diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a86168488..305519239 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ FRONTEND_INSTALL_WIZARD_SRC := $(shell find frontend/projects/install-wizard)
 PATCH_DB_CLIENT_SRC := $(shell find patch-db/client -not -path patch-db/client/dist -and -not -path patch-db/client/node_modules)
 GZIP_BIN := $(shell which pigz || which gzip)
 TAR_BIN := $(shell which gtar || which tar)
-ALL_TARGETS := $(EMBASSY_BINS) system-images/compat/docker-images/$(ARCH).tar system-images/utils/docker-images/$(ARCH).tar system-images/binfmt/docker-images/$(ARCH).tar $(EMBASSY_SRC) $(shell if [ "$(OS_ARCH)" = "raspberrypi" ]; then echo cargo-deps/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/pi-beep; fi) $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE) $(GIT_HASH_FILE) $(VERSION_FILE)
+ALL_TARGETS := $(EMBASSY_BINS) system-images/compat/docker-images/$(ARCH).tar system-images/utils/docker-images/$(ARCH).tar system-images/binfmt/docker-images/$(ARCH).tar $(EMBASSY_SRC) $(shell if [ "$(OS_ARCH)" = "raspberrypi" ]; then echo cargo-deps/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/pi-beep; fi)  $(shell /bin/bash -c 'if [[ "${ENVIRONMENT}" =~ (^|-)unstable($$|-) ]]; then echo cargo-deps/$(ARCH)-unknown-linux-gnu/release/tokio-console; fi') $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE) $(GIT_HASH_FILE) $(VERSION_FILE)
 
 ifeq ($(REMOTE),)
 	mkdir = mkdir -p $1
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ format:
 sdk:
 	cd backend/ && ./install-sdk.sh
 
-startos_raspberrypi.img: $(BUILD_SRC) startos.raspberrypi.squashfs $(VERSION_FILE) $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE) $(GIT_HASH_FILE) cargo-deps/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/pi-beep | sudo
+startos_raspberrypi.img: $(BUILD_SRC) startos.raspberrypi.squashfs $(VERSION_FILE) $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE) $(GIT_HASH_FILE) | sudo
 	./build/raspberrypi/make-image.sh
 
 # For creating os images. DO NOT USE
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ install: $(ALL_TARGETS)
 	$(call ln,/usr/bin/startbox,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/avahi-alias)
 	$(call ln,/usr/bin/startbox,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/embassy-cli)
 	if [ "$(OS_ARCH)" = "raspberrypi" ]; then $(call cp,cargo-deps/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/pi-beep,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/pi-beep); fi
+	if /bin/bash -c '[[ "${ENVIRONMENT}" =~ (^|-)unstable($$|-) ]]'; then $(call cp,cargo-deps/$(ARCH)-unknown-linux-gnu/release/tokio-console,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/tokio-console); fi
 	
 	$(call mkdir,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib)
 	$(call rm,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/embassy)
@@ -197,4 +198,7 @@ ui: frontend/dist/raw/ui
 backend: $(EMBASSY_BINS)
 
