diff --git a/jukebox/child-process.js b/jukebox/child-process.js
index 6582c01..b36854e 100644
--- a/jukebox/child-process.js
+++ b/jukebox/child-process.js
@@ -7,20 +7,22 @@ const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
 module.exports.ChildProcessEmitter = class ChildProcessEmitter extends EventEmitter {
-  constructor(command) {
+  constructor(command, logger) {
     super();
 
+    this.logger = logger;
+
     var cmd = command[0],
         args = command.slice(1);
 
     this.childProcess = spawn(cmd, args);
 
     this.childProcess.on('error', function(err) {
-      this.emit('process_error', err);
+      logger.error("process error", { name: name, err: err });
     });
 
     this.childProcess.on('close', function(code, signal) {
-      this.emit('close', code, signal);
+      logger.debug("process closed", { name: name, code: code, signal: signal });
     });
 
     this.childProcess.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
@@ -31,11 +33,12 @@ module.exports.ChildProcessEmitter = class ChildProcessEmitter extends EventEmit
     });
 
     this.childProcess.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
-      this.emit('error', data);
+      this.emit('message', lines[i]);
     });
   }
 
   kill() {
+    this.logger.debug("killing child process");
     this.childProcess.kill();
   }
 
diff --git a/jukebox/media-player.js b/jukebox/media-player.js
index f0af95d..dba1277 100644
--- a/jukebox/media-player.js
+++ b/jukebox/media-player.js
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 const ChildProcessEmitter = require('./child-process').ChildProcessEmitter;
 
 class MediaPlayer extends ChildProcessEmitter {
-    constructor(config) {
+    constructor(config, logger) {
       super(config.mpg321);
     }
 }
 
-module.exports = function(config) {
-    return new MediaPlayer(config);
+module.exports = function(config, logger) {
+    return new MediaPlayer(config, logger);
 };
 
 // vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
diff --git a/jukebox/tag-reader.js b/jukebox/tag-reader.js
index c44ed73..47e5d9e 100644
--- a/jukebox/tag-reader.js
+++ b/jukebox/tag-reader.js
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 const ChildProcessEmitter = require('./child-process').ChildProcessEmitter;
 
 class TagReader extends ChildProcessEmitter {
-    constructor(config) {
+    constructor(config, logger) {
       super(config.tag_reader);
     }
 }
 
-module.exports = function(config) {
-    return new TagReader(config);
+module.exports = function(config, logger) {
+    return new TagReader(config, logger);
 };
 
 // vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 425df91..cb56ef6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "glob": "^7.1.1",
     "morgan": "^1.7.0",
     "mustache": "^2.3.0",
+    "winston": "^2.3.1",
     "ws": "^2.2.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/player.js b/player.js
index 4214410..6ed45d8 100644
--- a/player.js
+++ b/player.js
@@ -7,10 +7,19 @@ const glob = require('glob');
 const views = require('./jukebox/views')(__dirname + '/templates/');
 
 const express = require('express');
-const logger = require('morgan')
+const morgan = require('morgan')
+const winston = require('winston');
 
-const MediaPlayer = require('./jukebox/media-player')(config);
-const TagReader = require('./jukebox/tag-reader')(config);
+var logger = new (winston.Logger)({
+  transports: [
+    new (winston.transports.Console)()
+  ]
+});
+
+logger.level = config.debug ? 'debug' : 'info';
+
+const MediaPlayer = require('./jukebox/media-player')(config, logger);
+const TagReader = require('./jukebox/tag-reader')(config, logger);
 
 var app = express();
 var server = require('http').createServer();
@@ -22,8 +31,8 @@ var wss = new WebSocketServer({server: server});
 var play_log = [];
 
 function exitHandler(options, err) {
-  console.log('[player] closing children');
-  if (err) console.log(err.stack);
+  logger.debug('closing child tasks');
+  if (err) logger.debug(err.stack);
 
   TagReader.kill();
   MediaPlayer.kill();
@@ -36,30 +45,13 @@ function exitHandler(options, err) {
 process.on('exit', exitHandler.bind(null));
 process.on('SIGINT', exitHandler.bind(null, {exit:true}));
 
-function setupChildLogging(name, child) {
-  child.on('process_error', (err) => {
-    console.log(`[${name}] error=${err}`);
-  });
-
-  child.on('close', (code, signal) => {
-    console.log(`[${name}] process closed:code=${code} signal=${signal}`);
-  });
-
-  child.on('error', (data) => {
-    console.log(`[${name}] stderr: ${data}`);
-  });
-}
-
-setupChildLogging('tagreader', TagReader);
-setupChildLogging('mediaplayer', MediaPlayer);
-
 TagReader.on('message', (data) => {
   processLine(data);
 });
 
 if (config.debug) {
   MediaPlayer.on('message', (data) => {
-    console.log(`[mediaplayer] stdout: ${data}`);
+    logger.debug("mediaplayer send message", { line: data });
   });
 }
 
@@ -104,7 +96,7 @@ function processLine(data) {
   }
 
   last_tag = String(data).trim();
-  console.log("[tag] " + last_tag);
+  logger.debug("got tag from tag reader", { tag: last_tag });
 
   // min 1 sec debounce
   debounce_until = Date.now() / 1000 + 1;
@@ -113,13 +105,13 @@ function processLine(data) {
     wait_sec = wait_sec || 1;
     debounce_until = Date.now() / 1000 + wait_sec;
     if (action) {
-      console.log(`[action] [${action}] for [${last_tag}]`);
+      logger.info("sending action to media player", { action: action, tag: last_tag });
       MediaPlayer.send(action + "\n");
     }
   });
 }
 
-app.use(logger('dev'))
+app.use(morgan('dev'))
 app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/static'))
 
 app.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
@@ -150,16 +142,16 @@ wss.broadcast = function broadcast(data) {
 };
 
 wss.on('connection', function (ws) {
-  console.log('[websocket] client connected');
+  logger.info('websocket client connected');
   ws.on('close', function () {
-    console.log('[websocket] client disconnected');
+    logger.info('websocket client disconnected');
   });
 });
 
 server.on('request', app);
 
 server.listen(config.port, function () {
-  console.log('[http] listening on http://localhost:' + config.port)
+  logger.info('express listening on http://localhost:' + config.port)
 })
 
 // vim:ts=2 sw=2 et: