diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 36cc4c5..6842ae4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ version = "0.0.1-placeholder"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg6dev"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap 4.5.41",
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg6repo"
-version = "0.0.1-placeholder"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap 4.5.41",
  "flate2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5d8d4d1..86fe4e3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,5 +11,13 @@ members = [
   "crates/*",
   "xtask",
 ]
+resolver = "2"
 
-resolver = "2"
\ No newline at end of file
+[workspace.package]
+version = "0.5.1"
+edition = "2024"
+license-file = "LICENSE"
+repository = "https://github.com/OpenFlowLabs/ips"
+readme = "README.md"
+keywords = ["packaging", "illumos"]
+authors = ["Till Wegmueller <toasterson@gmail.com>"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg6dev/Cargo.toml b/pkg6dev/Cargo.toml
index 5033aa7..4c6fad7 100644
--- a/pkg6dev/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pkg6dev/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "pkg6dev"
-version = "0.1.1"
-authors = ["Till Wegmueller <till.wegmueller@openflowlabs.com>"]
-edition = "2018"
-license-file = "LICENSE"
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license-file.workspace = true
 description = "Helper tool for IPS package development"
-repository = "https://github.com/OpenFlowLabs/ips"
-readme = "README.md"
-keywords = ["packaging", "illumos"]
+repository.workspace = true
+readme.workspace = true
+keywords.workspace = true
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ libips = {path = "../libips", version = "0.1"}
 userland = {path = "../userland", version = "*"}
 clap = {version = "4", features = [ "derive" ] }
 tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 miette = { version = "7", features = ["fancy"] }
 thiserror = "2"
 anyhow = "1.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg6dev/src/error.rs b/pkg6dev/src/error.rs
index c030a11..2a64b86 100644
--- a/pkg6dev/src/error.rs
+++ b/pkg6dev/src/error.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ pub enum Pkg6DevError {
         path: PathBuf,
     },
 
+    // Logging environment error
+    #[error("logging environment setup error: {0}")]
+    #[diagnostic(
+        code(ips::pkg6dev::logging_env_error),
+        help("Check your logging environment configuration and try again")
+    )]
+    LoggingEnvError(String),
+
     // Generic custom error (for backward compatibility)
     #[error("{0}")]
     #[diagnostic(
diff --git a/pkg6dev/src/main.rs b/pkg6dev/src/main.rs
index a07d6c4..5910d97 100644
--- a/pkg6dev/src/main.rs
+++ b/pkg6dev/src/main.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ use std::fs::{read_dir, OpenOptions};
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use tracing::{debug, info, warn};
-use tracing_subscriber::fmt;
+use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, EnvFilter};
+use tracing_subscriber::filter::LevelFilter;
 use userland::repology::find_newest_version;
 use userland::{Component, Makefile};
 
@@ -57,9 +58,16 @@ enum Commands {
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    // Initialize the tracing subscriber with default log level as warning and no decorations
+    // Initialize the tracing subscriber with the default log level as debug and no decorations
+    // Parse the environment filter first, handling any errors with our custom error type
+    let env_filter = EnvFilter::builder()
+        .with_default_directive(LevelFilter::WARN.into())
+        .from_env()
+        .map_err(|e| Pkg6DevError::LoggingEnvError(format!("Failed to parse environment filter: {}", e)))?;
+    
     fmt::Subscriber::builder()
-        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::WARN)
+        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::DEBUG)
+        .with_env_filter(env_filter)
         .without_time()
         .with_target(false)
         .with_ansi(false)
diff --git a/pkg6repo/Cargo.toml b/pkg6repo/Cargo.toml
index 713a783..6134aa7 100644
--- a/pkg6repo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pkg6repo/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "pkg6repo"
-version = "0.0.1-placeholder"
-authors = ["Till Wegmueller <till.wegmueller@openflowlabs.com>"]
-edition = "2018"
-license-file = "LICENSE"
+version.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license-file.workspace = true
 description = "The repository management utility for IPS written in rust"
-repository = "https://github.com/OpenFlowLabs/pkg6dev"
-readme = "README.md"
-keywords = ["packaging", "illumos"]
+repository.workspace = true
+readme.workspace = true
+keywords.workspace = true
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html