 cargo-deps/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/pi-beep:
-	ARCH=aarch64 ./build-cargo-dep.sh pi-beep
\ No newline at end of file
+	ARCH=aarch64 ./build-cargo-dep.sh pi-beep
+
+cargo-deps/$(ARCH)-unknown-linux-gnu/release/tokio-console:
+	ARCH=$(ARCH) ./build-cargo-dep.sh tokio-console
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index 3c82288fa..8b7eeebac 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -250,6 +250,51 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.6.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3b829e4e32b91e643de6eafe82b1d90675f5874230191a4ffbc1b336dec4d6bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum-core",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "serde",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.3.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "759fa577a247914fd3f7f76d62972792636412fbfd634cd452f6a385a74d2d2c"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "mime",
+ "rustversion",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
 version = "0.3.68"
@@ -655,6 +700,43 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console-api"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fd326812b3fd01da5bb1af7d340d0d555fd3d4b641e7f1dfcf5962a902952787"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
+ "tonic",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "console-subscriber"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7481d4c57092cd1c19dd541b92bdce883de840df30aa5d03fd48a3935c01842e"
+dependencies = [
+ "console-api",
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "futures-task",
+ "hdrhistogram",
+ "humantime 2.1.0",
+ "prost-types",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tonic",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const-oid"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -802,6 +884,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.5.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a33c2bf77f2df06183c3aa30d1e96c0695a313d4f9c453cc3762a6db39f99200"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-queue"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -1816,6 +1908,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.14.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hdrhistogram"
+version = "7.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f19b9f54f7c7f55e31401bb647626ce0cf0f67b0004982ce815b3ee72a02aa8"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.13.1",
+ "byteorder",
+ "flate2",
+ "nom 7.1.3",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -1970,6 +2075,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "want",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-timeout"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbb958482e8c7be4bc3cf272a766a2b0bf1a6755e7a6ae777f017a31d11b13b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "hyper",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-io-timeout",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-tls"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -2607,6 +2724,12 @@ version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2532096657941c2fea9c289d370a250971c689d4f143798ff67113ec042024a5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchit"
+version = "0.7.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mbrman"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -3500,6 +3623,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 0.15.44",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prost"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f4fdd22f3b9c31b53c060df4a0613a1c7f062d4115a2b984dd15b1858f7e340d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "prost-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-derive"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "265baba7fabd416cf5078179f7d2cbeca4ce7a9041111900675ea7c4cb8a4c32"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.66",
+ "quote 1.0.31",
+ "syn 2.0.18",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-types"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e081b29f63d83a4bc75cfc9f3fe424f9156cf92d8a4f0c9407cce9a1b67327cf"
+dependencies = [
+ "prost",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "psl-types"
 version = "2.0.11"
@@ -4642,6 +4797,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap 3.2.25",
  "color-eyre",
  "console",
+ "console-subscriber",
  "cookie",
  "cookie_store 0.19.1",
  "current_platform",
@@ -5221,6 +5377,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sync_wrapper"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tap"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -5416,9 +5578,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "signal-hook-registry",
  "socket2",
  "tokio-macros",
+ "tracing",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-io-timeout"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30b74022ada614a1b4834de765f9bb43877f910cc8ce4be40e89042c9223a8bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-macros"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -5543,6 +5716,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic"
+version = "0.10.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d560933a0de61cf715926b9cac824d4c883c2c43142f787595e48280c40a1d0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-stream",
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum",
+ "base64 0.21.2",
+ "bytes",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-timeout",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project",
+ "prost",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "torut"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -5563,6 +5763,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower"
+version = "0.4.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
+ "pin-project",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-layer"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c20c8dbed6283a09604c3e69b4b7eeb54e298b8a600d4d5ecb5ad39de609f1d0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.2"
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 461ae48c7..a1fc3914d 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 avahi = ["avahi-sys"]
 default = ["cli", "sdk", "daemon", "js_engine"]
 dev = []
-unstable = ["patch-db/unstable"]
+unstable = ["console-subscriber", "tokio/tracing"]
 avahi-alias = ["avahi"]
 cli = []
 sdk = []
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ bytes = "1"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.19", features = ["serde"] }
 clap = "3.2.8"
 color-eyre = "0.6.1"
+console-subscriber = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 cookie = "0.16.2"
 cookie_store = "0.19.0"
 current_platform = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/backend/build-prod.sh b/backend/build-prod.sh
index 97ca33279..c679fdf98 100755
--- a/backend/build-prod.sh
+++ b/backend/build-prod.sh
@@ -22,49 +22,38 @@ if tty -s; then
 	USE_TTY="-it"
 fi
 
-alias 'rust-gnu-builder'='docker run $USE_TTY --rm -e "OS_ARCH=$OS_ARCH" -v "$HOME/.cargo/registry":/usr/local/cargo/registry -v "$(pwd)":/home/rust/src -w /home/rust/src -P start9/rust-arm-cross:aarch64'
-alias 'rust-musl-builder'='docker run $USE_TTY --rm -e "OS_ARCH=$OS_ARCH" -v "$HOME/.cargo/registry":/root/.cargo/registry -v "$(pwd)":/home/rust/src -P messense/rust-musl-cross:$ARCH-musl'
-
 cd ..
 FLAGS=""
+RUSTFLAGS=""
 if [[ "$ENVIRONMENT" =~ (^|-)podman($|-) ]]; then
 	FLAGS="podman,$FLAGS"
 fi
 if [[ "$ENVIRONMENT" =~ (^|-)unstable($|-) ]]; then
 	FLAGS="unstable,$FLAGS"
+	RUSTFLAGS="$RUSTFLAGS --cfg tokio_unstable"
 fi
 if [[ "$ENVIRONMENT" =~ (^|-)dev($|-) ]]; then
 	FLAGS="dev,$FLAGS"
 fi
 
