diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 744a1a1..83dbb2a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"embed"
 	"errors"
-	"log"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
@@ -34,23 +34,26 @@ func main() {
 	if _, err := os.Stat("logs"); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		err := os.Mkdir("logs", 0755)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Println("Failed to create log directory")
-			log.Println(err)
-			return
+			panic("Failed to create log directory: " + err.Error())
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Create log file and set output
-	file, err := os.OpenFile("logs/"+time.Now().Format("2006-01-02")+".log", os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
-	log.SetOutput(file)
+	file, err := os.OpenFile("logs/"+time.Now().Format("2006-01-02")+".log", os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("Error creating log file: " + err.Error())
+	}
+
+	logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(file, nil))
+	slog.SetDefault(logger) // Set structured logger globally
 
 	// Connect to database and run migrations
 	appLoaded.Db = database.Connect(&appLoaded)
 	if appLoaded.Config.Db.AutoMigrate {
 		err = models.RunAllMigrations(&appLoaded)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Println(err)
-			return
+			slog.Error("error running migrations: " + err.Error())
+			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -67,10 +70,11 @@ func main() {
 	// Start server
 	server := &http.Server{Addr: appLoaded.Config.Listen.Ip + ":" + appLoaded.Config.Listen.Port}
 	go func() {
-		log.Println("Starting server and listening on " + appLoaded.Config.Listen.Ip + ":" + appLoaded.Config.Listen.Port)
+		slog.Info("Starting server and listening on " + appLoaded.Config.Listen.Ip + ":" + appLoaded.Config.Listen.Port)
 		err := server.ListenAndServe()
 		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
-			log.Fatalf("Could not listen on %s: %v\n", appLoaded.Config.Listen.Ip+":"+appLoaded.Config.Listen.Port, err)
+			slog.Error("Could not listen on %s: %v\n", appLoaded.Config.Listen.Ip+":"+appLoaded.Config.Listen.Port, err)
+			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -81,10 +85,11 @@ func main() {
 	go app.RunScheduledTasks(&appLoaded, 100, stop)
 
 	<-interrupt
-	log.Println("Interrupt signal received. Shutting down server...")
+	slog.Info("Interrupt signal received. Shutting down server...")
 
 	err = server.Shutdown(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Could not gracefully shutdown the server: %v\n", err)
+		slog.Error("Could not gracefully shutdown the server: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }