diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4fc1559a..5193a749 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -992,8 +992,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "bstr",
  "log",
- "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.9",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1486,6 +1486,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "which",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8263075bb86c5a1b1427b5ae862e8889656f126e9f77c484496e8b47cf5c5558"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata 0.1.10",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "maybe-rayon"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -2160,8 +2169,17 @@ checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.9",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax 0.6.29",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2172,9 +2190,15 @@ checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -2499,7 +2523,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "onig",
  "plist",
- "regex-syntax",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
@@ -2768,10 +2792,14 @@ version = "0.3.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ad0f048c97dbd9faa9b7df56362b8ebcaa52adb06b498c050d2f4e32f90a7a8b"
 dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
  "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
  "sharded-slab",
  "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-log",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f454a037..43f737bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ shell-words   = "1.1.0"
 tokio         = { version = "1.41.1", features = [ "full" ] }
 tokio-stream  = "0.1.16"
 tokio-util    = "0.7.12"
-tracing       = { version = "0.1.40", features = [ "max_level_debug", "release_max_level_warn" ] }
+tracing       = { version = "0.1.40", features = [ "max_level_debug", "release_max_level_debug" ] }
 unicode-width = "0.2.0"
 uzers         = "0.12.1"
diff --git a/yazi-boot/src/actions/debug.rs b/yazi-boot/src/actions/debug.rs
index 30dd6a24..43919262 100644
--- a/yazi-boot/src/actions/debug.rs
+++ b/yazi-boot/src/actions/debug.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use std::{env, ffi::OsStr, fmt::Write};
 
 use regex::Regex;
 use yazi_adapter::Mux;
-use yazi_shared::Xdg;
 
 use super::Actions;
 
@@ -98,13 +97,6 @@ impl Actions {
 		writeln!(s, "    xclip        : {}", Self::process_output("xclip", "-version"))?;
 		writeln!(s, "    xsel         : {}", Self::process_output("xsel", "--version"))?;
 
-		writeln!(s, "\n\n--------------------------------------------------")?;
-		writeln!(
-			s,
-			"When reporting a bug, please also upload the `yazi.log` log file - only upload the most recent content by time."
-		)?;
-		writeln!(s, "You can find it in the {:?} directory.", Xdg::state_dir())?;
-
 		Ok(s)
 	}
 
diff --git a/yazi-config/preset/yazi.toml b/yazi-config/preset/yazi.toml
index 863291cf..2c282748 100644
--- a/yazi-config/preset/yazi.toml
+++ b/yazi-config/preset/yazi.toml
@@ -214,6 +214,3 @@ sort_by      	 = "none"
 sort_sensitive = false
 sort_reverse 	 = false
 sort_translit  = false
-
-[log]
-enabled = false
diff --git a/yazi-config/src/lib.rs b/yazi-config/src/lib.rs
index bd8a2d1b..b244c63f 100644
--- a/yazi-config/src/lib.rs
+++ b/yazi-config/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![allow(clippy::module_inception)]
 
-yazi_macro::mod_pub!(keymap log manager open plugin popup preview tasks theme which);
+yazi_macro::mod_pub!(keymap manager open plugin popup preview tasks theme which);
 
 yazi_macro::mod_flat!(layout pattern preset priority);
 
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use yazi_shared::{RoCell, SyncCell, Xdg};
 
 pub static KEYMAP: RoCell<keymap::Keymap> = RoCell::new();
-pub static LOG: RoCell<log::Log> = RoCell::new();
 pub static MANAGER: RoCell<manager::Manager> = RoCell::new();
 pub static OPEN: RoCell<open::Open> = RoCell::new();
 pub static PLUGIN: RoCell<plugin::Plugin> = RoCell::new();
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ fn try_init(merge: bool) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 	};
 
 	let keymap = <_>::from_str(&keymap_toml)?;
-	let log = <_>::from_str(&yazi_toml)?;
 	let manager = <_>::from_str(&yazi_toml)?;
 	let open = <_>::from_str(&yazi_toml)?;
 	let plugin = <_>::from_str(&yazi_toml)?;
@@ -102,7 +100,6 @@ fn try_init(merge: bool) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 	let which = <_>::from_str(&yazi_toml)?;
 
