diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
index a40fed2d3..37c2733fd 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -237,6 +237,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloc-no-stdlib",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "android-tzdata"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e999941b234f3131b00bc13c22d06e8c5ff726d1b6318ac7eb276997bbb4fef0"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "android_system_properties"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.18"
@@ -411,6 +426,20 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.38"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a21f936df1771bf62b77f047b726c4625ff2e8aa607c01ec06e5a05bd8463401"
+dependencies = [
+ "android-tzdata",
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "js-sys",
+ "num-traits",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.5.20"
@@ -721,6 +750,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_filter"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4f2c92ceda6ceec50f43169f9ee8424fe2db276791afde7b2cd8bc084cb376ab"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.11.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e13fa619b91fb2381732789fc5de83b45675e882f66623b7d8cb4f643017018d"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "env_filter",
+ "humantime",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1016,6 +1068,12 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df3b46402a9d5adb4c86a0cf463f42e19994e3ee891101b1841f30a545cb49a9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -1088,6 +1146,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone"
+version = "0.1.61"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "235e081f3925a06703c2d0117ea8b91f042756fd6e7a6e5d901e8ca1a996b220"
+dependencies = [
+ "android_system_properties",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "icu_collections"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -1523,6 +1604,15 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "number_prefix"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -2116,10 +2206,13 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "bytes",
+ "chrono",
  "clap",
  "dashmap",
+ "env_logger",
  "futures-util",
  "http 1.1.0",
+ "log",
  "pyo3",
  "rand",
  "reqwest",
@@ -2688,6 +2781,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls-pki-types",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "33ab640c8d7e35bf8ba19b884ba838ceb4fba93a4e8c65a9059d08afcfc683d9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-registry"
 version = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index cb39daa90..5ac77665b 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ pyo3 = { version = "0.22.5", features = ["extension-module"] }
 tokenizers = { version = "0.20.3", features = ["http"] }
 dashmap = "6.1.0"
 http = "1.1.0"
+env_logger = "0.11.5"
+log = "0.4.22"
+chrono = "0.4.38"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = "thin"
diff --git a/rust/py_src/sglang_router/launch_router.py b/rust/py_src/sglang_router/launch_router.py
index 42ffb35ef..a8b6adf03 100644
--- a/rust/py_src/sglang_router/launch_router.py
+++ b/rust/py_src/sglang_router/launch_router.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import argparse
 import dataclasses
+import logging
 import sys
 from typing import List, Optional
 
@@ -7,6 +8,22 @@ from sglang_router import Router
 from sglang_router_rs import PolicyType
 
 
+def setup_logger():
+    logger = logging.getLogger("router")
+    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+    formatter = logging.Formatter(
+        "[Router (Python)] %(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s",
+        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+    )
+
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+    return logger
+
+
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class RouterArgs:
     # Worker configuration
@@ -21,6 +38,7 @@ class RouterArgs:
     balance_rel_threshold: float = 1.0001
     eviction_interval: int = 60
     max_tree_size: int = 2**24
+    verbose: bool = False
 
     @staticmethod
     def add_cli_args(
@@ -98,6 +116,11 @@ class RouterArgs:
             default=RouterArgs.max_tree_size,
             help="Maximum size of the approximation tree for cache-aware routing",
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            f"--{prefix}verbose",
+            action="store_true",
+            help="Enable verbose logging",
+        )
 
     @classmethod
     def from_cli_args(
@@ -121,6 +144,7 @@ class RouterArgs:
             balance_rel_threshold=getattr(args, f"{prefix}balance_rel_threshold"),
             eviction_interval=getattr(args, f"{prefix}eviction_interval"),
             max_tree_size=getattr(args, f"{prefix}max_tree_size"),
+            verbose=getattr(args, f"{prefix}verbose", False),
         )
 
 
@@ -145,6 +169,7 @@ def launch_router(args: argparse.Namespace) -> Optional[Router]:
     Returns:
         Router instance if successful, None if failed
     """
+    logger = logging.getLogger("router")
     try:
         # Convert to RouterArgs if needed
         if not isinstance(args, RouterArgs):
@@ -162,13 +187,14 @@ def launch_router(args: argparse.Namespace) -> Optional[Router]:
             balance_rel_threshold=router_args.balance_rel_threshold,
             eviction_interval_secs=router_args.eviction_interval,
             max_tree_size=router_args.max_tree_size,
+            verbose=router_args.verbose,
         )
 
         router.start()
         return router
 
     except Exception as e:
-        print(f"Error starting router: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+        logger.error(f"Error starting router: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
         return None
 
