diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0adb256..dd08d7f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -751,6 +751,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num_threads"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2819ce041d2ee131036f4fc9d6ae7ae125a3a40e97ba64d04fe799ad9dabbb44"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.32.1"
@@ -1186,6 +1195,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "stef-compiler",
  "stef-parser",
+ "time",
  "tokio",
  "tower-lsp",
  "tracing",
@@ -1348,6 +1358,8 @@ checksum = "c4a34ab300f2dee6e562c10a046fc05e358b29f9bf92277f30c3c8d82275f6f5"
 dependencies = [
  "deranged",
  "itoa",
+ "libc",
+ "num_threads",
  "powerfmt",
  "serde",
  "time-core",
@@ -1394,18 +1406,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "num_cpus",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "tokio-macros",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-macros"
-version = "2.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b8a1e28f2deaa14e508979454cb3a223b10b938b45af148bc0986de36f1923b"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.39",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1547,6 +1547,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sharded-slab",
  "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
+ "time",
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-log",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/stef-lsp/Cargo.toml b/crates/stef-lsp/Cargo.toml
index 14c2ebb..e773b15 100644
--- a/crates/stef-lsp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/stef-lsp/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.193", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.108"
 stef-compiler = { path = "../stef-compiler" }
 stef-parser = { path = "../stef-parser" }
-tokio = { version = "1.34.0", features = ["fs", "io-std", "io-util", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+time = { version = "0.3.30", features = ["formatting", "local-offset", "macros"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.34.0", features = ["fs", "io-std", "io-util", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tower-lsp = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["proposed"] }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 tracing-appender = "0.2.3"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["time"] }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/stef-lsp/src/main.rs b/crates/stef-lsp/src/main.rs
index a3dff47..cacd378 100644
--- a/crates/stef-lsp/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/stef-lsp/src/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use anyhow::{ensure, Context, Result};
 use directories::ProjectDirs;
 use ouroboros::self_referencing;
 use stef_parser::Schema;
+use time::{macros::format_description, UtcOffset};
 use tokio::sync::{Mutex, RwLock};
 use tower_lsp::{
     async_trait,
@@ -23,7 +24,11 @@ use tower_lsp::{
     Client, LanguageServer, LspService, Server,
 };
 use tracing::{debug, error, Level};
-use tracing_subscriber::{filter::Targets, fmt::MakeWriter, prelude::*};
+use tracing_subscriber::{
+    filter::Targets,
+    fmt::{time::OffsetTime, MakeWriter},
+    prelude::*,
+};
 
 use self::cli::Cli;
 
@@ -243,9 +248,12 @@ impl LanguageServer for Backend {
     }
 }
 
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let cli = Cli::parse();
+    let timer = OffsetTime::new(
+        UtcOffset::current_local_offset().context("failed retrieving local UTC offset")?,
+        format_description!("[hour]:[minute]:[second]"),
+    );
 
     let dirs = ProjectDirs::from("rocks", "dnaka91", env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"))
         .context("failed locating project directories")?;
@@ -258,9 +266,14 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             .with(
                 tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
                     .with_ansi(false)
+                    .with_timer(timer.clone())
                     .with_writer(ClientLogWriter::new(client.clone())),
             )
-            .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer().with_writer(file_appender))
+            .with(
+                tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer()
+                    .with_timer(timer)
+                    .with_writer(file_appender),
+            )
             .with(Targets::new().with_default(Level::WARN).with_targets([
                 (env!("CARGO_CRATE_NAME"), Level::TRACE),
                 ("stef_compiler", Level::TRACE),
@@ -276,24 +289,29 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         }
     });
 
-    if cli.stdio {
-        let (stdin, stdout) = (tokio::io::stdin(), tokio::io::stdout());
-        Server::new(stdin, stdout, socket).serve(service).await;
-    } else if let Some(file) = cli.pipe {
-        let file = tokio::fs::File::options()
-            .read(true)
-            .write(true)
-            .open(file)
-            .await
-            .context("failed to open provided pipe/socket")?;
-
-        let (read, write) = tokio::io::split(file);
-        Server::new(read, write, socket).serve(service).await;
-    } else if let Some(port) = cli.socket {
-        unimplemented!("open TCP connection on port {port}");
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
+    tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()?
+        .block_on(async move {
+            if cli.stdio {
+                let (stdin, stdout) = (tokio::io::stdin(), tokio::io::stdout());
+                Server::new(stdin, stdout, socket).serve(service).await;
+            } else if let Some(file) = cli.pipe {
+                let file = tokio::fs::File::options()
+                    .read(true)
+                    .write(true)
+                    .open(file)
+                    .await
+                    .context("failed to open provided pipe/socket")?;
+
+                let (read, write) = tokio::io::split(file);
+                Server::new(read, write, socket).serve(service).await;
+            } else if let Some(port) = cli.socket {
+                unimplemented!("open TCP connection on port {port}");
+            }
+
+            anyhow::Ok(())
+        })
 }
 
 struct ClientLogWriter {