 	KEYMAP.init(keymap);
-	LOG.init(log);
 	MANAGER.init(manager);
 	OPEN.init(open);
 	PLUGIN.init(plugin);
diff --git a/yazi-config/src/log/log.rs b/yazi-config/src/log/log.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index d5defe0c..00000000
--- a/yazi-config/src/log/log.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-use std::str::FromStr;
-
-use anyhow::Context;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Log {
-	pub enabled: bool,
-}
-
-impl FromStr for Log {
-	type Err = anyhow::Error;
-
-	fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-		toml::from_str(s).context("Failed to parse the [log] section in your yazi.toml")
-	}
-}
-
-impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Log {
-	fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
-	where
-		D: Deserializer<'de>,
-	{
-		#[derive(Deserialize)]
-		struct Outer {
-			log: Shadow,
-		}
-		#[derive(Deserialize)]
-		struct Shadow {
-			enabled: bool,
-		}
-
-		let outer = Outer::deserialize(deserializer)?;
-
-		Ok(Self { enabled: outer.log.enabled })
-	}
-}
diff --git a/yazi-config/src/log/mod.rs b/yazi-config/src/log/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 82a91e05..00000000
--- a/yazi-config/src/log/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-yazi_macro::mod_flat!(log);
diff --git a/yazi-config/src/preview/preview.rs b/yazi-config/src/preview/preview.rs
index f6a48264..de9075ac 100644
--- a/yazi-config/src/preview/preview.rs
+++ b/yazi-config/src/preview/preview.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-use std::{borrow::Cow, path::PathBuf, str::FromStr, time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH}};
+use std::{borrow::Cow, path::PathBuf, str::FromStr};
 
 use anyhow::Context;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize};
 use validator::Validate;
-use yazi_shared::fs::expand_path;
+use yazi_shared::{fs::expand_path, timestamp_us};
 
 use super::PreviewWrap;
 use crate::Xdg;
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ pub struct Preview {
 impl Preview {
 	#[inline]
 	pub fn tmpfile(&self, prefix: &str) -> PathBuf {
-		let time = SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).expect("Time went backwards");
-		self.cache_dir.join(format!("{prefix}-{}", time.as_nanos() / 1000))
+		self.cache_dir.join(format!("{prefix}-{}", timestamp_us()))
 	}
 
 	#[inline]
diff --git a/yazi-fm/Cargo.toml b/yazi-fm/Cargo.toml
index a614da41..9b225ab1 100644
--- a/yazi-fm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/yazi-fm/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ tokio-stream = { workspace = true }
 # Logging
 tracing            = { workspace = true }
 tracing-appender   = "0.2.3"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = [ "env-filter" ] }
 
 [target."cfg(unix)".dependencies]
 libc              = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/yazi-fm/src/logs.rs b/yazi-fm/src/logs.rs
index 497af896..772b6d1d 100644
--- a/yazi-fm/src/logs.rs
+++ b/yazi-fm/src/logs.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+use std::{env, fs::File};
+
 use anyhow::Context;
 use tracing_appender::non_blocking::WorkerGuard;
-use tracing_subscriber::{Registry, fmt, prelude::__tracing_subscriber_SubscriberExt};
+use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
 use yazi_shared::{RoCell, Xdg};
 
 static _GUARD: RoCell<WorkerGuard> = RoCell::new();
@@ -9,21 +11,31 @@ pub(super) struct Logs;
 
 impl Logs {
 	pub(super) fn start() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+		let mut level = env::var("YAZI_LOG").unwrap_or_default();
+		level.make_ascii_uppercase();
+		if !matches!(level.as_str(), "ERROR" | "WARN" | "INFO" | "DEBUG") {
+			return Ok(());
+		}
+
 		let state_dir = Xdg::state_dir();
 		std::fs::create_dir_all(&state_dir)
 			.with_context(|| format!("failed to create state directory: {state_dir:?}"))?;
 
-		let appender = tracing_appender::rolling::never(state_dir, "yazi.log");
-		let (handle, guard) = tracing_appender::non_blocking(appender);
+		let log_path = state_dir.join("yazi.log");
+		let log_file = File::create(&log_path)
+			.with_context(|| format!("failed to create log file: {log_path:?}"))?;
 
-		// let filter = EnvFilter::from_default_env();
-		let subscriber = Registry::default()
-			.with(fmt::layer().pretty().with_writer(handle).with_ansi(cfg!(debug_assertions)));
-
-		tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber)
-			.context("setting default subscriber failed")?;
+		let (non_blocking, guard) = tracing_appender::non_blocking(log_file);
+		tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+			.pretty()
+			.with_env_filter(EnvFilter::new(&level))
+			.with_writer(non_blocking)
+			.with_ansi(cfg!(debug_assertions))
+			.init();
 
 		_GUARD.init(guard);
+		eprintln!("Running with log level `{level}`, logs are written to {log_path:?}");
+
 		Ok(())
 	}
 }