 
@@ -202,6 +228,7 @@ Examples:
 
 
 def main() -> None:
+    logger = setup_logger()
     router_args = parse_router_args(sys.argv[1:])
     router = launch_router(router_args)
 
diff --git a/rust/py_src/sglang_router/launch_server.py b/rust/py_src/sglang_router/launch_server.py
index 11e58ffaa..25bd0ffd6 100644
--- a/rust/py_src/sglang_router/launch_server.py
+++ b/rust/py_src/sglang_router/launch_server.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import argparse
 import copy
+import logging
 import multiprocessing as mp
 import os
 import random
@@ -17,6 +18,22 @@ from sglang.srt.utils import is_port_available
 from sglang.utils import get_exception_traceback
 
 
+def setup_logger():
+    logger = logging.getLogger("router")
+    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+    formatter = logging.Formatter(
+        "[Router (Python)] %(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s",
+        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+    )
+
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+    return logger
+
+
 # Create new process group
 def run_server(server_args, dp_rank):
     os.setpgrp()  # Create new process group
@@ -42,20 +59,20 @@ def launch_server_process(
 
 
 def cleanup_processes(processes: List[mp.Process]):
-    """Clean up all processes using process groups."""
-    print("\nCleaning up processes...")
+    logger = logging.getLogger("router")
+    logger.info("Cleaning up processes...")
     for proc in processes:
         if proc.is_alive():
             try:
-                # Kill the entire process group
                 os.killpg(os.getpgid(proc.pid), signal.SIGTERM)
-                # Give processes some time to terminate gracefully
                 proc.join(timeout=3)
-                # If process is still alive, force kill
                 if proc.is_alive():
+                    logger.warning(
+                        f"Process {proc.pid} did not terminate gracefully, force killing..."
+                    )
                     os.killpg(os.getpgid(proc.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
             except ProcessLookupError:
-                pass  # Process already terminated
+                pass
 
 
 def setup_signal_handlers(cleanup_func):
@@ -101,6 +118,8 @@ def find_available_ports(base_port: int, count: int) -> List[int]:
 
 
 def main():
+    logger = setup_logger()
+
     # CUDA runtime isn't fork-safe, which can lead to subtle bugs or crashes
     mp.set_start_method("spawn")
 
@@ -130,8 +149,8 @@ def main():
     server_processes = []
 
     try:
-        # Launch server processes
         for i, worker_port in enumerate(worker_ports):
+            logger.info(f"Launching DP server process {i} on port {worker_port}")
             proc = launch_server_process(server_args, worker_port, i)
             server_processes.append(proc)
 
@@ -140,18 +159,19 @@ def main():
 
         # Wait for all servers to be healthy
         all_healthy = True
+
         for port in worker_ports:
             if not wait_for_server_health(server_args.host, port):
-                print(f"Server on port {port} failed to become healthy")
+                logger.error(f"Server on port {port} failed to become healthy")
                 all_healthy = False
                 break
 
         if not all_healthy:
-            print("Not all servers are healthy. Shutting down...")
+            logger.error("Not all servers are healthy. Shutting down...")
             cleanup_processes(server_processes)
             sys.exit(1)
 
-        print("All servers are healthy. Starting router...")
+        logger.info("All servers are healthy. Starting router...")
 
         # Update router args with worker URLs
         router_args.worker_urls = [
@@ -162,16 +182,17 @@ def main():
         router = launch_router(router_args)
 
         if router is None:
-            print("Failed to start router. Shutting down...")
+            logger.error("Failed to start router. Shutting down...")
             cleanup_processes(server_processes)
             sys.exit(1)
 
