diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 50ad891..d471c51 100755
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2293,6 +2293,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "static_assertions",
  "thiserror 2.0.9",
  "tokio",
+ "tracing",
  "turbojpeg",
  "vcpkg",
  "walkdir",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3e3cc00..9997178 100755
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ sha2 = "0.10.8"
 static_assertions = "1.1.0"
 thiserror = "2.0.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.38", features = ["fs", "io-util", "macros", "rt-multi-thread", "sync"] }
+tracing = "0.1.41"
 turbojpeg = { version = "1.1.1", features = ["image"] }
 walkdir = "2.5.0"
 wild = "2.2.1"
diff --git a/src/cmd/index.rs b/src/cmd/index.rs
index 0aeb8e9..203693e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/index.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/index.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use photohash::Database;
 use serde::ser::SerializeSeq;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde::Serializer;
+use tracing::trace;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ impl Index {
         {
             Ok(awake) => Some(awake),
             Err(e) => {
-                eprintln!("WARNING: keepawake failed, ignoring: {}", e);
+                trace!("WARNING: keepawake failed, ignoring: {}", e);
                 None
             }
         };