diff --git a/recursion/gnark-ffi/go/sp1/logging.go b/recursion/gnark-ffi/go/sp1/logging.go
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+package sp1
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// Get log level from environment variable
+	logLevel := strings.ToLower(os.Getenv("SP1_GO_LOG"))
+
+	// Configure the global log level based on the environment variable
+	switch logLevel {
+	case "disabled", "false", "none", "off":
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.Disabled)
+	case "panic":
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.PanicLevel)
+	case "fatal":
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.FatalLevel)
+	case "error":
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.ErrorLevel)
+	case "warn", "warning":
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.WarnLevel)
+	case "debug":
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.DebugLevel)
+	case "trace":
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.TraceLevel)
+	default: // Including "info" and empty string
+		zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.InfoLevel)
+	}
+
+	// Configure zerolog to use a console writer
+	log.Logger = log.Output(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{Out: os.Stderr})
+}