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        print("\nReceived shutdown signal...")
+        logger.info("Received shutdown signal...")
     except Exception as e:
-        print(f"Error occurred: {e}")
-        print(get_exception_traceback())
+        logger.error(f"Error occurred: {e}")
+        logger.error(get_exception_traceback())
     finally:
+        logger.info("Cleaning up processes...")
         cleanup_processes(server_processes)
 
 
diff --git a/rust/py_src/sglang_router/router.py b/rust/py_src/sglang_router/router.py
index 1121ac8d7..91d608b74 100644
--- a/rust/py_src/sglang_router/router.py
+++ b/rust/py_src/sglang_router/router.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Router:
         eviction_interval_secs: Interval in seconds between cache eviction operations in cache-aware
             routing. Default: 60
         max_tree_size: Maximum size of the approximation tree for cache-aware routing. Default: 2^24
+        verbose: Enable verbose logging. Default: False
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ class Router:
         balance_rel_threshold: float = 1.0001,
         eviction_interval_secs: int = 60,
         max_tree_size: int = 2**24,
+        verbose: bool = False,
     ):
         self._router = _Router(
             worker_urls=worker_urls,
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ class Router:
             balance_rel_threshold=balance_rel_threshold,
             eviction_interval_secs=eviction_interval_secs,
             max_tree_size=max_tree_size,
+            verbose=verbose,
         )
 
     def start(self) -> None:
diff --git a/rust/src/lib.rs b/rust/src/lib.rs
index f12160d01..63d5bfe32 100644
--- a/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct Router {
     balance_rel_threshold: f32,
     eviction_interval_secs: u64,
     max_tree_size: usize,
+    verbose: bool,
 }
 
 #[pymethods]
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ impl Router {
         balance_abs_threshold = 32,
         balance_rel_threshold = 1.0001,
         eviction_interval_secs = 60,
-        max_tree_size = 2usize.pow(24)
+        max_tree_size = 2usize.pow(24),
+        verbose = false
     ))]
     fn new(
         worker_urls: Vec<String>,
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ impl Router {
         balance_rel_threshold: f32,
         eviction_interval_secs: u64,
         max_tree_size: usize,
+        verbose: bool,
     ) -> PyResult<Self> {
         Ok(Router {
             host,
@@ -59,14 +62,11 @@ impl Router {
             balance_rel_threshold,
             eviction_interval_secs,
             max_tree_size,
+            verbose,
         })
     }
 
     fn start(&self) -> PyResult<()> {
-        let host = self.host.clone();
-        let port = self.port;
-        let worker_urls = self.worker_urls.clone();
-
         let policy_config = match &self.policy {
             PolicyType::Random => router::PolicyConfig::RandomConfig,
             PolicyType::RoundRobin => router::PolicyConfig::RoundRobinConfig,
@@ -80,9 +80,15 @@ impl Router {
         };
 
         actix_web::rt::System::new().block_on(async move {
-            server::startup(host, port, worker_urls, policy_config)
-                .await
-                .unwrap();
+            server::startup(server::ServerConfig {
+                host: self.host.clone(),
+                port: self.port,
+                worker_urls: self.worker_urls.clone(),
+                policy_config,
+                verbose: self.verbose,
+            })
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
         });
 
         Ok(())
diff --git a/rust/src/main.rs b/rust/src/main.rs
index 5683fba43..e450f2c54 100644
--- a/rust/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use clap::Parser;
 use clap::ValueEnum;
 
-use sglang_router_rs::{router::PolicyConfig, server};
+use sglang_router_rs::{router::PolicyConfig, server, server::ServerConfig};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, ValueEnum)]
 pub enum PolicyType {
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ struct Args {
         help = "Maximum size of the approximation tree for cache-aware routing. Default: 2^24"
     )]
     max_tree_size: usize,
+
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = false, help = "Enable verbose logging")]
+    verbose: bool,
 }
 
 impl Args {
@@ -111,5 +114,12 @@ impl Args {
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let args = Args::parse();
     let policy_config = args.get_policy_config();
-    server::startup(args.host, args.port, args.worker_urls, policy_config).await
+    server::startup(ServerConfig {
+        host: args.host,
+        port: args.port,
+        worker_urls: args.worker_urls,
+        policy_config,
+        verbose: args.verbose,
+    })
+    .await
 }
diff --git a/rust/src/router.rs b/rust/src/router.rs
index b340de040..0976b7f5e 100644
--- a/rust/src/router.rs
+++ b/rust/src/router.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use actix_web::http::header::{HeaderValue, CONTENT_TYPE};
 use actix_web::{HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use futures_util::{Stream, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+use log::{debug, info};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::hash::Hash;
@@ -171,11 +172,11 @@ impl Router {
 
                         // Print the process queue
                         let locked_processed_queue = processed_queue_clone.lock().unwrap();
-                        println!("Processed Queue: {:?}", locked_processed_queue);
+                        info!("Processed Queue: {:?}", locked_processed_queue);
 
