diff --git a/lib/pk_core/Cargo.toml b/lib/pk_core/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "pk_core"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+chrono = "0.4.19"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.11", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "rustls-tls"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["json","std","env-filter"] }
+tracing-appender = "0.2"
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diff --git a/lib/pk_core/src/lib.rs b/lib/pk_core/src/lib.rs
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+pub mod tracing;
+pub mod util;
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diff --git a/lib/pk_core/src/tracing.rs b/lib/pk_core/src/tracing.rs
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+use reqwest::blocking::{Client, ClientBuilder};
+
+use tracing::*;
+use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, layer::SubscriberExt, EnvFilter};
+use tracing_appender::non_blocking::WorkerGuard;
+
+use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! init {
+    ($e:expr) => {
+        let _guard1 = pk_core::tracing::init_inner(None, None, None).await;
+        let _guard2 = span!(Level::ERROR, "service_name", service_name = $e).entered();
+    };
+    ($e:expr, $f:expr) => {
+        let _guard1 = pk_core::tracing::init_inner($f, None, None).await;
+        let _guard2 = span!(Level::ERROR, "service_name", service_name = $e).entered();
+    };
+    ($e:expr, $f:expr, $g:expr, $h:expr) => {
+        let _guard1 = pk_core::tracing::init_inner($f, $g, $h).await;
+        let _guard2 = span!(Level::ERROR, "service_name", service_name = $e).entered();
+    };
+}
+
+pub use init;
+
+pub async fn init_inner(url: Option<String>, user: Option<&str>, password: Option<&str>) -> Option<WorkerGuard> {
+    let stdout_subscriber = tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_max_level(Level::INFO).finish();
+
+    if url.is_none() {
+        tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(stdout_subscriber)
+            .expect("Unable to set a global collector");
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let client = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(|| {
+        let client = ClientBuilder::new()
+            .danger_accept_invalid_certs(true);
+        client.build()
+    }).await.unwrap().unwrap();
+
+    let elastic = ElasticLogWriter {
+        user: user.map(|v| v.to_string()),
+        password: password.map(|v| v.to_string()),
+        url: url.unwrap(),
+        client
+    };
+
+    let (non_blocking, _guard) = tracing_appender::non_blocking::NonBlockingBuilder::default()
+        .lossy(true)
+        .buffered_lines_limit(2000)
+        .finish(elastic);
+    
+    let subscriber = stdout_subscriber
+        .with(EnvFilter::from_default_env().add_directive(tracing::Level::TRACE.into()))
+        .with(
+            fmt::Layer::new()
+                    .json()
+                    .flatten_event(true)
+                    .with_writer(non_blocking)
+        );
+
+    tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber)
+        .expect("Unable to set a global collector");
+
+    return Some(_guard);
+}
+
+pub struct ElasticLogWriter {
+    user: Option<String>,
+    password: Option<String>,
+    url: String,
+    client: Client,
+}
+
+impl std::io::Write for ElasticLogWriter {
+    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+        let data = String::from_utf8(buf.to_vec());
+        if data.is_err() {
+            return Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, data.err().unwrap()));
+        }
+
+        let orig_json = data.unwrap();
+
+        let cur_date = chrono::Utc::now().format("%Y-%m-%d");
+        let mut builder = self.client.post(format!("{}/pluralkit-logs-{}/_doc", self.url.clone(), cur_date))
+        .header("content-type", "application/json")
+        .body(orig_json);
+        
+        if self.user.is_some() {
+            builder = builder.basic_auth(self.user.as_ref().unwrap(), self.password.as_ref());
+        }
+        
+        let res = builder.send();
+        
+        match res {
+            Ok(_) => Ok(buf.len()),
+            Err(err) => Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, err)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/pk_core/src/util.rs b/lib/pk_core/src/util.rs
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+/// get_env gets an env variable as Option<String instead of Result<String>.
+pub fn get_env(key: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    match std::env::var(key) {
+        Ok(val) => { Some(val) }
+        Err(_) => None
+    }
+}
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