diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index cf34e184..f414df5f 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerocopy",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aide"
 version = "0.13.4"
@@ -1142,6 +1151,15 @@ version = "0.4.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a7a70ba024b9dc04c27ea2f0c0548feb474ec5c54bba33a7f72f873a39d07b24"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8263075bb86c5a1b1427b5ae862e8889656f126e9f77c484496e8b47cf5c5558"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata 0.1.10",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -1500,6 +1518,50 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.9",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax 0.6.29",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rsa"
 version = "0.9.7"
@@ -2079,6 +2141,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tower-http",
+ "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "uuid",
 ]
@@ -2284,9 +2347,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "bytes",
  "http",
+ "http-body",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2351,10 +2416,14 @@ version = "0.3.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e8189decb5ac0fa7bc8b96b7cb9b2701d60d48805aca84a238004d665fcc4008"
 dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
  "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
  "sharded-slab",
  "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-log",
 ]
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 2aad6f49..8d7e0221 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ rust-version = "1.83"
 [workspace.dependencies]  
 serde = { version = "1.0.214", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0.66", default-features = false  } 
-uuid = { version = "1.11.0", default-features = false, features = ["v4", "serde"] }
-log = { version = "0.4.22",  default-features = false }
-anyhow =  { version = "1.0.94", features = ["backtrace"] }
 
 [profile.release]
 codegen-units = 1
diff --git a/backend/reconcile/Cargo.toml b/backend/reconcile/Cargo.toml
index 489e7810..bc77f964 100644
--- a/backend/reconcile/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/reconcile/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-# optional dependencies
 serde = { version = "1.0.215", optional = true }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/backend/sync_lib/Cargo.toml b/backend/sync_lib/Cargo.toml
index a21b01e6..1e3d23d0 100644
--- a/backend/sync_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/sync_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ base64 = "0.22.1"
 reconcile = { path = "../reconcile" }
 wasm-bindgen = "0.2.84"
 getrandom = { version = "0.2.3", features = ["js"] }
-thiserror = {workspace = true}
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 # The `console_error_panic_hook` crate provides better debugging of panics by
 # logging them with `console.error`. This is great for development, but requires
diff --git a/backend/sync_server/Cargo.toml b/backend/sync_server/Cargo.toml
index 2fbfeef2..4a6d49f5 100644
--- a/backend/sync_server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/sync_server/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,23 +7,24 @@ edition = "2021"
 reconcile = { path = "../reconcile" }
 sync_lib = { path = "../sync_lib" }
 
-serde = {workspace = true}
-thiserror = {workspace = true}
-anyhow = {workspace = true}
-log = {workspace = true}
-uuid = {workspace = true}
+serde = { workspace = true }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
-axum = { version = "0.7.9", features = ["ws", "macros"]}
 tokio = { version = "1.42.0", features = ["full"]}
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3.19"
+uuid = { version = "1.11.0", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
+log = { version = "0.4.22" }
+anyhow =  { version = "1.0.94", features = ["backtrace"] }
+axum = { version = "0.7.9", features = ["ws", "macros", "tracing"]}
+axum-extra = { version = "0.9.6", features = ["typed-header"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.6.1", features = ["cors", "trace"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["fmt", "env-filter"]}
 serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
 sqlx = { version = "0.8.2", features = ["sqlite", "runtime-tokio", "uuid", "chrono"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4.38", features = ["serde"] }
 aide = { version = "0.13.4", features = ["axum", "axum-ws", "scalar", "axum-headers"] }
 schemars = { version = "0.8.21", features = ["chrono", "uuid1"] }
+tracing = "0.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
-axum-extra = { version = "0.9.6", features = ["typed-header"] }
-tower-http = { version = "0.6.1", features = ["cors"] }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true