) {
         Method[] methods = Arrays.stream(check.getClass().getMethods())
@@ -17,9 +22,12 @@ public record AppliedCheck(InteractionCheck<?> check, Annotation annotation) {
         Method method = ReflectionUtil.getMostSpecificMethod(methods, context.getClass(), annotation.annotationType());
         method.setAccessible(true);
         try {
-            return (boolean) method.invoke(check, context, annotation);
+            logger.debug("Executing pre check {} with context {}", check.getClass().getName(), context.toString());
+            boolean result = (boolean) method.invoke(check, context, annotation);
+            logger.debug("Pre Check {} {} with context {}", check.getClass().getName(), result ? "succeeded" : "failed", context.toString());
+            return result;
         } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | SecurityException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            logger.fatal(e);
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -32,9 +40,10 @@ public record AppliedCheck(InteractionCheck<?> check, Annotation annotation) {
         Method method = ReflectionUtil.getMostSpecificMethod(methods, context.getClass(), annotation.annotationType());
         method.setAccessible(true);
         try {
+            logger.debug("Executing post check {} with context {}", check.getClass().getName(), context.toString());
             method.invoke(check, context, annotation);
         } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | SecurityException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            logger.fatal(e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/interaction/methods/InteractionMethod.java b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/interaction/methods/InteractionMethod.java
index f9c5a1c..06112ca 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/interaction/methods/InteractionMethod.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/interaction/methods/InteractionMethod.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.Marinara;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.checks.AppliedCheck;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.InteractionHandler;
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.commands.annotation.SlashCommand;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.commands.annotation.SubCommand;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.parser.AnnotationParser;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.parser.InteractionCheckParser;
+import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.LoggerUtil;
+import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.ReflectionUtil;
 
 public abstract class InteractionMethod {
 
@@ -33,6 +37,8 @@ public abstract class InteractionMethod {
     protected List<AnnotationParser> parsers;
     protected List<AppliedCheck> appliedChecks;
 
+    private Logger logger = LoggerUtil.getLogger(getClass());
+
     protected InteractionMethod(Method method, 
         InteractionHandler handler, 
         Marinara marinara
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ public abstract class InteractionMethod {
         try {
             method.invoke(handler, getParameters(context));
         }catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException ex) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+            logger.fatal(ex);
         }
 
         this.appliedChecks.forEach(x -> x.post(context));
@@ -82,11 +88,14 @@ public abstract class InteractionMethod {
         List<Object> parameters = new ArrayList<>();
         
         for (int i = 0; i < parameterCount; i++) {
+            Object parameter;
             if (i == 0) {
-                parameters.add(context);
-                continue;
-            }
-            parameters.add(getParameter(context, i-1));
+                parameter = context;
+            }else
+                parameter = getParameter(context, i-1);
+
+            logger.trace("Found parameter {}={} for method {}", parameter.getClass().toString(), parameter, ReflectionUtil.getFullMethodName(method));
+            parameters.add(parameter);   
         }
         return parameters.toArray();
     }
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/parser/ButtonParser.java b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/parser/ButtonParser.java
index 1b7dcbb..1e5bdb4 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/parser/ButtonParser.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/parser/ButtonParser.java
@@ -3,13 +3,19 @@ package net.tomatentum.marinara.parser;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.annotation.Button;
+import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.LoggerUtil;
+import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.ReflectionUtil;
 
 public class ButtonParser implements AnnotationParser {
     
     private Method method;
     private Consumer<String> consumer;
 
+    private Logger logger = LoggerUtil.getLogger(getClass());
+
     public ButtonParser(Method method, Consumer<String> consumer) {
         this.method = method;
         this.consumer = consumer;
@@ -18,6 +24,7 @@ public class ButtonParser implements AnnotationParser {
     @Override
     public void parse() {
         Button button = getMethod().getAnnotation(Button.class);
+        logger.trace("Parsed Button annotation {} for method {}", button.toString(), ReflectionUtil.getFullMethodName(method));
         this.consumer.accept(button.value());
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/parser/InteractionCheckParser.java b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/parser/InteractionCheckParser.java
index abba9e9..a397168 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/parser/InteractionCheckParser.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/parser/InteractionCheckParser.java
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.checks.AppliedCheck;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.checks.InteractionCheck;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.registry.InteractionCheckRegistry;
+import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.LoggerUtil;
+import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.ReflectionUtil;
 
 public class InteractionCheckParser implements AnnotationParser {
 
@@ -16,6 +20,8 @@ public class InteractionCheckParser implements AnnotationParser {
     private Method method;
     private Consumer<AppliedCheck> consumer;
 
