diff --git a/cargo-flash/Cargo.toml b/cargo-flash/Cargo.toml
index 6c1c68bc68..9bd82587d0 100644
--- a/cargo-flash/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cargo-flash/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ cargo-project = "0.2.2"
 failure = "0.1.5"
 colored = "1.8.0"
 probe-rs = { path = "../probe-rs", version = "0.2.0" }
-probe-rs-targets = { path = "../probe-rs-targets", version = "0.2.0" }
\ No newline at end of file
+probe-rs-targets = { path = "../probe-rs-targets", version = "0.2.0" }
+pretty_env_logger = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/cargo-flash/src/main.rs b/cargo-flash/src/main.rs
index 2e64de6953..6d5fd5ca73 100644
--- a/cargo-flash/src/main.rs
+++ b/cargo-flash/src/main.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ struct Opt {
 }
 
 fn main() {
+    pretty_env_logger::init();
     match main_try() {
         Ok(_) => (),
         Err(e) => {