diff --git a/pollen/cache.rkt b/pollen/cache.rkt
index ceaa582..cf9d6d2 100644
--- a/pollen/cache.rkt
+++ b/pollen/cache.rkt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
          racket/list
          sugar/define
          "private/cache-utils.rkt"
-         "private/debug.rkt"
+         "private/log.rkt"
          "setup.rkt")
 
 ;; The cache is a hash with paths as keys.
diff --git a/pollen/private/command.rkt b/pollen/private/command.rkt
index 01f76c7..1a00002 100644
--- a/pollen/private/command.rkt
+++ b/pollen/private/command.rkt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
          racket/match
          sugar/coerce
          "file-utils.rkt"
+         "log.rkt"
          "../setup.rkt"
          "../render.rkt"
          "../pagetree.rkt")
@@ -30,17 +31,23 @@
      (very-nice-path (car args)))))
 
 (define (dispatch command-name)
-  (case command-name
-    [("test" "xyzzy") (handle-test)]
-    [(#f "help") (handle-help)]
-    [("start") (handle-start)] ; parses its own args
-    ;; "second" arg is actually third in command line args, so use cddr not cdr
-    [("render") (handle-render)] ; render parses its own args from current-command-line-arguments
-    [("version") (handle-version)]
-    [("reset") (handle-reset (get-first-arg-or-current-dir))]
-    [("setup") (handle-setup (get-first-arg-or-current-dir))]
-    [("clone" "publish") (handle-publish)]
-    [else (handle-unknown command-name)]))
+  (with-logging-to-port
+   (current-error-port)
+   (λ ()
+     (case command-name
+       [("test" "xyzzy") (handle-test)]
+       [(#f "help") (handle-help)]
+       [("start") (handle-start)] ; parses its own args
+       ;; "second" arg is actually third in command line args, so use cddr not cdr
+       [("render") (handle-render)] ; render parses its own args from current-command-line-arguments
+       [("version") (handle-version)]
+       [("reset") (handle-reset (get-first-arg-or-current-dir))]
+       [("setup") (handle-setup (get-first-arg-or-current-dir))]
+       [("clone" "publish") (handle-publish)]
+       [else (handle-unknown command-name)]))
+   #:logger pollen-logger
+   'info
+   'pollen))
 
 (define (very-nice-path x)
   (path->complete-path (simplify-path (cleanse-path (->path x)))))
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ version                print the version" (current-server-port) (make-publish-di
   (parameterize ([current-project-root dir]
                  [current-server-port (or http-port (setup:project-server-port))]
                  [current-server-listen-ip (and localhost-wanted "127.0.0.1")])
-    (displayln "Starting project server ...")
+    (message "starting project server ...")
     ((dynamic-require 'pollen/private/project-server 'start-server) (format "/~a" (setup:main-pagetree dir)) launch-wanted)))
 
 (define (make-publish-dir-name [project-root (current-directory)] [arg-command-name #f])
diff --git a/pollen/private/preheat-cache.rkt b/pollen/private/preheat-cache.rkt
index e486d60..aac1497 100644
--- a/pollen/private/preheat-cache.rkt
+++ b/pollen/private/preheat-cache.rkt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
          sugar/list
          "file-utils.rkt"
          "cache-utils.rkt"
-         "debug.rkt")
+         "log.rkt")
 (provide preheat-cache)
 
 (define (path-cached? path)
diff --git a/pollen/private/project-server-routes.rkt b/pollen/private/project-server-routes.rkt
index 393de92..7b09765 100644
--- a/pollen/private/project-server-routes.rkt
+++ b/pollen/private/project-server-routes.rkt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
          sugar/unstable/container
          txexpr/base
          "file-utils.rkt"
-         "debug.rkt"
+         "log.rkt"
          "../pagetree.rkt"
          "../cache.rkt")
 
diff --git a/pollen/private/project-server.rkt b/pollen/private/project-server.rkt
index 722f9e1..74f3337 100755
--- a/pollen/private/project-server.rkt
+++ b/pollen/private/project-server.rkt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
          web-server/servlet-env 
          web-server/dispatch
          "project-server-routes.rkt" 
-         "debug.rkt" 
+         "log.rkt" 
          "../setup.rkt"
          "../file.rkt"
          "../cache.rkt"
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
      [((string-arg) ... "out" (string-arg) ...) route-out]
      [else route-default]))
   
-  (message (format "Welcome to Pollen ~a" pollen:version) (format "(Racket ~a)" (version)))
-  (message (format "Project root is ~a" (current-project-root)))
+  (message (format "welcome to Pollen ~a (Racket ~a)" pollen:version (version)))
+  (message (format "project root is ~a" (current-project-root)))
   
   (define server-name (format "http://localhost:~a" (current-server-port)))
-  (message (format "Project server is ~a" server-name) "(Ctrl+C to exit)")
-  (message (format "Project dashboard is ~a/~a" server-name (setup:main-pagetree)))
-  (message "Ready to rock")
+  (message (format "project server is ~a (Ctrl+C to exit)" server-name))
+  (message (format "project dashboard is ~a/~a" server-name (setup:main-pagetree)))
+  (message "ready to rock")
   
   (parameterize ([error-print-width 1000])
     (serve/servlet pollen-servlet
diff --git a/pollen/render.rkt b/pollen/render.rkt
index ca35f69..2f83615 100644
--- a/pollen/render.rkt
+++ b/pollen/render.rkt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
          sugar/coerce
          "private/file-utils.rkt"
          "cache.rkt"
-         "private/debug.rkt"
+         "private/log.rkt"
          "private/project.rkt"
          "private/cache-utils.rkt"
          "pagetree.rkt"
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
            (require (for-syntax racket/base)
                     pollen/private/include-template
                     pollen/cache
-                    pollen/private/debug
+                    pollen/private/log
                     pollen/pagetree
                     pollen/core)
            DIRECTORY-REQUIRE-FILES
diff --git a/pollen/unstable/pygments.rkt b/pollen/unstable/pygments.rkt
index 68fc3c2..6685b72 100644
--- a/pollen/unstable/pygments.rkt
+++ b/pollen/unstable/pygments.rkt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
          rackjure/str
           xml
          (only-in html read-html-as-xml)
-         "../private/debug.rkt"
+         "../private/log.rkt"
          "../private/splice.rkt")
 
 (provide highlight make-highlight-css)