diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6521940..ccfac3e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.2-0.20230802210424-5b0b94c5c0d3 // indirect
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/skeema/knownhosts v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fdef2d5..a0ac07a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0/go.mod h1:SrcSrq8aKtyuqEI1uvTDTK1arOWR
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.2-0.20230802210424-5b0b94c5c0d3 h1:n661drycOFuPLCN3Uc8sB6B/s6Z4t2xvBgU1htSHuq8=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.2-0.20230802210424-5b0b94c5c0d3/go.mod h1:A0bzQcvG0E7Rwjx0REVgAGH58e96+X0MeOfepqsbeW4=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.7.0/go.mod h1:yWOB1SBYBC5VeMP7gHvWumXLIWorT60ONWic61uBYv0=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
 github.com/skeema/knownhosts v1.2.2 h1:Iug2P4fLmDw9f41PB6thxUkNUkJzB5i+1/exaj40L3A=
 github.com/skeema/knownhosts v1.2.2/go.mod h1:xYbVRSPxqBZFrdmDyMmsOs+uX1UZC3nTN3ThzgDxUwo=
 github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 h1:OQTbbt6P72L20UqAkXXuLOj79LfEanQ+YQFNpLA9ySo=
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2/go.mod h1:FRsXN1f5AsAjCGJKqEizvkpNtU+EGNCLh3NxZ/
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
diff --git a/internal/cmd/backup.go b/internal/cmd/backup.go
index dbb545e..03a8196 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/backup.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/backup.go
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"slices"
 
 	"git.ar21.de/yolokube/grafana-backuper/internal/config"
 	"git.ar21.de/yolokube/grafana-backuper/internal/helper"
 	"git.ar21.de/yolokube/grafana-backuper/pkg/git"
 	"git.ar21.de/yolokube/grafana-backuper/pkg/grafana"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ func NewBackupCommand(c *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 		Use:   "backup",
 		Short: "Back up the dashboards from grafana to a git repository.",
 		Long:  "Back up the dashboards from grafana to a git repository.",
-		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
-			return backup(cmd.Context(), c)
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+			if err := backup(cmd.Context(), c); err != nil {
+				log.WithContext(cmd.Context()).WithError(err).Fatal()
+			}
 		},
-		PreRunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
-			return c.Validate()
+		PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+			if err := c.Validate(); err != nil {
+				log.WithContext(cmd.Context()).WithError(err).Fatal("checking flags & environment variables")
+			}
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -91,14 +95,14 @@ func backup(ctx context.Context, c *config.Config) error {
 				uncommitedVersion,
 			)
 			if errors.Is(err, helper.ErrAlreadyCommited) {
-				fmt.Fprintf(c.Output, "%s -> %v\n", commitMsg, err)
+				log.WithContext(ctx).WithField("commit-msg", commitMsg).Info("already committed")
 				continue
 			} else if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
 			uncommitedVersion = true
-			fmt.Fprintln(c.Output, commitMsg)
+			log.WithContext(ctx).WithField("commit-msg", commitMsg).Info("commit created")
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/cmd/root.go b/internal/cmd/root.go
index 43bf4d8..30fb913 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/root.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/root.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"git.ar21.de/yolokube/grafana-backuper/internal/config"
 	"git.ar21.de/yolokube/grafana-backuper/internal/version"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
@@ -20,20 +21,18 @@ func NewRootCommand(c *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 		Short:   "Grafana Backuper CLI",
 		Long:    "A command-line tool to back up and restore Grafana dashboards",
 		Version: version.Version(),
-		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+		PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 			initializeConfig(cmd)
 
 			c.Output = os.Stdout
-			if c.Quiet {
-				var err error
-				c.Output, err = os.Open(os.DevNull)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			}
 
+			log.SetOutput(c.Output)
+			log.SetLevel(log.InfoLevel)
 			cmd.SetOut(c.Output)
-			return nil
+
+			if c.Debug {
+				log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
+			}
 		},
 		SilenceUsage: true,
 	}
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ func NewRootCommand(c *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&c.GitRepo, "git-repo", "", "Complete Git repository URL")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&c.GitUser, "git-user", "", "Git user name")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&c.GitPass, "git-pass", "", "Git user password")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&c.Quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "Mute console output")
 
 	return rootCmd
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index c86a1ac..cc6ac4e 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	GitUser      string
 	GitPass      string
 	GPGKey       string
-	Quiet        bool
 
 	Output io.Writer
 }