+    private Logger logger = LoggerUtil.getLogger(getClass());
+
     public InteractionCheckParser(Method method, Consumer<AppliedCheck> consumer, InteractionCheckRegistry checkRegistry) {
         this.checkRegistry = checkRegistry;
         this.method = method;
@@ -30,8 +36,11 @@ public class InteractionCheckParser implements AnnotationParser {
 
     private void convertAnnotation(Annotation annotation) {
             Optional<InteractionCheck<?>> check = this.checkRegistry.getCheckFromAnnotation(annotation.annotationType());
-            if (check.isPresent())
-                consumer.accept(new AppliedCheck(check.get(), annotation));
+            if (check.isPresent())  {
+                AppliedCheck appliedCheck = new AppliedCheck(check.get(), annotation);
+                logger.trace("Parsed InteractionCheck {} for annotation {} for method {}", check.getClass().getName(), annotation.toString(), ReflectionUtil.getFullMethodName(method));
+                consumer.accept(appliedCheck);
+            }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/parser/SlashCommandParser.java b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/parser/SlashCommandParser.java
index 8997d9f..cf2a244 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/parser/SlashCommandParser.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/parser/SlashCommandParser.java
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ package net.tomatentum.marinara.parser;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.commands.ExecutableSlashCommandDefinition;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.commands.annotation.SlashCommand;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.commands.annotation.SubCommand;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.commands.annotation.SubCommandGroup;
+import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.LoggerUtil;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.ReflectionUtil;
 
 public class SlashCommandParser implements AnnotationParser {
@@ -14,6 +17,8 @@ public class SlashCommandParser implements AnnotationParser {
     private Method method;
     private Consumer<ExecutableSlashCommandDefinition> consumer;
 
+    private Logger logger = LoggerUtil.getLogger(getClass());
+
     public SlashCommandParser(Method method, Consumer<ExecutableSlashCommandDefinition> consumer) {
         this.method = method;
         this.consumer = consumer;
@@ -37,6 +42,9 @@ public class SlashCommandParser implements AnnotationParser {
             builder.setSubCommand(subCmd);
         }
 
+        ExecutableSlashCommandDefinition def = builder.build();
+
+        logger.trace("Parsed using SlashCommandParser for method {} with the result:\n{}", ReflectionUtil.getFullMethodName(method), def.toString());
         consumer.accept(builder.build());
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/registry/InteractionCheckRegistry.java b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/registry/InteractionCheckRegistry.java
index 370419e..59f5220 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/registry/InteractionCheckRegistry.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/registry/InteractionCheckRegistry.java
@@ -6,19 +6,25 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
 import io.leangen.geantyref.GenericTypeReflector;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.checks.InteractionCheck;
+import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.LoggerUtil;
 
 public class InteractionCheckRegistry {
     
     private List<InteractionCheck<?>> checks;
 
+    private Logger logger = LoggerUtil.getLogger(getClass());
+
     public InteractionCheckRegistry() {
         this.checks = new ArrayList<>();
     }
 
     public void addCheck(InteractionCheck<?> check) {
         checks.add(check);
+        logger.info("Registered Check {}", check.getClass().getName());
     }
 
     public Optional<InteractionCheck<?>> getCheckFromAnnotation(Type annotation) {
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/registry/InteractionRegistry.java b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/registry/InteractionRegistry.java
index d1640d6..c771761 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/registry/InteractionRegistry.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/registry/InteractionRegistry.java
@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.Marinara;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.InteractionHandler;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.InteractionType;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.commands.SlashCommandDefinition;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.commands.ExecutableSlashCommandDefinition;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.methods.SlashCommandInteractionMethod;
+import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.LoggerUtil;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.methods.InteractionMethod;
 
 public class InteractionRegistry {
+    private Logger logger = LoggerUtil.getLogger(getClass());
     private List<InteractionMethod> interactionMethods;
     private Marinara marinara;
 