+alias 'rust-gnu-builder'='docker run $USE_TTY --rm -e "OS_ARCH=$OS_ARCH" -e "RUSTFLAGS=$RUSTFLAGS" -v "$HOME/.cargo/registry":/usr/local/cargo/registry -v "$(pwd)":/home/rust/src -w /home/rust/src -P start9/rust-arm-cross:aarch64'
+alias 'rust-musl-builder'='docker run $USE_TTY --rm -e "OS_ARCH=$OS_ARCH" -v "$HOME/.cargo/registry":/root/.cargo/registry -v "$(pwd)":/home/rust/src -P messense/rust-musl-cross:$ARCH-musl'
+
 set +e
 fail=
-if [[ "$FLAGS" = "" ]]; then
-	rust-gnu-builder sh -c "(cd backend && cargo build --release --locked --features avahi-alias,  --target=$ARCH-unknown-linux-gnu)"
-	if test $? -ne 0; then 
-		fail=true
-	fi
-	for ARCH in x86_64 aarch64
-	do
-		rust-musl-builder sh -c "(cd libs && cargo build --release --locked --bin embassy_container_init )"
-		if test $? -ne 0; then 
-			fail=true
-		fi
-	done
-else
-	echo "FLAGS=$FLAGS"
-	rust-gnu-builder sh -c "(cd backend && cargo build --release --features avahi-alias,$FLAGS --locked --target=$ARCH-unknown-linux-gnu)"
+echo "FLAGS=\"$FLAGS\""
+echo "RUSTFLAGS=\"$RUSTFLAGS\""
+rust-gnu-builder sh -c "(cd backend && cargo build --release --features avahi-alias,$FLAGS --locked --target=$ARCH-unknown-linux-gnu)"
+if test $? -ne 0; then 
+	fail=true
+fi
+for ARCH in x86_64 aarch64
+do
+	rust-musl-builder sh -c "(cd libs && cargo build --release --locked --bin embassy_container_init)"
 	if test $? -ne 0; then 
 		fail=true
 	fi
-	for ARCH in x86_64 aarch64
-	do
-		rust-musl-builder sh -c "(cd libs && cargo build --release --locked --bin embassy_container_init)"
-		if test $? -ne 0; then 
-			fail=true
-		fi
-	done
-fi
+done
 set -e
 cd backend
 
diff --git a/backend/src/net/vhost.rs b/backend/src/net/vhost.rs
index e8e754baf..00ffc6c59 100644
--- a/backend/src/net/vhost.rs
+++ b/backend/src/net/vhost.rs
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ use tokio::sync::{Mutex, RwLock};
 use tokio_rustls::rustls::server::Acceptor;
 use tokio_rustls::rustls::{RootCertStore, ServerConfig};
 use tokio_rustls::{LazyConfigAcceptor, TlsConnector};
+use tracing::instrument;
 
 use crate::net::keys::Key;
 use crate::net::ssl::SslManager;
 use crate::net::utils::SingleAccept;
+use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::util::io::{BackTrackingReader, TimeoutStream};
-use crate::Error;
 
 // not allowed: <=1024, >=32768, 5355, 5432, 9050, 6010, 9051, 5353
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ impl VHostController {
             servers: Mutex::new(BTreeMap::new()),
         }
     }
+    #[instrument(skip_all)]
     pub async fn add(
         &self,
         key: Key,
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ impl VHostController {
         writable.insert(external, server);
         Ok(rc?)
     }
+    #[instrument(skip_all)]
     pub async fn gc(&self, hostname: Option<String>, external: u16) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let mut writable = self.servers.lock().await;
         if let Some(server) = writable.remove(&external) {
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ struct VHostServer {
     _thread: NonDetachingJoinHandle<()>,
 }
 impl VHostServer {
+    #[instrument(skip_all)]
     async fn new(port: u16, ssl: Arc<SslManager>) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         // check if port allowed
         let listener = TcpListener::bind(SocketAddr::new(Ipv6Addr::UNSPECIFIED.into(), port))
diff --git a/backend/src/util/logger.rs b/backend/src/util/logger.rs
index 8208f7de6..c7ab41ba2 100644
--- a/backend/src/util/logger.rs
+++ b/backend/src/util/logger.rs
@@ -10,13 +10,28 @@ impl EmbassyLogger {
         use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
         use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, EnvFilter};
 
-        let filter_layer = EnvFilter::from_default_env();
+        let filter_layer = EnvFilter::builder()
+            .with_default_directive(
+                format!("{}=info", std::module_path!().split("::").next().unwrap())
+                    .parse()
+                    .unwrap(),
+            )
+            .from_env_lossy();
+        #[cfg(feature = "unstable")]
+        let filter_layer = filter_layer
+            .add_directive("tokio=trace".parse().unwrap())
+            .add_directive("runtime=trace".parse().unwrap());
         let fmt_layer = fmt::layer().with_target(true);
 
-        tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        let sub = tracing_subscriber::registry()
             .with(filter_layer)
             .with(fmt_layer)
-            .with(ErrorLayer::default())
+            .with(ErrorLayer::default());
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "unstable")]
+        let sub = sub.with(console_subscriber::spawn());
+
+        sub
     }
     pub fn init() -> Self {
         Self::base_subscriber().init();