                         // Print the running queue
                         let locked_running_queue = running_queue_clone.lock().unwrap();
-                        println!("Running Queue: {:?}", locked_running_queue);
+                        info!("Running Queue: {:?}", locked_running_queue);
                     }
                 });
 
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ impl Router {
 
                 let selected_url = if is_imbalanced {
                     // Log load balancing trigger and current queue state
-                    println!(
+                    info!(
                         "Load balancing triggered due to workload imbalance:\n\
                         Max load: {}, Min load: {}\n\
                         Current running queue: {:?}",
@@ -368,8 +369,7 @@ impl Router {
                                 let mut locked_queue = running_queue.lock().unwrap();
                                 let count = locked_queue.get_mut(&worker_url).unwrap();
                                 *count = count.saturating_sub(1);
-                                // print
-                                // println!("streaming is done!!")
+                                debug!("streaming is done!!")
                             }
                         }),
                 )
diff --git a/rust/src/server.rs b/rust/src/server.rs
index fb9fdcfac..5a0ff5c5c 100644
--- a/rust/src/server.rs
+++ b/rust/src/server.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ use crate::router::PolicyConfig;
 use crate::router::Router;
 use actix_web::{get, post, web, App, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpServer, Responder};
 use bytes::Bytes;
+use env_logger::Builder;
+use log::{debug, info, LevelFilter};
+use std::io::Write;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct AppState {
@@ -125,23 +128,49 @@ async fn v1_completions(
         .await
 }
 
-pub async fn startup(
-    host: String,
-    port: u16,
-    worker_urls: Vec<String>,
-    policy_config: PolicyConfig,
-) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    println!("Starting server on {}:{}", host, port);
-    println!("Worker URLs: {:?}", worker_urls);
-    println!("Policy Config: {:?}", policy_config);
+pub struct ServerConfig {
+    pub host: String,
+    pub port: u16,
+    pub worker_urls: Vec<String>,
+    pub policy_config: PolicyConfig,
+    pub verbose: bool,
+}
+
+pub async fn startup(config: ServerConfig) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    Builder::new()
+        .format(|buf, record| {
+            use chrono::Local;
+            writeln!(
+                buf,
+                "[Router (Rust)] {} - {} - {}",
+                Local::now().format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
+                record.level(),
+                record.args()
+            )
+        })
+        .filter(
+            None,
+            if config.verbose {
+                LevelFilter::Debug
+            } else {
+                LevelFilter::Info
+            },
+        )
+        .init();
+
+    info!("Starting server on {}:{}", config.host, config.port);
+    info!("Worker URLs: {:?}", config.worker_urls);
+    info!("Policy Config: {:?}", config.policy_config);
 
-    // Create client once with configuration
     let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
         .build()
         .expect("Failed to create HTTP client");
 
-    // Store both worker_urls and client in AppState
-    let app_state = web::Data::new(AppState::new(worker_urls, client, policy_config));
+    let app_state = web::Data::new(AppState::new(
+        config.worker_urls,
+        client,
+        config.policy_config,
+    ));
 
     HttpServer::new(move || {
         App::new()
@@ -155,7 +184,7 @@ pub async fn startup(
             .service(health_generate)
             .service(get_server_info)
     })
-    .bind((host, port))?
+    .bind((config.host, config.port))?
     .run()
     .await
 }
diff --git a/rust/src/tree.rs b/rust/src/tree.rs
index 12d1a2016..022c897c9 100644
--- a/rust/src/tree.rs
+++ b/rust/src/tree.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use dashmap::mapref::entry::Entry;
 use dashmap::DashMap;
+use log::info;
 use rand::distributions::{Alphanumeric, DistString};
 use rand::thread_rng;
 use std::cmp::min;
@@ -434,9 +435,9 @@ impl Tree {
             }
         }
 
-        println!("Before eviction - Used size per tenant:");
+        info!("Before eviction - Used size per tenant:");
         for (tenant, size) in &used_size_per_tenant {
-            println!("Tenant: {}, Size: {}", tenant, size);
+            info!("Tenant: {}, Size: {}", tenant, size);
         }
 
         // Process eviction
@@ -490,9 +491,9 @@ impl Tree {
             }
         }
 
-        println!("\nAfter eviction - Used size per tenant:");
+        info!("After eviction - Used size per tenant:");
         for (tenant, size) in &used_size_per_tenant {
-            println!("Tenant: {}, Size: {}", tenant, size);
+            info!("Tenant: {}, Size: {}", tenant, size);
         }
     }