@@ -26,9 +30,12 @@ public class InteractionRegistry {
     public void addInteractions(InteractionHandler interactionHandler) {
         for (Method method : interactionHandler.getClass().getMethods()) {
             InteractionMethod iMethod = InteractionMethod.create(method, interactionHandler, marinara);
-            if (iMethod != null)
+            if (iMethod != null) {
                 this.interactionMethods.add(iMethod);
+                logger.debug("Added {} method from {}", iMethod.getMethod().getName(), interactionHandler.getClass().getSimpleName());
+            }
         }
+        logger.info("Added all Interactions from {}", interactionHandler.getClass().getSimpleName());
     }
 
     public void registerCommands() {
@@ -46,16 +53,26 @@ public class InteractionRegistry {
                 appDef.get().addExecutableCommand(def);
             else
                 defs.add(new SlashCommandDefinition(def.applicationCommand()).addExecutableCommand(def));
+
+            logger.debug("Added Executable Command {}{}{} for registration", 
+                def.applicationCommand().name(), 
+                def.subCommandGroup() == null ? "" : "." + def.subCommandGroup().name(),
+                def.subCommand() == null ? "" : "." + def.subCommand().name()
+                );
         });
 
-        marinara.getWrapper().registerSlashCommands(defs.toArray(new SlashCommandDefinition[0]));
+        marinara.getWrapper().registerSlashCommands(defs.toArray(SlashCommandDefinition[]::new));
+        logger.info("Registered all SlashCommands");
     }
 
     public void handle(Object context) {
+        InteractionType type = marinara.getWrapper().getInteractionType(context.getClass());
+        logger.debug("Received {} interaction ", context);
         interactionMethods.forEach((m) -> {
-            InteractionType type = marinara.getWrapper().getInteractionType(context.getClass());
-            if (m.getType().equals(type) && m.canRun(context))
+            if (m.getType().equals(type) && m.canRun(context)) {
+                logger.info("Running {} interaction using {}\ncontext: {}", type, m.getMethod().toString(), context.toString());
                 m.run(context);
+            }
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/util/LoggerUtil.java b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/util/LoggerUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf883db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/util/LoggerUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package net.tomatentum.marinara.util;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.simple.SimpleLogger;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.PropertiesUtil;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.ProviderUtil;
+
+public class LoggerUtil {
+    public static Logger getLogger(String name) {
+        if (ProviderUtil.hasProviders()) {
+            return LogManager.getLogger(name);
+        }else
+            return new SimpleLogger(name, Level.DEBUG, true, false, true, true, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", null,
+                                                 new PropertiesUtil(new Properties()), System.out);
+    }
+
+    public static Logger getLogger(Class<?> clazz) {
+        return getLogger(clazz.getName());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/util/ReflectionUtil.java b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/util/ReflectionUtil.java
index 2a65282..9446e8f 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/util/ReflectionUtil.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/util/ReflectionUtil.java
@@ -100,4 +100,8 @@ public final class ReflectionUtil {
         }
         return true;
     }
+
+    public static String getFullMethodName(Method method) {
+        return method.getClass().getName() + "." + method.getName();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/wrapper/javacord/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/wrapper/javacord/JavacordWrapper.java b/wrapper/javacord/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/wrapper/javacord/JavacordWrapper.java
index 98988df..ba540e6 100644
--- a/wrapper/javacord/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/wrapper/javacord/JavacordWrapper.java
+++ b/wrapper/javacord/src/main/java/net/tomatentum/marinara/wrapper/javacord/JavacordWrapper.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.javacord.api.DiscordApi;
 import org.javacord.api.interaction.ApplicationCommandInteraction;
 import org.javacord.api.interaction.ButtonInteraction;
@@ -25,15 +26,19 @@ import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.commands.annotation.SlashCommandOptio
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.commands.annotation.SubCommand;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.commands.annotation.SubCommandGroup;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.interaction.commands.option.SlashCommandOptionType;
+import net.tomatentum.marinara.util.LoggerUtil;
 import net.tomatentum.marinara.wrapper.LibraryWrapper;
 
 public class JavacordWrapper extends LibraryWrapper {
 
     private DiscordApi api;
 
+    private Logger logger = LoggerUtil.getLogger(getClass());
+
     public JavacordWrapper(DiscordApi api) {
         this.api = api;
         api.addInteractionCreateListener((e) -> handleInteraction(e.getInteraction()));
+        logger.info("Javacord wrapper loaded!");
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ public class JavacordWrapper extends LibraryWrapper {
             }else
                 builder.setSubCommand(TypeFactory.annotation(SubCommand.class, Map.of("name", options.getFirst().getName())));
         } catch (AnnotationFormatException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            logger.fatal(e);
         }
 
         return builder.build();